This one had a slight twist: Davids, plural, vs. Goliaths.
Nicolas Echavarria and Max Greyserman.
Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard.
Garrick Higgo and Ryan Fox.
Both are PGA Tour winners, major champions, Ryder Cup veterans, multi-multi-millionaires.
He pulled it offperfectly, giving American fans flashbacks (nightmares?)
to the pitch he hit on the 17th at Marco Simone at last year’s Ryder Cup.
That seems like common sense.
And we’re not talking 70-man limited fields.
We’re talking, like, 15 players.
And we couldn’t not mention McIlroy’s performance of Don’t Stop Believin' after the victory.
I was unfamiliar with his singing game.
Australia is sort of LIV’s home turf.
There’s the Greg Norman connection, of course, and Cameron Smith.
And so less and less big-name players have played in recent years.
The crowds looked epic all week with 94,000 showing up across the three days.
It is abundantly clear that Australia deserves to host top-level golf.
One more note from Australia: a lot of foot stuff going on all week.
Lot of guys chugging beers out of shoes.
I saw Bryson DeChambeau gave his socks to a fan after losing a putting contest.
It’s not my thing but I learned a long time ago not to yuck other people’s yum.
Ripper GC, the all-Australian team, got the win on home soil.
The team competition continues to be a miss for me but that’s a conversation for another time.
Not officially, at least.
A loyalty payment with strings attached, no less.
Say Aberg becomes the chief challenger to Scottie Scheffler and the two of them are No.
2 for years to come.
These numbers are large, and just a few years ago would’ve been unfathomable guaranteed-money payouts in golf.
Tyrrell Hatton, who was world No.
16 when he signed with LIV, got $60m.
So yes, these equity payments pale in comparison to what some of the top LIV guys got.
Scottie Scheffler’s already made $18.7 million on-course this year and it’s not even May.
That’s not including a cent of his endorsement earnings.
He’s eating good.
All professional golfers are, and more than ever.
Another sub-60 round on the Korn Ferry Tour
I came out against the golf-ball rollback when it was announced.
I might be coming around.
Credit to me, as it takes a humble man to change his mind on the internet.
Stuff just doesn’t go nearly as far offline as it used to.
I’m okay with rolling the ball back.
At this moment in time, at least.
The best junior in the country and a name we’ll be hearing much, much more from.
Anthony Kim’s comeback is going…well, not so great.
At least the golf part.
He’s a combined +46 in 12 rounds.
This comeback was always going to take time, but it’s been rough sledding so far.
He’s got 6 more LIV events this year to make some progress.
Tommy Fleetwood continues to do cool shit with regards to caddies.
A few weeks ago at the Masters he had Augusta National local caddie Gray Moore loop for him.
Fleetwood finished tied for 3rd and Moore surely received one fat paycheck.
This week, Tommy put on the bib himself.
His stepson, Oscar Craig, is a promising 17-year-old amateur himself.
Craig made the cut with rounds of 69-72, and Tommy couldn’t have been happier.
Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris and Jason Day headline the field.
LIV Golf is off to Singapore for an event at the beautiful Sentosa Club.
This one won’t feature nearly as much feet stuff.
Until next week,
Dan
