![]() ![]() “My record is six missed cuts, one made cut, finished DFL,” he said with a laugh. The 2002 PGA Championship winner has played seven of them. Rich Beem knows a little something about what U.S. By comparison, the crucible of the back nine on Sunday afternoon at the Masters must have seemed a welcome relief.Ĭontinue reading “Tiger Roars, Others Whimper at Masters” Author eamonlynch Posted on ApMaTags augusta national, carnoustie, curtis strange, francesco molinari, greg norman, jack nicklaus, masters, Nick Faldo, Tiger Woods Leave a comment on Tiger Roars, Others Whimper at Masters Mickelson Hitting Moving Ball Baffles Veteran Pros Of course, the recent vulnerabilities of Tiger Woods have been more obvious: physical injury, swing woes, personal turmoil - each a test more daunting than anything Amen Corner can pose. Those aren’t ailments that will appear on an X-ray or a doctor’s chart, but the final round of the Masters routinely exposes each and every one of them. And no facility in the world does a more thorough job of diagnosing a faint heart, a deficit of intestinal fortitude, an absence of daring. On the second Sunday in April every year, Augusta National feels less like a golf course than an operating table, upon which men are laid bare and probed for frailties not readily apparent to the naked eye. Senior Tour’s Problem One Phil Is Unlikely To Address And yet there are some who would see those guys go hungrier still.Ĭontinue reading “Billy Horschel Is Right That PGA Tour Rewards Mediocrity, But He’s Wrong On The Solution.” Author eamonlynch Posted on NovemDecemTags billy horschel, curtis strange, PGA Tour, super golf league Leave a comment on Billy Horschel Is Right That PGA Tour Rewards Mediocrity, But He’s Wrong On The Solution. Only the middle and lower ranks of PGA Tour players subsist on what they butcher with birdies. It’s an honorarium masquerading as competition. That’s why the PGA Tour Champions exists. Professional golf is a club whose members can feast on past glories long after they’ve started cashing social security checks. It’s never actually been true, at least for the top players-sponsors incentivize excellence, but they don’t withhold payment for missed cuts-and certainly not in this era of the Player Impact Program and the coming guaranteed money events, both of which will compensate regardless of on-course results. ![]() A homily popular among PGA Tour members is that they eat only what they kill, and that unlike other athletes they must perform to get paid.
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