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Based on everything I've read, LIV has continued to be propped up by cash from the PIF. That's certainly where the start-up cash came from, and I'm not sure that the LIV tour has generated enough income to pay the players the kinds of prize money they've become used to without outside support. Perhaps I underestimate the popularity if LIV outside of the USA. I just think that Normal and the others overestimated the enthusiasm their "changes" would generate. Shotgun starts, loud music everywhere, 3 rounds, and fields made up of a few legitimate top players along with some aging (but big-name) veterans and lots of younger relative unknowns, none of it resonated with me, personally. -
By csh19792001 · Posted
Really well said. I'm honestly shocked to have anyone **even remotely **close to Tiger Woods, at his best. Insane, right? With health/fitness/technology (Trackman etc) now being everywhere, prize money going completely insane, and globalization being drastically advanced relative to 2000ish....Scheffler is beating better golfers than Tiger did (and beating far more of them from every corner of the globe). Remember when Tiger said (paraphrasing): "In the gym back then it was just me and Vijay"? THAT is one way you win the Masters by 12 and the US Open by 15.... All of these things combined are a point in Scottie's favor, but, I agree, he's still not on Tiger's level. Yet. I don't think it's possible now or in the future. The fields are too deep and diverse, and, players seem too advanced and optimized (relative to the late 90's-early 2000's). -
By boogielicious · Posted
Well they’ve booth been arrested, but Scottie did it in his prime! -
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So strokes gained as split down by shot type doesn't exist prior to 2004. They need shotlink data to generate it and shotlink wasn't a thing prior to 2004. I am not 100% sure on this, but I think overall strokes gained is basically adjusted scoring average vs the tour average adjusted scoring average, so overall strokes gained you could come up with something reasonable for pre-2004. Scheffler's strokes gained approach the past couple of years has been getting closer to where Tiger's was. His strokes gained approach was absurdly good and is basically the reason he was so good. Tiger also hit it far enough that his strokes gained driving was also pretty good despite all the talk about his driver being a problem. Tiger was a better putter and short game they're probably similar. That said, Scottie has a ways to go to get close to Tiger's dominance. Tiger won 7 majors of 11 in a stretch from 1999 PGA to 2002 US Open. He also had a 5, 6 and I think 7 consecutive win streak in PGA Tour events. At his highest, his OWGR points was nearly three times as much as 2nd place.
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