Brad Faul

@AndrewKirbyGolf PGA Tour played LIV to perfection. Created the framework agreement and slow played LIV until until they couldn't play a hand. A lot of golfers got rich but now reality will set in. The money is about to dry up for every one as SSG can get their return.

I’m not sure what’s going to happen to world pro golf But if the PGAT now thinks it can sit back and can carry on with a bad broadcast with mega ads, soft courses and set ups, an ageing demographic watching and a lack of innovation They face some big challenges

Today, 12 months ago, I had the greatest golfing experience @RCDgolfclub. The course bettered every expectation & even the weather played its part. Massive respect to @BillDonald1 and the team. Hope to see you again.

@Robert_Peake Clearly, no one visited WA this year. Mt Lawley, post @OCMGolf reno, has it far ahead of Joondalup.

Australian Golf Digest. Top 30 in Australia 2026

@ukgolfguy @pitchmarks @mikeclaytongolf Please don't. The courses will be overrun and they'll jack their prices up.

@pitchmarks @mikeclaytongolf A pleasure. Next year I’m going to do 100 under £100 maybe!

Here’s my annual look at UK summer green fee increases - Average top 100 green fees are ⬆️11.4% - over 3X the rate of inflation - The average top 25 course is now £407 (up 15% on 2025) Here's a thread with some thoughts. You can read it all on my blog too. 🧵1/12

@AndrewKirbyGolf This is the problem when the best talent is split between tours. Scottie's wins are what draw the comparisons and they're easier without Rahm & Bryson. There's not enough talent to sustain 2 tours so better players on both look like greats.

Watching the replay of Scottie in the playoff He ain’t no Tiger with that second shot Not remotely close

@MyGolfSpy @YoungerGolf Say that to the bifurcation naysayers. Apparently the 60M need to do what the pros do🙄

@YoungerGolf Roughly 200-250 PGA Tour Players vs 60,000,000 golfers worldwide. What 200 people do is such the minority in reality the number doesn’t even matter.

Spikeless era might be dead on tour, Fredrik but alive and thriving with recreational players.

@AndrewKirbyGolf Sorry for your loss. Losing a parent is devastating.

Yesterday my father (Dick Kirby OAM) died aged 88 after some sudden complications He gave 50 years of voluntary service to golf in Victoria and Australia and was a life member of Golf Victoria, the Golf Society of Australia and Spring Valley Golf Club He inspired my love in golf and was a role model in playing the game and giving back RIP Dad - you were much loved by family and friends and the golf industry here 🙏

@bagshaw2112 I dont know US tax rules but could he claim the costs as a work expense? Even without the claim it's still an incredible ROI.

Shared Something to think about... Rory Mcilroy owns a Gulfstream G650 ER. He flew regularly from his Florida home to Augusta to practice and flew home each day. Look at the costs... a flight takes under an hour. A Gulfstream G650ER burns about 500 gallons per hour in cruise, or roughly 3,140 per hour at a $6.28/gal fuel price reference. For the West Palm Beach to Augusta trip, the straight-line distance is about 474 miles. At a typical G650ER cruise speed of about 600 mph, that trip is roughly 50 minutes, so fuel burn would be about 395 gallons. That works out to about 2,350–2,500 pounds of jet fuel, depending on the exact cruise profile and winds. Using the estimate of about 395 gallons for the trip and a jet fuel price around $4.07 per gallon on the U.S. Gulf Coast, the fuel cost is roughly $1,610 each way. Today. Rory won $4.5 million. Plus, the Nike contract bonus. That's what I call return on investment (ROI) BOOM 💥 @themasters @gulfstreamaero @nike @pgatour #golf

@ThePME Just to hear his theme song on @TheShotgunStart forever, @JDayGolf needs to go super low today.

If it’s not Rory, Reed,or Scottie; who do you want to see every April the rest of your life?

@AndrewKirbyGolf @Robopz @KeithKhorton When all that matters is Majors, isn't the best method playing a schedule you think gives the best prep? He's not part of the Tour leadership any more.

@Robopz @KeithKhorton Rory in 22 championing the idea of the best playing together more on the PGAT Not much leadership shown by him for signature events

Tentative field is out for RBC Heritage... Sig-50 players Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama not playing... also Adam Scott eligible via Next-10 is also not playing...

@AndrewKirbyGolf @LenHochberg PGA Tour vs LIV is f@&king hilarious. Your guy sucks - no, your guy sucks. Your tour is shit - no, your tour is shit. The only thing that matters is the Majors......oh, and the Balvenie 17YO/Coopers Sparkling boilermaker I'm enjoying right now.

@LenHochberg How did Min Woo Lee go 🧐

Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm certainly fooled me. Apparently, playing well on LIV Golf doesn't mean you're playing well.

@JCAGOLFReport This is the fallout from LIV begging for, and receiving, OWGR points. A better idea would have been pushing for @DataGolf to be the new measure. The Majors can now use a system that is flawed, and not worry about Special Exemptions.

Flawed system! Ridley's last line: "The purpose of the system [OWGR] is to make sure the best players in the world have an opportunity to play the best tournaments." Unbeknownst to him, Ridley is admitting the OWGR system is flawed since all the current best players in the world are not actually playing the best tournaments. Players from PGAT, DPWT, and LIV Golf that are ranked in the top 50 of other rankings or in the top half of their respective tour standings are not in the Masters field this week. Some examples: The 2nd ranked player in the DPWT Race to Dubai, Jayden Schaper is not in the field. OWGR: 63 Data Golf: 47 The 5th ranked player on LIV Golf, Thomas Detry is not in the field. OWGR: 60 Data Golf: 50 Current PGAT Fed Ex Cup 19th place (4 top 10's in 2026) Ryo Hitsasune is not in the field. OWGR: 55 Data Golf: 48 Maybe it is time that those "best tournaments" as Ridley calls them either add current tour/league standings as entry into those championships and/or forget the OWGR flawed system altogether. PS. Ridley saying that Augusta doesn't have any influence on the OWGR is either laughable or a real sign that the golf establishment coalition is slowly breaking apart. We all know where he actually stands on giving LIV Golf OWGR points and still LIV Golf got them. All it took was 4 votes in favor from the other major golf organizations and PGAT, DPWT, Augusta had to accept it. But those three still managed to discriminate against LIV and have the full board approve separate OWGR rules for LIV Golf (only tour/league in OWGR with a separate set of rules). So, both things are true, Augusta still has some OWGR influence even though Ridley wants you to think they don't have any, and the golf establishment coalition is starting to break apart. 👇👇👇

@LouStagner So........Fred's statement is factually correct. Some drives exceed 350yds.

I just looked at last ~5.5 years of tour data. ▶️1.72% of tee shots went 350+ yards There were 1143 distinct holes in this data set. Of the tee shots that went 350+ yards, ~33% of those shots come from only 20 of those 1143 holes. The tee shots that are 350+ yards tend to happen on holes where there is some combo of downhill, downwind, firm fairways, or playing at high elevation making it easy to hit it a lot longer than normal. ▶️9.81% went 325+ yards ▶️36.89% went less than 280 yards Most of the 350+ yard tee shots at Augusta happen on the 2nd hole and the 9th hole. Over 80% of the tee shots hit 350+ at Augusta are on these two holes. Both those holes play downhill a lot.

@AndrewKirbyGolf @ProGolfCritic @TheMasters Horribly out if form.......oh, unless you count a 2nd at a firm & fast RM.

@ProGolfCritic @TheMasters If it’s really firm and fast Cam Smith is a Smokey

It’s Monday PM & I’ve had my fill of @TheMasters previews for the week tbh. Suggestions the next few days: 1️⃣ Listen to the players more. 2️⃣ Listen to less of Brandel, Eamon & the CGM. 3️⃣ Enjoy a firm & fast Augusta this week. It will be the ⭐️. No ☔️ for 1st time since 2011.

@LouStagner If we all had access to free clubs we could tinker without thr fear of going broke. I'd love to have endless options to swap in/out of the bag depending on course requirements.

You fools can keep your long irons in the bag! 😂 If Tommy can play a 9-wood, you can play a 9-wood. Might be the most perfect club ever made!

@6PR Let business owners decide their opening times. Less regulation, not more, is the right way forward.

Do the shops need to be open on Sunday mornings? 🤔

@freodockers The call by @_DwayneRussell was absolute 🔥

the moment. the smother. unbelievable. #foreverfreo #AFLCrowsFreo

@JosephLaMagna When is the Top 50 cut-off for the Masters? Has he missed out?

Another disappointing Sunday for Michael Thorbjornsen, but he continues to play his way into the mix on Sundays. He should take nothing but positives from his experiences contending. Bright, bright future ahead

@jg3_iii @JCAGOLFReport It doesn't matter either way. The second he refused the urine test, he's guilty. The proof of guilt is the refusal.

@Faully75 @JCAGOLFReport Again, I’m not saying he is innocent…but if we are going to ask “why not” then why did the police not acquire a warrant?

The establishment golf media has protected Tiger Woods for almost 3 decades. In the article below the author writes: “But no one, not even Tiger Woods, deserves a fourth pass when the consequences of his actions could have easily killed someone or himself. And let’s be frank. Woods has only been caught four times. Who knows how many other Friday afternoons he’s gotten behind the wheel when he shouldn’t have, and was lucky enough to get away with it.” And still, we saw some of the enablers in action yesterday afternoon. The reality is that the golf establishment media has not only protected Woods actions off the course but also his actions behind the scenes on the PGAT board. They have publicly pointed the finger at other players on that board when that board has failed to make the correct decision or a decision they would be pleased, even when they know that those players have been influenced by Tiger and nothing gets done by that board if it’s not approved by him. But they have stood quiet and failed to point the finger at the real culprit so they can stay in his good graces and that of the Tour. As you can see the Tiger Woods enabling by the golf establishment media goes far beyond his personal issues. Maybe this time the golf establishment media will finally get it or maybe in a few days they’ll get their marching orders and everything will go back to where it was before this latest Tiger Woods incident. Time will tell.

@JCAGOLFReport SSG & the Tour need Tiger to grow their investment. No other player moves the needle and that needle has to move otherwise there will be a lot of pissed off people. This will all go away and Tiger will go quiet for a bit, then return triumphantly as the hero.