Fore Please. 2019 Golf Running Thread

They have that in Hawaii at the beginning of January. Try to pay attention.

There are thunderstorms in August almost everywhere in America.

 

Todd Lewis with the always silly "Have you had your eye on anything" question after he wins 15 mil?
Yeah. Because he didn't have the funds to purchase whatever he wanted to in the world before.
"Yeah Todd. I had my eyes set on the new GMC Yukon. But now I've got this 15 mil...
I can go ahead and get the Denali."

 

Greenland

 

Oh the brutal honesty of Roger.

 

It was very interesting how the announcers yesterday constantly emphasized the amount of money at stake. Of course that's forbidden by the Masters, but it's seldom if ever mentioned in broadcasts of the other majors, and even at regular tournaments money has been replaced by constant reference to FedEx points. Here it was all about the Benjamins, or should I say the Salmon P. Chases.

 

FedEx is only the second biggest whore for the PGA Tour.

 

I should point out that money used to be the official measuring stick of PGA Tour success and whether or not you stayed on said Tour. There was nothing wrong with that. Frankly, it was simpler than the FedEx Cup standings. But it's just weird that the Tour deliberately deemphasized money, and then for this one event it's all the announcers talk about. And of course, the reason is obvious. Without the freight trains full of cash, there's nothing really memorable about the FedEx Cup at all.

 

The PGA Tour is a 501 (c)(6) trade organization that exists to create business opportunities (tournaments with purses) for its members (the players). The PGA Tour staff, from the commissioner on down, by legal definition, works for the players. I'd say Jay Monahan, and Tim Finchem and Deane Beman before him, are doing exactly what they were getting paid for: create lucrative business opportunities for their employers. If FedEx or Delta or Mercedes or fucking Sonic wants to spend sponsorship dollars, who is anyone to tell them they can't and who is anyone to tell the Tour they can't take it? Or somehow question their integrity for doing it?
Is Coors a whore for the NFL? Is any sponsor for any sport? The reason you get all sports, all the time, on TV, digital or in person, is that sponsors pony up.

 

Hondo, as I said earlier I have no problem with the Tour making money or its members making money. I just wish they were a little more upfront about it all year round, not just one week. The grow the game crap they throw out makes me puke. They couldn't care less. They stripped Boston, a most successful playoff event, because Deutsche Bank dropped out. Fine. Just don't tell me about that First Tee crap in every broadcast. It's window dressing, like David Koch's donations to the arts.