I have a sort of informal agreement with the people who play pro golf and launch the sport.
And that arrangement has worked out pretty for as long as I can remember.
And that’s of course great.
I just don’t expect more from them.
Those guys who could hit it 350 off the tee and had great short games."
Call me overly cynical.
Still, even with those low expectations, it’s astonishing how often these guys manage to fall short.
I mean, you decide to go into business with a highly polarizing, controversial foreign entity.
You know that’s going to upset people.
That tough questions are coming.
Yet these clowns can’t achieve the bare minimum when it comes to handling them.
Second,thisis what he came up with?
I have deep sympathy.
I can’t say I know what they’re feeling.
I can’t ever know.
But I have a huge amount of respect for their position and what they believe.
Nor do I ever want anything like that to occur again.
As we look forward from that, we need to find a pathway to peace.
Is a better better world for everybody.
And provide great entertainment for everybody around the world.
I’m a golfer.
Because we are allies with them.
And, nobody is perfect but were all trying to improve in life.
I’ll give him some credit for hitting a bullet point or two that he should be saying.
And for sure he did better than that corporate, vetted, lawyerspeak word salad Monahan tossed yesterday.
But that’s a very low bar to clear.
Here’s a suggestion.
It might be crazy, but just crazy enough to work.
You’re asking me about the 9/11 families?
Here’s a shocker for you: I’m devastated for them.
I’m a human being.
I’m an American.
Every one of us personally knows someone whose family was directly affected.
It will never go away.
And I don’t want it to.
It’s how we keep the 3,000 victims alive in our hearts.
But the sad truth is, there’s not a damned other thing I can do.
I hit a ball with a stick for a living.
I don’t know how to solve the geopolitical problems of the world.
If I did, I would do those things.
There’s no path to world peace that involves golf.
No one’s calling for us to beat our swords into 7-irons.
I can’t bring justice to these families, any more than the person who delivers their mail does.
For that, they have to turn to the people in charge of running the country.
Forgive me for saying this, but your talking to the wrong guy.
Or which local artisan is cranking out those shoes all the NBA stars have their names on.
Do you think those World Cup stadiums in Qatar were built by union members, overseen by OSHA?
How many Olympics have been held in countries that aren’t exactly flying rainbow flags this month?
I count several, just since 9/11.
But that didn’t stop your online grid from sending crews and covering them wall to wall.
Besides, the same people running LIV own teams in all your major European soccer leagues.
And have backed PGA Tour events.
But not because of this golf league.
