2022 PGA Tour Thread

[calgarygeologist]

Cam Young has had some really unfortunate bounces, breaks and mistakes during the last two rounds. He should should easily be 3 or 4 strokes lower right now. It would be fun to see a three way playoff.

[Strange Brew]

Smith with some great approaches on the tougher holes. A birdie at 16 could win it.

[Sylvanfan]

If Smith pars the road hole here, he's got this. Really good back 9 by him.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Well Smith will probably still have to birdie 18 to really put it away. If he pars 18 then Rory will have a good chance to force a playoff, if Rory can par 17 of course.

[Sylvanfan]

Smith just won it with that putt on 17. Hell of an up and down by him there.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Who knew Joe Dirt was such a good golfer?

[Strange Brew]

With that approach Rory almost guarantees he doesn’t make bogey on Sunday. And could less lose to a guy four shots back.


But a birdie on 17 would be dramatic as hell.

[Strange Brew]

That’s ball game

[Senator Clay Davis]

Holy crap eagle from Cam Young to tie! But Smith answers, so Rory needs eagle.

[Strange Brew]

nm

[calgarygeologist]

Really impressed with Smith today and since the Players victory earlier this year.

[Ducay]

Smith certainly earned it today and then some, but oof, no one cheering for that guy over Rory aside from one country full of convicts.....

[Senator Clay Davis]

Rory picks the worst possible time for his first Open round at St. Andrews in the 70s. Just played a little too safe today and obviously didn't make a single big putt. Funny that it looked like a two player battle going into today, and in the end neither of the final twosome even finishes in the top two. The Cams Show was pretty impressive stuff.

[Strange Brew]

Rory was never close to making bogey. Just 16 holes of medium to longs looks at birdie, and 2 two putts birdies.

On some of his wedge shots, he really needed to be able to hit it stiff. Left himself vulnerable to a run and it happened.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Rory picks the worst possible time for his first Open round at St. Andrews in the 70s. Just played a little too safe today and obviously didn't make a single big putt. Funny that it looked like a two player battle going into today, and in the end neither of the final twosome even finishes in the top two. The Cams Show was pretty impressive stuff.

It definitely seemed like Rory was playing too safe and not really trying to attack the holes. He had the ability to sit back and scoreboard watch to stay ahead and it came back to hurt him.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Well now that the majors are over for the year it'll be interesting to see if defections to LIV start picking up steam. Lots of rumours that Smith is going to join, although after today he should be trying to coax another $100 million out of them as easily the best player in LIV.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Well now that the majors are over for the year it'll be interesting to see if defections to LIV start picking up steam. Lots of rumours that Smith is going to join, although after today he should be trying to coax another $100 million out of them as easily the best player in LIV.

Rumor is smith, cantley, finau, and stenson all going over.

[nfotiu]

Hard yo know which rumors to believe. Smith and cantlay would be a big blow. Smith was very evasive about the question in the press conference. It’s hard to imagine smith would really want to go abs probably miss out on the masters and pga championship when he’s likely a strong contender in both for a few years. He doesn’t seem to have an issue with the pga tour not having Australia events and is more likely using the liv as leverage to make that happen.

[calgarygeologist]

I wonder if this split between players and tours can potentially lead towards more Major-like tournaments where we see all of the best players come together to compete?

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I wonder if this split between players and tours can potentially lead towards more Major-like tournaments where we see all of the best players come together to compete?

It's hard to imagine that playing out. So far there is no real "best players" in the liv, since they have no one in the top 15, so there's not much of an appetite for combined events. If Cantlay and Smith went over, then that changes a lot of things.

I don't see the PGA allowing its players to play in a combined tournament though.

If the liv roster stays as is, it is pretty easy to ignore it as a bunch of has-beens whose golf skills deteriorate playing nine 54 hole/guaranteed money events.

If the liv tour gets Smith and Cantlay, and bring some more top 15 players with them, then the pga tour loses a lot of leverage and luster, and may be forced into something.

If the liv tour somehow does pull this off and becomes the top tour, then I'm pretty much out as a golf fan. Guaranteed contracts with Saudi princes deciding who is worthy to be on their tour becomes just like the other pro sports and kills the essence and meritocracy that makes pro golf one of my favorite sports to watch.

How does liv even get their stars if they kill off the pga tour? Do all the current big names get to stay on and play into their 50s and 60s? What happens to the guys in the bottom of the roster when they get replaced by bigger stars but are banned from playing elsewhere?