The Saudi's will control the PGA when the ink dries.
They aren't investing billions of dollars to see Jay Monihan run the ship. Whoever it is will be their puppet.
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The Saudi's will control the PGA when the ink dries.
They aren't investing billions of dollars to see Jay Monihan run the ship. Whoever it is will be their puppet.
The guy pulling the strings is Jimmy Dunne. PIF is in money mode now. They need to show the “investment” can make money. PGA = money maker. LIV = money loser. Control will go to the guys who can turn a profit.
Same for me. I was always a Jack guy. Was looking up the past Hoylake Open Champions and laughed when I saw the payouts. De Vicenzo only won 2100 pounds. Tiger was 720,000 pounds. Rory 975,000 pounds. Crazy how much better it is for the guys today. Big props to the old school guys for paving the way.
Shipnuck is a tool but Mickelson did himself no favors here. First, he played semantics and tried to argue he didn't have an interview with Shipnuck despite the fact he had admitted earlier to speaking with Shipnuck. Plus he was the one who reached out to Shipnuck to talk and he knew Shipnuck was writing a book and still never said anything about it being off the record. You reach out to a guy writing a book about you and you don't confirm what's on and off the record? Yeah, that's your mistake.
Mickelson got smoked by his own hubris there and went into spin control after the fact when his comments made him look bad.
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Again, nothing is final until the agreement is signed but technically even with them putting in $1B in cash, the most valuable asset, the one with the largest investment in the new structure will be the PGA, not the PIF. Now how that factors into control, I guess we will see.
Tv coverage tomorrow for the Open Championship from Royal Liverpool GC.
Peacock 1:30am-4:00am
USA 4:00am-3pm
Peacock 1:30am-4:00am
USA 4:00am-3pm
I love watching golf but streaming at 1:30am is a pass. I’ll wake up early to watch it on USA
Harmon Eagles 18 for a 65 and 2 round score of -10. Currently leads by 5 strokes.
If I heard correctly, he only had 23 putts today
If I heard correctly, he only had 23 putts today
He also regripped his club and looked up before his shot approximately 300 times today.
Harman now at -8 and coming back to the field. Lots of big names within striking distance of the lead.
If Rory could make a 10 footer he'd be right there too. Still currently only 4 off. Iron play is en fuego.
Will be interesting to see if their are more waggles tomorrow.
When Sergio got caught up in the waggles years ago it became an obsession with him.
Off topic but after playing golf for over 45 years and 1000+ rounds, I finally got my hole in one today. 6 iron from 175 yards. Feels good. Now back to The Open!
Nice! That’s an impressive hole in one. Did you see it hole out from the tee?
Thanks! I did not but the rest of my foursome all saw it. I figured it went off the back since the pin was in the back center. I think they were more excited than I was. Interesting comment they all had. Each already had an ace of their own but never played with another person that got one. That’s probably common though since I could say the same.
Mostly just joking around, but I do find it very annoying. Much like Sergio in the early 2000s.
Doesn't annoy me at all. He plays fast. Waggles are great for swing rhythm. He is averaging 9 on his drives which is more then most golfers that imploy it but you can't argue with his results.
Just went back to back birdies to get back to -12.
Now if he was one of those guys that takes 15 practice swings I'd be all with you.
They were talking about Rahm after his 63. In all majors, players couldn’t follow up after a 65 or lower round.
As expected, Rory battling it out at the Open!!!!!!!
For 2nd place. LOL.
For 2nd place. LOL.
Not the ending that most expected but kudos to Harman to win easily after building a 5 stroke lead after round 2. Congrats to him for pulling away from a vg field.
Will be interesting to see if this win launches his career or if it’s mostly a one and done win for him.
Will be interesting to see if this win launches his career or if it’s mostly a one and done win for him.
I think it will help him win majors and other event with tough setups. He won't win the grip it and rip it type PGA Tour stops.
I liked what Azinger was saying near the end about Harman's game plan of hitting it straight, but not too far, so as to avoid the bunkers and the worst rough areas, was very similar to how Tiger dominated there when he won - although Tiger was doing it with his 2-iron "stingers" on very dry ground to control his distance, while Harman was doing in on a much wetter course with 3-woods and drivers, but they were essentially both employing similar strategies. Shows how shorter hitters can still win on courses where accuracy is a premium (and chipping/putting, of course).
