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Jan 30Liked by Geoff Shackelford

Maybe someone already mentioned this somewhere but was Brandel going full Oliver Stone with the repeated replay of the cheater in chief's palmshot? I thought I was watching Kevin Costner watching the Zapruder film in JFK. Reed is such a turd.

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Jan 30Liked by Geoff Shackelford

Regarding the Lakers-Celtics, watch the replay and you will see LeBron clearly travelled before being fouled. Three full steps.

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Jan 30Liked by Geoff Shackelford

Missing from the Hero Dubai 18th hole finish was a reaction from Reed. They had a camera rolling on him earlier, but should've shown a split screen with Rory holing out and Reed's reaction to it.

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Jan 30Liked by Geoff Shackelford

I really didn't like the burgundy joggers look.

Maybe it is real popular among the millennials.

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Jan 30·edited Jan 30Liked by Geoff Shackelford

Torrey is pure eye candy on TV, too bad they let R. Jones ruin it. The “pond” on South 18 is one of the biggest travesties in modern Golf architecture. It’s time to un-Jones Jones.

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Jan 30Liked by Geoff Shackelford

I'm very meh on the joggers. I just think they look weird, almost like sweat pants.

What made the finish on the Euro tour so compelling is how badly Rory wanted it. I hope some of those guys are in contention with him in April to help him will his way to the career GS.

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Jan 30Liked by Geoff Shackelford

“I got lucky that we were able to look through the binoculars…”. It’s just amazing. Reed is so darn lucky when it comes to these miscues that could cost him several strokes or a stroke and distance. Who is 100% sure about anything? That’s a tell for Reed when he’s lying. Like when the President claims, repeatedly, to have marched in the civil rights movement and adds “that’s no lie.” Telling the truth ain’t what it used to be.

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Jan 30Liked by Geoff Shackelford

I actually hope the LIV players win the right to keep playing on the Euro Tour - today’s conclusion was the most compelling conclusion to ANY tournament in years outside the majors. No improved telecasts or designated event structure can cover up the fact that it’s only vanilla guys left on the PGA Tour - say what you will about Reed, Bryson and Brooks, but their mere personas add flavour to the proceedings. Oh, and the graybeard LIV Europeans can obviously still play a bit. So, I’m absolutely hoping to see them in the Rolex events in Europe going forward, and deep down I’m sure Pelley feels the same.

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Jan 30Liked by Geoff Shackelford

It's now Amanda Renner (nee Balionis).

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1) I saw my neighbor walking his dog this morning in pants just like Ryder's. Only they were royal blue with a paisley pattern, and he called them pjs. Which is what theu look like. Plus four's are cool. Can't say the same for joggers. 2) When he was describing the path that Reed's ball would have taken if it somehow had ricocheted off the first tree and landed in the third, Brandel started sounding like Kevin Costner describing the path of the magic bullet in "JFK". With a similarly unlikely result. And now I see I am not the only one to make that comparison.

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I’m with you on the joggers being the new plus-fours, or plus-twos. We also need to see more colour. Whatever about merlot, what about mauve, boysenberry, plum, periwinkle, mulberry?

Did Phil tweet that jogger comment on Payne Stewart’s 66th birthday?

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I'm concerned, it appears that you may have been exposed to the LIV Derangement Syndrome virus. It's curable I'm told it you catch it in it's early stages...I love the Quad and I enjoy you insights. The world has the GC for 24/7 PGA Tour boosterism.

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Back and to the left... back and to the left. Saw the memes, teared up in laughter. Joggers as nouveau plus-fours? Count me in!! (But I still wear the occasional FJ mock short sleeve golf shirt, too.) So, Rahmbo is human. Nothing like the butter-fade pulled dead straight at where you're aiming: FORE LEFT!!! Homa is for reals: Terrific mechanics, a great attitude, a wife and child that are soul steadying... and a caddy you can call a true friend. Yeah, the PGA Tour sucks... not. To Rors: I would pay MONEY to hear what he said to Harry as they hugged. P Reed? Who cares? Brandel? Love him. Phil? Increasingly irrelevant... although that picture from Shooter of the old Aureus golf sweater brought back memories... uhhh, flashbacks, maybe. CBS rockin' it in the golf world. NBC, uhhhh... no.

Back and to the left to the REAL WORLD: Salma al-Shehab, a beautiful, bright young woman, a wife and mother of two with a wonderful future.... stolen from her by a regime that does what they do because they can. Period. More recent? Closer to home? How about Tyre Nichols having the life beaten out of him by a tactical team that felt they could act with impunity? There is stuff that matters, stuff that doesn't, and then there is the stuff of HUMANITY. Perhaps life truly is a mashup of Nietzsche and Rand - pure-self realization and f*** the transcendence through Faith or God or a Soul. But those of us who know this game KNOW transcendence: Each of us own Bagger Vance/Golf in the Kingdom moments that are woven through our DNA as ineffable absolutes. It is there that the cheats, the powerful who vie for more "will to power," their acolytes and apologists can never truly gain access, nor understanding. The game of golf, at its very best, is a bridge to the very best of us... of life... love... and our humanity. Human, All Too Human? Damn straight. I'll go one more and quote another great philosopher in Rob Zombie: we are More Human Than Human.

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Let begin with the sublime - Homa who is fast becoming a leading man with a bright and engaging demeanor and a very watchable swing and game . Rory for saving the Game from drifting into the abyss.

And then to the unspeakable - Reed who is becoming the Crown Prince of Lies and Lawsuits - remind you of anybody?

Did someone say Dress for Success - Claret Pajamas?Rules Committee front and center - we have a contagion. It is not possible to watch five hours of this hideous haberdashery. Geoff, might have a word with Mash before he add this to his line.

CBS wrinkles - Trevor’s Takes - no real insight. Dottie on course spotting - nice to have the visual with the voice and don’t retire her anytime soon. It’s early but tv needs real creative changes and not 20-something nonsense.

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1. I like Amanda Renner okay, but she has no idea on how to conduct an interview. She falls into the trap of making her questions too long, because she is unsure that by asking short and once, she will get an answer, thus she repeats her question or goes and asks another on a different subject. Amanda, walk up to Max after he won and say "how does that feel?" and stick the mic in his face.

2. Interviewing a family member is genius. We actually feel like Sunday's golf means something to somebody.

3. Reed should have deferred all questions to the rules official. The more he says(lies) the more he has to remember how and what he said.

4. Golf can be so cruel. I would have wanted more from Immelman about Ryder's 75. Was it pressure, swing flaw under pressure or evidence that losing is the greatest teacher of all? I can recall Tom Watson collapsed many times before getting into the winner's circle. As golfers we want some insight on this cruel thing called tournament golf and how to handle it. What a difficult course that is unless your name is Homa.

5. Jeff Van Gundy was correct, if you can't review that play, then it isn't worth having plays reviewed at all.

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