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    This surely encourages cheating (Pins placements)

    It is most definitely cheating. I think that every single player that partakes in this should be DQ'd and have their winnings redirected straight to my bank account.
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    New Bargains Thread

    I'm aware of sales and outlet stores. Adidas Originals so far at least, seemingly have some sort of price controls on them. I think the lowest I've seen a polo for is £48, which is still too much imo.
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    New Bargains Thread

    On the price of polo shirts... I would love one of those Adidas Originals polos, as they look great. But they're also £60... I just can't see that a polo shirt can ever be worth that much. Of course, lots of people disagree and they will happily pay that much. It just seems a bit mad to me...
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    New Bargains Thread

    Black Friday is a massive lie these days. It's a real shame as when it first started up in this country (approx 15ish years ago), you could find some really good offers.
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    Worst Ryder Cup Captains?

    I get the argument that winning away is hard, so those captains should be given a pass... But... Again, Faldo. If you read up on that week, Faldo didn't appear to really take the job too seriously and as mentioned, many of that Euro team have subsequently come and criticised his management...
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    Worst Ryder Cup Captains?

    Harsh to include James and Watson, imo. James very nearly got an unexpected win. He should have definitely given one or two players a rest and tried out the rookies, but virtually no one was saying that on Saturday night with the lead that they had. Fun fact - George W. Bush (future US...
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    Ryder Cup 2025 - All matters

    Interesting idea. I just think in any other format of golf, when a player withdraws through injury then that's it. They don't receive prize money. And what's more weird is that if Hovland tried to play but gave up after a hole because it wasn't possible to continue, then he would lose his match...
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    Ryder Cup 2025 - All matters

    This envelope thing is nonsense. If a player isn't fit, then I think they should just concede their match and that be it.
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    Ryder Cup 2025 - All matters

    A defence of the Yanks... Calling all of them 'bad' fans, forgets that the fans at Augusta National are usually jolly good chaps. I think this is a Ryder Cup thing. I also think that the Irish fans will probably be better, but are we forgetting what happened recently at the Irish Open? Some of...
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    Ryder Cup 2025 - All matters

    Yes. I think it happened once before... 1991?
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    Ryder Cup 2025 - All matters

    It was a leading item on world sports news and we're just meant to ignore that it happened :D What a funny little website.
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    Ryder Cup 2025 - All matters

    Leaving politics out of the discussion becomes a bit more difficult when you consider who turned up to watch on Friday...
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    Golf Podcasts

    If you find Americans annoying, then you'll never like it anyway. I started listening to it during the original Covid lockdown and found it a bit amusing. When I realised that the second series was just the exact same stuff, with the same unfunny jokes, I gave up with it. There are many...
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    Golf Podcasts

    ^ They also laugh so hard at their own jokes, despite them often not being very funny.
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    Golf Podcasts

    The Chipping Forecast. I don't think anything else comes close, though as mentioned above, Eddie can be a bit tiring at times.
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