I forced myself to watch a little bit of the Presidents Cup on Thursday, with hopes the International squad was going to do something exciting against the American team. Of course, it was the same old song, the United States finished the day with a 5-0 sweep.
The coverage? The same old NBC Sports/Golf Channel coverage, not much golf and a lot of nonsense.
The Canadian fans were as dull as a butter knife. Not event Tom Kim could bring those people to cheer.
The course looked beautiful on television, but that is as far as I can go on praising this event.
The International team is taking on an American team that cannot be beaten without the best International players.
Before you go on to say the event is a PGA Tour sanctioned event therefore LIV Golf players are not eligible, I will not disagree with you.
Having said that, let me say to you the PGA Tour always do whatever they want to do as long as it is convenient for the PGA Tour. They change the rules as they please time and time again.
The International team did not have a chance to begin with. You cannot compete without the best international players on your team. With all do respect to Captain Weir, he did not pick the best international players to win this competition.
Like it or not, the best international players at this moment are in LIV Golf. Again, the PGA Tour changes the rules all the time, they could have done the same this time and allow Captain Weir a chance to pick a winning team.
Having said that, I am not sure if Captain Weir even brought up the subject, so I am going to assume he toed the line and went along with whatever the PGA Tour mafia told him to do.
It is a shame, but this competition has become a joke. You cannot expect to be taken seriously when the best players are not in the field.
These are not the best international players in the world. On the other hand, these are the best American payers in the world, even ignoring the corrupt OWGR system.
Which players got left out from consideration? Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Joaquin Niemann, Dean Burmester, Louis Oosthuizen, Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman, Sebastian Munoz, and Mito Pereira. These guys are the hottest international players in LIV Golf, hands down.
Go to the DPWT, and the list is even bigger. No Triston Lawrence on the International Team? Seriously?
As the great William Shakespeare once wrote, “Heavy is the head that wears the crown.” Unfortunately, the PGA Tour does not understand their responsibility and the importance of having the best players in the field, regardless of tour or corrupt OWGR influence.