A healthy slice of the golf world’s attention was split between the Nike equipment announcement and the impending return of golf to the Olympic games. That didn’t mean that the golf world was quiet, however. From match play in Scotland to an incredible pair of playoffs in Kansas and Minnesota, golf was anything but quiet. Let’s mash it up for you.

Knox improves Ryder Cup chance with win at PGA Tour’s Travelers

After the elephant named Furyk left the room, there was the Travelers Championship to decide. It seemed that all the birdies had been lifted, as the overnight leaders struggled to make any at all. Daniel Berger, in first after three days, was 4-over par on the day, dropping into a fifth-place tie with Furyk and two others. Justin Thomas did his best Jim Furyk impression, closing with 62, good for a 30-place jump into a tie for 3rd with former Walker Cup teammate Patrick Rodgers. Wily veteran Jerry Kelly moved into contention, ultimately finishing at 13-under in solo 2nd place.

The guy making the most noise was Scotland’s Russell Knox. As Berger and others stumbled, Knox methodically made four birdies against one bogey to take a two-shot lead into the final triumvirate of holes. His tee ball to the par-3 16th came up short of the green (but dry) and his bogey reduced his lead to one. Pars at the last two brought him victory, although not without drama. After bunkering his approach at the final green, Knox was forced to bury a 12-foot putt for the win. Take a look.

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Russell Knox with an epic reaction after winning the Travelers Championship!

What a tournament. https://t.co/C18M1qiQNI

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 7, 2016

Related: See the clubs Knox used to win

Anthony Wall wins European Tour’s Match Play event

There will always be wankers who cry out, “This is proper golf” when the wind blows, or “It’s not real golf” if contested anywhere other than a true links. Most professional touring golfers from Europe and America don’t feel comfortable in the wind, nor do they get to bump it and run it over a links unless there’s a drought or it’s Open week. The final match in the Paul Lawrie Match Play was played in an uncomfortable wind on a course sited between Muirfield and North Berwick. That combination might explain why it took so long to decide a winner.

Anthony Wall of England and Alex Noren of Sweden met in the 18-hole final match on this blustery, linksy day of golf. Noren was the man on a roll entering the tilt, and he extended that cred with wins on the first two holes. Wall won the third hole, and Noren would not win another hole through the remainder of the round. Wall followed his birdie win on No. 3 with others on Nos. 6 and 11 to establish a one-up lead. Noren etched but one more birdie on his card, and it was halved on the 16th by Wall.

Noren had putts inside 15 feet on each of the last two holes to send the match to extra time, but could not convert either one. The relieved look on Wall’s face belied an awareness that he had played well, and that he was fortunate to get out of Archerfield with the winner’s chalice.

Mid-round interview: Anthony Wall tells us what it's like to play in these severe winds. https://t.co/DwMrJjKCvL

— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) August 7, 2016

Bryan jumps to PGA Tour with 3rd win of season at Digital Ally Open

JT Poston, Wes Bryan and Grayson Murray walked down the final fairway in a tie for first at 20-under. They could be forgiven for being a bit wary. Moments earlier, Roger Sloan and Andrew Yun had arrived at the same hole at the same figure and both made bogey.

Bryan had struggled the first 10 holes before finally finding the game that won twice in the earlier part of the Web.com Tour season. Murray held the lead for most of the day, until a bogey on the 17th dropped him into the tie. Poston recovered from two front-nine bogeys with a quintet of birdies to quietly maneuver his way into prime position. When none of the three birdied No. 18, the trio returned to the 18th tee for extra holes.

Unbelievably, the trio made birdies, so it was off to the tee deck of the par-three 17th hole to decide matters. Bryan did his best to end matters with his tee ball, barely missing an ace. After Murray and Poston were unable to convert birdie attempts, the South Carolina native dunked his putt for a deuce, victory, and an on-the-spot promotion.

Wesley Bryan birdies the second playoff hole, his third win of the season. pic.twitter.com/ht7rAFvKK9

— Web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) August 7, 2016

3M Championship goes to Durant on PGA Tour Champions

Joe Durant and Miguel Angel Jimenez gave the gallery a rousing show over the final holes at the 3M Championship. Their play was so brilliant that Bernhard Langer’s 8-under/17-under performance became a footnote to the headline.

Langer birdied six of his first seven holes to grab the lead, but needed at least four more birdies along the way to secure victory. Unable to do so, he settled for third place alone. Durant made 10 birdies and one bogey on the way to a 63 and a 19-under total. Jimenez, after a double bogey on the 14th, birdied Nos. 15-18 to force a playoff.

Returning to the exciting, par-5 closing hole, Durant stuffed his approach inside 10 feet. Although Jimenez also had a run at eagle, his putt from the fringe stayed on the high side of the hole. Durant stepped up and stroked his putt for three into the heart of the cup, securing his first individual, Champions Tour victory.

Durant's 2nd shot on the par-5 18th is a beauty.

Advantage Durant on 1st playoff hole @3MChampionship. https://t.co/8lvz9NxuvA

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) August 7, 2016

Seong and Meyer triumph in amateur ranks

It has been fun watching Eun Jeong Seong play golf this summer. The 2015 USGA girls junior champ repeated as titleist last month, outlasting Andrea Lee in the final match. This month, she turned in a similar performance near Philadelphia in the USGA Women’s Amateur championship. After defeating Lee again in the quarterfinals, Seong moved through the semifinal and final matches with confidence, winning her second USGA title of 2016. In the final match, Seong hung on for a 2-up victory over Virginia Elena Carta, who sought to emulate Silvia Cavalleri (1997, Brae Burn) and fly the colors of Italy from the championship pole.

Eun Jeong Seong emphatically shuts the door on her victory in the 116th #USWomensAm. https://t.co/rjS4P50ZW9

— USGA (@USGA) August 7, 2016

Dylan Meyer earned a home-state victory in the men’s Western Amateur for his University of Illinois teammates. Meyer combines the stylings of Tom Kite with the look of Steve from Family Guy. He golfs like the former and thinks like the latter. It’s a fine combination, since it helped him conquer the toughest event in amateur golf. Four rounds of medal qualifying eliminate all but 16 in the field. They then battle for four matches to decide the champion. Meyer defeated tournament medalist Sam Horsfield in the final match by a score of 3 and 1.