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@Top100Rick If millions want to watch guys who couldn't compete at golf's lower levels, play each other ... what does that say about the PGA Tour, who showcases the greatest golfers in the world? If folks would rather watch Flag Football than the NFL, the NFL would change overnight.

A Pro Golf Tour…for Content Creators? Are you interested in this? Is this doomed to fail? The big news in the social media world is Grant Horvat and the Bryan Bros forming a golf tour for social media influencers. Before you write it off, keep in mind these guys have MILLIONS of followers. Generate millions of views. Have more fans than your average PGA Tour player. The winner will get a million bucks. I’m not saying it’s a success yet. But imagine if ten years ago I told you that people would watch normal great players golf. Just dudes. For thousands of hours. And that these dudes would make more than many PGA Tour players. You never would have believed it.

@KyleBaileyClub "Some of these dudes look utterly ridiculous"? The only way they could look any more ridiculous, is if they also go with the "no socks" look or worse than sneakers ... birkenstocks.

I’ll probably catch some hell for this, but I will never understand grown men wearing a suit with sneakers. Have we just given up on a nice pair of dress shoes? It seems as if every TV anchor and analyst in sports media is trying to pull it off. Some of these dudes look utterly ridiculous.

@CaddieNetwork Wherever it is, I love that ball marker!

Caddie Trivia - Can you name this course?

If they wanted to play for real, they'd put up their own money, like everyone else that pays competitive golf. Golf is easy when you're playing with someone else's money.

@GrantHorvatGolf Deserve a place to compete? There are 100's of mini-tour & Next Tour events as well as a zillion other tournaments to play in. What they're looking for, is a place to make money, playing very marginal golf.

I wanted to make this clear regarding the tour launch today. We are starting with the 16 hand selected top golfers in the creater world, not all of which are giant names. The selection was based first on skill, then personality. However, our goal is to evolve even bigger and host massive qualifiers in the future. We want this to be a viable option for players that have maybe given up on pro golf but are great competitors. There are so many incredible players out there that deserve a chance to compete. That is what YGT is all about.

@Swestfall The fact there's such a thing as a "professional cornhole player" is enough #floridaman on its own ... thowing in his disabilities and what he's used of doing, is just icing on the cake.

Then he moved the body to the trunk of his car BY HIMSELF. I have questions. This is the most Florida man thing ever.

@GolfloverUK You couldn't be more wrong, but don't let that stand in your way. The R&A called it the British Open for many years, in their own publications and publicity work. Playing "The Open" name game is a cute little affectation, that's nonsense.

No such thing as the British Open just Americans calling it by the wrong name. Claude is clear and is the bastion of truth “The Open Championship was indeed simply called “The Open” from its very first edition in 1860 at Prestwick. It was the original open golf championship — open to any golfer, amateur or professional — hence the name. There was no need to specify “British” because at the time there was no other Open to distinguish it from. The “British Open” label crept in largely through American usage. As golf expanded globally and the US Open was established in 1895, American broadcasters, journalists and fans needed a way to differentiate between the two events for their audience. Calling it the “British Open” was a natural shorthand — it told American viewers exactly where it was being played without needing any further explanation, although they didn’t need to, one is the Open and the other is the US Open. Over decades that Americanism became so widespread, particularly through US television coverage, that it stuck with American audiences — even though it was never the official name and was always considered incorrect, or at least imprecise, by purists and the R&A. The R&A have been pretty deliberate in recent years about pushing back on it. Their branding, broadcasting deals and communications consistently use “The Open Championship” or simply “The Open” — and you’ll notice the on-screen graphics and commentary on the official broadcast now strictly avoids “British Open.” So it’s essentially a case of an informal American nickname becoming so embedded that it outlasted its usefulness — even as the R&A reasserted the original and correct name. For anyone who knows their golf history, “British Open” is a bit like calling Augusta the “Georgia Masters.” Technically communicates something, but misses the point entirely.

@OfficialTourPro If I putted with a mallet, that would be the answer, but I think most blade putters would chip it. Too much chance to get grass between the face & ball.

Are you putting or chipping this?

@acaseofthegolf1 This obviously has to be corrected. Apparently hasn't seen the new & improved MondayQ site ... clearly NOT junk! 1st Class all the way!

@acaseofthegolf1 Sam Ryder played the MondayQ at Southern Hills Plantation Club, in Brooksville. Trust me, they're not having any PGA Q's at Brooksville CC ... although their 4 "Quarry holes" are neat.

12 players across three tours earned spots via Monday Qs yesterday. Including: - a pushcart 60 - a 17-year-old - a 63 out of nowhere - a full member of PGA tour in 2024 qualifying for KFT. Our return of the Monday Q Review mondayq.com/story/monday-q…

@steveschale @DataGolf I met @ChipBeck59 many years ago. Great guy with an all-time great swing. The 2nd man to shoot 59 in a PGA event. Saw his scorecard on display at the all-time, best named golf course ... The Bayonet at Puppy Creek. #52 is generous for Chip. He's right ahead of @MarkCalc!

@BrianL99 @DataGolf What’s your beef with Chip Beck???

While browsing @DataGolf, came across this gem: datagolf.com/all-time-ranki… Ricky Fowler & Dan Pohl ahead of Trevino? Ken Green, Bob Estes, Gary Koch, Wayne Levi & 140 other golfers ahead of Johnny Miller? Nicklaus behind Davis Love III?

@Swestfall Holy Moly, you're still a kid! I paid 33¢/gallon, when gassing up 1968 GTO. $2, we could cruise all night.

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@Top100Rick Just my observation, never having met him. He always carrys his "holier than thou" attitude and never fails to thank his Lord. I don't think anyone's Lord cares how he plays golf that day and surely doesn't support the way Zach treats fans.

Is Zach Johnson the reverse Rickie Fowler? Rickie is beloved and created a giant following without winning a major. Zach Johnson won a Green Jacket and a Claret Jug…he won majors at Augusta and The Old Course! And yet is mostly a butt of the joke.

@steveschale Ahhh ... so Florida can lay claim to that, too? 😂

@BrianL99 Though Jackson was Florida’s first territorial governor…

Not only have I finally found something that @steveschale will have to admit, didn't "start in Florida", it has a political hack origin! history.com/this-day-in-hi…

@Swestfall @t_five_osu I own the Domain Name "NoMoreTipping.com". Ready to start a movement? I'm in!

@t_five_osu This tipping / tip share / service fee etc is just gettng so out of hand.

A). I'm not ordering fajitas at a steakhouse. & 2). 4% charge for the front/back of the house is essentially a price increase.

@ChampionsTour @CologuardGolf Everyone else must have backed up on the Leaderboard, when they found out they'd have to put on that ridiculous helmet.

Hear from the champion of @CologuardGolf!

@MichaelKGarrett It doesn't matter what Robert Mueller did in his life. For the President of the United States to say such a thing about any other human being other than perhaps Hitler, defies any standard of decency. Mind boggling.

The President of the United States learned that Robert Mueller had died. And he picked up his phone and typed: “Good. I’m glad he’s dead.” I need you to stop. Put down whatever you’re doing and feel the full weight of those words. Good. I’m glad he’s dead. Said by the man who holds the most powerful office in the history of human civilization. The office of Washington. Of Lincoln. Of Roosevelt standing in the rubble of Pearl Harbor promising a nation trembling in the dark that we would rise. That office. Those words. Now let me tell you who Robert Mueller was. He did not have to go to Vietnam. He had every reason not to. A Princeton degree. A blown-out knee. A future waiting for him in the comfort of civilian life. He waited a full year for that knee to heal, just so he could serve. Let that sink in. He walked into hell when other men were running from it. He came home with a Bronze Star for heroism and a Purple Heart soaked in the blood of his sacrifice. He spent the next four decades standing in the breach, as a prosecutor, as FBI Director, as the man who held this nation together in the smoldering ash of September 12th, 2001, when we were all afraid and we needed someone steady, someone serious, someone who loved this country more than he loved himself. He was all of those things. He was a Republican. He was, by every honest measure, an American hero. And the President danced on his grave.