The International team managed to scrap a couple of half points and the Americans took an 8-2 lead into Saturday’s Four Ball matches.
This could be over by Saturday evening if the Americans continue with their good form, especially on the greens.
Unfortunately for the International team, this is what happens when you put a team together, not of the players you wanted, but the players you were told to.
I am hoping for the International team to give us something to talk about on Saturday, otherwise the Presidents Cup will be a one sided one trick pony.
Nothing much to say other than the fact the International squad has performed as it was expected; poorly.
Jay Monahan knew this was going to be failure of major proportions for the International team, especially when the best players were not allowed to play.
Jay Monahan is a selfish little man, so I am not surprise he did not care one bit.
As to the coverage, Dan Hicks and Paul Azinger are dreadful. They are nothing more than cheerleaders for the United States team with zero objectivity or meaningful commentary. Do yourself a favor and watch with your television in ‘mute.’
Instead of talking golf, they spend most of their time on a butt kissing tour of the players. Meanwhile the network is showing Davis Love riding around in a golf cart while play is going on. One word: Ridiculous!
It is really sad to watch. The International team has been outplayed and humiliated by the United States team. This is not a competition, this is a PGA cash cow and that is all Jay Monahan cares about.
If I were the captain of the International team I would have told Jay Monahan to stuff it. I would have demanded LIV Golf players be allowed to play or otherwise there would be no cup. Not allowing the LIV Golf international players to play for the International team was stupid and shortsighted.
The same goes for the United States team, but Davis Love is Jay Monahan’s lapdog, so he would have never had the guts to make such demands.
So here we are, Captain Immelmann got a raw deal and this will be over before you can yell, ‘Fore.’
LIV Golf Chicago Photo courtesy of golfbettingclub.com
Finished watching the second round of the LIV Golf event in Chicago and I will continue to say that LIV Golf is the future of professional golf.
The shotgun start, the music, the fans, the overall atmosphere of the tournament is refreshing and exciting.
I think the broadcast team still a work in progress, but the addition of David Feherty to the team has been a good one. He brings his humor and knowledge of the game to a ‘worry free’ environment where he can be himself.
I watched the broadcast on my computer and it worked just fine. No downtime nor disruptions. I even ordered a LIV Golf hat.
Not having to watch the lame broadcasting team of NBC Sports and the Golf Channel, with their phoney ‘white guilt’ commentary and ‘make believe’ commercials is a welcomed change.
McIlroy and Horschel can be Jay Monahan’s loudspeakers as much as they like, but the reality of LIV Golf is here to stay. Their silliness only makes them look petty, but if that is what rock their boats, by all means.
Straight golf, commercial free, less than 6 hour rounds, and woke free broadcasting, is a winning ticket.
If LIV Golf ever lands a broadcasting rights deal, that would be the end, in my opinion, of the PGA Tour and its grip on professional golf.
I am looking forward to tomorrow’s LIV Golf final round with Dustin Johnson and Cameron Smith putting up a show.
Meanwhile, the highest ranking player at the PGA Tour opener, the Fortinet Championship, is Hideki Matsuyama at number 16th in the OWGR. Good luck with that!
Where is Rory and Billy supporting the PGA tour this week? Exactly!
LIV Derangement Syndrome Has Been Taken To A Whole New Level
Professional Golfer Cameron Smith Photo courtesy of foxsports.com.au
I thought I have seen every little dirty trick the PGA Tour can come up with in their fight against LIV Golf and its CEO Greg Norman. I was wrong!
On Sunday final round of the first playoff event, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, Cameron Smith was handed a two stroke penalty for what the PGA Tour officials claimed to be an improper play during the third round.
Mind you, Cameron Smith was -11 at the end of his third round. With a victory, Smith could have overtaken Scottie Scheffler as the #1 player in the world.
Smith was definitely in contention until, oh, oh, the PGA Tour looked hard enough to find the infraction.
Just like that, Smith went from -11 to -9 and his chances of winning and becoming the #1 player in the world vanished with it.
I have no problem with professional golfers been held accountable for rules violations, but this one stunk like a skunk on a highway.
The infraction happened at the 4th hole during the third round and it was not until the morning after, and after the round was completed and the scorecard signed, the PGA Tour officials did not feel good about it.
If the PGA Tour had notified Smith during the third round, I would have gone along with it. Instead, they waited until the next day, right before Smith tee time to notify him of the infraction.
To me, that was a bunch of horse manure and deliberately done as to harm Smith chances at the #1 spot. Once the round is over the scores need to stand, period.
Sure, it is clear Smith took an improper drop and should have been penalized, but to wait almost 22 hours after the fact to notify him of the infraction was dirty and unprofessional.
With all the rumors of Smith leaving to go and play LIV Golf, and giving LIV Golf its highest ranked player today, Smith becoming the #1 player in the world was something the PGA Tour could not and would not allow to happen.
Next time, have some class and inform the player right away and not when the Tour feels threaten.
Garbage ranks higher than the PGA Tour and Cameron Smith has too much class to tell them.
Does the PGA Tour understands why players are leaving? Exactly!
Phil Mickelson and 10 Other LIV Golf Players File Antitrust Suit Against The PGA Tour
LIV Golf players, Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau. Photo courtesy of golfmagic.com
It is about time!
Time for the PGA Tour to open its books and show the world the kind of big business they do not want to give up.
Phil Mickelson and 10 other LIV players have filed an antitrust suit against PGA Tour INC over the suspensions issued by PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan.
Three of the players have also filed for an injunction. The three players had qualified for the FedEx Cup prior to them joining LIV Golf, and under the new rules, they will not be allowed to play.
Listening to the on-field interviewer from the Golf Channel talking to some of the players at this week’s Wyndham Championships about LIV Golf and the lawsuit, was embarrassing and pathetic.
Damon Hack and Eamon Lynch were not much different in their commentary. More of the same, doing the PGA Tour bid. You can count on these two to bore you to death as they represent the Golf Channel lunatic fringe.
Having said that, I do not expect anything different from the Golf Channel. After all, they are part of the woke culture at NBC Sports. Objectivity and real journalism is not a requirement.
Paging Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, and Scottie Scheffler. Oops, once again they are not at the Wyndham Championship “supporting” the PGA Tour and the sponsor. Nothing more than whiny hypocrites.
The PGA Tour is big business and has been spending lots of money paying lobbyists in Washington to assist them in gaining political support for the PGA Tour in an attempt to prevent LIV Golf from operating.
Why would they spend money lobbying politicians? What are they afraid of?
Davis Love III, went as far as to say, “If the LIV guys sue and are allowed to play on the PGA Tour, the players are enough fed up with it.” What the heck is he saying? Is he threatening the LIV players with bodily harm?
He went on to say, “We understand we make the rules on the PGA Tour and the commissioner is enforcing our rules and we don’t want those guys playing, coming and cherry-picking our tournaments.”
Really? PGA Tour players cherry-pick their tournaments, and as long as they meet the minimum 15 event requirement, they are free to do as they wish. This is why McIlroy, Thomas, and Scheffler have not showed up for the last three regular season tournaments.
Love continued with his irrational tirade and it got even crazier. “We hold all the cards. We say to the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and to Washington, ‘No, we support the rules. We don’t want those guys playing. We don’t care what the courts say.”
“The nuclear option is to say ‘Fine, if they have to play in our events we just won’t play’.”
Go ahead Davis, who cares? If you, and the rest of the PGA Tour players want to take that childish stance, no problem. I am sure that will do lots for your fan base.
He added that the suspensions issued to Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, and Patrick Reed, makes them ineligible to play for his President’s Cup team in September.
I’ll say the International Team will have a good opportunity to beat the United States without too much fuzz. Keeping your best players out sounds like a great strategy Davis.
If Davis Love III sounds insane to you, welcome to the club.
Commissioner Monahan should be embarrassed. He is nothing but a coward. These players go out and engage the media instead of concentrating on playing the tournaments. The media should be handle by Jay Monahan, not the players.
Jay Monahan is evil. He knows exactly what he is doing by pinning PGA Tour players against LIV Golf players. He has created this atmosphere and he should be fired.
By the way Jay, it is called LIV Golf, not the Saudi League. Stop sounding stupid and ignorant.
Jay Monahan’s salary is higher than most of the purses these players are playing for. He is worth about $12 million dollars with an annual salary of $4 million dollars. The winners purse for the Open Championship was $2.5 million. Let that marinate for a minute.
The PGA Tour is going to be exposed for the fraud they are, and the PGA Tour membership finally will see how much money the suits at Ponte Vedra have been hiding from them.
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