Jeff Mosier

Communications specialist @DenverHealthMed. Former assistant city editor @reviewjournal.

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

@TSA was terrible as usual @DENAirport. Glad that three TSA agents could talk and laugh it up while the bins in our checkpoint line were stuck and holding everything up. But they didn’t care. Told me I was wrong. Horrible as usual.

[Andrew Gruttadaro @andrewgrutt]

Before golf's most dramatic event, the Ryder Cup, begins, I spent some time with the man who often finds himself in the middle of golf's drama: Brandel Chamblee.

He had some things to say.

https://t.co/KxNJCMg42y

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

@EvinPriest Hey Evin, any clue why only one episode of Chasing Majors is currently available on podcast services?

[Brandel Chamblee @chambleebrandel]

It’s been a busy few days with news of the proposed PGA Tour/LIV merger and trying to both understand it and divine out if it does, in fact, mean the Saudis own professional golf.

It raises a great many questions, such as:

Why a tour that seemed to have the upper hand would merge with a tour that was beset with waning interest and seemed to be out of ideas?

How can a majority investor in a company not have the controlling position?

What proportion of this merger was driven by discovery and what was driven by economics?

Did the PGA Tour really not have any other economic solutions?

If the merger doesn’t go through because it is blocked by the Player Board or regulatory agencies, will the PGA Tour and the Saudis still find a way to be in business together and will LIV still die?

What does Yasir Al-Rumayyan even know about golf and since the likely answer to that question is, not much, why is he ON THE BOARD?

Given that the terms of the deal are so opaque it’s hard to know, with any certainty, the answers to these questions.

I do know that the derision being directed at the deal makers, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, Jimmy Dunne and Ed Herlihy seems somewhat unfounded given the legal and economic realities they were likely dealing with. And to whatever degree they are guilty of selling out to the Saudis it pales in comparison to the soulless narcissistic greed of those players who defected to the Saudi league and in doing so gave LIV leverage and sent professional golf into a tailspin.

It’s likely that the PGA tour, like Captain Sully landing that plane in the Hudson, made the best of a very bad situation.

If it leads to the destruction of LIV, doesn’t disrupt the philanthropic foundation of the tour and neither diminishes the meritocratic appeal of the professional game nor dims the legacy of past and present players (excepting of course those who defected to LIV), as unconscionable as the source of the money is, given the irreparable harm the defectors caused the game this deal may have been the best possible scenario.

Regardless, the PGA Tour is now in bed with the Saudis and with the exception of the long ago days when the tour had exclusionary clauses within its bylaws, it’s hard to imagine a sadder scenario for professional golf.

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

Going away shindig Tuesday in Las Vegas -- thanks to everyone. Moved to Colorado where I start work with the marketing team at Denver Health in the morning. Treated to a nice sunset and downtown view from my balcony tonight. Not bad, Denver.

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

With my last shift over tonight, I'm officially a former @reviewjournal employee. Thanks for the memories and gray hairs. First day, June 7, 2010, and last, Aug. 13, 2022. Next chapter: Denver.

[Jim Barnes @JimBarnesLV]

Spent some time today with Rocco the Clown, who helps keep the art of clowning alive at @CircusVegas. Photos from @Rookie__Rae: https://t.co/f9bZCkSOa6

[Las Vegas Review-Journal @reviewjournal]

Women who worked for the NFL team alleged a pattern of forced demotions, unequal treatment and retaliation if they voiced concerns.
https://t.co/DgRSpIZ3ed

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

Millenia Falcon. Star Wars Enterprise. #whatever #samething

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

@TheOnion Not a lot of diversity in this lasagna.

[Jim Barnes @JimBarnesLV]

Jeff said the hardest part for some bettors is walking away.

"I’ve seen so many people burn out, so many people go broke. I’ve seen people lose their edge, burn out, then go broke. It’s real. That’s what I think motivates us to just kind of keep going."

Thanks for reading.

[Brandel Chamblee @chambleebrandel]

You’d think I’d learn. @rydercup

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

I'd heard all the stories. Been waiting for this column. Join me in treasuring this poor man's misery.

[Jim Barnes @JimBarnesLV]

I love the annual handicapping contests, even though they’ve brought me nothing but pain. Here are four times I came close to a nice payday and ended up with nothing. https://t.co/PYHX33khlV

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

Cool. I was on hold with @HRBlock for 49 minutes just to be disconnected before reaching a human. @HRBlockAnswers any help?

[Rio Yamat @rio_yamat]

Update: In January, I reported that this @LVMPD officer was under investigation after posting a photo of himself outside the U.S. Capitol on the day of the riot.

The investigation is closed. And he has since been promoted. https://t.co/51iQlzjQpB

[Mike Brunker @mike_brunker]

Help a guy top 1.5K followers and support local journalism all in two fell swoops: Like @mike_brunker and subscribe to a great Las Vegas news source: https://t.co/4cJgA2nTu0. Thank you to all who read and a 👋 to those of you who don't know yet that you want to. #RJNow

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

Bold. Check out their other business, Deadly Airlines.

[Jeff Mosier @JeffDMosier]

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[U.S. Open @usopengolf]

Caddies haven't always been household names. Here's the tale of Peter McGarey, Hale Irwin's unknown teenage looper at the 1974 #USOpen.

This is Backstories with @BaileyMosierGC.