So awesome that "playoffs" started, yet no thread

[Clarkmeister]

And not much interest I'm thinking. Which is awesome. I was reading that next year the Ryder Cup is the week after the final playoff event. 5 weeks straight. LOL. Hard to imagine that several players don't miss more than just 1 event. Not well executed at all.

[pokergrader]

The whole thing is a joke. Golf has 4 weeks a year which are must see TV, and I don't think it ever is going to be more than that.

But at least they are trying.

[swede554]

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Golf has 5 weeks a year which are must see TV, and I don't think it ever is going to be more than that.

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If it's a Ryder Cup year and you're American or European.

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Golf has 6 weeks a year which are must see TV, and I don't think it ever is going to be more than that.

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because the Players Championship is really a must-watch...

[Greenmachine]

Would you guys be more interested if they had made the playoffs match play?

I think once they get down to the last two events of the playoffs it should be a little more exciting, but yeah no reason to watch the first few events

[sylar]

is there betting for the fedex cup winner? if so, how did the line change when tiger said he won't participate this week?

[FireStorm]

I've been following it quite closely, but only because I'm a golf nut and because we're attenting Saturday and Sunday.

Agreed that there isn't much alternate interest in it, and that I'm surprised this is the first thread.

Singh on pace to miss the cut so this weekend could become considerably less interesting/allow a lot more people into the mix.

[RacersEdge]

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Golf has 5 weeks a year which are must see TV, and I don't think it ever is going to be more than that.

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If it's a Ryder Cup year and you're American or European.

or...

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Golf has 6 weeks a year which are must see TV, and I don't think it ever is going to be more than that.

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because the Players Championship is really a must-watch...

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It's four for me - the Ryder cup is more "watch if I'm not doing something else". Part of that is that I find match play pretty boring.

[HajiShirazu]

The problem is that everybody knows pro golfers are mostly a bunch of silver spoon rich boy racists who make millions to play a game that most of us pay (too much) to play. The last thing anyone is going to care about is which of these guys gets an additional ten million dollars and some meaningless artificial championship that is just a ripoff of nascar's dumb idea, especially since golf is all about tradition anyway.
Furthermore tiger woods isn't even playing this week, which makes this week's tournament a "B" event even if the other 143 guys did show up.

[RacersEdge]

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The problem is that everybody knows pro golfers are mostly a bunch of silver spoon rich boy racists who make millions to play a game that most of us pay (too much) to play. The last thing anyone is going to care about is which of these guys gets an additional ten million dollars and some meaningless artificial championship that is just a ripoff of nascar's dumb idea, especially since golf is all about tradition anyway.
Furthermore tiger woods isn't even playing this week, which makes this week's tournament a "B" event even if the other 143 guys did show up.

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I agree. When you're main advertising slogan is "The winner gets 10 million", you're in trouble.

[tuq]

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because the Players Championship is really a must-watch...

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Absolutely. I get up for that one as much as any of the majors. Plus the Mercedes is great - prime time golf at Kapalua in the wintertime.

I was going to bump that Barclay's thread, just haven't gotten around it to it. It seems like people are hesitant to start tournament threads in this forum but once they do they get fairly decent traffic.