Big payout at US Open
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If Cleveland will pay that Watson guy who used to play QB in Houston $230,000,000, the best golfers need more dough.
Not the biggest golf fan, but I thought I'd recognize any well known player, but maybe I'm having a brain fart: who is Wolfe?
BTW, that was a pretty interesting tournament yesterday. Amateur flirts with the lead and finishes alone in 4th and a rookie has the lead going to 18 and blows up with a double bogey after leaving a bunker shot in the trap, while Schaufele plays that hole like a boss, striping a drive and wedge to 3' and makes the birdie putt to win by 2.
I do not understand how the caddy lets his guy try that bunker shot. Totally unacceptable. Every pro thinks they can make every shot. You gotta literally physically prevent it from happening.
Sounded like he tried. I don't know, he's only the hired hand and he basically said "there's no reason to try it unless you think you can make birdie". Faldo was ragging on him on the tee box for hitting driver, so that was a questionable move too. You get the lead by playing balls out, and as you said, most pros think they can make every shot. Nicklaus was always big on being smart and conservative with a lead, so maybe this guy will learn that lesson.
just looked him up: 74th in the world. I'd have thought I'd have heard of him. If I were the PGA, I'd be most concerned about the current stars and up and comers defecting. Wonder what was said in that players meeting?
BTW, how does the tour treat the prize money when the have an amateur finish that high? Keep it, split between lower prize winners? Looks like he missed out on at least a $400K payday, as that's what 5th place got. Strange, I think they said this kid has never even won a collegiate tournament, yet he blows up in this one? I thought he sounded and played pretty composed overall. Had to be a whirlwind of emotions going on with him.
I just looked it up. Amateurs waive the right to any winnings when they enter a tournament with cash prizes. Bummer.
I'm pretty sure the prize money is falls to the next finishers. I remember Mickelson winning an event as a junior and the 1st place prize money went to the next 2 guys who were tied for 2nd and they split the 1st and snd place money evenly.
seems like something that might change with the NIL stuff going on. I guess this is a PGA policy and not the NCAA, who maybe would approve of it now? I think they said the Mickleson amateur win was 1991. Wonder how many top 20 amateur performances since then? Wonder if they'll begin to allow it in the future now?
It's USGA rules for amateurism related to prize money in tournaments. I saw references to USGA rules 3-1 and 3-2 when I googled it. I believe the USGA already made an exception for NIL last year when they said they'd waive it as long as the player maintained their NCAA status/eligibility.
