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Running 2020 PGA Tour thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TigerVols, Sep 11, 2019.

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  1. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Exactly.
     
    Sam Mills 51, Feb 20, 2020
    #373
  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, NASCAR used to do this shit back in the day.

    It's still baffling to me that when graphics go up on golf telecasts, it doesn't show what place the player is in in the tournament being played at the time.
     
    MileHigh, Feb 20, 2020
    #374
  3. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Yes it does. I suppose not often enough for you. But I whatever one thinks of the CBS/NBC/Golf Channel talent, they go in and out of commercials with the leaderboard up there, and have the crawler going at the bottom. Your problem appears to be that they want to include the FedEx Cup points and you and other hand-wringers think it's awful. A sport has to right to inform viewers where its participants stand both that week and for the season. Again, don't like it, use the time to get another beer.
     
    hondo, Feb 20, 2020
    #375
  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Patrick Reed deflects latest criticism from Brooks Koepka and Peter Kostis - Golf Digest

    When a follow-up question was asked — if Reed was at all bothered that the topic of what happened in the Bahamas keeps coming up and following him — an official from the PGA Tour ended the interview, saying that Reed was only there to talk about golf.

    Reed can't run from this forever, though he's going to try and the Tour will help as much as it can. Ugh.
     
    playthrough, Feb 21, 2020
    #376
  5. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Hondo carries water for the tour unlike any other.

    Its actually quite impressive.
     
    poindexter, Feb 21, 2020
    #377
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  6. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Isn't the incident, ah actually golf??

    Man Kostis' specifics are the worst cheating I've ever heard of in 50+ yrs of following golf. When I see Reed now I see "Cheater"; just like Kuchar is "Cheap Ass".
     
    qtlaw, Feb 21, 2020
    #378
  7. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Former teacher of mine is/was a longtime golf writer and said Reed comes off as the angriest sumbitch he's ever interviewed.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Feb 21, 2020
    #379
  8. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    That should have been the reporter's reply: "Yeah, this IS about golf."
     
    da man, Feb 21, 2020
    #380
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  9. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    If Hondo isn't the biggest whore for the Tour on this board, he'll sure stand on the street corners until the whores get there.
     
    Chef2, Feb 21, 2020
    #381
  10. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Did baseball writers who agreed with the DH, football writers who were against wild cards added to the playoffs or basketball players okay with the 3-point shot called "whores" for those leagues? I remember a lot of media were against those two changes back in the day. But everyone accepted it. No one I know of complained when a DH won a batting or home run title, or when a wild card advanced in the playoffs.
    The level of negativity towards a pro sports league simply adding a competitive twist to its season is kind of dumbfounding.
     
    hondo, Feb 21, 2020
    #382
  11. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Reed gets punished for his antics and attitude in ways we don't always see. He never plays practice rounds with other guys. He never engages in range and putting green banter. He's been a pariah among his peers but in the past it was a simple reason: they thought he was an asshole. Now that they know he's a cheating asshole, his life just got a whole lot more lonely. All he has is the control-freak wife (who's part of the problem in the first place) and his yes-man brother in law for a caddie. That's sad, but he brought it all on himself.
     
    hondo, Feb 21, 2020
    #383
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  12. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Companionship is the real best part of golf. Without, it really is a stupid silly game. If Reed's cut off from that, it's a real punishment.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Feb 21, 2020
    #384
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