Did Wyndham Clark bend the rules here?!? He never touches the grass on this mysterious practice swing. I have never seen another player make this type of practice swing in my golfing days. You be the judge.
@CHurls13 Yup, tossing a 20-year-old into the craziest atmosphere he'll ever see is a great plan. I guess his final few games here before he went down where he was overwhelmed don't count.
Florida's nominal GDP grew from $1.11T in 2019 to $1.85T in Q3 2025, a 66.5% increase. Adjusting for US GDP deflator inflation (~24.3% cumulative), real growth is about 34%.
Comparison:
- New York: Nominal from $1.75T to $2.50T (42.7% increase), real ~15%.
- California: Nominal from $3.18T to $4.30T (35.1% increase), real ~9%.
Sources: BEA, FRED data. Period: 2019 to Q3 2025 (~6.75 years).
I want to thank my family and my team for their continued support throughout every step of my professional career. When I was a child, I always dreamed about competing on the @PGATOUR, and I am just as excited today to announce that I am returning to the PGA TOUR. Being closer to home and spending more time with my family makes this opportunity especially meaningful to me.
I believe in where the PGA TOUR is headed with new leadership, new investors, and an equity program that gives players a meaningful ownership stake. I also understand there are financial penalties associated with this decision, and I accept those.
Finally, I want to thank the fans. Your support means more to me today than ever before, and I look forward to seeing you soon at the Farmers Insurance Open and WM Phoenix Open.
The Blues stink but Buffalo played a masterpiece of a 3rd. NINE in a row. Unbelievable. They get the early goal and never looked back. Incredible stuff. THE BUFFALO SABRES HAVE ACHIEVED WAGON STATUS AGAIN. PRINT THE SHIRTS.
“And so it came to pass.
‘The most damaging pop cultural force in recent British history’ found its way into the hearts and minds of a new generation. From Gallagher Hill to the River Plate, from Croke Park on the banks of the Royal Canal to the City Of Angels, the love, joy, tears and euphoria will never be forgotten.
There will now be a pause for a period of reflection.”
Oasis
Colt Knost getting his amateur status back is bad form.
From the USGA website:
"The Mid-Amateur, for amateur golfers of at least 25 years of age, provides a formal national championship for the post-college amateur, for whom the game is truly an avocation."
"for whom the game is truly an avocation".
Letting ex-pros, where golf WAS their vocation, play in the mid-am runs against the spirit of the event. Especially ex-pros that won many millions of dollars.
In the 2025 mid-am, six of the eight quarter-finalists were reinstated professionals. Years of high-level reps and tour-hardened skills don’t disappear because the prize checks stop.
Even if an ex-pro hasn’t played for money in years, the accumulated skill capital (elite and extensive practice reps, extensive tournament reps, elite coaching, etc...) persists.
Colt wrote:
"If a surgeon decided to take 7 years off and then come back to operate on you, would you feel as confident in that doc as one that did the procedure yesterday or the week before?"
This is the wrong question. His analogy asks, “Is the ex-pro as sharp as before?” The question should be, “Does the ex-pro still have a big edge over true amateurs?” Even if they’re a bit rusty, a former tour player’s baseline skills remain FAR above a career amateur.
And that baseline skill is there because golf was their vocation. Which is exactly the kind of player who the USGA says the mid-am is NOT for.
Also, skill decay does not equal skill deletion.
Motor-learning 101:
Highly trained skills are retained unusually well, and reacquisition of those skills is fast. Years of tour reps don’t evaporate. There is not much practice time needed to get dangerous again. That advantage is exactly what makes reinstatement unfair to career ams.
# of balls hit this week, per @Toptracer range at Ryder Cup
Bryson 507
Vik 356
JJ 271
PC 265
Sepp 259
Scottie 257
Burns 226
Ludvig 220
Fitz 184
JT 179
Rahm 159
Hatton 155
Rory 144
Ras 142
Cam 139
B Mac 131
Russ 128
Collin 127
X 109
Lowry 108
Tommy 101
English 100
BG 91
Rose 84