2023 Professional Golf Thread

bleedXblue · 01-25-2023, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by xuwillie

Rory is a whiny little biatchh!

You and I are so far apart that I dont know we will ever see eye to eye.

Rory is one of the most popular golfers in the world. He's a great dude and has emerged as one of the leaders of the PGA Tour. There aren't many that don't like him.

If you were served a lawsuit from anyone would you play nice and act like nothing is happening?

Smails · 01-25-2023, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by xuwillie

And again the question is why do golfers not deserve guaranteed money? All other professionals want it but we draw the line with golfers?

Why DO they deserve guaranteed money? Because the NBA, NFL and MLB do? That's not a good answer.. Golfers play an individual sport and make money based 100% on individual performance. I look at golfers like MMA or Tennis, or competitive skiing. In almost all non-team sports there is no guaranteed money outside of endorsements.

xuwillie · 01-25-2023, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by Smails

Why DO they deserve guaranteed money? Because the NBA, NFL and MLB do? That's not a good answer.. Golfers play an individual sport and make money based 100% on individual performance. I look at golfers like MMA or Tennis, or competitive skiing. In almost all non-team sports there is no guaranteed money outside of endorsements.

MMA and tennis get guaranteed money. Federer would get 1m just to show up for a tournament. MMA are guaranteed a certain amount of money win or lose.

xuwillie · 01-25-2023, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by bleedXblue

You and I are so far apart that I dont know we will ever see eye to eye.

Rory is one of the most popular golfers in the world. He's a great dude and has emerged as one of the leaders of the PGA Tour. There aren't many that don't like him.

If you were served a lawsuit from anyone would you play nice and act like nothing is happening?

Was he served or the pga tour? Every time I read an article he’s bitching about something. I don’t see the spieths or Thomas’s crying all the time.

Xville · 01-25-2023, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by xuwillie

MMA and tennis get guaranteed money. Federer would get 1m just to show up for a tournament. MMA are guaranteed a certain amount of money win or lose.

So one of the greatest ever, yes…. Just like Tiger or spieth or rory…. May not be tourney money but they get it in sponsorships and other avenues. Typical tennis pro has to qualify for those tourneys either by ranking or play (just like a cut in golf tourneys) and if you lose in the first round (especially outside of the grand slams) it’s not much. Probably doesn’t even cover their expenses.

MMA I know zero about but I can imagine that it’s like boxing. Top performers make a ton, middle tier can make a living. Lower tier are working side hustles.

Yeah golfer doesn’t have “guarantee” money but average tour player is making north of a million dollars in tourney money alone.

Smails · 01-25-2023, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by xuwillie

MMA and tennis get guaranteed money. Federer would get 1m just to show up for a tournament. MMA are guaranteed a certain amount of money win or lose.

And Federer is one of the top players in the world..jo shmo tennis player is not getting an appearance fee for anything. Yes, MMA guys get nice guaranteed money when they make the card of a major UFC event, but the overwhelming majority of them make jack shit until they actually win something of substance. The guys that fight in the prelims on the big cards make around 15k/fight..

bleedXblue · 01-25-2023, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by xuwillie

MMA and tennis get guaranteed money. Federer would get 1m just to show up for a tournament. MMA are guaranteed a certain amount of money win or lose.

And so did Tiger and Phil for a lot of tourney's.

X Factor · 02-03-2023, 06:54 PM

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id...e-beach-pro-am

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- A caddie for an amateur collapsed during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Friday and received CPR over an extended period of time before being taken to a nearby hospital.

Play was stopped on No. 11 for nearly an hour as the caddie for Pebble Beach businessman Geoff Couch was attended to for an extended period of time after he collapsed on the fairway.

The playing group included amateur Lukas Nelson and PGA Tour professionals Beau Hossler and Max McGreevy, who appeared to be shaken up after witnessing the incident. Shortly after the ambulance arrived, Couch left the playing group.

Move him out of the way so we can continue this round!

Damar Hamlin collapses and the NFL cancels a huge game with playoff implications. Not saying they were wrong, but some Joe Schmo caddie for an amateur is not an NFL player.