Claire Rogers
From left: Tony Finau, Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry, Nelly and Jessica Korda
Hey, pals, and welcome to the Halloween version of the Rogers Report! I’m happy to report that the professionals and their households went all out this yr.
The Donalds and Workforce Europe
There’s no skilled golf household that does Halloween in addition to the Donalds. They absolutely commit yearly, and 2024 was no exception. The 2025 Ryder Cup captain and his household dressed up in New York Metropolis-themed costumes in preparation for his job at Bethpage subsequent fall, and so they didn’t disappoint.
Even their canine acquired in on it! I’m an enormous fan of the dedication right here and would really like all Ryder Cup captains to decorate up as the town they’ll be competing in going ahead.
Workforce Europe’s captain wasn’t the one one who introduced their A-game to Halloween on Thursday. Shane Lowry went as Travis Kelce and his daughter went as Taylor Swift. As a large Taylor Swift fan, I’ve to offer the official Rogers Report Finest Costume award to Lowry, as a result of exhibiting respect for Kelce is not directly exhibiting respect to Swift. I simply want he had a couple of friendship bracelets on to actually convey his costume to the subsequent degree.
One factor I used to be undoubtedly not anticipating to see on my social media feeds on Thursday night was Rory McIlroy dressed up as Mario.
I didn’t have any skilled athletes or celebrities in my city rising up, so I can’t think about what it should be like for households to see the most effective golfers on the planet in full costume. Hilarious, I’d think about.
Think about giving out sweet to trick-or-treaters and all of the sudden two main champions are at your door with their children trying like that! Unimaginable.
LIV golfers
Subsequent up we’ve the LIV Golf division of Halloween costumes. I actually hope that all the following golfers gave out full-size sweet bars to trick-or-treaters.
Anthony Kim wore an inflatable dinosaur costume to match his daughter, Bella, on Thursday.
To assume that many golf followers spent the higher a part of the final decade questioning the place Anthony Kim was, and now he’s posting photographs like this on the web. I’m wondering if that costume helped him keep incognito whereas he ran errands lately.
Brooks Koepka, Jena Sims and their son went as characters from “Males in Black.”
I can’t actually dissect this costume an excessive amount of as I’ve by no means really seen the film, however I belief that it hit the nail on the top.
Marc Leishman and his household had essentially the most relatable costumes for my part, as a result of there wasn’t actually a cohesive theme. There have been a couple of Taylor Swift-adjacent costumes in addition to a cow and a pink monster.
I’m an enormous fan of something Taylor Swift, in order that they get an A in my e book.
Kevin Na and his household acquired within the spirit with “Star Wars” costumes, which is not any shock as a result of they crush the costume sport yearly.
For reference, right here’s their 2023 Halloween look:
And to spherical out the LIV Golf division, we’ve Talor Gooch who didn’t gown up, however that’s okay as a result of his children regarded cute as Elsa and Olaf from “Frozen.”
LPGA Tour
Jessica Korda, her husband and her son dressed up as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Thursday night time, and Nelly Korda went as Grasp Splinter.
The LPGA posted a handful of enjoyable Halloween throwback photographs as effectively, so take pleasure in these superb photographs from again within the day.
PGA Tour
And now for the PGA Tour (Non-European Ryde Cup staff) division. The Woodlands, Blairs, Burnses, Kaufmans and Villegases all had nice costumes, however there’s one household that went above and past.
Tony Finau headed to his late mom’s grave to performe “Thriller” in costume together with his household, and the outcomes have been unbelievable.
Nobody does social media or dances higher than the Finau household.
Claire Rogers
Golf.com Editor