Emiliano Grillo’s painful hangover, Steve Stricker’s big birthday gift to his daughter and the grossest golf prank ever pulled

Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we wish we could pick golf winners like we can call the end to TV shows. NO SPOILERS here for the series finale of “Succession,” but yeah, I nailed that one. And if you haven’t watched the series finale of “Succession” yet, what are you doing with your life? Anyway, we’re back after a fun Memorial Day weekend that even saw this dad get out on the course a couple times.

But I’ll spare you the hole-by-hole details of my rounds and focus on what else is happening in golf. Let’s dive in.

Emiliano Grillo: Seven-and-a-half years after winning his first PGA Tour title in his first start as a member, this Argentinian finally got win No. 2 at the Charles Schwab Challenge. And boy, did he look like a guy trying to win for the first time in seven-and-a-half years on the final hole of regulation, finding an aqueduct on Colonial’s 18th that there’s no way Ben Hogan even knew about.

It also seemed like a seven-and-a-half year wait for his golf ball to come to rest in the creek (And who knew you would be)

But after what could have been an all-time crushing double bogey, Grillo bounced back to beat Adam Schenk in a playoff. And he didn’t even have to get his clothes wet. More on his long-awaited celebration in a bit . . .

Steve/Izzi Stricker: Forget Jon Rahm (or Brooks Koepka in majors), Steve Stricker is the most dominant force in golf right now. The guy plays a part-time schedule, shows up at senior majors and absolutely cleans up. A few weeks after winning the Regions Tradition by six shots, the Strick Show beat Padraig Harrington in a playoff at the Senior PGA Championship for his sixth major on the 50-and-older circuit.

And this one had to be by far the most special as he did it with his youngest daughter on the bag. Steve gave Izzi, the reigning Wisconsin girls state champ, the gig as a birthday present, and boy, did it turn out to be a great gift. We’d love to see a video of her showing her dad how much she earned on a calculator like Michael Block’s caddie did after the PGA Championship. If Izzi gets the normal caddie cut, she’s going to be driving to senior year of high school in style this fall. And she’s also clearly more competent than any of the Roy children.

This house in Calgary: At least, we wish we could buy it. Because in addition to being an absolutely spectacular house, it comes with a nine-hole golf course—and an absolutely spectacular clubhouse!