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Tom Edrington

Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.

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    baxter cepeda

    Simple, Yes, Definitely looking ahead to The US Open.
    And, no, not just because of the major distinction.

    Monahan still has mainly himself to blame for us looking past 3 pga tour events to the usga event 5 weeks from now.

    The biggest reason Winged Foot is already on our golf minds (not to mention Georgia) is that the pga tours finale is still not very credible with this silly handicapping system.

    1 stroke is bad enough but they start with 2 strokes…that is just annoying.
    Putting a handful of guys 10 back is an insult.

    Rory has saved the pga tour Finale flaws twice: once with a ridiculous finish which made us forget all about “silly points”; and then last year by Rory actually shooting the lowest score regardless of “silly handicaps” on his way to the title.
    The flaws will surface eventually, likely this year.

    So, yes, we look ahead to things that make sense, like the US Open, which ironically invented and runs golfs sensical handicapping system.

    The answer for the pga tour to gain some of our focus is already applied on The lpga tour by Whan: winning the final event means winNing it all.

    It’s just that simple.

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      Tom Edrington

      Silly is being very kind….thanks for checking in on this Baxter; The “handicap” system is totally ridiculous; Can’t wait for the U.S. Open and hopefully they’ll have that old school rough from the 70s!!

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    RM

    Sad to say I’m honestly looking forward to this primarily as a way to see who will be peaking for the US Open as it nears. That’s when the excitement will really start for me.

    Maybe that will change as we get closer to the finale.

    Sorry to hear about Brooks. As one announcer said a few years ago in an English accent, “It’s a bitter game”.

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      Tom Edrington

      RM: Agreed; Big debate question: Which would you rather win: FedEx Cup or the U.S. Open? I believe the “risk” if you want to call it that is putting your foot on the gas for three straight weeks, playing your butt off then going to Winged Foot and find out you’re out of gas…..I can see Tiger making it to the BMW but not getting to East Lake, which would give him two weeks to prepare for the U.S. Open; If you have net worth north of $800 million, is $15 million that great a motivator?

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        baxter cepeda

        It depends whom you ask.

        For tiger It’s obviously a major. For tiger The fed ex cup is probably about a 3rd title more so than the money. It’s no major but it does count for something. The money counts for something also even for tiger.

        But yea tiger early chooses a major over the cup.

        Most historians and traditionalists would pick a major as well. I certainly would, especially a Masters. That’s all I need.

        But the masses would probably take the loot every time.

        The real reason golf is even being played right now is for the money. Not entertainment. Not prestige. Money.

        Tiger can give the pga tour finale all he has. There’s a week off between East Lake and the US Open. That’s Plenty of time to rest up even for tiger, especially since he already played winged foot.

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          Tom Edrington

          I’m with you on The Masters, it’s close between that and the Open Championship (I have a total love for Scotland and links golf). Stay tuned for Friday’s newsletter, you mentioned money, we’ll talk about a few interesting nuggets in the PGA Tour’s 2018 Form 990 tax filing…..

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            baxter cepeda

            An Open at St Andrews is always in the conversation.

            Tom Did U want to be a tax auditor as a kid ?
            The pga tour may not be as holy as they seem but they know how to work by the book, stay within the lines, whatever we wanna call it.
            I do look forward to the article.
            But I just think at the end of the day its all legal somehow and, directly or not, many charities (not to mention many of our favorite athletes) get a ton of support from the pga tour. They do good work.
            …But we’ll see what you got this time.

          2. Tom Edrington

            Wait until you see what two of the “Player-Directors” are being compensated!

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