It would be the highlight of the golf year. It's so obvious (with Geoff's excellent help) that the Tour should do this that it is painful. GO COREY AND BROOKE!
The Tour put the Junior Presidents Cup players to work in the grandstand and the feed shows them every 20 seconds, as if they coveted demo is watching (and not in school). But that is a fun idea ala the baseball idea. Need to ponder how that can be done in golf. Might be better post round since the warm-up/first tee is intense for the players.
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Blast, missed the opening ceremony. Reading about the actual event will be such a letdown unless, perhaps, the International team wins. As a European, I don't really care who wins, but as a golf fan I want the Internationals to scrape it. Also, I don't see how the event in its current format appeals much to casual fans. Scheffler and Korda v the Lees surely would, though. The game that pushed the envelope with 72-hole individual strokeplay for the Olympics needs to get a bit more adventurous.
30-second pairing decisions, rotating male/female captains, scramble/Chapman session for the win! Also, less of the Royal Montreal/Quail Hollow/RTJ/Muirfield Village/Liberty National and more of the Royal Melbourne and Walker/Curtis Cup-style venues.
The International winning would help but I'm not sure that element is what truly makes this event. The courses, the sense of something unique and having all of the very best players gives it real credibility, and this year the course is bland, the format is Ryder Cup light and multiple notables are not there. But, it's still match play with some passion and it's better than anything on the fall schedule.
A Chapman session. Kinky. Should have done that in a session instead of four-ball slog! Even scramble would be better than Four-ball.
I sense some dissension amongst the cart driving assistants as only Cink and Sneds have adopted Captain Furyk's hairstyle. We could be the in for a great unraveling of the athletes from the USA.
I wonder if there’s an alternative universe where the International team wins most of the matches played outside the US and the P-Cup becomes an event fans care about. Not the same stature as the Ryder Cup but something that’s talked about and highly anticipated. The Internationals probably won’t ever have the chemistry and culture of the European team but they have a lot of countries to draw from and theoretically should produce more world class players than Europe. But it hasn’t happened and LIV hasn’t helped. Instead we have what amounts to a flimsy imitation Ryder Cup with no juice. Had the matches been competitive, we wouldn’t need gimmicky alternatives such as Geoff imagines.
Like Celine, many of us hadn't heard of the event, so we are enjoying the background info from the reporter for the Quad. Still can't get over the painter pants........
Great fun and reminds me of the early days of your hilarious parodies of Finchem’s memos and AOL IM chains. Presumably they’re accessible in the website archives!
Loving your commitment to the bit ! Let’s keep it going through the weekend.
It's so on point it's scary.
What an event it would be!
It would be the highlight of the golf year. It's so obvious (with Geoff's excellent help) that the Tour should do this that it is painful. GO COREY AND BROOKE!
Thanks for the report. I hope the girls kill it.
Team bus ... I remember being on a "team bus" ... summer of '67 ... 80 of us ... choreographed by SSGT Harris and SGT Davis ... we weren't singing ...
I remember him asking me a question ..."You eyeballing me maggot?"
Wait—this whole missive was fictional? What did I just read?
Enjoying this, thank you Geoff.
When are they going to walk the players in with junior golfers carrying their clubs or at least a driver?
I love how they do it in the World Cup soccer where kids walk out of the tunnel with the players.
Big missed opportunity
md
The Tour put the Junior Presidents Cup players to work in the grandstand and the feed shows them every 20 seconds, as if they coveted demo is watching (and not in school). But that is a fun idea ala the baseball idea. Need to ponder how that can be done in golf. Might be better post round since the warm-up/first tee is intense for the players.
Like you said, they take themselves far too seriously. Maybe they need to see the game through the eyes of children.
The kids walk out with the players, stand in front of the Cup for a picture and then move on.
Intense 1st tee? They are professionals and it might loosen them up or may remind them they are playing for the fans, rather than personal glory.
Duranko was a famous name on famous football team ... Pete Duranko ... defensive tackle. Any relation?
Blast, missed the opening ceremony. Reading about the actual event will be such a letdown unless, perhaps, the International team wins. As a European, I don't really care who wins, but as a golf fan I want the Internationals to scrape it. Also, I don't see how the event in its current format appeals much to casual fans. Scheffler and Korda v the Lees surely would, though. The game that pushed the envelope with 72-hole individual strokeplay for the Olympics needs to get a bit more adventurous.
30-second pairing decisions, rotating male/female captains, scramble/Chapman session for the win! Also, less of the Royal Montreal/Quail Hollow/RTJ/Muirfield Village/Liberty National and more of the Royal Melbourne and Walker/Curtis Cup-style venues.
The International winning would help but I'm not sure that element is what truly makes this event. The courses, the sense of something unique and having all of the very best players gives it real credibility, and this year the course is bland, the format is Ryder Cup light and multiple notables are not there. But, it's still match play with some passion and it's better than anything on the fall schedule.
A Chapman session. Kinky. Should have done that in a session instead of four-ball slog! Even scramble would be better than Four-ball.
Hilarious. I really wish these were the teams. I would savor every minute with matches like this.
The Bob Seger reference to the old timers was great.
And btw, I wrote that as an owner of every Seger album in vinyl.
I sense some dissension amongst the cart driving assistants as only Cink and Sneds have adopted Captain Furyk's hairstyle. We could be the in for a great unraveling of the athletes from the USA.
I wonder if there’s an alternative universe where the International team wins most of the matches played outside the US and the P-Cup becomes an event fans care about. Not the same stature as the Ryder Cup but something that’s talked about and highly anticipated. The Internationals probably won’t ever have the chemistry and culture of the European team but they have a lot of countries to draw from and theoretically should produce more world class players than Europe. But it hasn’t happened and LIV hasn’t helped. Instead we have what amounts to a flimsy imitation Ryder Cup with no juice. Had the matches been competitive, we wouldn’t need gimmicky alternatives such as Geoff imagines.
Like Celine, many of us hadn't heard of the event, so we are enjoying the background info from the reporter for the Quad. Still can't get over the painter pants........
Great fun and reminds me of the early days of your hilarious parodies of Finchem’s memos and AOL IM chains. Presumably they’re accessible in the website archives!
The sport takes itself way too seriously!
hilarious!!!
Reckon you’ve just about squeezed that joke dry, Geoffrey. Time to give it a miss and concentrate on the (men’s) golf. Thanks.
Sorry, got a few more days then back to reality.
this is brilliant stuff, if YDKYDK
Not my cup of tea in comedy department. Why not just take the week off ?
Why not take the week off from reading the Quad instead of complaining?
I guess nobody takes their own good advice.