Not Hacking It

@BobHarig @Garywilliams1Up I thought they were going to move the first tourney back anyway?

@NotHackingIt @Garywilliams1Up Certainly agree on the visuals. And the time zone. But it doesn’t work the first two weeks of January.

MLB has Opening Day. NFL has kickoff night. Golf? Still feels like a soft launch. @BobHarig joined @Garywilliams1Up last week and said it’s time to change that—go BIG to start the season. Prime time. Iconic venue. Elite field. Why not? #OpeningDay #5Clubs

@BobHarig @Garywilliams1Up You can't beat the visuals in Jan. Plus the ratings bump from being 2 hrs later than CA is huge & way better chance for good weather. Plenty of room for an "elite" field. But yes, they do seem set on leaving HI. Sentry by far my fav tourney to attend. Sad it's gone.

@NotHackingIt @Garywilliams1Up It really didn’t. It was always a soft opening and it can’t accommodate a big field. Tuesday to Friday doesn’t really work early January. Late January better but they seem set on leaving Hawaii

@flushingitgolf Having attended several tournaments, I'm always shocked at how the tournament/tv people drive carts at relatively high speeds through very crowded and tight pedestrian areas. Hopefully this makes tournament organizers take this more seriously before something worse happens.

Brooks Koepka reacts to the situation: “I just felt terrible for, I believe her name is Shay, so from all the reports you've got she's okay, thankfully. So that's all that matters, as long as she's okay, I know she's probably a little scared and I just felt for her at the time. So it's unfortunate, it shouldn't have happened, but as long as she's okay, no, nothing crazy happened to her, then it will be okay.” @BKoepka @PGATOUR

@JoelMBeall Actually the wine is the most impressive part of the menu.

Bacon. Grilled Elk. Wagyu.

@BobHarig Basically just a shorter season? With 16 signature events top guys will definitely skip some. Give me the old schedule any day. He's trying to turn PGAT into NFL, but the dynamics are totally different. Don't see this going well.

Brian Rolapp said hope is to increase signature events to 16 range but with 120 player fields and 36-hole cuts. A schedule of 21-26 events including majors, playoffs.

@jk_rowling In fairness to the celebrities, they are totally unqualified, probably not particularly bright and were trusting the "experts". They probably didn't know any better. The MDs did know better but lied.

And it will forever be appalling to me that a bunch of celebrities with influence over young people used their platforms to amplify unevidenced claims for the benefit of transitioning minors while smearing those urging caution as bigots.

@JoelMBeall No one (other than PGAT brass) want this to be a major. There is literally no case for it, no drive for it, no will for it. Why are we even talking about it? It's like talking about how I want to be the #1 golfer in the world. No one cares and it will never happen. Just annoying.

The PGA Tour has spent years avoiding the word. Now it's about to go all-in. Inside the quiet campaign to make the Players Championship a major golfdigest.com/story/players-…

@NateSilver538 Actually, I think she is just an ignoramus. That being said, there is very good data that shows all major AI models are left biased: gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-resear…

OK, this one makes even clearer that the problem isn't that she doesn't understand "liberalism". It's that she doesn't care for the Constitution. Katie Miller is a former WH spokesperson, current advisor to Elon Musk, wife of Stephen Miller. x.com/KatieMiller/st…

Katie, are you objecting to the "liberal" part or the "democracy" part? "Liberal" doesn't mean "left", especially when preceded by "classical". It certainly doesn't mean woke. Tbh though it seems like it's the whole democracy thing that bothers you and Stephen Miller.

Yeah, most people probably agree with you. I just think Brooks is done & am not particularly interested in him. I also think this risks driving some top PGAT guys to LIV if they get OWGR and still seem viable, knowing the precedent has been set (even if PGAT says it's not a precedent).

@NotHackingIt @Mike_kim714 I get what you’re saying but Brooks is still a big whale. He has a good following and has the same amount of majors as Rory. It definitely boost PGA Tour and hurt LIV, that’s why they acted fast. For sure Fitzy, Schauffele, Cantlay & co. would be pissed for not taking the money.

My thoughts: -I’m actually surprised at the amount of “penalties” that Brooks has to take on. It was the better decision to welcome him back. Most of the “anger” comes from feeling like we missed out but that’s not a place to make smart decisions from. -I think it was a big deal to the tour that Brooks didn’t wait until his contract with LIV ended, and said no to prob a lot of money to come back to the tour. -Some guys are pissed but ironically, I think the top guys are more ok with it. I get why some guys are mad but in the end, the tour has to make decisions that are better for the tour overall and Brooks coming back is good. -For me personally, I’m not mad or happy he’s back. We knew it was coming for a while and my job doesn’t change. I’m trying to win this tournament and play the best that I can this yr. That’s it.

@flushingitgolf Very simple and equitable solution. LIV guys just pay back their LIV signing bonuses (after taxes) to the PGA Tour and they're back in. Adjusts for the different bonuses handed out and the guys who stayed loyal to the tour and passed up the $. Everyone ends up equal.

The decision on whether to reinstate Brooks Koepka to the PGA Tour will be greatly influenced by Tiger Woods, who sits on the Policy Board as a Player Director as well as the Future Competition Committee (FCC). What do you think should happen? Should Brooks be allowed back this year?

@JDVance He's not lying any more than you are. She was shot both through the windshield and the side window. There is only one shot through the windshield unless I'm mistaken.

These people are incapable of not lying about this. "Side window"? You can see the photos of the car with bullet holes. The shots came from the front of the car because that's where the officer was standing when he was hit by the car. He is allowed to discharge his weapon in self defense.

@Megankstack But at least both sides can agree on being misogynistic towards white women.

No movement is going to get anywhere in the long run by reducing people to their immutable traits and sneering at them.

Just a few years after excoriating the left for complaining about white women and calling them “Karen,” the right is going all in. How edifying.

@Megankstack They can get pretty far before they run out of gas, though. DEI had quite a run and is still institutionalized in many places.

@Mike_kim714 @chadmumm I can't wait for the golf ball rollback. How do you feel about it?

@chadmumm And there are competing companies trying to make the balls fly longer and straighter with meticulously designed shoes

There may be an interesting golf parallel here. Kickers have definitely gotten physically better but the biggest change was NFL rules around the equipment used for kicking (ie. the kick balls).

@Mike_kim714 Have you/would you say no to a big LIV offer?

It’s very cool seeing younger guys say no to the upfront money to chase more career goals. I obviously understand it from the other side as well but it’s one thing to talk about it, another to say no to a big check that’s right in front of you.

@Mike_kim714 @pmcdonaldCBS I've attended as a fan a couple of times and by far the most fun I've ever had at a golf tournament. Incredible experience. A huge loss for golf fans (and obviously for pros like you as well).

@pmcdonaldCBS You think you’re sad…. 😢

Photo from Kapalua just hit the inbox. Can't believe they took this away from us.

@JDVance As you point out, your "theft" took place about 20 years ago. If starting a war over what so obvious, why did no president, including Trump45, do it? And why didn't Trump47 run on it? Why did he run on ending wars and instead hasn't ended anything, but is starting new wars?

You see a lot claims that Venezuela has nothing to do with drugs because most of the fentanyl comes from elsewhere. I want to address this: First off, fentanyl isn't the only drug in the world and there is still fentanyl coming from Venezuela (or at least there was). Second, cocaine, which is the main drug trafficked out of Venezuela, is a profit center for all of the Latin America cartels. If you cut out the money from cocaine (or even reduce it) you substantially weaken the cartels overall. Also, cocaine is bad too! Third, yes, a lot of fentanyl is coming out of Mexico. That continues to be a focus of our policy in Mexico and is a reason why President Trump shut the border on day one. Fourth, I see a lot of criticism about oil. About 20 years ago, Venezuela expropriated American oil property and until recently used that stolen property to get rich and fund their narcoterrorist activities. I understand the anxiety over the use of military force, but are we just supposed to allow a communist to steal our stuff in our hemisphere and do nothing? Great powers don't act like that. The United States, thanks to President Trump's leadership, is a great power again. Everyone should take note.

Final holiday giveaway! Tickets to ANY Pgatour event. Players, WM Phx open, Pebble, you name it, I’ll get you 4 tickets to the event. You can even caddie for me in the pro am IF you want. Comment which event you might want to go to (not final), repost, like to enter.