I Love Giving Stuff Away

Special Edition | June 9, 2025 | Read Online 

U.S. Open week.

Arguably a top three week on the golf calendar and even more so this year as the USGA heads back to Oakmont for the first time since DJ — probably not the most gifted and talented student — played the golf of his life during a round in which he did not know what his score was.

Might be a lesson in there.

Today, I have four (potentially financial beneficial) reasons for you to become a Normal Club member ahead of this week’s major championship.

Unfortunately for you, one of them is not that it will help you hit 325-yard cuts like DJ.

But First!

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Here’s why they made it.

Now onto some reasons to join the Normal Club this week ...

Reason No. 1

Following our Augusta and PGA fantasy team contests — where we dished out $6,500 total — we are running it back for this week’s U.S. Open.

This time with a 1928 U.S. Open-sized purse ($2,500) on the line.

Here are the payouts for our contest this week.

1st: $1,500
2nd: $500
3rd: $250
4th: $150
5th: $100
Last: $50

All of our major championship contests are free to enter for Normal Club members and part of the way we give back to the folks who support us. You can become a member and receive entry to the contest right here.

Let’s look at the first two winners so you know what you’re up against.

Here was Eric P.’s winning team at ANGC. Elite, elite stuff.

And Justin W.’s winning team at the PGA.

Is drafting Harris English the key to winning the Normal Sport major championship fantasy contest? Many are saying it might be.

You can view our fantasy contest FAQs here, including what states and countries are eligible — currently only folks inside the U.S. (excluding Washington and Nevada) can enter. Those are not Normal Sport laws (we don’t really have any) but rather global sweepstakes laws. So please contact your congress person.*

By the way, here’s a scenario that could play out if you become a Normal Club member: You join today and 18x your annual investment by next Monday. It almost certainly won’t play out like that … but it could.

*And if you actually send your congress person an email that starts with … there’s this golf newsletter I follow and … I am begging that you bcc me on there. Begging.

Reason No. 2

Did I mention that our pro shop is open for members only right now? You can see it here. If you’re a member, you can login and purchase whatever you want.

We will eventually — over the next week or two — open it up to everyone, but part of the value we want to provide members is first rip at new merch before it sells out. We will be rolling in with another drop just after Oakmont, too. 👀 

Reason No. 3

A lot of our coverage this week — as was the case during the first three big events — will be for Normal Club members only. Not all, but a lot.

Here’s what one nice member said during the Masters.

Here’s our publishing schedule for the week.

Final Reason (No. 4)

I love giving stuff away. My accountant? Probably does not love it. But we gave away this little care package to Geer L., who became a Normal Club member last Thursday.

And there are two more giveaways where that came from.

I will randomly select from the next 10 folks who become Normal Club members this week and send a care package that includes the following gear to two of them.

So if you’re scoring at home, that’s …

• A $2,500 U.S. Open fantasy contest.
• Access to all of our current merch.
• All of our content this week.
• And a chance at one of the two care packages above.

… just for becoming a Normal Club member ahead of Oakmont. Like Tommy Fleetwood and his career resume, you kind of have to feel like you’re running out of excuses at this point!

Thank you for following along. Every time we hit “publish” it’s still a thrill.

Let’s have a national open!
KP