Major(s) News & Notes, August 15th, 2024

Silly season starts after '25's schedule is released. Plus, Open venues want to charge huge fees, Curtis Cup squads are set, Snedeker gets a cart, an August taste of the Masters, This, That and Reads.

• Days to the AIG Women’s Open in St Andrews: 7

As an excellent summer of pro golf comes crashing down this week in miserable Memphis just remember: we still get to cap off a superb major season next week with the AIG Women’s Open at the Old Course. Until then, various tortured souls must spend the next three weeks pretending to care about the lightly-watc…