Degenerate Gamblers - 2023 PGA

[dudog84]

Congrats Rogue! On to the LACC, who gets to host its 1st major championship. That's a rarity nowadays.

[mkirsh]

Brooks Koepka is a machine. He won his 5th major at 33 years old which is younger than when Phil Mickelson won his first major. I also read Koepka was exploring ways to revoke his LIV tour membership and come back to the PGA Tour. He was pretty banged up when he signed with LIV and it was tough for him to see himself being competitive on the PGA Tour anymore given the health of his knee at the time. I think he got $100 million from LIV.

Only 14 golfers ever have more majors than him. He’s tied with guys like Byron Nelson and Seve Ballesteros now with 5. Pretty incredible.

The narrative on Koepka long has been that he only really cares about the majors. To wit, for a guy that has 5 majors, it seems incredible that he only has 4 other PGA tour wins. And now that he is locked in for another 5 years to all the majors I don’t think he wants to go back to the grind of regular tour life. However, if he did, and he really wanted to get out of LIV, couldn’t he tank the LIV season and get relegated and then ask back on the tour? I’m sure Monahan would love a high profile defection back. But I can’t see Koepka intentionally not competing and screwing his team over, and his contract may not allow for relegation of the “star” players. What we have now is probably what he wants - fewer regular events and a schedule built around the majors.

[CameronDuke]

The narrative on Koepka long has been that he only really cares about the majors. To wit, for a guy that has 5 majors, it seems incredible that he only has 4 other PGA tour wins. And now that he is locked in for another 5 years to all the majors I don’t think he wants to go back to the grind of regular tour life. However, if he did, and he really wanted to get out of LIV, couldn’t he tank the LIV season and get relegated and then ask back on the tour? I’m sure Monahan would love a high profile defection back. But I can’t see Koepka intentionally not competing and screwing his team over, and his contract may not allow for relegation of the “star” players. What we have now is probably what he wants - fewer regular events and a schedule built around the majors.

I am happy for Brooks and agree Monahan and company would like him back on their tour. This was a good win for the LIV tour. They have a few great players there. Koepka is one of their best and probably the best right now. I think he’ll honor his contract and stay. I miss seeing him, DJ, Bryson, and others weekly on PGA tour events but it is what it is. The game is better when all of the stars like him play on the same tournaments in my opinion. He is a generational talent. He could definitely win a few more majors if not many more in his career. I know he really wants a green jacket as he has said as much. This was an incredible PGA championship. Oak Hill really impressed me yesterday and I am glad they had good weather. Next year at Valhalla in Louisville will be fun, too. Michael Block, the club pro from California, hit a hole in one yesterday and placed T15. He took home about $280ish K and qualified for next year’s PGA Championship. He also got invited to next week’s Charles Schwab tournament and the RBC Canadian Open. Awesome stuff.

[mkirsh]

I am happy for Brooks and agree Monahan and company would like him back on their tour. This was a good win for the LIV tour. They have a few great players there. Koepka is one of their best and probably the best right now. I think he’ll honor his contract and stay. I miss seeing him, DJ, Bryson, and others weekly on PGA tour events but it is what it is. The game is better when all of the stars like him play on the same tournaments in my opinion. He is a generational talent. He could definitely win a few more majors if not many more in his career. I know he really wants a green jacket as he has said as much. This was an incredible PGA championship. Oak Hill really impressed me yesterday and I am glad they had good weather. Next year at Valhalla in Louisville will be fun, too. Michael Block, the club pro from California, hit a hole in one yesterday and placed T15. He took home about $280ish K and qualified for next year’s PGA Championship. He also got invited to next week’s Charles Schwab tournament and the RBC Canadian Open. Awesome stuff.

And of course there is this hilarious Michael Block video making the rounds on the interwebs


Back to our contest, here are the YTD result through the first two majors. Rogue's win at the PGA and runner up at the Masters have them in prime position, just ahead of Masters champ 91devil:

Name	Masters	PGA	Total 2023
Rogue	$5,019,000	$6,609,150	$11,628,150
91devil	$5,778,660	$4,530,786	$10,309,446
Turk	$4,811,400	$4,975,275	$9,786,675
Bob Green	$4,416,000	$4,944,886	$9,360,886
CameronDuke	$3,395,880	$5,282,625	$8,678,505
elvis14	$3,968,940	$4,659,886	$8,628,826
accfanfrom1970	$4,707,600	$3,429,398	$8,136,998
jv001	$1,224,060	$6,519,886	$7,743,946
NMDuke2001	$3,847,140	$3,794,500	$7,641,640
dudog84	$2,232,600	$4,951,573	$7,184,173
mr. synellinden	$2,007,600	$4,944,525	$6,952,125
duketaylor	$1,737,880	$4,971,775	$6,709,655
CDu	$2,900,940	$3,807,511	$6,708,451
CrazyNotCrazie	$1,084,680	$4,763,400	$5,848,080
Channing	$0	$5,648,209	$5,648,209
mkirsh	$1,624,200	$3,463,525	$5,087,725
chadlee989	$0	$5,070,000	$5,070,000
sagegrouse	$1,312,740	$3,708,875	$5,021,615
Utley	$1,218,600	$3,516,036	$4,734,636
killerleft	$1,028,880	$3,580,000	$4,608,880
rasputin	$1,971,900	$1,882,161	$3,854,061
JasonEvans	$2,135,940	$1,007,025	$3,142,965
tbyers11	$3,080,400	$0	$3,080,400
Rich	$614,700	$2,245,900	$2,860,600
bshrader	$2,331,600	$0	$2,331,600
DevilHorse	$1,714,200	$274,148	$1,988,348
Chicago 1995	$1,635,480	$0	$1,635,480

On to LACC, where I would bet that all of us will have now 4 point Brooks Koepka on our squads!

[CameronDuke]

And of course there is this hilarious Michael Block video making the rounds on the interwebs


Back to our contest, here are the YTD result through the first two majors. Rogue's win at the PGA and runner up at the Masters have them in prime position, just ahead of Masters champ 91devil:

Name	Masters	PGA	Total 2023
Rogue	$5,019,000	$6,609,150	$11,628,150
91devil	$5,778,660	$4,530,786	$10,309,446
Turk	$4,811,400	$4,975,275	$9,786,675
Bob Green	$4,416,000	$4,944,886	$9,360,886
CameronDuke	$3,395,880	$5,282,625	$8,678,505
elvis14	$3,968,940	$4,659,886	$8,628,826
accfanfrom1970	$4,707,600	$3,429,398	$8,136,998
jv001	$1,224,060	$6,519,886	$7,743,946
NMDuke2001	$3,847,140	$3,794,500	$7,641,640
dudog84	$2,232,600	$4,951,573	$7,184,173
mr. synellinden	$2,007,600	$4,944,525	$6,952,125
duketaylor	$1,737,880	$4,971,775	$6,709,655
CDu	$2,900,940	$3,807,511	$6,708,451
CrazyNotCrazie	$1,084,680	$4,763,400	$5,848,080
Channing	$0	$5,648,209	$5,648,209
mkirsh	$1,624,200	$3,463,525	$5,087,725
chadlee989	$0	$5,070,000	$5,070,000
sagegrouse	$1,312,740	$3,708,875	$5,021,615
Utley	$1,218,600	$3,516,036	$4,734,636
killerleft	$1,028,880	$3,580,000	$4,608,880
rasputin	$1,971,900	$1,882,161	$3,854,061
JasonEvans	$2,135,940	$1,007,025	$3,142,965
tbyers11	$3,080,400	$0	$3,080,400
Rich	$614,700	$2,245,900	$2,860,600
bshrader	$2,331,600	$0	$2,331,600
DevilHorse	$1,714,200	$274,148	$1,988,348
Chicago 1995	$1,635,480	$0	$1,635,480

On to LACC, where I would bet that all of us will have now 4 point Brooks Koepka on our squads!

You are right. Brooksy will cost folks 4 points most likely at LACC for the US Open. He’s the 13th ranked golfer in the world now in the OWGR. Scottie Scheffler is 1.

[Rogue]

Thanks mkirsh for putting all this together ever major..

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[jv001]

I had the #1, 2, & 3 finishers and still lost. The DTs and JTs killed me. I felt pretty good watching most of the tournament yesterday, but I didn't know Rogue had the first 3 players as well. I guess the US Open is up next.