Greg Merrick

Penn State ‘15. Golfer, skiier, taco enthusiast. Don't take my tweets too seriously.

[Greg Merrick @GMerrick15]

@AndyTFE @KVanValkenburg A rotation with Cobbs and one of the private courses every other year would make it one of the best stops on Tour in no time

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@ThorbjornOleZyn @Robopz @DataGolf How do you not realize that your 24/7 need to be aggrieved on behalf of a golf league is the real joke?

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@andystaplesgolf Is it even a risk-reward hole anymore? It kind of just plays like dogleg now. Drive it to the corner and chip on.

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@karlstwitt @Daniel_Rapaport The purpose is to rank players based on performance in qualifying events. LIV events don’t qualify, even now. It’s on LIV to change if they want the points, not the rankings.

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@karlstwitt @Daniel_Rapaport LIV waited too long to make the changes. It’s amazing that they’re even getting points given they still don’t meet the rules.

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@JoeWest784409 @KevinBarton11 Playing 14 times on LIV probably hurts him. Could use the extra DPWT starts to get into the top 50 and get his PGA Tour card and be in all the majors and sig events

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@Matthew1539849 @pittiecoco @jinkozuma How do you love the free market so much and support the Saudi golf league?

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@BobSuraFans @CPowers14 @JCAGOLFReport LIV having one captain with equity and 3 other players with none and no way to earn it is far more exclusionary.

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@BobSuraFans @CPowers14 @JCAGOLFReport I’m supposed to be mad that the players who matter are getting paid more than the ones who don’t? And going forward, they earn equity based on FedEx Cup finish, the exact opposite of “pulling the ladder up.” Play well, make money.

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@BobSuraFans @CPowers14 How is the ladder pulled up at all? No one who’s playing well and beating players at their level regularly is getting shut out of anything.

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@JoeWest784409 @Robopz Because who gets a spot from the “at risk” group isn’t based on merit, it’s based on who your friends are and the flag next to your name

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@Robopz How can you give points to a tour where a player can be dropped for nothing other than being from the wrong country?

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@KevinHornePSU It obviously all fell down this year for a bunch of reasons and he had to go. But without a championship level investment I’m worried Campbell is just going to have the same problem. And I like him a lot! I think he’s going to say the exact same things Franklin did

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@KevinHornePSU The other good teams like Oregon, Michigan and ND, who also have more resources?

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@KevinHornePSU Maybe it’s Franklin’s fault for not being convincing enough. But his message for 12 years was “we do not do things operationally or financially like the teams we want to beat” and he was right. It’s not the only reason we didn’t win, but it’s true

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@KevinHornePSU They listened to their coach when he told them what it would take to reach the top. PSU didn’t. Still hasn’t.

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@KevinHornePSU The great programs say “how high?” when their coach asks them to jump. All we got was whining.

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@KevinHornePSU But they gave him everything he asked for right away. It took Franklin years to even get a real athletic director.