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The official AK golf thread

Breaking news, LIV Golf is merging with the PGA and DP World tours and the PGA Tour will go from a non-profit organization to for profit.
 
Just saw the merger announcement. It is on major news outlets so it must be real. A couple of points to be made. It appears Commissioner Monahan will continue. Monahan was the problem to begin with as players felt money was going to his salary and very expensive PGA headquarters building instead of to the players. The other issue is it appears that PGA will be part owned by a foreign country. That country has first right of refusal for additional capital investment which means they are first in line to acquire a bigger ownership stake. I am not mentioning the country because we can't go there but there are cultural differences that have to be accounted for.
 
55Redneck said:
Personally I think it's a very sad day for men's pro golf. I've never liked Jay Monahan, he's always struck me as a self important A-hole and now I can add sellout to that list.
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Monahan's salary is $8.3M. He spent $65M on new PGA Tour headquarters building. This caused the revolt. At most stroke play events, players who do not make the cut do not get paid. Most lower ranked pros have to pay their own travel expenses. The result is that some lose money playing on the tour but are still able to maintain enough points to keep tour card. In other words, PGA pros from 65-120 rank are hard pressed to earn a living. Considering the amount of work that goes into earning a tour card, this was correctly seen as not right. Monahan was tone deaf in not reforming this pay system which drew attention to his own excessive spending and imperious attitude. LIV saw the opening. Now LIV owns a part of the PGA Tour.
 
"Sportwashing", starting with the the 1936 Berlin Olympics to the present. Doesn't say much for those pocketing LIV blood money and their partners, now the PGA being another enabler.
 
SoCal Sam said:
Monahan's salary is $8.3M. He spent $65M on new PGA Tour headquarters building. This caused the revolt. At most stroke play events, players who do not make the cut do not get paid. Most lower ranked pros have to pay their own travel expenses. The result is that some lose money playing on the tour but are still able to maintain enough points to keep tour card. In other words, PGA pros from 65-120 rank are hard pressed to earn a living. Considering the amount of work that goes into earning a tour card, this was correctly seen as not right. Monahan was tone deaf in not reforming this pay system which drew attention to his own excessive spending and imperious attitude. LIV saw the opening. Now LIV owns a part of the PGA Tour.
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The PGA has made a mess out of this.
 
greymatter said:
Money talks , bullshit walks ! Where is the pride ? Where has it gone ? It’s all about money . They have lost the respect that I have given them and the game of golf .
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Just like every other professional sport except hockey. It's all about money and every league is more concerned with grabbing as much as they can with no regard for any integrity their sport may have had. What disappoints me is fans will pay through the nose, at every turn to watch watered down sports.
 
Snappahead said:
Just like every other professional sport except hockey. It's all about money and every league is more concerned with grabbing as much as they can with no regard for any integrity their sport may have had. What disappoints me is fans will pay through the nose, at every turn to watch watered down sports.
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Agreed. I was just looking for information on college baseball. Next page was how to watch it on Hulu Disney bundle $13 monthly.
 
Fun tournament to watch. Good to see Taylor win, first time since 1954 a Canadian has won.

However, on one hole I got the impression that they don't know how to sing their national anthem. Either that or too many beers.
 
Worked on Rory swing at the range yesterday. Wider stance, ball further away, lean forward, harder turn to right side, and so on.

On a side note, Colin Morikawa was filming a Bank of America commercial at my driving range yesterday. I missed seeing him but the guys were buzzing about his swing demonstration.
 
SoCal Sam said:
I'm starting to sour on hybrids and am thinking about getting out of the hybrid business. Hybrids sometimes fight me at the range and it takes a lot of effort to get them going. 5 wood works from the start. We shall see.
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I was thinking the same. Went to the range with phone and these comments . Made 2 setup changes:
1. Choked down on the grip ..maybe a half inch?
2. Moved shaft forward enough to get clubface lined up to the target. This eliminates the offset.
Hope this helps. So far it's working for me.
 
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