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Professional Golf 2024 & 2025

From 2026 top 100 keep their card on US PGA Tour, some interesting names would have missed out if in effect this year.

101. Rickie Fowler
102. C.T. Pan
103. Vince Whaley
104. Michael Kim
105. K.H. Lee
106. Mac Meissner
107. Greyson Sigg
108. Nicolai Hojgaard
109. Matt Kuchar
110. Joe Highsmith
111. Brice Garnett
112. Chan Kim
113. Jacob Bridgeman
114. Matt McCarty
115. Ben Silverman
116. Chad Ramey
117. Nate Lashley
118. Ryan Fox
119. Chris Gotterup
120. Henrik Norlander
121. Alex Smalley
122. David Skinns
123. Sami Valimaki
124. Joel Dahmen
125. Sam Ryder
 
AussieKB said:
From 2026 top 100 keep their card on US PGA Tour, some interesting names would have missed out if in effect this year.

101. Rickie Fowler
102. C.T. Pan
103. Vince Whaley
104. Michael Kim
105. K.H. Lee
106. Mac Meissner
107. Greyson Sigg
108. Nicolai Hojgaard
109. Matt Kuchar
110. Joe Highsmith
111. Brice Garnett
112. Chan Kim
113. Jacob Bridgeman
114. Matt McCarty
115. Ben Silverman
116. Chad Ramey
117. Nate Lashley
118. Ryan Fox
119. Chris Gotterup
120. Henrik Norlander
121. Alex Smalley
122. David Skinns
123. Sami Valimaki
124. Joel Dahmen
125. Sam Ryder
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Yeah I’d really miss Vince Wally and Mac Messner.
 
sunshine said:
I guess it depends on how many “lifes” one person has?
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When I was born 54 years back - my parents were buying a house for about £3000. That house is now worth well over £300,000, so in not even my lifetime the value of money has changed 100+ fold when we are referencing buying a house.

I don't get why people question anybody taking opportunities to increase their wealth and protect theirs, and their families future - hopefully I live long enough to have great grandchildren, and if I was given the opportunity to make sure they were financially protected all through their lives - which could potentially be in excess of 100 years from now, I'd take it - we all would.


Anyway, back to the golf - cracking field out in Saudi in comparison to the PGAT's offering this week which is very much - 'meh'...

Shame it's not easy to get coverage of the Asian Tour here in the UK, something that hopefully gets addressed in the near future.
 
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Mel Smooth said:
When I was born 54 years back - my parents were buying a house for about £3000. That house is now worth well over £300,000, so in not even my lifetime the value of money has changed 100+ fold when we are referencing buying a house.

I don't get why people question anybody taking opportunities to increase their wealth and protect theirs, and their families future - hopefully I live long enough to have grandchildren, and if I was given the opportunity to make sure they were financially protected all through their lives - which could potentially be in excess of 100 years from now, I'd take it - we all would.


Anyway, back to the golf - cracking field out in Saudi in comparison to the PGAT's offering this week which is very much - 'meh'...

Shame it's not easy to get coverage of the Asian Tour here in the UK, something that hopefully gets addressed in the near future.
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Easy to get this weeks tourney though. Premier Sports, 4-5 hrs each day
 
PJ87 said:
Realistically how much money does one person actually ever need in their lifes? Sure big houses cost to run but there must be a point where you can't spend any more in a year .. and it just collects interest forever until you die and the cycle repeats with your kids .

Crazy
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What a person needs is irrelevant, it's what they want that is key.
 
Captainron said:
See this has finally happened. Right decision for me

www.sportsnet.ca

LPGA changes policy to ban trans athletes from joining tour

The LPGA has announced changes to its gender policy that will ban trans women from joining the tour in 2025.
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It’s inline with the stance that other sports have taken and it well overdue ,rugby was the first (I think) to take the stance and I think others will follow.

I notice the article mentions Hailey Davidson, what about the winnings he had earned, the cuts missed by others… this is a big can of worms.
 
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Captainron said:
See this has finally happened. Right decision for me

www.sportsnet.ca

LPGA changes policy to ban trans athletes from joining tour

The LPGA has announced changes to its gender policy that will ban trans women from joining the tour in 2025.
www.sportsnet.ca www.sportsnet.ca
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I think it is only something that will be accepted as long as real women stay in the top rankings or winning majors. If you had a trans person, and we know distance is the dominating factor in golf now, winning the big tournaments or setting records, it would make a nonsense of the womens game. If someone exploits being fundamentally a man to win in ladies golf, it would be regarded in a similar way as the enhanced games or doping in athletics. But golf still takes a lot of attributes to win, so it will be interesting to see if any of them make it to the top, let alone set new heights.
 
Dunesman said:
I think it is only something that will be accepted as long as real women stay in the top rankings or winning majors. If you had a trans person, and we know distance is the dominating factor in golf now, winning the big tournaments or setting records, it would make a nonsense of the womens game. If someone exploits being fundamentally a man to win in ladies golf, it would be regarded in a similar way as the enhanced games or doping in athletics. But golf still takes a lot of attributes to win, so it will be interesting to see if any of them make it to the top, let alone set new heights.
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It would almost be fair if the women were allowed to take PED’s just to partially level the gap.
 
D-S said:
Is there any evidence that Helen Briem is anything but born and is biologically female? Genuine question.
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I have no idea. Never heard of her until last weekend.
Would like to think all the necessary tests have been done or it could turn into another Algerian boxer situation.
At least she's just playing golf though not punching people in the face.
 
Bobthesock said:
I have no idea. Never heard of her until last weekend.
Would like to think all the necessary tests have been done or it could turn into another Algerian boxer situation.
At least she's just playing golf though not punching people in the face.
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So why is it bad news for her then?
 
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