(06-18-2022, 08:40 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I think Rickie Fowler will be next to defect.  He's dropped out of the top-150 in the world, he's not competitive, he didn't even make the US Open field, but he's still a big name.  And he probably needs the money.

I think you are right that is a great article too. He is absolutely right on all of his points. I think he discounts how much money matters to those guys but couldn’t be more correct when he illustrates the “it” factors effect on the game. 

The players who have made the jump either never had it or have lost it. They got the call have so because of their name but once that fades from relevance the liv will have a group of extremely rich washed up golfers that nobody cares to watch. They will have effetely ruined any chance they had of salvaging their career because not only can they not compete since they can’t qualify for majors because of OWGR but have diminished their skill set to the point that, even if they did, they wouldn’t make it passed the first cut.  

New names will rise up and replace the DJs of the world the same way they they to the last generation.

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