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Billy Horschel and Ian Poulter involved in apparent heated exchange on putting green at Wentworth

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If ever a clip was going to sum up this year’s BMW PGA Championship, then surely National Club Golfer’s George Cooper wins the gold medal.

Having already caused some contention between “legitimate” DP World Tour players and the 17 LIV golfers taking part this week, defending champion Billy Horschel came alongside Ian Poulter on the practice putting green today, and nobody knows quite what they said.

Lipreaders might have a field day, but the rest of us can only guess at what the exchange was about, with confirmed LIV player Poulter, making several hand gestures that suggest he was asking Billy Ho to calm it down a tad.

Of course, Twitter would not let this one go, and replies were mixed between downright insulting and hilarious.

Horschel had his supporters: “In BHo’s defence, his beef was with players who said they wanted to play less, and have never played DP before. He specifically said he had no beef with Poults and Westy who didn’t say that,” whilst a couple of others referred to Horschel’s apparent love of East London soccer side, West Ham United and their capital city rivals in a match they called, “West Ham vs. Arsenal,” touching on Poults being a huge fan of the Gunners.

NCG’s Hannah Holden was among many that tweeted a reference to a boxing match and may have referred to Talor Gooch’s reply to Horschel’s initial accusation when tweeting his “comments:”

“I’ve never been to a boxing match, but I can’t believe there’s a whole lot of difference,” whilst anyone in doubt as to the atmosphere may heed the tweet:

“Love the 3rd dude in the video who came up to say ‘Hey’ and then realized this wasn’t his moment to chop it up with boys. Pulled the Homer Simpson.”

The DP World Tour flagship event is being overshadowed by some absolute nonsense so far this week, and perhaps organizers should have played this a lot different, but as suggested by many, we seem sure to be in for a contentious week at Wentworth.

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LET pro gives detailed financial breakdown of first week on tour…and the net result may shock you

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On Friday morning, Ladies European Tour player, Hannah Gregg, took to social media to share her weekly expenses playing on the LET.

“Expenses of my first week on Ladies European Tour: Flights: $2600 Work Visa: $350 

  • Food: $377 
  • Caddie: $0 because I have an amazing Fiancé 
  • Hotel: $0 because  @GregChalmersPGA sorted me host housing for the week!  
  • Rental Car: +0 because the Tour Tee guys GAVE me their car  
  • Gas: $165 
  • Entry Fee: $130 
  • Lounge Pass for caddie: $50 
  • Gym: $0 
  • Yardage book: $0 
  • Total expenses: $3672 

Made cut, finished 54th, total earned: $1244 Factor in 35% tax on earnings. To break even, needed to finish 24th. To make money, 21st. Guess we have our goals laid out for next event!”

When factoring in Gregg’s free housing, free caddie and free rental car, it’s evident that most LET players would have to finish well inside of the top-20 to make any money.

With ridiculous amounts of money being thrown around in professional golf these days, it’s important to remember the other side of the coin as well. There are countless professionals out there who struggle to get by on their golf salary.

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54-hole golf tour deemed eligible for OWGR points…but it’s not LIV

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After a seventeen-month application process, a 54-hole golf tour was deemed eligible for OWGR points.

Unfortunately, for LIV Golf and their fans, it was the Clutch Pro Tour.

After the decision, which is effective immediately, OWGR chairman Peter Dawson issued a statement.

“This is a significant milestone for golf, and OWGR is deeply encouraged by the achievement and the continued efforts in developing the sport of golf in the United Kingdom.”

“We look forward to watching the progress of the Clutch Pro Tour as it continues to play a key role in the development of players from the region,” Dawson added.

The Clutch Pro Tour operates in the United Kingdom and features a 36-hole cut. It also has an open qualifying school.

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Charlie Woods attempting to qualify for spot at 2024 U.S. Open

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As first reported by Bob Harig of Sports Illustrated, Charlie Woods will be attempting to qualify for this year’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

The first stage of qualifying for this year’s tournament will be an 18-hole local event on Thursday, April 25th, in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

There will be 84 players in the field, five of which will reach the 36-hole qualifier that will take place in June.

Earlier this season, Charlie attempted to qualify for the Cognizant Classic, and struggled, shooting an 86.

If the younger Woods is able to qualify, he will tee it up in the same field as his father in a few months at one of the more historic U.S. Open venues.

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