Unpopular opinions about modern golf. Pace of play, signature events, tour politics, equipment rules, course design. The takes that get you dropped from the group chat.
The Masters has the jacket. The US Open has the patriotism. The Open has the claret jug and history. The PGA Championship has the largest trophy in major golf — and the smallest cultural footprint. That’s wrong, and Aaron Rai’s Sunday at Aronimink is the proof.
The Wanamaker Is Golf’s Most Underrated Trophy. Aaron Rai Just Proved Why It Matters. Read More »
Three $20 million Signature Events between the Masters and the PGA Championship — and Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler won’t be in the same field for any of them.
Rory Plays. Scottie Plays. That’s the Fix. Read More »
5-hour rounds aren’t a tradition. They’re a recent invention. We trace how the modern Tour broke pace of play for the rest of us — and why it’s fixable.
Slow Play Is Killing Recreational Golf — And It’s the Tour’s Fault Read More »
Three years of negotiations. Billions of dollars. Reputational damage on every side. The LIV-PGA Tour stalemate is the longest own goal in professional golf history — and the time for ambiguity is over.
The LIV-PGA Merger Has Gone On Too Long. Here’s What Needs to Happen. Read More »
Three Signature Events. Zero appearances together. Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler — the two best players in the world — are taking turns playing the Tour’s marquee weeks. The structure was specifically designed to prevent this.
The ‘elevated’ Signature Events were sold as the PGA Tour’s answer to LIV. Three years in, they’ve solved the wrong problem and created two bigger ones. A hot take.
The Signature Events Are Quietly Breaking the PGA Tour Read More »
