Colorado native Davis Bryant has been all over the world since his win at the 2024 Inspirato Colorado Open.

And now that journey heads to the PGA Tour.

Bryant will be part of the field at the ISCO Championship this week on the PGA Tour. The tournament starts Thursday at Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Ky. The event is considered an opposite field tournament because many PGA players are playing in the Genesis Scottish Open. Both tournaments are co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and PGA Tour.

A tie for fourth at the BMW International in Munich gave Bryant a spot in the ISCO Championship. It was his best finish since beginning play on the DP World Tour, which he qualified for last year at DP World Q-school.

His week in Germany included a hole-in-one on Friday, which led to a second-round 63 and the lead going into the weekend. It was the 25-year-old’s 10th start on the DP World Tour.

“I don’t feel like I’ve played my best golf since Q-School, to be honest,” Bryant said after the round. “I had some time off over the holidays, played some HotelPlanner Tour events to start the year, and feel like my game is starting to get back to where I want it to be.

“I don’t really know what happened today. I think the ace kind of jumpstarted things.”

The previous week, Bryant finished in a tie for tenth at the Italian Open, which was his best finish before the tie for fourth in Munich. In the last year, the CSU alum has played in Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Germany, China and Abu Dhabi.

All of those trips have been since Bryant defeated fellow Colorado native Jim Knous at the Inspirato Colorado Open last year. Bryant became the first player from Colorado to win the open since Jonathan Kaye in 2017.

Bryant, who is from Aurora, has a long history of playing at Green Valley Ranch, where the Inspirato Colorado Open is held. That win was extremely special to him.

“I’ve always dreamt of walking up to this green and having a chance to win this tournament. To be able to do that today is pretty special,” Bryant said after winning at Green Valley Ranch. “It’s something I’ve wanted to experience since I was about 6 years old.”

Bryant also won the Wyoming State Open in 2024.

He starred at Eaglecrest High, where he won the 2017 CHSAA 5A state championship. He then headed to Colorado State, where he was All-Mountain West three times and a PING All-American in 2019. He was also the CGA Player of the Year in 2019.

Now his PGA Tour journey starts at 6:13 a.m. Thursday on the 10th hole at Hurstbourne Country Club. He is paired with Beau Hossler and Brandon Robinson Thompson.

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Several players with Colorado ties set for The Ascendant presented by Blue

The state’s only annual professional golf tournament will have local flavor.

When the Korn Ferry Tour’s The Ascendant presented by Blue tees off on Thursday, several players with Colorado ties will be vying for the title.

Air Force graduates Kyle Westmoreland and Tom Whitney are part of the field. Westmoreland won early this year on the PGA Tour, and both players have spent time on the PGA Tour.

Additional players in the field with ties to Colorado include qualifiers Connor Jones (Colorado State alum from Westminster) and Sangha Park (Colorado Christian University alum). Jones made match play at the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills in 2023. Park was part of Colorado Christian’s record-breaking team this past season.

Sponsor exemptions were given to Zahkai Brown (Colorado State alum from Westminster) and 17-year-old amateur Brayden Forte (Aurora).

University of Denver alum and Littleton native Chris Korte is also set to tee off at TPC Colorado.

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What I’m thinking

It’s hard to understand why the major golf season is over in a couple weeks.

After the Open Championship at Royal Portrush next weekend, the majors are over and professional golf kind of slows down … in the middle of July.

The move of the PGA Championship to May has created this weird void where there is still summer left and no meaningful golf to be played on the professional level. And the FedEx Cup playoffs are not even close to the excitement of a major championship.

Even with golf ratings higher than they ever have been, the PGA Tour schedule still needs a ton of work. There are too many weird stretches where the tournaments are lacking.

Let’s move the PGA back to August. Remember the “Glory’s last shot” slogan back in the day? It needs to come back.

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What they’re saying

“I’ve been spoiled to play at a pretty high level for quite some time. This has been a fun experience to try to get back on the horse.”

– Xander Schauffele on coming back from his injuries after winning two majors last season.

Skins game

Odds to win Genesis Scottish Open

Scottie Scheffler +360

Rory McIlroy +850

Xander Schauffele +1800

Tommy Fleetwood +2200

Collin Morikawa +2500

Ludvig Aberg +3000

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This week in golf

European Tour and PGA Tour

GENESIS SCOTTISH OPEN

Site: North Berwick, Scotland.

Course: The Renaissance Club. Yardage: 7,237. Par: 70.

Prize money: $9 million. Winner’s share: $1.62 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 8-10 a.m. (Golf), 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Robert MacIntyre.

LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour

AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Evans-les-Bains, France.

Course: Evian Golf Resort. Yardage: 6,333. Par: 71.

Prize money: $8 million. Winner’s share: $1.2 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-9 a.m. (Golf), 9-10 a.m. (NBC Sports app); Saturday-Sunday, 2-8 a.m. (Golf).

Defending champion: Ayaka Furue.

LIV Golf League

LIV GOLF ANDALUCIA

Site: Sotogrande, Spain.

Course: Real Club Valderrama. Yardage: 7,010. Par: 71.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.

Television: Friday, 5-10 a.m. (FS2); Saturday, 5-7 a.m. (FS1), 7-10 a.m. (Fox); Sunday, 4:30-9:30 a.m. (FS1).

Defending champion: Sergio Garcia.

PGA Tour and European Tour

ISCO CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Louisville, Kentucky.

Course: Hurstbourne Country Club (Championship). Yardage: 7,056. Par: 70.

Prize money: $4 million. Winner’s share: $720,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-5 p.m. (Golf); Saturday-Sunday, 2-3 p.m. (NBC Sports app), 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Previous winner: Harry Hall.

PGA Tour Champions

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS OPEN

Site: Endicott, New York.

Course: En-Joie GC. Yardage: 6,994. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.2 million. Winner’s share: $330,000.

Television: Friday, noon-2 p.m. (Golf); Saturday, noon-3 p.m. (Golf); Sunday, 11 a.m.-noon (NBC Sports app), noon-3 p.m. (Golf).

Defending champion: Padraig Harrington.

Korn Ferry Tour

THE ASCENDANT

Site: Berthoud

Course: TPC Colorado. Yardage: 8,015. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: None.

Previous winner: Cristobal Del Solar.

American Century Championship

Course: Edgewood Tahoe GC, South Lake Tahoe, Nev.

Television: Friday, 2-4 p.m. (Peacock), 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 12:30-4:30 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Mardy Fish.

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FedEx Cup standings

                            Points  Money

1. Scottie Scheffler 3,976 $15,869,483

2. Rory McIlroy 2,974 $14,916,410

3. Sepp Straka 2,493 $9,682,994

4. Russell Henley 2,246 $9,323,406

5. Justin Thomas 2,222 $9,335,520

6. Ben Griffin 2,212 $8,134,502

7. J.J. Spaun 2,097 $10,004,182

8. Keegan Bradley 1,715 $7,079,795

9. Harris English 1,700 $5,894,527

10. Tommy Fleetwood 1,699 $6,188,031

11. Maverick McNealy 1,593 $6,093,910

12. Andrew Novak 1,561 $6,309,769

13. Corey Conners 1,465 $5,058,426

14. Ludvig Aberg 1,432 $6,337,033

15. Collin Morikawa 1,427 $6,996,394

16. Shane Lowry 1,418 $6,186,854

17. Nick Taylor 1,406 $4,713,917

18. Patrick Cantlay 1,275 $4,405,606

19. Brian Harman 1,260 $4,184,339

20. Robert Macintyre 1,251 $5,244,607

21. Sam Burns 1,237 $4,410,873

22. Hideki Matsuyama 1,199 $5,452,137

23. Lucas Glover 1,144 $4,097,203

24. Viktor Hovland 1,135 $4,178,118

25. Sungjae Im 1,130 $4,148,217

26. Daniel Berger 1,127 $3,927,079

27. Ryan Fox 1,123 $3,824,847

28. Brian Campbell 1,104 $3,174,659

29. Jacob Bridgeman 1,093 $3,445,183

30. Jason Day 1,070 $3,418,361

31. Thomas Detry 1,062 $3,421,380

32. Michael Kim 1,057 $3,413,623

33. Justin Rose 1,054 $4,182,019

34. Tom Hoge 1,026 $3,957,533

35. Taylor Pendrith 975 $3,296,030

36. Denny McCarthy 971 $3,381,335

37. Cameron Young 964 $3,195,646

38. Aldrich Potgieter 941 $2,950,266

39. Sam Stevens 879 $3,116,886

40. Si Woo Kim 864 $3,121,894

41. Ryan Gerard 856 $2,869,162

42. Min Woo Lee 851 $3,068,086

43. Akshay Bhatia 841 $3,132,984

44. Joe Highsmith 828 $2,764,819

45. Bud Cauley 825 $2,777,923

46. Jordan Spieth 819 $2,953,110

47. Harry Hall 790 $2,504,924

48. J.T. Poston 787 $2,499,566

49. Max Greyserman 768 $2,809,758

50. Jhonattan Vegas 755 $2,257,415