Super League Predictions
OWGR = official.
Damn. Open winner to ruined legacy almost overnight.
Sneakylong In the past 8 months, I've laughed very little, smiled rarely.
So, a huge Thank You!! for these types of posts.
You really are not such a bad fella.
But, you have made me wonder....... just where does my pension come from. I know what name is on the check, but where does that money actually come from?
johnnydoom $40 million is worth way more than any association anyone could have with the Ryder Cup.
Plus, he's going to 'be in the books' a lot more now, in future history. The legacy has been enhanced.
Eguller OWGR = official
LOL
But is it really?
It's just a made up points system to satisfy the American mantra of "gotta have a Number 1" since there's no real end of season, meaning full playoff? Or is there? Shouldn't the Fedex winner be Number 1?
Scottie is Number 1 on the watered down world tour, that's his legacy.
See how easy it is to minimalize a legacy?
Show me the money!
lol
Btw, the Ryder Cup is not a true best against best match, therefore, a watered down legacy.
Sneakylong legacies last forever.
Thanks for another smile.
Do you really think, 100 years from now, anyone gives a shit about Henrik Stenson, golfer from Sweden? Except his great grands, if even they do?
I really cannot tell you much about Bobby Jones, and I've done a lot of reading in my life, about a lot of things/places/people. He may well be the least important person I've ever read anything about. That's how important 'legacy' is in my mind.
Par4QC That's how important 'legacy' is in my mind.
I'm not sure that is the way Tiger, Hogan, Palmer & Nicklaus think about legacy. And, I'll say especially
Hogan with what he had to go through to post that incredible record after the accident. I find it hard to
believe it was about the $$$. The money went away, but he couldn't put a value on his 'legacy'. JMO
Smile Rex.
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Eguller I can tell you my thoughts on Palmer and Nicklaus ,and if you'd think about it, you might agree.
2 of the most conceited people I've ever seen/listened to. So yes, they are all about 'legacy'. When there was no money, they had to think about something. ( you do know they made very little money playing golf, right?) Just from the small bits I've read about Hogan, he strikes me as a similar type person. Tiger....ehhh well....he just knew he was the best, and didn't have to say anything to that affect. But Jack and Arnie....always had to tell you how good they were and what they were doing with their money in the present, with their names attached.
I don't think Henrik falls in with this company to begin with, esp. for 'legacy'. Only in Sweden will he be remembered/revered. His legacy will be within his own country, and it will be a fine one.
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Last I saw this was a golf forum. Not knowing much about Bobby Jones would be like being in a baseball forum and not knowing much about Babe Ruth.
Jones was right up their with the top sports stars of the 1920βs. Iβll help you out a little. Lol
http://heritage20s.weebly.com/sports.html
And we can agree to disagree on legacy. Thatβs the only reason people (evidently with the exception of you) know about Bobby Jones.
Jones was the most successful amateur golfer. He was a lawyer and mechanical engineer as well. You do know he was the founder of the Masters.
Read about him. Quite a legacy.
Headline in the N.Y. Times on August 20, 1968:
"Touring Golfers Set Up Own Organization and Complete Split With P.G.A.; BREAK TO AFFECT TV, PRIZE MONEY Pros Agree Not to Boycott 10 Major Events Left on Tour Slate This Year"
By Lincoln A. Werden
Aug. 20, 1968
Seems Professional Golf has been in a similar situation before...The Touring Pros were not happy with the cut of the pie they were receiving and formed their own organization....Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer among the dissidents...
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so you are comparing Bobby Jones to Cam Smith going to play on the LIV Tour? Quite a Stretch.
I wonder how Bobby Jones felt about Pro golf? Maybe he saw pro golf as the end of the game and look how that has worked out.
I would rather have my Legacy than Tiger Woods legacy.
Sneakylong Messin' with ya. I know who Bobby Jones is.
There is a fella that works in the local golf store and his name is also Bobby Jones. I asked him several years ago if he got a lot of razzing. He said he is actually 1 of his descendants!
You should see this Bobby play. Really bad diabetic, prosthetic legs(both), and can play circles around most of us. must run in the family.
Sneakylong And we can agree to disagree on legacy. Thatβs the only reason people (evidently with the exception of you) know about Bobby Jones.
I know the golf legacy of Bobby Jones. I don't know anything about how he earned his money or where it came from. His current humanitarian legacy in the context of this thread (which I don't care about since I didn't know the actual man) would be as the founder of a club that continued racist and sexist membership policies long after his passing.
johnnydoom Well played. I am surprised that someone as intellectually advanced as sneaky would idolize a misogynist and racist.