PGA WEEKLY REVIEW AND PREVIEW
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I was pulling for Gotterup to make the final 30 at the expense of Fowler and I was not disappointed. Ricky got every sponsor break available and still gagged down the stretch. He is top 50 for next year so he qualifies for Signature events on his own, Kind of
Scottie won with his B minus game this week. He has become a machine. But all Mac had to do was shoot even par and he wins. He didn't
Europe still looks loaded for the RC. USA top 6 has a couple of Georgia Bulldogs in Harris English and Don Henley. Both are great putters but have never been called Mr Clutch. Once you get past Scottie I see a lot of journeymen or "stars" who are down and only ranked high due to LIV siphoning off the competition
Rahm won the LIV points race and Nieman won 5 times. They should make the Euro squad
Dozens of fans are excited over Scottie winning at Eastlake again. The guy who did the whole neighborhood remodel down there and was a big tour booster died so maybe the tour can start moving the final around to better courses.
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When the BMW went to Baltimore in 2021 I went up there and was shocked to see a display of all the past winners…. of the Western Open. Most certainly an audible "huh?"
Went again this year, on Thursday when no one else was around to get in my way. T-Storms rolling through killed the vibe but we ignored the ushers who told everyone that we were not allowed to sit in the covered grandstands. Yes cause walking around out on the course in a rainstorm is what I am going to do instead.
When play resumed Scottie and Rory were on the 15 tee, which is right behind the grandstand we had access to. I walked down there to see what was going on and Scottie drove up right behind me. He promptly birdied 3 of the final 4 holes, with the only pay coming when he airmailed the 17th green into the grandstand, took a nice drop and got up and down. Can't believe he missed that green 4 times during the week and played it -1.
Fun event overall and I made sure to get a Tshirt which said Western Open on it.
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Nieman is Chilean.
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But still
Can we draft him?
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We should. After 2021 it seemed like the US would never lose again. Europe had aged out Poulter, Sergio, Westwood and Casey. And seemingly dead Fitzy and Rose. Now we have Spaun and Henley as auto qualifiers on a true bombers course. Shit changed fast as it always does in golf.
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US am was a good watch as always. Something about Olympic Club that is weird. Top notch tough course, but especially with lack of crowds it shows up visually like a concentration camp or abandoned hospital something. Just creepy looking in general.
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And we are back at Doral for a signature event
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Keep an eye on Kapalua. Some water rights issues going on there. Could get scrapped.
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Funny thing about the Parry clip - Johnny Miller had commented that week about how ugly Craig's swing was. There was only one Johnny
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The points awarded are 750 for a major, 700 for a signature and mostly 500 for everything else.
WTF is that format? I must be missing something but uhhhh that's some lame point allocation for winning a major
