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Orangesmokey said:
Can you imagine Rory’s score if he was just 50% better at hitting fairways
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He struggled at times with his swing for the entire tournament. During a critical time in the final round (holes 5-14) his ball striking was world class. When he went 2 shots down, he took it up a notch. The drives on 5,7,8,9,10,11, 13 and 14 were up to his standard. His iron play in that stretch was just as impressive. Rory is one of those rare players who can self correct in a big tournament to come out on top. Scottie was all over the place too, but he found a way to put himself in position. It's the reason why he has been the best player in the world for the last few years. Those characteristics are separators that are common for the 2-3 handfuls of the best players of all time.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Can’t say I’m shocked. I know it’s personal experience but I don’t know anyone who follows it.
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I think the Saudis are realizing that this thing wasn't having the positive impact on its reputation like they anticipated and have come around to seeing that it is a waste of money.

Of course, and to your point, in order for it to help their international reputation people at least have to be aware that it exists, and a certain amount of people need to follow it. Making money was never the point of it but if so few people are following it to the point where it doesn't even register on people's radars, they'll shut it down.
 
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05_never_again said:
I think the Saudis are realizing that this thing wasn't having the positive impact on its reputation like they anticipated and have come around to seeing that it is a waste of money.

Of course, and to your point, in order for it to help their international reputation people at least have to be aware that it exists, and a certain amount of people need to follow it. Making money was never the point of it but if so few people are following it to the point where it doesn't even register on people's radars, they'll shut it down.
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It has no attention, and they are staring at player attrition. They basically had one flag bearer on the Masters leaderboard (Hatton).
 
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Bryson couldn’t talk out of both sides of his mouth any better than this.

On Tuesday, DeChambeau described potential punishment from the PGA Tour as "quite unfortunate in my opinion, considering what I could do for them."

At the same time, DeChambeau suggested that LIV Golf and the PGA Tour need to work together to reunify men's professional golf.
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"The egos need to get dropped," DeChambeau said. "Everybody needs to come in with a level-headed playing field, with an opportunistic mindset to grow the game of golf. That's why I came over here.”
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