Tribute highlights important values
As I read your article on Scott Davenport’s passing (“Roses for a prince among pros,” Feb. 9, GGP), it confirmed everything that is great about golf, and golf traditionalists.
Manners, caring about delivering greatness, professionalism, kindness, and just enjoying life. That is what makes life worth living and passing on.
Not to sound old but those important society staples should remain. Golf is one of the last bastions of this and I hope it doesn’t change.
Nice article and tribute. Sounds like a man I would have enjoyed being around.
Mark Corbett
Birmingham, Michigan
‘Eastern’ demise costs camaraderie
Thanks for a highly informative article (“Eastern Am falls victim to modern trends,” Feb. 9, GGP). My son played many of these “Eastern” tournaments in the early 2000s. He loved these tournaments not only for the competition but also for the friends and relationships made.
Today it is all about the professional game and the money – and I get that. However, what we have lost cannot be calculated in currency.
Bob Ferguson
Ravenel, South Carolina
Supremacy is clear in PGA Tour-LIV dynamic
For almost the entirety of the LIV debacle I have been a proponent of the PGA Tour and wondered aloud, or to anyone who might listen, why we are even considering talking to this incredibly wealthy upstart group that is trying to take over professional golf as we know it. Leaving them to their own demise has been my mantra since the beginning, and still is.
We have all heard the differences between LIV and the PGA Tour, and they are too many to repeat. With the opening of the door for Brooks Koepka and a few others (“A costly conditional welcome home,” Jan. 12, GGP), I see the beginning of the end of the fight for supremacy in professional golf. Let LIV do what they want to do, as they have made a lot of players rich, and let the PGA Tour go on with its business – they do not need to partner with LIV in any way. I am truly happy for the fortunate few that have been able to take advantage of the PIF riches. Be happy, serve your time or stay there, either is fine depending on the needs of your family or yourself.
At the end of the day there will be a good number of players who will make more money playing “game show golf” than they might make on the PGA Tour, and I am happy for all of them. Some who have never had status on the PGA Tour will return to Q-School and be successful, without paying a huge penalty. In my view, one thing that has been somewhat overlooked is the fact that there is a sizable group of “young guns” who are making a statement on the PGA Tour now, and a couple of them will be superstars in a few years. Write that down.
Let the inferior league keep pumping money into the game; it’s good for everyone. Maybe they will find a niche, maybe not, but in the whole scheme of things it might not matter.
Hopefully, the PGA Tour will find the right solution and let the others do what they think is necessary for themselves. The pathway that was opened for Koepka and the other three was genius. There are only a handful of players that the general public cares about anyway, so cherry picking was reasonable I think, quid pro quo. The pathway back for a few others is now in the future. Making it expensive to come home is fine; let’s see who bites.
One other thing. With the reduction of exempt players on the PGA Tour, why is there a need for signature events – they are all signature events. Work on more access and ways for new guys to qualify for big events. It creates stars, and stars keep the lights on!
Mike Nixon
Nashville, Tennessee
Phoenix Open has lost control
It has gotten out of hand in Scottsdale.
When someone pays someone else to holler at a player in his backswing, this tournament has gotten out of control.
Maybe they should ban beer sales
John L. Kennedy
Midland, Texas
Editor’s note: The PGA Tour ejected an online content creator for allegedly paying a spectator to yell in tour player Mackenzie Hughes’ backswing during the WM Phoenix Open, according to multiple reports.
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