We’ve heard plenty of smash hits from Harrop over the years—his Tony Finau/REO Speedwagon power ballad, the Mickelson/Sheeran mash-up you didn’t know you needed—but this might be his best work yet.

While it may rank quite a few pegs down from winning a major, receiving the Sam Harrop song parody treatment has become something of a badge of honor among DP World, Korn Ferry, and PGA Tour players.

James “Sandy” Pinkard, a famed Nashville songwriter who also recorded parody versions of some of country’s biggest hits, has died, according to Music Row. He was 78. A native of Abbeville, La., ...