deacfan123
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Zalatoris won a qualifying spot in the columbus sectional event. Tons of pros in it, like Keegan and Adam scott as mentioned before.
Haven't seen it mentioned, but Zalatoris qualified for the US open.
On a pseudo-related note, two time PGA tour winner this year Patton Kizzire isn't qualified. What does it take to qualify? Something about that stinks
they give an exemption to an amateur guy who wins a qualifying tournament but not a guy who wins a tournament against PGA pros?
Haven't seen it mentioned, but Zalatoris qualified for the US open.
Top 60 in world rankings are exempt, but several other exemptions apply (10 year exemption for winning US Open, etc). Adam Scott and Keegan Bradley were non-exempt, sectional qualifiers
On a pseudo-related note, two time PGA tour winner this year Patton Kizzire isn't qualified. What does it take to qualify? Something about that stinks
Each player gets 40 seconds to hit unless they are playing first then they get 50 seconds. Then they can call only 2 time extensions per round. One shot penalty if they take too long. So far only 1 guy has been penalized, he claimed to not have heard the time countdown warning I guess.
So.....will this get to the PGA anytime soon?
Pretty forgettable weekend of golf with the PGA, Euros and LPGA playing forgettable events. Only real news was the shot clock and DJ lapping the field and topping it off with a hole out. Which again begs the question as to why the LPGA didn't schedule the US Open for this past weekend to go up against the St Jude as opposed to the Memorial.
Can't wait for Shinnecock. I just hope that if it's not windy, the USGA doesn't panic and murder the greens like they did the last time. If you're playing a seaside course like Shinnecock or Pebble, and the winds lie down, just let the scores be low like the RNA does with the Open and don't be tempted to trick it up. I don't think Mike Davis was in his current position the last time they had the Open here. Was he installed in his position as a response to the unplayable greens the last time?
Wow, that's awesome. Good for him.
Euro Tour has so much more room to try things like this without a second thought. Also think the big players on the PGA would skip the event if it happened soon, pissing off a sponsor which they can't afford to do right now.
If Jimmy Walker didn't engage with backstopping this week, it may have gotten more traction in the media though....
What's the take on backstopping around here? Seems to be against the spirit of the rules to me.