The Procore Championship in Napa, Calif., is normally a sleepy early fall PGA Tour event star golfers have every reason to skip.

Except this year. This is a Ryder Cup year.

This year, there’s team chemistry to build and practice reps to chase after most American players took too much time off ahead of their 2023 beatdown in Rome. Only two team members aren’t in the field: Xander Schauffele, who just became a first-time father , and Bryson DeChambeau.

We know why DeChambeau isn’t playing: As a member of LIV Golf, he remains suspended by the PGA Tour, that two-year-old “framework agreement” for a merger becoming more laughable by the day. We know DeChambeau himself wanted to play, and we know his captain wanted him there too.

“Well, he’s suspended, and that’s out of my control,” Keega

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