An investment idea for @livgolf_league - have all the captains pool their massive sign on bonuses from PIF into a consortium & buy the league. It would have to be around $1bn & they can back the concept they committed so strongly to. Would be akin to SSG’s investment into PGAT.

Great to see Jeffrey and Doug Ghim saying well. And that @DunningGolf shirt looking 🔥

If LIV folds abruptly as reports indicate, the good news is that players can file breach of contract claims against the Saudi Public Investment Fund in the courts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The unforgettable story of Jack Nicklaus' 1986 Masters victory told by his caddie that year: his son. #themasters

.@TheMasters has always operated on one rule: you come to us. No phones. Dress codes. A lottery most people never win. The scarcity was the point, it’s what created the magic there. This year, I feel like the Augusta National is walking a thin line between maintaining the mythology while slowly selling the thing that made the mythology worth having. There’s a version of growing the game that still respects the game. Rory chasing a career Grand Slam is compelling television. A 20 year-old amateur paired with the world’s best is a story. Kelce eating a sandwich on the fairway while patrons stare in awkward silence is not. The people who truly love and respect the Masters don’t need to be told why it matters. And the people who don’t know yet deserve to find out the same way the rest of us did, through the golf and golf alone.

Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley says golf has become "one-dimensional." "Until recent years golf has been a game of imagination, creativity, and variety. The game has become much more one-dimensional." Great soundbite. It's also directly contradicted by the USGA's Distance Insights Project. Here's what their research actually found. Today's long hitters are good at everything. Report R56 measured how closely driving distance was linked to every other skill on Tour. Longer hitters have improved their approach play. They have improved their short game. They have improved their putting. R56's conclusion: "This can be interpreted as longer hitters becoming better at the non-driving distance parts of the game, while accurate hitters were becoming worse at the non-driving accuracy parts of the game." Read that again. The USGA concluded long hitters are becoming MORE well-rounded. The straight hitters are becoming LESS well-rounded. If anyone is getting more "one-dimensional," it's the shorter hitting accurate players, not the bombers. Report R14 (Mark Broadie) broke down what separates the top 40 players from the field: approach shots 36%, driving 32%, short game 17%, putting 14%. The single biggest contributor to elite scoring is still approach play. Non-driving skills account for 68% of the scoring advantage. R56 analyzed every tee shot on every par 4 and par 5 on the PGA TOUR over 15 seasons using Shotlink data. Driving distance explains 3% of scoring variance on a hole. Where your ball ends up (fairway, rough, bunker) explains 9% of scoring variance on a hole. Where you hit it matters three times more than how far you hit it. Ridley's claim "feels" right, but feelings aren't data. The USGA's research found that today's long hitters are more well-rounded than ever, approach play still matters more than driving, and distance explains 3% of scoring variance on a hole while where the ball ends up explains 9% of the scoring variance. The game hasn't become one-dimensional. The best players have added dimensions.

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🚨🇺🇸⛳️ #NEW — Inverness Golf Club in Toledo, Ohio has been selected to host the 2045 U.S. Open, returning major championship golf to the club for the first time since the 1993 PGA Championship. (Via @toledosports)

🕺🎄Bryson DeChambeau takes to social media: “How life feels right now.” (Via: @brysondech) @BrysonLegion

TOMMY & ROSEY ARE 11 UNDER THRU 14 🔥 #TeamEurope | #OurTimeOurPlace

I mean, there's something to that: The population of Europe is 750 million, the population of the U.S. is 350 million. Gonna take some fresh thinking to breathe life back into the Ryder Cup - Team North America is a good start!

There’s truly something for everyone at the Ryder Cup merch tent