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2024 PGA Tour thread

Burns and Dunlap tied going into 17 and Burns rinses it. Dunlap's tourney to lose now.
 
Justin Thomas easing the tension with Dunlap by joking with him about hitting his first spectator kicked my opinion of him up a few more notches. Really cool.

24 hours till his $40M LIV offer...
 
Bama's Men's Golf National Championship prospects likely took a massive hit with Dunlap's win. In addition to the two year PGAT exemption, Dunlap is now qualified for PGAT elevated no-cut events; is he going to pass up on that (or a stupid money LIV offer) to play in the Linger Longer Invitational against Mercer?
 
Pilchard said:
Bama's Men's Golf National Championship prospects likely took a massive hit with Dunlap's win. In addition to the two year PGAT exemption, Dunlap is now qualified for PGAT elevated no-cut events; is he going to pass up on that (or a stupid money LIV offer) to play in the Linger Longer Invitational against Mercer?
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The question appears to be finish out this season and turn pro after the NCAAs or now. I was wondering if he could make the decision to go pro after the 3rd round because I might have done it then if I were him. His win also says a lot about the current state of college golf. It's amazing for an am to win a pro event, but Aberg and Zhang won right away after turning pro and played in the Ryder and Solheim Cups.

I didn't get to see it, but Cam was over par yesterday and finished 3rd behind McIlroy and Meronk. It was only Rory's 6th win in Dubai and 2nd in a row on this course after beating the cheating Patrick Reed last year.
 
cville deac said:
The question appears to be finish out this season and turn pro after the NCAAs or now. I was wondering if he could make the decision to go pro after the 3rd round because I might have done it then if I were him. His win also says a lot about the current state of college golf. It's amazing for an am to win a pro event, but Aberg and Zhang won right away after turning pro and played in the Ryder and Solheim Cups.

I didn't get to see it, but Cam was over par yesterday and finished 3rd behind McIlroy and Meronk. It was only Rory's 6th win in Dubai and 2nd in a row on this course after beating the cheating Patrick Reed last year.
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I'm fairly certain if you enter an event as an amateur, you can't turn pro mid-way through the event and collect the potential winnings as a professional (at least if you were offered the spot as a condition of being an amateur/a sponsor exemption). I'm not sure if the rules are different if you actually qualify for the event, like through US Open qualifying, but it may still be the same rules, where you have to declare at the beginning of the tournament if you are entered as an amateur or professional.
 
cville deac said:
The question appears to be finish out this season and turn pro after the NCAAs or now. I was wondering if he could make the decision to go pro after the 3rd round because I might have done it then if I were him. His win also says a lot about the current state of college golf. It's amazing for an am to win a pro event, but Aberg and Zhang won right away after turning pro and played in the Ryder and Solheim Cups.

I didn't get to see it, but Cam was over par yesterday and finished 3rd behind McIlroy and Meronk. It was only Rory's 6th win in Dubai and 2nd in a row on this course after beating the cheating Patrick Reed last year.
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Does his win say a lot about the state of college golf or is it more an indictment of the current strength (weakness) of the PGA tour, especially in non-elevated events?
 
For Deac's Sake said:
Does his win say a lot about the state of college golf or is it more an indictment of the current strength (weakness) of the PGA tour, especially in non-elevated events?
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Probably both. College golf is really high level right now. Ludvig Aberg was playing college golf at this time last year, and over the last 12 months, Aberg has a PGAT win, multiple high finishes and a Ryder Cup. Vandy's Gordon Sargent has made a couple PGAT cuts. Texas A&M's Sam Bennett contended at the Masters. There is a wave of great young players right now.

Mickelson posted this on Saturday:

 
For Deac's Sake said:
Does his win say a lot about the state of college golf or is it more an indictment of the current strength (weakness) of the PGA tour, especially in non-elevated events?
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It says way more about the state of college golf imo. We're just starting to see the first generation of golfers who were raised with TrackMan data. Younger kids are going to be able to compete and be tour-ready a lot faster with the technology that's easily accessible and can be wrapped around their games from childhood.
 
I could see Dunlap playing out the semester at Bama if a lucrative NIL deal could offset at least some of the potential elevated event earnings and then turn pro in summer.
 
Dunlap is teed up (pun intended) perfectly, to go back and be the BMOC while there's no football for a few months and then turn pro when he's bored of beautiful bama coeds
 
i have to imagine every single wannabe debutante sorority girl in tuscaloosa is memorizing dunlap's class schedule
 
For Deac's Sake said:
Does his win say a lot about the state of college golf or is it more an indictment of the current strength (weakness) of the PGA tour, especially in non-elevated events?
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More about how strong college golf is. I thought both Dubai and PGA West had good fields. Here you had Burns, Hadwin, Justin, Xander, Scottie, Min Woo, Cantlay, Will, Clark, Day, Bezuidenhout.... That's way better than a few of those events sandwiched in between elevated events last year like Nicklaus' course in West Palm Beach.
 
Is Fairway Jesus the only pro golfer who hasn't out kicked his coverage?
 
Liquid Karma said:
I could see Dunlap playing out the semester at Bama if a lucrative NIL deal could offset at least some of the potential elevated event earnings and then turn pro in summer.
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He has an opportunity for as pure an NIL play as it was origonaly intended, i.e. actually marketing his name/image/likeness, w/o boosters having to pay him a dime. His name/image as an amateur is as high right now as anybody not named Tiger in golf. If he turns pro right now and misses a few cuts and/or contends but doesn't win, it's just another good story about a young up-and-coming pro, and there are quite a few both here and internationaly. Stay amateur and continue to do well in random pro events including the upcoming Masters and it's the dominant story in golf. Titelist, Nike, Rolex, etc. can give him millions now for endorsements, and can also additionally kick in as a "bonus" the cash equivalent of any professional tournament he enters and the $$ he would have won based on his finish; could be a small number compared to his potential marketing contracts. Not saying he'll do this or any of it makes sense (plus I don't know if ranking points earned while an amateur would automatically kick in the day he declares pro), but there's something appealing from a marketing value about a guy playing in a college tournament in shorts and carrying his own bag one week, and the next teeing it up in the Masters. This is not like turning down the pros in basketabll or football and risking an injury or declining performance in college that hurts your draft stock, plus having to wait a full year to turn pro. All that said, I'm guessing he pulls the trigger and signs up with the big boys, but again he has options.
 
Yeah, he should definitely turn pro. While he essentially has a 3 year exemption (remainder of this season plus 2 full seasons), he only has a 1 year exemption into the elevated big money events, and needs to make enough money to stay eligible for next season.

I liked his move today to withdraw from Torrey Pines to go be with his teammates. Enjoy the win with friends and be deliberate about the decision.
 
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