"Sure, they’re different blocks on the pyramid, but they’re part of the same pyramid," Brady writes in his newsletter.

This week’s ranking of golf’s top newsmakers also includes the scorching-hot winner of the 3M Open, LIV Golf’s hot hand and Scottie Scheffler—but not for anything he did on the course.

Scottie Scheffler gained plenty of notice this month for the soul-baring comments he delivered shortly before the British Open. The top golfer in the world told reporters that pursuing his profession ...