2023 PGA Championship thread

Not really talk Brooks wants back - as he is now actaully fit and can play. He knows LIV is a nonsense. I'd hope - this will actually encourage him to come back to real golf.

Lukewarm applause from galleries. Apart from Liv I am not a fan, showed major disrespect to rules officials at Ryder cup.

Totally agree. The guy thought he had a career ending injury, he did what he thought was the right thing for his health and family. If you'd have offered "this" Brooks Liv there is no way he ever takes it

I think this win will force the PGA tour to sit down with LIV and sort something out. Crazy the monopoly that the pga tour has over world golf.

I turned off the golf after a couple of holes, couldn't watch somebody off that other tour win.

First time ever I didn't watch full coverage of the final round of a major.

Yeah agreed, majors aren't about whatever tour you're playing on. Brooks was excellent yesterday and truly deserved it, that duel with Hovland was class I'm sure will give him confidence for the future. That win yesterday was about history, only the 20th golfer to ever win 5 ahead of the adored Rory. Was great viewing, pity about the 16th but thought the setup served its role and the best player won.

These players disgust me. We can't chat about why here but that's the reason I couldn't watch.

The more I get to know about golf - it has got to be the most glamorous on the face of it - but behind it , it is poorly paid.

He's a nice guy and it came across on camera. He's an ordinary guy doing big things so everybody loves him.

I enjoyed watching him.

The last point is worth noting here. Subs, gear, lessons and everything golf-related can only go in one direction - unfortunately, it's upwards. Inflation, cost of living, insurance etc take your pick. Only if playing numbers dip significantly will prices go back down. We're so lucky in Ireland that you've a course nearly 30 mins away in most places. Not to mention how affordable a green fee is in general. With the exception of the jacked up yank targeting courses obviously.

I remember our AGM and some clowns were trying to angle every question on the staff's salaries indirectly or directly. It couldn't be given out publicly for obvious HR/GDPR reasons. The same for certain figures or department spends would allow you to infer it. They had another round in the chamber of "Why are we paying these high salaries/expenses, it's too much". "It's a cost of living crisis (that only applies to me and my sub)". The staff in the club can feck off though right? Nonsense and the noise merchants are as you'd imagine not feeling the pinch.

The short version is that if you want a well-maintained course, simply pay the staff. Also, give them the right equipment and environment in which they can excel. We'd no kitchen and bar manager at one point because they got better gigs. I understand that a sub is a big commitment for most of us but you can't expect to pay peanuts and have the red carpet rolled out.

I think it's a generic Irish thing of expecting everything but not actually wanting to pay what it costs never mind begrudgery. Particularly when it comes to taxes/politics or look at civil servant Mick over there in his new Audi and we all taxpayers funding his car. Other countries have a mentality of more services = more costs (taxes). Cuts mean some of those under-resourced services are going in the wrong direction. Same applies to our clubs and annual subs.

As for Block unless he's other income streams there's no chance he's printing money. He might make a few million now from Taylormade and other sponsorship opportunities as a result of his recent exposure. Hopefully, he has a good agent and advisors to strike while the iron is hot. He might be forgotten in two years.

I know he had to run with it ...but he would have been better off going on the lash in the club and with family for a week and take another invite down the road..

He still had this nicely saved par to remember despite the poor score