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Running 2024 golf thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by playthrough, Jan 2, 2024.

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  1. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Hey thanks Coco!
    Damn, no summer rates, full rack rate.
    We-Ko Pa was supposed to be Sunday but I think we went Whirlwind because it was closer to airport (last 4 were leaving Sun night).
     
    qtlaw, Oct 21, 2024
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  2. Matt1735

    Matt1735 Well-Known Member

    Got tix to the Senior event this week in Arkansas. Going on Friday. Should be a fun day just watching and being out there.
     
    Matt1735, Oct 21, 2024
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  3. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    First time I went to Phx/Scottsdale was to interview Danica Patrick for a magazine story, a bizarre encounter. Met her at a studio where they were doing the photo shoot, I came straight from the airport and walked into a shitshow -- the makeup artist was very, very late and the catering was screwed up. Danica was beyond pissed and unloaded on me, I held up my hands to say "I'm just the writer!" So they decided to do the interview first and then the photos, and Danica flicked a switch and became completely charming. Wild. At one point I told her I was staying an extra day to play golf but wasn't sure where yet and she called her then-husband for recommendations. Ended up at Talking Stick.

    Played TPC Scottsdale once and Billy Mayfair was on the putting green, working on his strange putting stroke. Wish they would make permanent structures around 16, seems like it would be more cost-effective in the long run and would be fun for amateurs to imagine what that shot is like during the tournament.

    Troon North was the first place I ever beat my Dad, after 25-plus years of trying, so that will always be high on my list. And as mentioned, We-Ko-Pa is terrific.

    Love desert golf. Definitely pay through the nose in-season but I justify it as a Midwesterner who rarely pays greens fees from December through March.
     
    Last edited: Oct 22, 2024
    playthrough, Oct 21, 2024
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  4. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    Tour players propose changes, reducing some fields, shifting points:

    PGA Tour players proposing big changes for '26


    • The PGA Tour would adjust the maximum number of players in a starting field of an open one-course, full-field tournament from 156 to 144, with a further reduction from 132 to 120 as required by circumstances such as darkness.

    • The PAC proposed reducing the number of players who would maintain their PGA Tour card and full status from the top 125 finishers in FedEx Cup points to the top 100, while adding a new conditional category for those players who finish anywhere from 101 to 125.

    • The Korn Ferry Tour, which typically awards 30 PGA Tour cards per season, would now award only 20 cards under the proposed changes. The DP World Tour would continue to award 10 PGA Tour cards, and Q-school cards would be capped at five.

    • Restricted sponsor exemptions, which include two reserved PGA Tour spots and two DP World Tour spots, will now be awarded to the next eligible members on the proposed priority ranking. Tournaments will still keep unrestricted sponsor exemptions.

    • The PAC is also proposing slight adjustments to the FedEx Cup points distribution system to account for increased strength of field under the new schedule model. Second-place finishes at the Players Championship and the majors would receive a slight increase (100 more points), while players who finish 11th and beyond would receive a slight decrease (10 points for 11th, 20 points for 12th and so on) in points won. During signature events, players who finish seventh or worse would receive a slight decrease in points.
     
    SixToe, Oct 29, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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  5. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Strictly a players deal.
    The TOUR needs to climb in bed with LIV/PIF pronto and get this settled.
     
    Chef2, Oct 29, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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  6. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Jeez, you go all the way through Q School and there are only 5 spots open? Wow.
     
    qtlaw, Oct 29, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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  7. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Every single proposal the advisory comittee has ever made is that how can the top 50 pros make more money at the expense of everyone else. This is no different. If I was a newcomer with game, I'd have my agent callingLIV tonight.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Oct 29, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    There's plenty of guys in and around that top 100-150 range who might have had LIV offers two, three years ago and didn't take them, while stiffs like Charles Howell, Brendan Steele and Cam Tringale did. And now Cantlay, Spieth et al are pulling the rug out from under them. It's a bit unbecoming but now there are investors to answer to and 156 guys slogging around apparently isn't gonna cut it.
     
    playthrough, Oct 29, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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