Mr.Cleeks

Scott O'Neil deserves a lot of credit for the work he's done. I have no doubt that he's part of the reason the majors created a qualification pathway for the LIV guys. LIV's already announced 5 events for the 2026 season. LIV also announced a broadcast deal with Fox the same week it was announced that Norman was stepping away from his day to day role. For the first time in a long time it felt like the focus at the majors was the golf not the LIV vs PGAT stuff.

I said this in another thread but if Scottie was in the position Rory was in at Augusta this year going into the back 9, he would've won by 4-5 shots. I don't see Scottie dumping a 90 yard wedge shot in Ray's Creek on 13 and I don't see him blocking 130 yard wedge shot 10 yards right of his target on 18. If Scottie even has a 1 shot lead going into Sunday, I'm confident he'll win just purely based off his course management and his iron game.

I enjoy watching Scottie pick a course apart, but one thing I've realized is after he wins I can hardly remember any of the shots he's hit or any big putts he's holed. The only actual shots of his I remember is the chip in from the Masters in 2022 on the 3rd hole and the hole out on 4 at TPC Sawgrass last year. The vast majority of his wins are either he started Sunday with a big lead and cruised or it gets tight for maybe 30 mins on the front nine and then he makes a couple birdies and it's over. The average margin victory in his majors is 4 shots and every back 9 is a carbon copy of the other.

I legitimately forget LIV exists at times. Their is 0 cohesion to the schedule, they don’t play the week before the pga, they play Valderrama the week before the open (furthest thing from the open) and play Doral the week before the Masters. The schedule just doesn’t make sense to me

This is like the office episode where Pam doubled her MoM sales from 2 to 4

Owgr doesn’t mean someone is playing better or have any weight when it comes to career accomplishments. Xander/Morikawa are ranked above Bryson. In no world have they played better then him this year.

3 > 2. Doesn't matter, Kim's record is way better

To an extent yes. I just don't know how much time Keegan has spent strategizing. Luke Donald was knee deep in preparation and treated it like his full time job in 2023. Europe's running it back with Donald and I think the team might be even stronger this time

Tommy chokes bad whenever he has a chance to win on the PGAT. Travelers was bad but the 2023 Canadian Open was just as bad if not worse. The nick taylor putt was awesome but he should've won that in regulation. 510 yard par 5 and arguably the easiest hole on tour

Collin finished runner up at the sentry and API (2 sig events). He’s been bad as of late but I don’t know if Keegan will actually leave him off

He’s won twice on tour and one of them was a silly fall event

Tommy’s 63s at Shinnecock and LACC were sick. But he hasn’t done anything of note Niennman won multiple times on tour at a young age

I think Ludvig is supremely overrated. Tom Kim has more wins on tour, as many top 10s in majors and is 2 yrs younger

I love Tommy but Niemann's career is way better lol. Half of Tommy's wins are events like the Nedbank Challenge and Kazakhstan Open.

I just don't see a world where you leave Keegan on the bench. He's the 7th best player in the world