PGA Championship
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“I don’t think he liked that one” 😭
Spieth might shoot 90 today. He’s all over the place and very frustrated very early lol
Which golfer has made the most consecutive cuts in major championships?
Which golfer has made the most consecutive cuts in major championships? Two of the best ever. Who owns the current active record?
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If Brooks wins, does it force the PGA Tour and LIV to maybe bury the hatchet and let the dudes play whenever and wherever they want?
As long as Monahan and Norman are at the top I don’t think the hatchet will ever be buried.
It will be interesting to see what happens with the Ryder Cup and LIV players. They are technically eligible (PGA of America dues paid thru June 2024). Will captain Zach Johnson pick B. Koepka or D. Johnson?
Good for Brooks! I still don't like the LIV. IMO bad for the game. Watered-down version of the PGA.
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Congrats to Brooks. I believe that win gives him enough Ryder Cup points.
Bryson, has he returned to form?
Don’t know what to make of DJ.
Reed was never making this team.
Does Gooch continue his hot play?
These are only guys who can make it and I’d say at least 2 do.
Looks like only 7 LIV guys are exempt from qualifying for US Open. It’ll be interesting to see who tries to qualify.
Bryson, has he returned to form?
Don’t know what to make of DJ.
Reed was never making this team.
Does Gooch continue his hot play?
These are only guys who can make it and I’d say at least 2 do.
Looks like only 7 LIV guys are exempt from qualifying for US Open. It’ll be interesting to see who tries to qualify.
Sergio Garcia to compete in U.S. Open qualifier Monday as host of LIV golfers try to play their way to LACC in coming weeks
More than two dozen LIV Golf League members, including two major champions, are scheduled to compete in 36-hole Final Qualifiers to try to earn a spot at next month's U.S. Open
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Netflix was following Rory today so you better believe they are going to add Block into the mix and give him his own segment in the next Full Swing series. This week changed his life forever.
Classic course, very fair test, and a firm foundation for why the ball doesn't need to be rolled back. If the course is set up properly, even on the risk reward holes, then it forces players to be creative and execute the shot. If they don't, then they are penalized.
Brooks winning has no impact. PGA mandates you play x number of tournaments and needs permission to play in opposite field events. LIV contract says they must play all of theirs, no exceptions.
No pro wants to play 30 tournaments unless they are trying to keep their card or want to win a tourney, like the JohnDeere, to qualify for a major.
It's more complicated than just allowing players to play both tours.
Colonial was pretty quick to offer Block an exemption for this week. Maybe thinking too deep into this but I wonder if Monahan was behind that fearing Norman would reach out to him for an invite to the next LIV event. Beat to them to the punch while Block is having his 15 minutes....
Man, I'm sure Norman had that teed up.
Koepka, Smith, Gooch, DJ, Bryson, when healthy, can play with anyone. They have no issues with the majors for the next couple of years.
Ancer, Niemann, Ortiz, Pereira, and Munoiz maybe world class.
Most of the other guys have no leg to stand on.
Again, the OWGR is more complicated than just giving LIV points. If the same players year over year have no danger from being cut, turnover, are we just to assume their game is at a high level?
Casey is a perfect example. Was he teetering on the edge of falling out or did he have a couple of years left? Don't know. He took the guarantee.
Perez was never moving needle on world rankings.
Uilhein could barely make the tour and was not moving the needle on world rankings.
Chase Koepka never was. Horsfield, never was. Laurie Canter, never was. Scott Vincent never was.
Mickelson can't even average a top 25 finish on LIV out of 48 players. Awful.
Poulter, Bland, Schwartzl, Watson,Stenson, Westwood, Kaymer, Steele,Matt Jones were all but finished.
I've just given you 17 out of 48. How do you adjudicate points when these guys are being given lifetime achievement awards?
It will be interesting to see what happens when some of the two year contracts are up. Who will hop from PGA or do they dip into DP World and Asian tours?
Koepka, Smith, Gooch, DJ, Bryson, when healthy, can play with anyone. They have no issues with the majors for the next couple of years.
Ancer, Niemann, Ortiz, Pereira, and Munoiz maybe world class.
Most of the other guys have no leg to stand on.
Again, the OWGR is more complicated than just giving LIV points. If the same players year over year have no danger from being cut, turnover, are we just to assume their game is at a high level?
Casey is a perfect example. Was he teetering on the edge of falling out or did he have a couple of years left? Don't know. He took the guarantee.
Perez was never moving needle on world rankings.
Uilhein could barely make the tour and was not moving the needle on world rankings.
Chase Koepka never was. Horsfield, never was. Laurie Canter, never was. Scott Vincent never was.
Mickelson can't even average a top 25 finish on LIV out of 48 players. Awful.
Poulter, Bland, Schwartzl, Watson,Stenson, Westwood, Kaymer, Steele,Matt Jones were all but finished.
I've just given you 17 out of 48. How do you adjudicate points when these guys are being given lifetime achievement awards?
It will be interesting to see what happens when some of the two year contracts are up. Who will hop from PGA or do they dip into DP World and Asian tours?
Block is a hard working journeyman who puts in his 40+ hrs a week at a real job and just had his life "temporarily" change. He values what the PGAT stands for and wouldn't give LIV the time of day.
Brooks, DJ, Smith, and Bryson on a blind squirrel/acorn week are the only LIV players who are major worthy...and have proven so. Missing these 4 players on a regular tour basis isn't hurting the PGAT one bit. The LIV as a whole is nothing more than a money grab, period. It can't be substantiated or defended in any fashion.
Those 4 are about the only ones anyone cares about. That league is full of never was or washed up has beens. Matter of time before the Saudi’s have had enough of losing money on it and will move on to something else.
Based on some interviews, I think Brooks comes back to the PGA. I say that because it was clear in the Netflix special he was worried about his future career prospects and in that regard, took the Saudi money. But I don't think he's really happy to be on LIV and it wasn't like he was gloating about it after winning the PGA.
LIV's biggest issue with getting OWGR ranking points is like you say, it's a bunch of no cut events. It has some stars for sure that would deserve points but there a lot of other people on its roster that shouldn't be in a star studded event and are there to pad the field. So should someone like Chase Koepka constantly be getting OWGR points for showing up? That's a massive inequality when compared to the PGA TOUR.
I think if LIV does end up getting OWGR points it'll be inconsequential compared to other tours simply because the strength of the field won't be there versus other global events and they only play 54 holes.
You must be the baddest 14 handicap on the planet. I bet you’d give mickelson hell on the course.
Major winners on LIV
Dustin Johnson-3 majors. US open, Masters, British open
Cameron Smith-1 major. British Open
Phil Mickelson-6 Majors. 3 Masters, 2 PGA Championships, 1 British Open
Bryson DeChambeau-1 major. US open
Brooks Koepka-5 majors. 2 US open, 3 PGA Championships
Patrick Reed-1 major. The Masters
Sergio Garcia-1 major. The Masters
Louis Oosthuizen-1 major. British Open
Martin Kaymer-2 majors. PGA Championship and US Open
Graeme McDowell-1 major. US Open
Henrik Stenson-1 major. British Open
Bubba Watson-2 majors. 2 Masters
Charl Schwartzel.-1 major. The Masters
26 major wins amongst the LIV tour.
Dustin Johnson-3 majors. US open, Masters, British open
Cameron Smith-1 major. British Open
Phil Mickelson-6 Majors. 3 Masters, 2 PGA Championships, 1 British Open
Bryson DeChambeau-1 major. US open
Brooks Koepka-5 majors. 2 US open, 3 PGA Championships
Patrick Reed-1 major. The Masters
Sergio Garcia-1 major. The Masters
Louis Oosthuizen-1 major. British Open
Martin Kaymer-2 majors. PGA Championship and US Open
Graeme McDowell-1 major. US Open
Henrik Stenson-1 major. British Open
Bubba Watson-2 majors. 2 Masters
Charl Schwartzel.-1 major. The Masters
26 major wins amongst the LIV tour.
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