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Not In A Fairway 😔
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Was standing on the putting green with Koepka's caddie earlier when an irritated Bryson DeChambeau walked up & told him to tell his boss to make any comment about slow play "to my face". Brooks arrived soon after, got the message & ambled over for a chat with the scientist.
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Rory McIlroy shot 62 today, but his most delicious shot was his 63rd, delivered in the post-round interview. #21
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This is like a Mt Rushmore of tempo right here.
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That's 68 @PGATOUR wins on the range at @BridgestoneSP.
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Our Golf Channel colleague Braden Newcomer is about to play Oakmont. He’s a 0.6 handicap. We’ve set the over/under at 93.5.
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Barely past 7 AM Thursday morning and this is the tune booming from the loudspeakers by the empty first tee at Bethpage Black.
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Gestures matter: The new Champion Golfer of the Year is also an advocate for inclusion in this sport. This was his yardage book cover at the Memorial Tournament last month. 👏
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“I didn’t really like where the money was coming from.”
With those words, Rory McIlroy became the first top player to reject the Saudi takeover of golf.
717 days ago.
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Three sources are telling me the entire PGA Tour membership will receive an email from Jay Monahan in under an hour, after the LIV Golf players hit their tee shots, and that the hammer is being dropped.
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Me: "This course sets-up well for you."
Shane Lowry: "You told me that at Southern Hills & I finished t-23."
"Yeah, but I didn't hit the shots for you."
"If you had I wouldn't have finished t-23."
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I don’t think the LIV social campaign quite expected this response from its top player. 😂
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Bryson complains that being shown acting like a petulant brat hurts his brand. Who wants to be the one to tell him?
golfweek.usatoday.com/2020/0… via @golfweek
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My last cigarette was 14 years ago today.
I should have kept smoking and quit golf.
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A nice tribute by the first tee at Royal Troon to longtime Open starter, Ivor Robson, who died in October at age 83.
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I guess I’ll cancel the check for eleventy billion or whatever his latest demand was.
JUST IN: Patrick Reed’s defamation lawsuits against Brandel Chamblee, Eamon Lynch, Shane Bacon, and several other journalists and news outlets has been dismissed by a federal judge.
“While Reed may be frustrated at the [negative media coverage] he fails to bring actionable defamation claims [under the First Amendment]”
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Since he volunteered his opinion on joggers being worn this week on the PGA Tour, I wonder if Phil Mickelson will also speak out on dress codes at the tournament he’s actually playing next week in Saudi Arabia.
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"They [PGA Tour] can't ban you for one day let alone life." -- Greg Norman text to Sergio Garcia that was featured in the California court papers.
Oops.
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Daniel Berger had to make an effort to be this close to Patrick Reed today. Berger’s tee shot on the 5th (lower left) missed left. Reed was well into the trees on the right.
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It’s a good thing for Charley Hoffman that the people running golf don’t chop people up for leveling public criticisms.
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The 2027 major venues are Augusta National, Pebble Beach, St Andrews and Frisco.
Shades of 2000 when it was Augusta, Pebble, St Andrews and Valhalla.
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“You are guilty of going too far… and are likely in violation of the law.”
— Greg Norman.
His boss:
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Turkey welcomes Thanksgiving.
Bryson DeChambeau in favour of new European Tour slow play sanctions - "I love it" golf-monthly.co.uk/news/tour…
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History, St. Andrews style: As Tiger tapped in what might be his last putt at the Old Course, Sheila Walker watched from her upstairs window in the small building to the left. She is the great-great-granddaughter and only surviving relative of Old Tom Morris.
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Phil Mickelson’s mouth has brought him — and his greedy Saudi scheme — to the brink of ruin golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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The guy I feel for in this coronavirus mess is @ChaseKoepka. Made it through a Monday Q playoff then WD’d to protect the field though he tested negative. Some sponsor should acknowledge that with an invite down the road.
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As Rory McIlroy hugged his friends by the clubhouse, it looked like the stress of a decade was spilling out. He finally broke into a laugh and said "Right, I have to go get a green jacket."
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Justin Thomas learned something this week. Everyone else? Not so much. golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/0… via @golfweek
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In testimony, lawyer for LIV players said that in some contracts a player's prize money is recouped against his advance. A noteworthy admission that LIV previously denied.
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esquire.com/news-politics/a4…
The best story I’ve ever read about the horrors of Sept. 11, one I revisit at this time every year. It has lost none of its impact with the passage of time.
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PGA Tour deal with LIV reduces elite golf to public relations for a tyrant golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/0… via @golfweek
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Talking points given by the Saudis to the LIV Golf players, all of whom are dutifully reciting the script.
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"I play a lot of golf. My love of golf far outstrips my gift for it, but I love it."
Sidney Poitier.
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The Saudis put a horse’s head in Brooks Koepka’s bed. He couldn’t refuse their offer golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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As Donald Trump is driven from the White House, he should find no safe harbor in golf golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/0… via @golfweek
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Spare a thought tonight for the players who asked for a spot in the LIV field but who weren’t considered as elite as world No. 1,349 Andy Ogletree.
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Favorite troll comment of the day: Brooks Koepka was testing drivers. Hits 4 balls off a tee. Motions to his caddie, Ricky Elliott, for another one.
“That’s all we have,” said Elliott. “Give me an 8-iron and I’ll run out there and hit them back to you.”
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Greg Norman’s exclusion from the Open Championship at St. Andrews should be cheered—he's earned it golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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I talked to @BKoepka tonight about whether he regrets his DJ comments, his reaction to Rory’s criticism & if he’s bothered that some folks think he’s a mouthy jerk.
golfweek.usatoday.com/2020/0… via @golfweek
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PGA Tour denies players permission to play Saudi-funded event next month golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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Dustin Johnson was presented a test of character by the Saudis. Unsurprisingly, he failed it. golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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Patrick Reed now 0-3 at the Presidents Cup. Good thing he’s shown the ability to dig himself out of a deep hole.
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Phil's statement says golf "desperately" needs change. The only desperation evident is his, in that the PGA Tour apparently cannot give him as much as he needs, as fast as he needs it.
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PGA Tour players vote to outlaw green-reading books, ban likely for next season golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/0… via @golfweek
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Sergio Garcia bolsters his reputation for unprofessionalism, yet again golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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This weepy narrative about Sergio winning on Seve's 60th birthday is played out. Would've been cooler to see DJ win on Hugh Hefner's 90th.
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It's going to be a scene when Brooks finishes on top at the end of the third round today and shows up in Butler Cabin asking for his jacket.
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Greg's whole 'golf as a force for good' theory probably just needs a little more time to work.
Saudi Arabia has resumed sentencing teenagers to death for protesting against the regime, despite promising earlier to end the practice.
thetimes.co.uk/article/88b39…
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Patrick Reed’s caddie, Kessler Karain, says his altercation with a fan resulted only in “a little spilled beer.”
I don’t think he understands that in Australia that constitutes grievous bodily harm.
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“Mr. Monahan, Brandel’s lawyers on line one. They want Patrick Reed’s disciplinary records as part of the discovery process.”
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Awkward moment:for Halloween I dressed as a grey-haired blow hard who can’t play golf for 💩. Then someone else else showed up in the same costume. 🙄
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Finally, a reason to root for the Saudis — they’ll take Sergio Garcia! golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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Phil Mickelson cares about rights; just not the rights abused by his Saudi pals golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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We haven't seen this much green sod carved up while a tournament is still going since Sergio went postal in Saudi Arabia.
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Would be a shame to see Sergio come up one stroke short when others probably deserved that fate more.
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Feels like people are losing sight of the bigger picture with Tiger today. Where will a win put him in the FedEx Cup standings?
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This Ryder Cup session will surprise those who felt certain that yesterday’s senate hearing was the worst performance they’d see by a group of male republicans this week.
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After Brooks Koepka declined interviews, I suggested one via text. He accepted, and explained why he’s not talking golfweek.usatoday.com/2024/0… via @golfweek
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I defer to your experience when it comes to being under investigation. How’s Billy Walters these days?
Nice piece of fiction. In reality, your blind trust in PGA Tour is comical given they are under investigation for countless antitrust violations that have now been expanded to include PGA of America, USGA, and ANGC. should it include you too?🤔 Probably
See you next week 😉
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Phil Mickelson’s Twitter bluster can’t distract from his reality as a shameless pawn for murderers golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/0… via @golfweek
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Time delays just cost Nadal a game when serving for the US Open. Remember that when you hear that we can’t issue stroke penalties in golf because it might happen at a crucial moment.
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Today I asked Brooks Koepka if giving free beer to DeChambeau’s hecklers crosses the line. He says he’s just trying to grow the game.
golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/0… via @golfweek
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A lot of players would struggle to muster this display of class after that gut punch finish. 👏
The moment you had 1 hand on the trophy….then…🙈
Crowds were awesome all week @FortinetChamp & nice to be in the final group for the weekend.
Congrats to @maxhoma23 , good luck in the presidents cup next week 🏆
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Other LIV players will, like Kevin Na, probably resign their PGA Tour memberships, which means they can’t be suspended but would just lose their status. That in turn removes the most likely basis on which the USGA might have prevented them playing the U.S. Open this month.
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Last night on Orlando local news a Florida man expressed relief that Irma didn't know raising her left heel would give her even more power.
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Sources: Parent-child tournament holding spot in next month’s field for Tiger Woods and son golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/1… via @golfweek
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Rory McIlroy joins a lengthy list of golfers who once played alongside Patrick Reed but who ended up snubbing him due to his conduct.
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Henrik Stenson is another dishonest LIV Golf player, but Europe knew he was a risky Ryder Cup gamble golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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The Ryder Cup got stuck with the one thing it didn’t need: Donald Trump golfweek.usatoday.com/story/…
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Phil Mickelson leads LIV Golf crybabies in blaming others for their predicament golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/0… via @golfweek
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It's time the PGA Tour showed Saudi-linked hostage-takers the door golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/0… via @golfweek
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