Poll: The Masters

Who will win The Masters?


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Fried Chicken

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Not necessarily, if you have a low enough hdcp. index anyone can attempt to qualify for the US Open, has nothing to do with OWGR! I believe the British Open is like that as well, but the qualifying sites are in the UK.
You are talking about the exceptions. Just like major winners have exemptions for a certain amount of time and Masters winners play in the masters for life. But the point is that all have majors for a certain amount of players in the WGR. That’s the point. You’d be taking away the WGR qualification from the LIV tour guys that other golfers have. Therefore they wouldn’t have the opportunity to qualify like everyone else…since everyone else has the WGR, Open Qualifications, and Exemptions. You’d be limiting the LIV guys to just Open Qualifications, which is a very very small piece of the field each major. There would be no more opportunities to play in The Masters except for past winners players that qualified for and won The Open or US Open. Obviously none will be in the PGA Championship, which is fine since they went to the LIV. That I get.
 

Fried Chicken

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So how do you determine that when they don't even compete under the same formats?

These mercenaries made the move with their eyes wide open. They're not entitled to any consideration and none of them is going hungry.

Consider what they gave up as part of the price of doing business.
In the end they made a decision that many of us would’ve made. To be honest, I truly believe some of these other guys would’ve made the move too had they realized so many others were going to. The PGA vilified everyone as a fear tactic to prevent players from going so many that were rumored to be considering didn’t. They jumped the gun to stay “clean” and then got left behind. But again, even the PGA guys are backing down about in the criticism. They know the players leaving ended up being a good thing for the golfers on the PGA Tour. Look at the purses now compared to before LIV. It’s funny to me that I’m so many cases people don’t support the big corporation against the little guy. Make the little guy millionaires and all of a sudden people support the big corporation. The PGA literally destroyed some guys reputations in an attempt to try to keep the LIV from happening. It didn’t work. So their hand got forced to keep others from leaving. That’s why they changed. The reality is the PGA Tour should’ve listened to these guys, like Phil was trying to get them to do for years leading up to this, and it all would’ve been prevented.

It just baffles me how many don’t see that. The PGA Tour is the true villain in this story. They are the ones that don’t want you to see the best golfers in the majors. They are the ones that held millions more dollars back from their golfers who produce the $$. They are the ones tearing down people and making hypocritical accusations through the Golf Channel and their own broadcast to create this narrative. The never cared about Saudi money before this. They let their players play in other events. But when it came to giving up media rights and more $$, they thought they were untouchable. They werent.

It’ll all fix itself in the end, because I truly believe that’s what most of the LIV guys want. Eventually it’ll cool down and the only person left outcast will be Greg Norman. Until then, the WGR needs to do what’s best for the game and having Brooks, and 52 year old Phil in contention are good for the game.
 

KingWard

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Until then, the WGR needs to do what’s best for the game and having Brooks, and 52 year old Phil in contention are good for the game.
They don't exist to promote the game. There are marketing arms for that. The OWGR exists to quantify proficiency, to the extent such is possible.

Problem is, it isn't like comparing the National League and the American League as long as professional golf competitions are conducted differently for the most part, which was a decision initiated by LIV.
 

Fried Chicken

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They don't exist to promote the game. There are marketing arms for that. The OWGR exists to quantify proficiency, to the extent such is possible.

Problem is, it isn't like comparing the National League and the American League as long as professional golf competitions are conducted differently for the most part, which was a decision initiated by LIV.
Right. So that’s why it needs to be re-worked. It’s not the PGA Tour World Golf Rankings. Are these guys the best golfers in the world or not? Yes, it’s obvious they are. If they aren’t listed in the Top 100, then the OGWR aren’t really accurate, are they?
 

KingWard

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Right. So that’s why it needs to be re-worked. It’s not the PGA Tour World Golf Rankings. Are these guys the best golfers in the world or not? Yes, it’s obvious they are. If they aren’t listed in the Top 100, then the OGWR aren’t really accurate, are they?
The argument is not whether they are or not, but how do you rate them if the rules of engagement are not the same? It isn't the OWGR that ought to change - not for a new organization that chooses to adopt less arduous competitive standards.
 
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The argument is not whether they are or not, but how do you rate them if the rules of engagement are not the same? It isn't the OWGR that ought to change - not for a new organization that chooses to adopt less arduous competitive standards.
It's really that simple! One of LIV selling points was you're going to play less of a full PGA schedule and the tournaments will be shortened and team oriented, I'm not sure how you deem that worth of OWGR points when all other tours have been playing a schdule that the golf community has deemed the standard. Look at Tigers ranking 997, IF he was of good health and could play more tournaments his ranking would be higher, but sadly it's not and I imagine it would shock most people that he is ranked that low, but that's just the way it is.
 

KingWard

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It's really that simple! One of LIV selling points was you're going to play less of a full PGA schedule and the tournaments will be shortened and team oriented, I'm not sure how you deem that worth of OWGR points when all other tours have been playing a schdule that the golf community has deemed the standard. Look at Tigers ranking 997, IF he was of good health and could play more tournaments his ranking would be higher, but sadly it's not and I imagine it would shock most people that he is ranked that low, but that's just the way it is.
Alpha and Omega right there.