Month: October 2022

The Man Who Killed Professional Golf

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan

https://golf.com/news/jay-monahan-pga-tour-liv-come-together-co-exist/

Another week and PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan refuses to see the inevitability of LIV Golf.

As LIV Golf is in serious negotiations for a television deal and top players continue to take the big money, the only thing Jay Monahan can come up with is empty rhetoric.

Him and his little minions at NBC Golf and the Golf Channel are trying hard to convince you that LIV Golf is a shooting star and it will be gone before it starts.

Of course, anyone who has watched the format understands this is going to be part of professional golf and it is here to stay.

LIV CEO, Greg Norman has made a compelling case for LIV Golf and the reasons why it can coexist with the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour.

Greg Norman’s interview with Piers Morgan was very revealing and a very honest take on the situation.

On the other hand, Jay Monahan has gone around whining and complaining about LIV Golf and refusing to even sit down to talk. Instead he sends his little dogs, McIlroy and Horschel to do his bid.

This week, McIlroy stated that it was time to sit down as professional golf was getting ripped apart by this rift.

Even a flip flopper like Rory McIlroy understands, and realizes, LIV Golf is here to stay and the importance for the best players in the world to participate in the Major Championships.

As the professional golf world turns, Jay Monahan insists on staying in the past.

Presidents Cup- Final Day

Epilogue

As expected, the American team won the Presidents Cup, again.

On the last day, a few matches were worth watching. The one I enjoyed the most was the S.W. Kim and Justin Thomas match. I was pleased to see S.W. Kim beat Thomas rather convincingly.

There is not much to write about this Presidents Cup, but for the things and people who made it an unattainable endeavor for the International team.

The absence of players like Cam Smith, Abe Ancer, and Joaquin Niemann, robbed the International team of the firepower necessary to give the Americans a real run for their money.

Perhaps the next International team captain will have the guts to stand up to Jay Monahan.

I kept wondering why Ryan Fox was not on the International team. The man has been on fire and deserved a spot on that team. I guess we will never know.

Jay Monahan got what he wanted, a weak International team, and a boatload of money.

Until the next shenanigan.