Tiger Woods was an instrumental voice in spurring the widespread, sweeping changes that have come to the PGA Tour, although most of that work was done behind the scenes.
As Justin Thomas freely admitted on Monday night’s episode of ‘The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,’ golfers don’t really have swagger. Composure? Sure. Confidence? Definitely. But swagger? Yeah, not so much.
An idea that has been bandied about by several notable members of the golf cognoscenti, among them longtime television broadcaster Gary McCord, is a call for a third men’s team matchplay event. This one would feature PGA Tour players against LIV Golf series players.
The first hole Justin Thomas ever played at St Andrews, back in 2013, gave him an incredible story that could probably only be topped by winning the Open at the Home of Golf.
Should the PGA Tour emerge from this existential crisis and remain the dominant force in professional golf, it’ll be in no small part due to pro-bono work from the law firm of Rahm, McIlroy & Thomas.
The US Open has fused its DNA to presenting a challenge more exhaustive than its counterparts, where pars matter and “good bogey” isn’t said in jest. When that challenge appears watered down, it calls for a larger discussion.
McIlroy carries just two wedges aside from his pitching wedge, a 54 and 60-degree but he used them well enough to rank second for the week in scrambling.
Jay Monahan has his hands full this week and beyond – you know, his tour’s existential crisis and everything – but the leaderboard at this week’s RBC Canadian Open should bring a smile to the PGA Tour commissioner’s face.
Australian Golf Digest
