Nelly Korda at the Met Gala, Tony Finau’s big bash

Hello mates and welcome to this week’s version of the Rogers Report! I’m pumped about the undeniable fact that we’re only one week out from the PGA Championship and the Mizuho Americas Open, which I shall be attending at Liberty National.

Remember 4 weeks in the past, when the golf world was buzzing over the undeniable fact that Scottie Scheffler may withdraw from the Masters if his spouse Meredith went into labor? Well, we’re a number of days away from persevering with that storyline into the second males’s main of the yr. Scheffler isn’t teeing it up at the Wells Fargo this week as they await the start of their firstborn, however wow, this can be a extremely anticipated start in the golf world. I’m wanting ahead to all the tweets about Scottie’s new perspective as a father in the coming weeks.

Okay, sufficient about that. Let’s get to the BIG information of the day.

Nelly Korda at the Met Gala

Without Blake Lively and Taylor Swift at the Met Gala final evening, the occasion wanted a brand new hero. And you recognize who completely match the invoice? World No. 1 Nelly Korda. I had no concept that Korda was attending, so you possibly can think about my shock after I noticed one in every of my favourite golfers pop up on Getty Images as I scrolled by images from the evening. I’ve mentioned it earlier than and I’ll say it once more. One of the greatest perks of working in golf is the entry to Getty Images, and never simply throughout tournaments! I scroll by Getty throughout the Super Bowl, after concert events and naturally all through the Met Gala.

Okay, again to Korda. She was there as a visitor of Casey Wasserman and wore Oscar de la Renta’s pink poppy appliqué costume.

We’ve gotten used to seeing film stars and musicians at the Met Gala, however Korda is simply the second skilled golfer to attend the occasion (and the first LPGA participant)! Tiger attended it with Lindsey Vonn again in 2013.

Also, shout out to Korda for getting an early-morning 9 in to prep for the Founders Cup the morning of the Gala.

The grind by no means stops!

Finau Foundation Gala

Speaking of galas, Tony and Layna Finau hosted one in every of their very own over the weekend at Blue Sky Ranch in Utah. This was the third annual Tony Finau Foundation Gala, which raised cash for the basis’s major pillars — literacy, primary wants and psychological well being.

Layna Finau made positive her husband had a brand new swimsuit for the event, and that it matched his footwear.

The Finaus have had an awesome two weeks. They attended Patrick Mahomes’ “15 and Mahomies” occasion in Las Vegas a number of weeks in the past, the place they met Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

The Tony Finau Foundation Gala had some big names in attendance as effectively, together with Dwyane Wade, Bones Mackay and singer Brett Young, who carried out at the occasion.

Bones and Dwyane Wade! How about that? I’d like to know what these guys all talked about.

I’m determined to know what big occasion Layna and Tony Finau shall be attending subsequent.

Meme of the week

And lastly, I’ll depart you all with the greatest photograph I’ve seen on the web in a really very long time: Adam Hadwin having fun with his dinner whereas his daughter Maddox does her factor.

I like it so, a lot.

Claire Rogers

Golf.com Editor