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August - September gonna be a kick-ass month of golf viewing if all goes as planned.....only thing that would make it better is fitting in The Open somewhere!
I dunno about the US Open right to the Ryder Cup....gonna be a grind for players!
August - September gonna be a kick-ass month of golf viewing if all goes as planned.....only thing that would make it better is fitting in The Open somewhere!
I dunno about the US Open right to the Ryder Cup....gonna be a grind for players!
Augusta National is certainly planning ahead. They reached out to the local school district to ask them to allow students to be off that week in November so they could volunteer at the tournament. Full steam ahead, it seems. I hope it materializes! That would be a great early Turkey Day present!
https://www.golfchannel.com/news/augusta-national-contacts-area-schools-add-break-fall-masters
Will be fun if it actually happens
I'm a little surprised the R&A/Euro Tour cancelled The Open so quickly, seemed inevitable, but would there not be a seaside course playable in late fall? Would be pretty cool to see these guys playing in 50* temps with the elements! Tiger need to bring.his glute activator machine with him!
God forbid that we don’t squeeze in the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs... fuckin joke.... hey, let’s forgo the Players Championship and The Open Championship, that’s ok.
Weirfan The FedEx cup is meaningless this year, but at least it will be a huge payout for some players and that can help make up for the shortfall from no tournaments for most of the season. The way things are going, FedEx will be one of very few PGA sponsors that should be flush with cash given their business is actually increased during these times.
agree and that could well be the rationale for maintaining it
yeah, I feel real bad for them crying “poor mouth”. Maybe they can go on wrx and sell some of their “tour issue” crap that only fits them.
johnnydoom The FedEx cup is meaningless this year
This year? The Fed Ex cup is meaningless every year
ode The course would be playable (links courses are playable all year round - there has been a European Tour event at St. Andrews/Carnoustie/Kingsbarns in the autumn for quite a few years), but the amount of daylight available would potentially be an issue - the UK is far enough north for there to be a big difference in sunrise/sunset times between July and September/October. Royal St. Georges is probably the best course from that point of view (think that it's the most southerly course on the current Open rota), but it's asking a lot to get the whole field round in a maximum of 12 hours of decent daylight.
Revised schedule. IF things work out, it might bring some of the bigger names to my area. But, we'll still have to watch them on TV, so, no big deal.
ode The easiest solution would be a faster pace of play... (We can dream, can't we? )
Two-tee starts are a bit messy at most Open courses, as the 10th tee is often at the other end of the course - St. Andrews, Royal Troon, Carnoustie come to mind. One creative solution (so something that the R&A wouldn't go for) would be to use two courses for the first two rounds, which would have been an option for an Open at Royal St. Georges, with Prince's right alongside. (Prince's is used for Open qualifying, and has previously hosted the Open - admittedly in 1932...)