Thoughts on Tony Romo’s debut in MX ...

[MSchott]

On 3/23/2018 at 2:40 PM, 3jacker said:

I wouldn't want to watch it.

Your point? 

My point is obvious.

[turtleback]

3 hours ago, 3jacker said:

OK, he was playing as an amateur on a sponsor's exemption in a PGA Tour event. Or was he?  It's not clear.

He was playing "pro golf" and said much of measuring his game against the pros. So is he a pro?  Did he keep his am status?  I wouldn't know, because it is not interesting to me.

He also finished dead last.

And I'm still 100% right about what I prefer to watch.

Whether he played as a pro or an am is really not relevant.  Mickelson won a 'pro' event as an amateur.  The point is, Romo was there as a novelty to draw a crowd - not as a serious competitor and not as a person making or trying to make a living playing golf.  Some people are OK with that, some feel like it just turns the event into a spectacle.  I'm in the latter group.

[NM Golf]

17 hours ago, turtleback said:

Whether he played as a pro or an am is really not relevant.  Mickelson won a 'pro' event as an amateur.  The point is, Romo was there as a novelty to draw a crowd - not as a serious competitor and not as a person making or trying to make a living playing golf.  Some people are OK with that, some feel like it just turns the event into a spectacle.  I'm in the latter group.

Spectacles get headlines, spectacles sell tickets, spectacles make money. Like it or not, the PGA Tour is a business and businesses need to make money. The sponsors of these tournaments are businesses as well and need to use these tournaments as advertising if no one watches the Tour loses a sponsor. What that means is when you have a opposite field event you need to figure out a way to get someone, ANYONE, to watch it. If that offends you so much don't watch, but for every purist like yourself and @3jacker who tune out there will be 1000+ that watch just because he is there.