ChrisP

No, to crown a champion in a really big event and have an actual tournament.

CNN, NBC, and a lot of the mainstream media. They are the kings and queens of blowing things up. Depends how many people are actually infected. Read a story yesterday the number could be well in the hundreds of thousands, even millions, right now in the U.S. Just most people aren't getting tested. I probably wouldn't, either, if I just had some small flu symptoms. I would just quarantine myself, which unfortunately, I have to do next week. My two-month vacation is over and I have to return back to the ship next week and basically live on it while on dry dock as a quarantine measure until this blows over. It stinks I may not see my wife for over a year because in two months we're headed out to sea anyways. So no, I'm not happy with COVID-19 right now and am not in a good mood. I just disagree. Sorry. I think they could have played Friday, 36 on Saturday and end it early. I understand the family aspect of it, which is why I'm not arguing against future tourneys being cancelled, but I thought they could have gotten the Players in and done by Saturday night and at least crowned a champion. And yes, they could have gotten the NCAA Tourney in as well with an abbreviated schedule. It was proposed and supported by some of the committee, but they never finalized it and just ended up scrapping it. My wife being a Dayton grad and turning me into a Dayton fan and never maybe getting this opportunity to them win a national championship again, yes, I'm kind of sad.

Haha true. But at least you could have crowned a champion.

I think the part that’s overblown is this thing is going to kill you. That’s kind of my anger with this. The media is almost portraying this as “You get this, you’re going to die.” That’s not anywhere near true. In fact, there’s probably a lot more cases out there right now than the official number, and if you include those and the number of deaths, you’re probably talking about a mortality rate somewhere between 1 and 1.5%. I think they did the right thing with sports in pulling the spectators out of the arenas. I thought too many sports played copycat to the NBA. I thought they could have done the Players without crowds and finished it with no problem and then re-assess the situation. I thought NCAA could have done a 16-team field with no spectators and finished the tourney quick like was actually proposed by one of the committee members. I think there was some overreaction to certain things, not everything.

Of course they could, but with all the other majors going on and the Olympics and Fed Ex Cup, it’s doubtful. Plus it thunderstorms every day in the South and is 100+ degrees. They’d wait til October.

It’s the only time they can play it. They close the course from May through September. Jack said yesterday on ESPN he thinks they’ll just cancel it. I think it will all depend on how long this lasts. If we get into the PGA Championship being cancelled, then possibly the US Open, then we begin to get into a situation of basically shutting down the season with no make-ups for majors. And I do think the PGA Champ. will be cancelled being it’s in California, a state where the number of cases will prolly be skyrocketing.

Jack Nicklaus said he thinks they will cancel it altogether. I also think the PGA Championship and US Open are also in doubt given both are in California and New York, two big states that already have a lot of people with the virus. But I think Nicklaus is right in that it will likely just be cancelled.

I feel so bad for workers losing jobs over this. It’s gotta be hell. One of my best friends was doing so great in his business and in two weeks time it’s just collapsed and may have to shut down. Unfortunately, we had record unemployment and I think you’re going to see it skyrocket in a month. Tough times are ahead. I hate getting political, but like or hate the President, the country was doing pretty well. A majority of people were happy with their lives. It’s amazing how things can change so fast. It really is going to be a challenge but I think if this moves through quickly, we can recover fast. The longer it lingers, the worse.

True. Didn’t think of that aspect. There’s a lot of players out there, though, particularly at the Korn Ferry level, who live paycheck to paycheck. We think of the big guys and how money isn’t an issue, but for some players who depend on their winnings to keep them going, you just hope and pray this doesn’t last long. Same with players in tennis and other individual sports who are trying to make a living with their tournaments.

I didn’t find anything wrong playing with no fans. Just seems to me they want to copy all the other sports and just postpone everything. Damn, I get two months of reprieve before heading back out to sea. Was looking forward to coming home, relaxing, and watching March Madness, the NHL, Players and Masters. Crap.

Players Championship is cancelled. Everything cancelled until Masters.

20,000 are not going to be dying per week in a state? Come on. Infected? Perhaps. But not dying. You’re making this sound like the Bubonic Plague. It’s bad, don’t get me wrong, but people can survive it if they get it. You’re making it sound like everyone who gets it is dead. But it is the right thing to be cautious with it.

Haha same here. I don’t know. Maybe I look at things different because I’ve been through war and was on deaths doorstep before so I’m not so concerned with getting it. But I am messaging my parents every 10 minutes telling them to wash their hands and not go out. They can’t afford to get it at their age.

I don’t know. I just live life. If I get it, I get it. Like 99% of people who get it, I’ll prolly be fine in a few days. I’m more worried about my parents who are in their 80s. That’s where my concern lies because older people are most fragile and are where a lot of the deaths are coming from. So I feel for the older people out there in the country who are getting this because it’s dangerous for them.

Woah. Where did I say it wasn’t serious? I simply said I knew someone who had it and they said it wasn’t that bad. Tom Hanks’ kid said today his parents have it and they’re not that sick. I simply said it is what it is and I think it’s a bit overblown and is killing the economy. They just showed a poll on tv and more than 55% of the country thinks it’s ocerblown. So it’s not just me. The coronavurus is a serious flu, but it’s not something that if we get, we are going to die from unless we have really poor immune systems.

Actually know someone who had it and they’re saying it’s no worse than having the regular flu. People with struggling immune systems suffer worse just like they do with any serious flu. But she said it was no big deal. I don’t know. I think it’s being overblown a bit by the media who overblows everything and it’s obviously crushing the economy, but it is what it is. You just deal with it. On the plus side, golfs TV ratings should go through the roof. Nothing else to really watch.

Makes you wonder if that Masters mentally crushed Molinari. He hasn’t finished in the top-10 since and appears on his way to missing his 4th cut in 5 starts. He’s a mess right now.

Players-Morikawa -12 Masters-Schauffele -10 PGA-McIlroy -11 USO-Simpson E Open-Rahm -3 FedEx Cup-Simpson -8

When was the last time you could say in a non-major tourney on the PGA Tour that only one American is under par.

True but most hit it farther than 140/150 which is my max. I actually usually hit 7 or 8 from 150 and just choke down a bit for more accuracy.

Not sure which tourney it was but remember Koepka doing it at a tourney last year and was like “wtf”.

I don’t see him competing at the Masters with no pre-tourney reps. It’ll be interesting to see if he plays Valspar or the Match Play, assuming his back loosens up by then. But yeah, I feel this is going to be what it’s like the rest of his career. He’ll be good one minute and then out the next.

Well, they needed to either make 13 longer or change it to a par 4 because some guys were starting to hit wedges in there for their second shots. I just hope this disatance revolution is coming to and end because I don’t want to see 600-yard par 4s soon. I’ve hit my 9-iron 150 yds for the last five years while guys are now hitting 9 irons from over 200.

Thank God. I couldn’t stand McCord. I don’t mind Kostis except he’s so boring. IBF needs to go, too. Also bores the heck out of me and adds nothing.

I’m a Notre Dame fan and they’re making me turn to golf tonight and drink extra shots.