but from a proximity perspective, the back to backs are not crazy travel IMO.
NEWS Koepka leaving LIV
Still a nightmare for someone who calls Florida home.
I haven’t checked the others, but the first back to back is nearly a full day of travel in the air.
He did it while he was starting on the Euro tour and also lets not pretend these guys are flying commercial with the rest of the public. Their flights are a non issue with how they travel.
He had no wife and kids when he was on euro tour, not sure how that is relevant.
It’s pretty simple, he has zero flexibility with LIV schedule, and maybe he wants that now with a family.
The travel part is what is relevant. The family thing is an excuse IMO but he's free to do what he wants.
Again I am not knocking his decision, but for people to look at the LIV schedule and say it sucks or too demanding, are viewing it from a singular lens and not accounting for all the other variables.
Iam saying you have , Players who , play on PGA tour .. and I would imagine not to the degree now but historically … who’s gone there and played and not had supports Brooks had .
It’s entirely different for a Overseas player , who would qualify for The Tour , to relocate and live in US etc learn culture and build networks etc
Than it is for someone whose born in US and plays …
Australians have played and continue to play different tours and travel all over the world albeit for smaller value purses
In his case he has no shortage of money or capacity … in my view l don’t think it’s , equatable, his reasoning ( if correct ) compared to a broader view .
Why can't it be that he left LIV worried about OWGR to actually continue his play in all the Majors? He's going to need points here soon I'm pretty sure? I think he loses all but The PGA Championship come 2028?
The only win that gives him a lifetime exemption is The PGA Championship right?
The only win that gives him a lifetime exemption is The PGA Championship right?
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2013
- Messages
- 101,189
- Reaction score
- 139,533
- Location
- Ponte Vedra, Florida
- Handicap
- 12.5
Might have been but that reason isn’t really a cop out, although his wife made that public.
Just be real Brooks and state I should have never ran for the money.
Im sorry im not really sure what point you are trying to get across in your post. I’m also not sure what his reasoning has to do with any other player, US or international.
I get why he did. He thought his body was broken and wanted a final cash in. I would have as well.
He reportedly got paid $100M to go to LIV. I'd never apologize or say I shouldn't have done that.
I think that the distance issue,
Imagine a scale 0-10
And for him is 2-3 rating , but he’s using it as leverage to parachute out , as it were .
For other the reality is 7-8 bigger distance and more frequency ,, but they cope and continue .
If that made sense
For the sake of golf, I hope they don’t reinstate him. If they do, nothing good comes of it. The only way we get positives out of this is if there is an agreement between tours that doesn’t force players to declare which they play for.
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2013
- Messages
- 101,189
- Reaction score
- 139,533
- Location
- Ponte Vedra, Florida
- Handicap
- 12.5
Then don’t make up some excuse when you want to comeback.
his renewal with LIV had 2 less zeros from what I’ve heard.
There’s never been a league like LIV, worldwide travel that offers zero flexibility and you need to play in every event, in addition to the majors he wants to play in. I think you are severely undervaluing his score on your scale. It’s ok for us to agree to disagree.
I’m also not sure who the others are that you are referring to. If it’s international players coming to the PGAT, most of them make the US home after that move.
jdlive
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No need to kill something that's already dead.
Its been said since they started that they were dead, yet here we are looking forward to another season.
Starting the sixth season in a couple weeks. Not bad for something that was never gonna work from the beginning
Or if you listen to some, has one foot in the grave because Brooks left.
lol those that feel that way don’t really feel that way because of Brooks. We both know that
The entire world is a mess, not just sports.
How good is Koepka right now? I just looked at last year and he finished 31st on the individual list on LIV. He had a 2nd place and a T2 then a bunch of mid finishes. Missed cuts at the Masters and PGA with a T12 at US Open and T45 at the Open Championship.
I don’t know if he is healthy and I know he has had his up and downs before. If healthy and motivated may show up and win a major. I don’t think he moves the needle on a weekly basis if he is back on the PGA Tour based on his form from last year.
I don’t know if he is healthy and I know he has had his up and downs before. If healthy and motivated may show up and win a major. I don’t think he moves the needle on a weekly basis if he is back on the PGA Tour based on his form from last year.
I imagine they'll do like they did with the DJ suspension. Say they don't talk publicly about those types of things and leave it to speculation, while letting him come back with minimal down time and cost, if any. If they were smart, they'd let him and anyone else released from LIV contracts back with no penalty.
Anytime this comes up I think of Chesson Hadley saying people who left for LIV should be penalized before coming back, and the only reason he had his card at the time was because enough people left for LIV.
Anytime this comes up I think of Chesson Hadley saying people who left for LIV should be penalized before coming back, and the only reason he had his card at the time was because enough people left for LIV.
CrashTestDummy77
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Koepka always seems to play regular events kinda pedestrian. At majors is where he really seems to get motivated, focused, and shows up.