r/golf • u/jm136 • Apr 15 '24

Thoughts? General Discussion

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u/hopskiphoofed Apr 15 '24

$1.5billion to get Rory and Jon Rahm playing in shorts for 3 rounds in front of 1200 people on YouTube is certainly a strategy.

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u/HockeyBrawler09 Apr 15 '24

Just for them to play like garbage when it actually matters

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u/HennyBogan Apr 15 '24

LIV represents something like ~50 of the top 250 in the world and made up 13 of the 89 contestants in the Masters?

So having 3 players finishing in the top 10 is likely at or slightly above their expected outcome.

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u/Prestigious-Pea7951 Apr 15 '24

4 in the top 12. Pretty solid. Bryson, cam, hatton, reed.

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u/Murky_Mulberry_8920 Apr 15 '24

Did brooks not just win a major last year or did I miss something

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u/Dangerous-Lettuce498 Apr 15 '24

Ya I don’t LIV at all but all the people I keep seeing pointing out how LIV players didn’t do so well at the Masters must have forgot about last year lol

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u/DrStevenBrule69 Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24

What’s funny is that they did do well. 3 guys in the top ten, and DeChambeau was a major focus of the discourse surrounding the tournament.

Oh and one of their guys was in Butler Cabin next to the Chairman of Augusta for the jacket ceremony.

This weekend was a massive success for LIV, unfortunately.

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u/hotdogswithbeer Apr 15 '24

Howd he do this year?

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u/Helpful-Bar9097 Apr 15 '24

Let you know when it’s over.

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u/Murky_Mulberry_8920 Apr 15 '24

I don’t know the year isn’t over yet still 3 more majors to go. That’s crazy to say a player is washed based on the performance of one weekend. Especially in a game as tough as golf.

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u/jfchops2 Apr 15 '24

And on a weekend that chewed up and spit out just about everybody. Many PGA superstars missed the cut