I would be remiss if I did not start by acknowledging Jon Cheng’s (17th) remarkable hole-in-one double eagle on Santa Teresa’s Par 4 12th. A blind tee shot over a grove of trees and into a hole over 300 yards away, it will almost certainly go down in history as the greatest Squolf shot ever. Despite his fleeting chances of making the Jorn Cup, I think we can all agree we would trade our place in the standings for Jon’s accomplishment in an instant. He will be the cause of lost balls for decades, as we all attempt to recreate the magic Jon conjured up on that fateful day at Santa Teresa. In the words of the superstar himself, “not even sure if it was real or if i hit into the group in front of me and they put it in the hole. But im taking the ace regardless”.

Just 4 more rounds of golf to climb the leaderboard and cement your status as a Legend in the Squolf history books. June was a month of mostly status quo, with the least leaderboard movement yet this year. There were a few stand out performances, including Javier Chew’s (3rd) monstrous 62.5 points in the month, which helped him jump 7 positions and enter the playoff conversation.

Not much to say… Short Kings took care of business and defeated the Gay Giants 10-6 in the Squolf’s first ever Ryder Cup.

Despite absolutely no predictive analytics background, I can confidently say Alonso Sainz (1st), Cal Bridges (2nd), and Javier Chew (3rd) are all essentially locks for the playoffs. As a reminder, your top 4 majors and top 4 monthlies determine your final points. Taking this into account, Shaun Tan (5th) and Jacob Parsons (6th) should be looking over their shoulders as both of these individuals have over 75% of their total scores coming from 4 standout major performances.

Don’t look now but Michael Fan (10th) is gearing up to make a late season push into the playoffs. July is the first month he has managed to crack the top 10, and with 2 zeros to drop he’s positioned well to continue his climb up the leaderboard. Van Do (13th) doubled his season total in June with a phenomenal performance at the Ryder Cup. Not to mention, Van dusted Alonso in a fair and square 1v1 race (with absolutely no controversies at all, whatsoever). Could this be the beginning of Van’s glorious rise or a fleeting moment of hope?

Now that Ricky Vera has officially been placed on the 60-Day Injured List, the battle to stay out of 16th is on. Can Jon, Nigel Borromeo (16th), and Nate Schmitz (15th) break their Majors Curse at the July Scramble? One good haul of points could catapult them from the fight for sixteenth to the fringes of playoffs.