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Running 2022 Golf Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Neutral Corner, Jan 6, 2022.

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  1. Brian J Walter

    Brian J Walter Well-Known Member

    Harbortown is not the least bit interesting.
     
    Brian J Walter, Jun 8, 2022
    #757
  2. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    I'd say TPC Sawgrass should be on your list. There's nothing quite like it. Colonial has a pedigree. Quail Hollow is a real hard course if kinda dull to watch on TV. I think the way the Tour has shifted around the sites of FedEx playoff courses indicates they know this is an issue for them. Boston is a huge golf market, but TPC Norton is stupendously dull.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Jun 8, 2022
    #758
  3. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    If LIV announces today that they've secured Matt Kuchar this will be the happiest I've been since the ACC Championship game.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Jun 8, 2022
    #759
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  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    It is stale. That's pretty much inarguable. What's sad for the Tour is it may have had a route to avoid this; the Premier Golf League (different from Saudi) wanted to partner with the Tour for a fall series of events that wouldn't conflict with the heart of the Tour schedule but would offer a team format and a shitload of money. And the Tour wouldn't even entertain a discussion; it can't think outside the box of what it does with its endless schedule and identical formats. Their only innovations have been the cash-grab FedEx Cup, which the public cares about not one iota; and the PIP fund, which was silly when invented and looks even sillier now with some guys gone who claimed some of the money.
     
    playthrough, Jun 8, 2022
    #760
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  5. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    I only find it interesting because it's not the typical bomber course. Would agree that TPC Sawgrass should be on the interesting list, I guess I omitted it because I don't think of the Players as a run-of-the-mill Tour event. Austin CC is decent as well.
     
    Cosmo, Jun 8, 2022
    #761
  6. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    If LIV finds a way to poach dudes like JT, Spieth, Scheffler, Cam Smith, Hideki, Rahm, McIlroy, Morikawa, etc., then I think the PGA Tour will have a serious problem on their hands. As it is, I'm not sure Monahan is sad that Reed, Bryson and Phil are leaving.
     
    Cosmo, Jun 8, 2022
    #762
  7. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    To grab any attention outside of "what will the Tour do to defectors" and "Saudi Arabia, ugh!" with the golf public, LIV needs one of its mercenary hires to win a major, preferably this year, but surely by the 2023 US Open. As of now, none of 'em are playing nearly well enough to make that more than a real longshot.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Jun 8, 2022
    #763
  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    The post-Tiger reckoning of professional golf is well under way.

    Too many events; largely interchangeable stars; events too long; equipment too good; courses too short.

    Gonna be a tough couple years.
     
    Azrael, Jun 8, 2022
    #764
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  9. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I suspect some (many?) are waiting for LIV to go a couple of tournaments then they'll re-evaluate.

    Eight tournaments? Only three rounds? Contract to join. Minimum $250,000 per tournament? Still get to play the majors?

    It's pretty damn enticing, even though it's filthy blood money. There are four events post-FedEx Cup. That's when I think it's going to get pretty interesting for the PGA Tour.
     
    MileHigh, Jun 8, 2022
    #765
  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Jun 8, 2022
    #766
  11. Brian J Walter

    Brian J Walter Well-Known Member

    I should clarify. It’s interesting if you don’t live in or visit the low country , but if you do, it’s like every other course there. Except with more expensive boats parked off the 18th green.
     
    Brian J Walter, Jun 8, 2022
    #767
  12. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I agree, losing JT/Rory/Spieth would be a major blow. But what the Tour has lost already is not insignificant, taken as a whole. If you're a casual fan with a ticket to a PGA Tour event, you're gonna make a point of watching DJ or Bryson hit a drive (shoot, Bryson was the face of the Tour just 1-2 years ago). You gotta glimpse Phil. And if you don't jeer Reed on-site, you'll click on his latest cheating story when you get home.

    That's not to say there aren't still tons of great players on the Tour, of course there are. But the variety is what makes it and I think LIV has taken a notable piece of that. With no signs that they're done.
     
    playthrough, Jun 8, 2022
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