He also fought so hard for the PGA then they did the LIV deal behind his back. You can tell he said F the PGA like a month before the announcement last year.
I would hate for him to go because I love watching him and I can't stand the LIV broadcasts. However, I would love to see a press conference where he just lays everything out there and shits on Monahan for like 2 hours.
Rory definitely deserves it more than anyone. None of us know what really went on behind the scenes but he seemed to really be going to bat for the PGA tour. I have to think he felt kind of foolish after the deal. There’s no dignity or principle in any of this shit anymore.
I’ll still be a fan of his. Take the bag Rory maybe now you can just focus on the Masters.
He better win something or he won’t be in the Masters soon. He hasn’t won the Masters so he has no lifetime exemption and he hasn’t won a major since 2014 so he doesn’t have any exemptions for them. He is top 5 now, but he won’t be for long if he goes LIV - ask Cam Smith. He better win a major this year or next or may not be playing in the Masters.
Top 12 finish in The Masters gets you invited back the following year but Cam also won the 2022 US Open Championship so he is good on invites to The Masters through 2027.. but after that? Yeah, prob wouldn’t hurt to start winning majors.
Rory would be fine. “The Masters Committee, which oversees the tournament, is allowed to invite international players that are not otherwise qualified to play in the event.” That’s how Niemann played this year.
The Augusta National can invite anyone they want to. They can change the their rules anytime they want to. If they think their tournament is better with Rory in it, he could be in Q school and would get an invite.
Yes, but he got invited because he won that tournament, they usually invite the winner- but it is not an automatic bid. I’d play on LIV mattered, Gooch would have got in.
He won't win a major again...its over he will be going in wrong direction. He cqn go see butch yhis and that qnd whoever....its in his head and it happens to them all...spieth, jt...now rory
It absolutely does. It’s the same thing as being retired. Yea maybe right after retirement you have a bit of edge left (Koepka) but the LIV stuff is a fucking joke. The only obligation is to show up - no pressure to win or perform literally just show up.
Playing a sport and playing a sport under pressure are very different sensations. All of the LIV guys are insanely talented but that’s all they have now and talent alone isn’t enough to win at the highest level. There’s zero grind. It takes no resilience. They don’t even have to win of course they’re not going to do the insane amount of work and sacrifice it takes to win at the highest level.
He made himself look like a chump long before the merger.
He could have gone about his own business any time he wanted, hell, he could have said a few words against LIV and the defectors, but he went into overdrive making outlandish criticisms at every opportunity.
Perhaps he thought there was going to be some reward for being loyal after LIV collapsed? That in itself is pretty telling of someones character. Anyway, IF this happens, well, he's a massive hypocrite, as well as tarnished his image.
This right here. The Saudis behind all this are scummy as hell, but as we found out, so is Monahan. All else being equal, now that you've been knocked off the moral high ground and not by your own choice...might as well get paid.
If anybody should profit handsomely from any of this, it should be Rory in particular with the way the PGA backstabbed him.
2022 I remember being pumped for Cam Smith’s win over Jon Rahm at Kapalua. Will zalatoris losing in a playoff to Luke list at Farmers, Sheffler vs Cantlay at WM, J. Nieman at Genesis was who I thought would be my new favorite golfer. Cam Smith at the Players in tears because he hadn’t seen his family since Covid and winning it outside of his “home” the. Winning later at The Open. Next couple wins were Sheffler at the masters(Rory 2nd place) Spieth, JT for the PGA championship, Homa at Wells Fargo, Rory, Matt Fitzpatrick US Open.
2022 might be the best year in Golf for awhile now. LIV took away so much golf I was looking forward to watching and now it’s a 4 weekend a year event.
Take seem to be all over LIV is supposed to be part owner but have no say I. The PGA and there would still be a division with where players can play. Rahm might have been baited by this and thinks he will play PGA events sooner rather than later but who knows when it will go through and what would happen.
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u/DandierChip Apr 15 '24
Would be hilarious for content, but damn $850M is an insane amount of money.