BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Yeah, probably some people sit there starting rumours to see whichs ones run.
AK is a fascination in the US though
https://golf.com/news/sad-legend-anthony-kim-oklahoma/?amp=1
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AK is a fascination in the US though
https://golf.com/news/sad-legend-anthony-kim-oklahoma/?amp=1
They had them in 6 months. And none in the last 6.
That list has 5 relevant to todays top golf, names on it. The rest are vintage 10 years ago. Its a decent list for a semi-seniors tour. Its the Champions tour you could actually see LIV usurping.
evemccc
Well-known member
You’re right — that list has golfers who’ve only won 12 Majors SINCE McIlroy last won a Major.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
And how many Majors have benn won by non-LIV players since Rory last won a Major..?
Thats a nothing stat..obviously LIV are scared of Rory because everything is about Rory...
Thats a nothing stat..obviously LIV are scared of Rory because everything is about Rory...
AussieKB
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Once I grew to over 5 feet I stopped worrying about Leprechauns.
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Kim always seems to have his “aura” around him over in the US
He was clearly a talented golfer but his main highlight was the Ryder Cup in 2008 - and even Boo Weekly did well then
He appears to be the one that would have reigned the golfing world without the wrist injury
Would be car crash if they grabbed him but funny
it was mentioned by a top teaching pro so might have more creditability than some stories that have come out
Nothing like a bit of racism to make your case...Once I grew to over 5 feet I stopped worrying about Leprechauns.
wjemather
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I'm sure this must have been said already (countless times, probably), but these are not valid criticisms.
It's ridiculous to dismiss from relevance players who were ranked inside the owgr top-50 less than 7/8 months ago, prior to being suspended by the PGA Tour (where big points are available for mediocre, or even dead last, finishes), of which there were more than a dozen. Players who were just outside the top-50 should not be dismissed so easily either.
It's also unreasonable to focus on and dismiss the small minority who are over-45 and send everyone into retirement, when many have been competitive on tour and in majors during recent seasons, even winning on occasion.
Also, to be pedantic, many of the players listed joined LIV later, so within the last 6 months.
evemccc
Well-known member
And how many Majors have benn won by non-LIV players since Rory last won a Major..?
Thats a nothing stat..obviously LIV are scared of Rory because everything is about Rory...
The difference is the constant noise from those who either hate LIV, or bizarrely, see themselves as a kind of PGA Tour defender - and claim that no good players have departed for Liv
You don’t see Mel or anyone else trying to pretend that the PGA Tour is finished because it has ‘about 5 real players who matter’
If someone is as biased and affected by their likes/dislikes and emotions as that, there is no point giving their point of views any credence
Mel Smooth
Hacker
Anybody would think every PGAT event is rammed full of the top 50 golfers in the world - when they aren’t.
LIV guarantees that you will see some of the best golfers out there, multiple major winners, and highly regarded golfers.
In that respect their events sit just below the majors and a couple of tour events. TPC being one of those.
And before anybody tells me I’m wrong, that’s the reason the PGAT introduced their elevated status events. We’ll see how that stacks up against the LIV series as we move forward.
LIV guarantees that you will see some of the best golfers out there, multiple major winners, and highly regarded golfers.
In that respect their events sit just below the majors and a couple of tour events. TPC being one of those.
And before anybody tells me I’m wrong, that’s the reason the PGAT introduced their elevated status events. We’ll see how that stacks up against the LIV series as we move forward.
doublebogey7
Head Pro
The main problem for me has always been the closed nature of the LiV. In terms of funding it's not so much where it's coming from, though I find I difficult to believe anyone is truly comfortable with it, but it's complete lack of sustainability. Which I guessing is why PGL never got off the ground.
So would I have been opposed to PGL, with the only difference being it's funding, as sure as hell I would. Would I have been opposed if there had been an agreement between the tours, I think that would have very much dependent on the nature of the agreement how the "elite 48" were selected and whether it could ever be in sustainable. Its clear to me that last of these would have been a clear yes, otherwise it would never have got an agreement with the main tours.
Swango1980
Well-known member
I assume you are not talking about people on this thread, but talking about some crude arguments made elsewhere in social media? I've not heard anyone saying that all 48 LIV players are bad players?
Why would Mel Smooth say the PGA Tour is finished either? You can make dramatic claims about how great LIV is, without having to say the PGA Tour is finished. If either TOUR is likely to be "finished" in the future, odds are it will be LIV. That isn't me having a go at LIV in the sense I don't find it appealing, it is more a simply case that the PGA Tour is established, sustainable, and has emerging talent coming into it all the time. LIV is not established, sustainable as yet and no real route to freshen the field.
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Here, here ?
"But McIlroy confirmed that on Thursday morning he had spoken to Reed at their hotel and informed him of the rain delay which cost the tournament six hours play on its opening day.
"Ironically the first person I saw was Patrick Reed," Mcilroy said.
"Look, it's fine. It's been blown out of proportion and once the golf starts it's nice that we can all just focus on the birdies and the bogeys and not all the rest of the nonsense.""
"But McIlroy confirmed that on Thursday morning he had spoken to Reed at their hotel and informed him of the rain delay which cost the tournament six hours play on its opening day.
"Ironically the first person I saw was Patrick Reed," Mcilroy said.
"Look, it's fine. It's been blown out of proportion and once the golf starts it's nice that we can all just focus on the birdies and the bogeys and not all the rest of the nonsense.""
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cleveland52
Active member
LOL!......The PGA, over 100 years.....the PGAT, over 60 years. Yes I'm a fan.
What's laughable is someone being fanatical after eight hit and giggle events.....
doublebogey7
Head Pro
I don't hear anyone suggesting anything of the sort. But is is pretty undeniable that there are more events on the PGA Tour than on LiV that contain large numbers from the top one hundred. Unless, of course, LiV make an announcement in the next week or two that they have secured another dozen top 100 players. You are welcome to tell me I am wrong then and only then.
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evemccc
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The has-been and past-its on the LIV Tour are doing pretty well in the prestigious DP World Tour event, the Dubai Desert Classic — ohh the two leaders are LIV golfers ?
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And there was me thinking it was the PGAT/Rory fans were the petty ones ??
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Do they hand prizes out for being top on a Friday now?
?Do they hand prizes out for being top on a Friday now?
evemccc
Well-known member
And there was me thinking it was the PGAT/Rory fans were the petty ones ??
Do they hand prizes out for being top on a Friday now?
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Come on…my post above was firmly tongue in cheek
