DavidBedwetter

So far in this thread my opinions have been called silly and non-nonsensical and I have been told that I have an inflated opinion of myself. I would argue that these are totally unprovoked personal attacks. By you, I might add. On the other hand, you have taken a generalized statement I made about the unwashed masses and chosen to take it personally. You are correct. I don't know you and you don't know me. But I think it would be pretty obvious to an unbiased third party just who is taking this stuff way too seriously.

I'm new to this site. Do all differences of opinion result in personal attacks? Maybe that's why "The best place on the internet to talk golf" has so little traffic and didn't even have a thread on the Tour Championship until I started one.

Okay, I'll try not to be silly or make no sense this time. And thanks for those insightful observations, btw. First of all, golf is and always was a game of individual tournaments. It's futile to try to construct a playoff scenario to determine a "tour champion," a fact that the numerous adjustments to the current system will attest to. And yes, the Tour Championship has been around for years. But before the Fedex era, it was simply another tournament that happened to be named that way. There was no effort to frame the winner as some kind of actual tour champion the way the playoff system does today. It was just a cool sounding (albeit a bit pretentious) name like The Player's or the Master's that held no actual significance beyond the single tournament. The difference now is that, yielding to the demands of a mega-money sponsor and preying upon the unwashed masses insatiable need to identify "the best," this current ridiculous system was put in place. Of course, all of this is just my opinion, however silly it may be. Naturally, we all have the right to see the "playoffs" in whatever light we may choose, whether we view them as a trumped-up sham or a legitimate method of identifying a true Tour Champion like Bill Haas, Brandt Snedeker or Billy Horschel.

Well, however you feel about it, at least it was something to talk about. Good on Scotty for getting it done this time. I think Morikawa should have thought better of that fist pump on 8 after he birdied and Scheffler struggled with the shank. Seemed to fire Scotty up as he birdied the next three holes. He might have poked the bear there.

So the Tour Championship winner isn't really the champion of anything except that particular tournament. That's pretty much what I was saying. Okay, Fedex threw a boatload of money at the Tour, so the Tour bent over backwards to accommodate them. That's business. I understand that. And if Amazon, for example, wanted to make the Fedex money look like small potatoes and sponsor an event called the Uber-Mega-Championship of the Universe next year, the Tour would be more than happy to put on an even bigger show for them. But would it really mean anything?

Wilson Tour Blades (C.1985?), Warbird steel shafted driver and 5 wood, Tommy Armour laminated 7 wood for me. So no persimmon, but nothing from the current millennium. I prefer the old stuff. Pushing 70, I'm comfortable with my level of incompetence and don't see the point in emptying my bank account for clubs that may give me a couple of extra yards. Plus, I admit it gives me a bit of guilty pleasure to beat guys using my relics. Not that I'm any great golfer, but I do okay.

Really? Does the outcome of this tourney determine a PGA Tour champion? Because that's what the name implies. If Morikawa should happen to win does that make him the tour champion over Scotty or Xander. I'm just pointing out that the name is kind of pretentious and not really accurate. I don't understand how that "makes no sense" since you didn't bother to explain.

Don't get me wrong. I definitely enjoy watching the elite players battle it out. I just don't buy into the hype. The fact that Fedex sunk a boatload of money into the outcome doesn't make the tournaments more meaningful. It's not like it is actually a tour championship. In any case, should be fun to watch the two horse race today if Morikawa can get something going early.

Smiley Kaufman's Friday bit getting kinda strained. Not a lot of chemistry with Kisner.

And Steve Sands explaining the possible outcomes like Professor Irwin Corey.

Put me down with the minority and turn the Ryder Cup into a menage a trois. It would make a lot more sense than going through the whole rigamarole separately every other year. Ryder cup started before the ROW could really field a team capable of competing, but now that it's possible (that they can compete, maybe not win) why not make it a truly global event? Good idea!

Does Scotty get it done this time? Sure looks like it after the first round. Still, I can't help feeling that this whole Fedex Cup thing is just a different Silly Season for a whole lot of money. For me, the professional season is over after the last Major is played. If someone besides Scotty or X-man win, would that really make him the best golfer of the year? No way. So what's the point? To be followed by The President's Cup, which is the Ryder Cup's ugly sister. But maybe I'm just a little cynical.

If you were a fan, you would notice his demeanor a lot closer than me, I suppose. I never really cared much for him. A ton of talent but was only affable when things were going his way and a super hot-head when they weren't is how I saw him. Wasn't really sorry at all to see him go aside for the loss to the talent pool. Funny but most of the players I didn't care for went over there in the first wave. Sergio, Reed, Pat Perez, etc.

Did he ever look happy on the course? Even pre-LIV?