You cannot make this shit up! I texted Greg Norman before someone sent me this video - I had no idea he was lurking behind me.
Alan Shipnuck
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Alan Shipnuck
@AlanShipnuck
30+ years on the golf beat, now Writer at Large @Skratch. Author of 10 books including RORY; PHIL; LIV AND LET DIE; THE SWINGER; BUD, SWEAT & TEES.
- I’m hearing tomorrow’s PGA Tour player meeting regarding LIV is going to be a banger. Supposedly everything is on the table, from major championship boycotts to Monahan’s future to a larger compromise. And Tiger M.F. Woods is expected to fly in to provide counsel/bully/cajole.🍿
- Well, a couple of neckless security dudes just physically removed me from Phil Mickelson's press conference, saying they were acting on orders from their boss, whom they refused to name. (Greg Norman? MBS? Al Capone?) Never a dull moment up in here.
- Adam Scott is beloved in the locker room, press room, caddie yard and on Golf Twitter. He is the classiest guy in golf and would be the most popular U.S. Open winner since Spieth 10 years ago. But this one would mean more, capping a great career. The crowd will be his tomorrow.
- The 'off the record' piece of this is completely false and I'll have more to say on that shortly.
- Oh, mystery solved!🙄
Well, a couple of neckless security dudes just physically removed me from Phil Mickelson's press conference, saying they were acting on orders from their boss, whom they refused to name. (Greg Norman? MBS? Al Capone?) Never a dull moment up in here. - Bones is gonna win the PGA that Phil skipped. What a world.
- I'm not sure if Europeans are better at golf than Americans but they are definitely better at everything related to the Ryder Cup: team-building, mastering a quirky alternate shot format, putting in the clutch and, especially, picking captains & pairings. It's not a fair fight.
- Rory has now won this year on Pebble (and Spy!), Sawgrass and Augusta National, the best courses the Tour has visited this year. Could be looking at an all-time run these next few months.
- This is why tournament golf is so fucking compelling: there's nowhere to hide and the ball is just sitting there, mocking you. This is an x-ray of the soul.
- A player from the Irish island is always is always going to be popular in Boston, especially a future Hall of Famer. But the love for Rory out here runs deeper than that. He has become golf’s conscience. The wee lad is now the most towering figure in the game.
