Major(s) News & Notes, December 12, 2024

Crenshaw addresses Ryder play-for-pay, year-end stats tell us who is trending into 2025, remembering Babs, Pinehurst U.S. Open's impact, the (ugh) four-wide is back, Quotables, This, That and Reads.

• Days to The Masters’ opening tee shot: 119

• Days to the PGA Championship’s opening tee shot: 154

• Days to the U.S. Open’s opening tee shot: 182

• Days to The Open’s first tee shot: 218
  

Nearly 365 days since the PGA Tour and Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia missed their original deal deadline, there are emerging signs of how pro golf’s future may look. One…