OT - PGA News and Notes

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The UAE & Qatar have similar track records and those regimes have owned major soccer clubs for years and while there was some controversy when big stars started signing for those clubs you don't really hear a peep about it anymore.

Yeah, there's no denying that's true. The problem is once you open the door and the money starts flooding in, it's difficult if not impossible to turn off the taps.

Getting back to Phil though (as he is the lightning rod), when you say something on the record and then decide to join the organization/regime that you've openly criticized a few months earlier, you're just inviting the blowback.

But, taken at face value, Mickelson’s view is more complicated. The six-time major champion admits the Saudis have a detestable human rights record, but also thinks the PGA Tour needs competition. In a February interview with the website The Fire Pit Collective, Mickelson said the Saudi government are “scary motherfuckers” who murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, have a “horrible record on human rights,” and “execute people… for being gay.”

This is the same golfer who said last week that joining LIV is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.”

Golfers weigh Saudi abuses with the PGA's monopoly power

Phil Mickelson cares more about challenging the PGA than standing up to the Saudi government

qz.com

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yeah, there's no denying that's true. The problem is once you open the door and the money starts flooding in, it's difficult if not impossible to turn off the taps.

Getting back to Phil though (as he is the lightning rod), when you say something on the record and then decide to join the organization/regime that you've openly criticized a few months earlier, you're just inviting the blowback.

But, taken at face value, Mickelson’s view is more complicated. The six-time major champion admits the Saudis have a detestable human rights record, but also thinks the PGA Tour needs competition. In a February interview with the website The Fire Pit Collective, Mickelson said the Saudi government are “scary motherfuckers” who murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, have a “horrible record on human rights,” and “execute people… for being gay.”

This is the same golfer who said last week that joining LIV is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.”

Golfers weigh Saudi abuses with the PGA's monopoly power

Phil Mickelson cares more about challenging the PGA than standing up to the Saudi government

qz.com

Phil would’ve been better off just saying “the money is a lot”. They all would be.

 

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Read it perfectly...

 

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Lots of good names on the leaderboard including Morikawa, Rahm, McIlroy, and Scheffler.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

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[KennyBanyeah]

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[Bloody Brian Burke]

Justin Thomas just said more swear words than I’ve ever heard on a golf broadcast.

 

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Justin Thomas just said more swear words than I’ve ever heard on a golf broadcast.

I guess he was upset about not getting relief from a drain. On a related topic, I've gotten relief by draining/releasing some buildup during a round (course marshall was not pleased).

 

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I've gotten relief by... releasing some buildup during a round (course marshall was not pleased).

I don't know how many times we have to tell you that masturbating on the golf course isn't cool in America.

 

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Golf journalism line of the week goes to Sean Beckwith of Deadspin...
"Phil Mickelson slid out of the US Open on the oil slick he oozed in on..."

If you had "Mickelson turns out to be a bigger shit than Woods" on your golf bingo card, well we didn't expect it, but you can mark it off. I think supporting the white washing of murder and terrorism is heavier than cheating on your wife many times over and generally being shitty to reporters.

 

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If you had "Mickelson turns out to be a bigger shit than Woods" on your golf bingo card, well we didn't expect it, but you can mark it off. I think supporting the white washing of murder and terrorism is heavier than cheating on your wife many times over and generally being shitty to reporters.

 

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It tilts me how Fitzpatrick leaves in the flag stick when putting.

 

[puckhead]

"I hate to say it, but Scheffler is one of only 6 players in the field that hasn't missed a putt inside of five feet all week"

2 seconds later

***** crowd groans *****

 

[naslundfan19]

If Hideki can post -4 or -5, this could be interesting.

 

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Hadwin has his best finish in a major. Top ten finish at the US Open for our favorite golfing syrup molester.

 

[naslundfan19]

Door open for Zalatoris and Scheffler.

 

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Hadwin has his best finish in a major. Top ten finish at the US Open for our favorite golfing syrup molester.

Anytime you finish under par at a US Open, you've had a fine tourney. Way to go Adam

 

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Door open for Zalatoris and Scheffler.

The back and forth with Zalatoris and Fitzpatrick has been very entertaining. And they are a great value at the combined weight of just one Mickelson.

 

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This is big…

 

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Heartbreaking for Z… but what a great story in Fitzpatrick.

His favourite course will never be in question.