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Let’s help Geoff Shackelford complete ‘The Golf Tournament Attendee’s Guide to Determining if you Have Loser Tendencies’

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Geoff Shackelford penned a handy guide for anyone wondering whether s/he is in danger of becoming the type of tool who, say, repeatedly heckels Justin Thomas and roots for his tee shot to find a bunker.

And really, this is the kind of self-reflective exercise the PGA Tour should get behind to save those in danger of mashed potatoes oblivion.

Now, the title “The Golf Tournament Attendee’s Guide to Determining if you Have Loser Tendencies,” doesn’t quite hit the mark. “Loser” suggests one’s station in life, unfortunately, golf fan-related idiocy spans the spectrum and cuts across socioeconomic classes. We may need to cast a wider net with the nomenclature.

Still, Shackelford’s bullet-pointed guide is an important effort in protecting players and fans alike from bottom-feeder behavior. But we don’t want to profile golf fans, only distributing the guide to say, this guy

(Photo credit: GeoffShackelford.com)

…so the Tour would do well to hand Shackelford’s guide to all spectators coming through the gates.

Here are a couple of the most important entries from this work of staggering genius. Shackelford suggests you may have loser tendencies if…

  • You’ve had the urge to yell out Mashed Potatoes, Baba Booey or Fake News at a golf tournament during any point of your life. The Committee of experts consulted says that a mere urge is all you need to warrant certifiable, Grade A loser status.
  • You’d rather go to the Waste Management Open than The Masters and you share this pearl with anyone who will listen
  • You applaud when a streaker or any other heckler interrupts the tournament proceedings. You get extra points for admiring this year’s Waste Management Open streaker. (full disclosure, I did find the WMPO streaker funny. I may have loser tendencies)
  • You believe in your heart that paying for a ticket entitles you to swear audibly around children, say terrible things to players, get drunk by noon and in general, act out all of your issues at a golf tournament.
  • You go back home after the tournament and rewind the telecast to hear yourself taunt a player. Actually, that’s when you have bigger issues than mere loser status.

Indeed. GolfWRX members: I think we can help Mr. Shackelford in his holy endeavor. And perhaps, with a guide as long as Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, we can get it the document on Commissioner Monahan’s desk.

Check out Shackelford’s full list here.

What additions need to be made to the “The Golf Tournament Attendee’s Guide to Determining if you Have Loser Tendencies?”

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DP World Tour pro has score improved after round following bizarre rules situation

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As originally reported by Ryan French of Monday Q Info, a DP World Tour player was impacted over the weekend by a peculiar rules situation.

Ivan Cantero was playing the Volvo China Open when he hit an errant tee shot on the 13th hole. Cantero was unsure if the ball was in play or not, as it went towards a jungle area, so he played a provisional.

French confirmed with a rules official that the provisional was legal due to the fact that the player didn’t know whether the ball was in play or not.

Cantero’s original ball was found in the penalty area, which should have rendered his provisional irrelevant.

A rules official then told Cantero he could no longer play his original ball because he hit a provisional.

French shares that Cantero asked for a second opinion and was given the same (incorrect) answer. He went on to play his provisional and made a long par putt on the par 5.

After the round, the rules officials realized their mistake and decided to take a stroke away from the player, changing the par to a birdie.

The report cites rule 20.2 in the Rules of Golf.

“If a ruling by a referee or the Committee is later found wrong, the ruling can be corrected if possible under the Rules. If it is too late to do so, the ruling stands.”

The score change resulted in Cantero making the cut on the number and he then rallied on Saturday to finish in 23rd place after a weather-shortened event.

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‘F*** around and find out’ – Phil Mickelson fires warning shot over LIV’s access to majors in since-deleted tweet

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On Sunday, the social media account “Flushing It” made a post about the importance of LIV Golf ensuring that their players have major championship eligibility going forward.

“LIV can have the grandest of plans for their future but getting players access to major championships should be their number 1 priority. Especially with the major exemptions running out fast and nearly all player contracts up for renewal this year and next.”

Phil Mickelson then responded to the post, warning the golf world that excluding LIV players from majors will have unintended consequences, saying “FAAFO” which means “f*** around and find out”.

“Maybe some LIV players won’t be missed. But what if NONE of the LIV players played? Would they be missed? What about next year when more great players join? Or the following year? At some point they will care and will have to answer to sponsors and television. FAAFO”

His post has since been deleted, but there are plenty of screenshots out there.

It will be easier said than done, but it does appear that some sort of agreement between LIV and the majors could be coming in the future if the PGA Tour and LIV aren’t able to mend fences.

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Greg Norman reveals plan for LIV to own all their golf courses and each team to have a home venue

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In an interview with Bloomberg, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman discussed the current state of LIV and what it means for the future of professional golf.

In the interview, Norman said he believes that LIV has been welcomed with “open arms.”

“Our product is received with open arms by many, but a few want to try and stop us for all the wrong reasons. They haven’t been able to sustain their position in the game of golf. What we have done brilliantly is injected more capital. Golf is finally looked upon as an asset class.”

Interestingly, Norman also revealed future plans for LIV to own all the courses they play and have home courses for each team.

“Man United owns their stadium. Indian Premier League, they own their stadiums. NFL, they own their stadiums. Think about LIV owning all their own golf courses, each team having a home venue and they host. And now you can build out around that. It’s not just a golf course. You bring in education, you bring in hospitality, you bring in real estate, you bring in merchandise, you bring in management, you bring in all these other different opportunities that the game of golf has to deliver to a community, to a region. We are gonna be doing that.

“The Philippines are very keen to get us there. Golf in the Philippines is doing very well. We are not just sport, we’re sports and entertainment and culture. So no matter where we go in the world, we adjust what we need to deliver from an entertainment standpoint.”

Norman also talked about his time as the number one player in the world when the best players in the world didn’t always play on the same tour.

“That never happened anyway. Right? I was number one player in the world. Very seldom did I go and play in the United States or Europe or Asia or anything. Did I play against the best in the world outside the four majors and maybe the TPC? They’re the five, right? So very, very seldom did that happen. We got all paid appearance money to go play somewhere.”

Norman added that LIV “isn’t going anywhere.”

“My boss told me LIV is not going to go anywhere. It will be well and truly in operation, running well past his death – he’s a young guy.”

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