I am sorry.

I am watching the PGA Tour hop on a freight train go 100MPH off of a cliff into a furnace. All on their own volition and immediately. Irrevocably harming the game and our country.

They killed golf in 2020 and perhaps 2021. You don’t get a second chance to be first.

In the one in a trillion chance they do pull off the Dallas tournament by somehow bribing dozens of stare officials and doctors, it will be civil war in this country. Masks will be burned. These players will be vilified. Luckily they don’t have to worry because they aren’t playing.

This isn’t the virus doing stopping their season. This is people doing it. Getting paid serious money to destroy hundreds of millions of dollars in value built up over decades. Thousands of people are going to lose their jobs.

Yes, I will continue posting. This is history to the nth degree. This is the PGA Tour thread and the end of the PGA Tour as we know it. I can see elite players starting their own tour. They aren’t going to sit by idly and let the PGA Tour damage their career.

I will delete my account if I am wrong and never post again. I will put mustard (hate it) on each post first and literally eat my words. I will wager as much money as anyone wants.

lol hyperbole performance art

no. the rest of the thread is.

Considering you don’t even know where the first tournament is scheduled to be, I’m not too worried about the rest of your musings.

Furthermore, NASCAR is slated to be first. Not the PGA Tour.

By the way, do you take your emotional support animal with you to watch golf? It wouldn’t surprise me.


Since you've been wrong at least twice and shown above, we are waiting for you to delete your account.

I can't imagine how amped up Golfnutt gets when facing a 3 1/2 footer that matters for something.

Why Colin Montgomerie doesn’t think the PGA Tour will start in June

https://www.google.com/amp/s/golf.co...tart-june/amp/

“To think about starting up in June is very optimistic, to say the least,” the longtime pro told the Scotsman. “All sorts of different scenarios have to come into play, but I just can’t see it.”

They are going to be broadcasting their own funeral. What a PR nightmare this is going to be.

Let’s say the odds are:

80% chance this all goes to plan. They play, they get money, record ratings. Everyone is thrilled that things are going back to normal. We are all inspired.

19% chance it’s cancelled. Sets everything back significantly. They have to devise a whole new schedule from scratch. They have to make an embarrassing announcement that they weren’t ready. Lose serious credibility. Cost them millions of dollars.

1% chance the event happens and there is serious backlash. Public is not ok with them playing. They get murdered by the media for coming back way too early and somehow getting all these special exemptions. Lose sponsors. CBS backs out. Professional golf is painted extremely negative with long-lasting repercussions. Takes them years to recover.

The benefit is minimal if it works and the costs are super-high if it doesn’t. Worst sports organization in history. Pandemic Golf Association.

If it's deemed safe let them play! Players and people that don't think it is don't play or watch.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.esp...3fplatform=amp

“We'll be trying to stay 6 feet away but you're not going to stay 6 feet from your caddie at all times,'' Todd said. "We would strive to do that as best as we can do. I don't see us wearing masks out there even though that would probably be a smart precaution but I just can't see teeing it up with a mask on. We'll probably break every CDC recommendation there.”

So this is their master plan to getting sports back first. Break every CDC recommendation and broadcast it. And travel city to city while every other sports league is shut down. Market it all as ‘Return to Normal’.

Telling us they will try their best to comply but their game doesn’t allow it. And saying it would be smart to wear masks but they don’t want to do it. Nobody does.

Brilliant comeback. Ignore everything. Break every government guideline at the peak of pandemic deaths. Put it on tv and advertise the show. Doing activities nobody else in the world is allowed.

Anybody defending this strategy?

Is it just more or is it weird to see all these pros back practicing just wearing gym clothes? When did this become a thing, personally I always like to practice is golf attire. Hitting balls with and untucked shirt would really tilt me.

Thoughts on this? https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tou...rry-tour-event

Sucks for the guy that gets bumped. But maybe play better and that won't happen.

I don't have a problem with it. If Vijay is eligble and wants to play that's up to him.

It's kind of like seeing a $10 dollar bill on the pavement as you're walking home to your million dollar penthouse and decide to race a homeless guy for it.

It's your right, but you're still an ******* for doing it.

Agreed, he's earned the right to play when and where he wants

Back in the 80's and 90's (I'm pretty sure) 70+ year old Doug Ford was not exempt for Champions Tour events but he was exempt for PGA Tour events. So he played in quite a lot of them for several years usually shooting around 90 each round. So of course each and every tournament he took a spot away from somebody who could actually play. The tours changed their eligibility rules soon after.

The reason this is such a sore spot is the circumstances surrounding the PGA Tour and is feeder system. There will be no Korn Ferry Q school for the next season and nobody is going to lose status on the PGA Tour. Only the top 10 players on the KF money list will be eligible for opposite field events on the PGA Tour. With nobody making any money for a few months and no chance for advancement in the next year and a half, KF players and below are fighting like crazy just to bring home some money. And if Vijay plays, he's taking a spot from a player who probably really needs to make some money.

So yes, it's his right to play. But it's definitely no different than what Doug Ford did many years ago.

Wrong. Vijay won't be posting 90s during his rounds.

I'm really surprised to see this take from you nitBO.

No it's not. Singh worked his ass off to be where he is and earn that money. Nobody is forcing the guy that gets bumped to be a professional golfer. We are talking about a sport where people lose money if they sign their score card incorrectly. Dudes a competitor and wants to play, if the Korn Ferry guys don't like it find another job or play better and have a career like Vijays.

Yes, it is.

And lol at "working his ass off". He's a professional golf player. He has never had to "work his ass off" in his life and if you think someone who've made millions from doing something most people do for fun and recreation is a struggling hero, then you have no clue about real life.

I love and support a lot of golf players, Singh included, but let's not pretend they're struggling underdogs. The lady cleaning your office after you've left has probably worked harder than Singh ever will.

If you have played golf recreationally and think it doesn't take hard work to win 81 million then LOL at you!

Who's sayings he an underdog? The guy is a legend and still a good golfer, if he wants to tee it up and play so be it.

Shifty86's take>MinusEV's take

From some that enjoys playing but gets board after hitting 10 balls on the range I have a ton of respect for guys that hit for hours and hours every day

Vijay is fine taking the spot

While competing at the highest levels is a probably a dream for most people, it also has to be pretty stressful.

It would be pretty shitty living out of a suitcase too.

Yeah but if you can pay the bills the Korn Popper tour would be a life experience even if only for one year

The amount of pressure these guys face is insane. There is just zero forgiveness in it. In other sports Coaches/GM's can give you a pass if you **** up from time to time if you have the talent and they like you, plus you have a contract and security that way. You **** up in golf and you could be in the negatives for $.