The Golf Thread

[Shaggy]

https://twitter.com/PGATUOR/status/1682052922761248768

Links golf is a ****er

[Liverpool]

Hatton going from top 10 to struggling to make the cut on the last

[Liverpool]

I think it's a bit harsh to not have a bit of raised sand by the face so it rolls back a bit so they can at least attempt to get out.

I think even the rakes they are using are creating tougher lies than normal

[Harv]

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[Harv]

pretty nice scoreboard after day 1, can the top 10-15 rise throught the leaderboard over the next 3 rounds? Can't see past them but feel like we might have a random winner.

Good to see bunkers being proper hazards, they are probably too harsh but more interesting than the American ****.

Pins looked to tucked away again apart from 18 tomorrow

Nothing I enjoy more than seeing the pro's get wrecked by proper bunkers.

Bunkers are supposed to be a hazard. Some of the American courses its an easier shot out of a bunker than the first cut of rough ffs.

[Liverpool]

pretty nice scoreboard after day 1, can the top 10-15 rise throught the leaderboard over the next 3 rounds? Can't see past them but feel like we might have a random winner.

Good to see bunkers being proper hazards, they are probably too harsh but more interesting than the American ****.

Pins looked to tucked away again apart from 18 tomorrow

[Shaggy]

And a coupla cold beers

[Liverpool]

Graeme McDowell failing to qualify for the Open. He'll have the weekend free to grow the game of golf instead

[Norbs]

I was joking

To be fair to Alex, don't think I'll be watching the elite stuff but I'm going to play as much as I can and hopefully span the odd bottle of spirits for nearest the pin on the society days

[Irishnev]

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[Harv]

Same, dont think I can watch it anymore either.

I was joking

[Norbs]

Same, dont think I can watch it anymore either.

Why on earth stop playing? All that does is put financial pressure on the club you used to play at, a club that has had nothing at all to do with what's happening at the elite level. It's like not going to watch one of your kids play youth football because Man City are cheating the league. Totally over the top reaction

[Norbs]

Never playing golf again

[Liverpool]

I seen some Saudi comments about cash returns in 10 years time from golf, maybe they mean they will no longer be burning cash at that point

[Doc_Piptorious]

it seems Saudi are looking to rival Dubai as a golf destination, they have loads of space to build interesting courses rather than the flat of Dubai, big hotels. Lots of money in golf tourism as one strand to this.

I don't see life in them building sporting golf teams to be sold, just not comparable to football or any team sport imo.

The PGA often bully the European/Asia tour and are no angels and this has given a kick up the arse. Shame its taken the Saudis and not the wave of the Tiger era to do it.

I don't see how Saudis can make a return on it unless they screw over future players when they have a total monopoly on the sport, there is no alternative/player rights.

The fact 3 people from the PGA have decided on it and there is no member/wider vote is wild. Jay Monahan should be sacked but no doubt he's making some serious cash instead.

It's like all the other forms of sports and cultural washing though. The return is not on the investment itself is in initially, but rather in the longer term through the cleaning or normalising of the image of a regime/culture.

Much easier to move onto other things once you have been accepted in Western culture through involvement in the sporting and entertainment sectors.

Oil has been king for a long long time. If the world moves away from that, then oil countries need to have their changes in place well in advance if they want to, sorry if their regime leaders want to keep the same (or greater) level of wealth and influence.