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Let’s Get Sorted
Like many, I am frustrated by the bifurcated nature of golf. PGA Tour over here on the left, and LIV over here on the right. Very few would argue that having the talent split out into separate camps, or leagues, does not benefit the fan. It may benefit the players financially, but certainly not the…
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Kis Could be our McAfee
Let this *take* marinate for a minute. Golf needs a Pat McAfee. What Pat has done for ESPN, College Gameday, and the broadcast product of NCAA College Football is nothing short of a revolution that was needed very badly. College football had become such a predictable broadcast “product” – not necessarily the games and athletes,…
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Happy New Year
Maybe just a couple predictions… Kisner as an announcer: He’ll be a home-run because of his anti-establishment approach to discussing golf as opposed to “presenting” golf. He’ll bring the pro golfer eye and average golfer quick wit to the pomp of the PGA. He’ll start at The Sentry, January 4-7 (with a $15M purse) and then…
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Rollback?
I’m going to try to summarize a point of view on the golf(ball) rollback initiative. To start at end, I think it’s an exercise in academic futility that makes me scratch my head to such an extent I may have caused bleeding. Based on my cursory reading on the topic it sounds like the golf…
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Rahmbo Jumping Ship?
There is so much speculation out there right now about John Rahm prepping to announce a jump from the PGA Tour to LIV it’s hurting my eyeballs. Having said that, the old axiom is likely spot on in this case: there is so much smoke the fire must be massive. I hate to add fuel…
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Woods @ HERO
So for many of my readers I think this post will come off as fairly incendiary and maybe counter-productive to the grander mission of getting some semblance of El Tigre back on Tour, at least for the majors. Tiger Woods was a sweaty mess this past weekend at The Hero World Golf Challenge at the…
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LIV Player Portal & Relegation
I am so very fearful that Tiger’s TGL will go the way of the Dodo Bird. Truthfully I haven’t read up on it much though. But I don’t love TopGolf myself so can’t imagine watching a version of it on TV. In fact, today I watched Rory try to throw two pitches at Boston’s famed…
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World Golf rankings
Might be one of the best 5 or so golfers on the planet right now. This an absurd moment in golf when a politically motivated website chooses to abandon all good sense and responsibility for ranking golfers. I’m outraged.
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Lexi Playing A PGA Event
So, what exactly is all the scuttle-butt about Lexi Thompson joining a PGA event, during the off-season, in Vegas, on a “sponsors exemption”? Let’s dissect real quick: Signed, Not a mysoganist nor sexist. Opinionated golf fan though.
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Emergency 9 of Marco Simone Observations
The 2023 Ryder Cup is in the books and as we bet at DraftKings before the first tee shot, Europe prevailed in a dominant fashion. Somehow the Americans made Sunday a little interesting for a hot minute, but don’t mistake what really happened in Italy. The USA got smoked. Ruthlessly. And, further to that –…
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Welcome to Rome
Rome… Home to the gladiators. Pics sourced from Google Images. We are betting Europe to continue their continental dominance versus what appears to be a very soft – save a few golfers – American team. At +120 or +130 its a steal of wager. We are betting Sam Burns to lead all rookies, at +400,…
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Pet-Peeves
My rolling list of golf pet-peeves:
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Ryder Cup Bets (2+ Weeks Out) + Simone Sneak Attack
Let’s start with the sneak attack our boys made at Marco Simone. The captains and crew flew over late last week for a little bonding and a 36 hole play against the course as an introductory sesh before we go live in two weeks. I think the bonding looked more important than 36 holes could…
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Democratize Golf – Sport of the People
There are plenty of blogs and podcasts out there serving the noble cause of democratizing the sport of golf – bringing the sport to the people for them to consume, enjoy, play and promote. And although my blog – Golf0clock – is really about sharing insight, sometimes snark, and observation, oh and opinion, I appreciate and applaud…
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Awaiting Dick Fowler’s Arrival in Rome
RyderCup.com posted a thoughtful recap of Dick Fowler’s run through Ryder Cup history and shared his emotional state this year as he awaited the call from Zach Johnson. I’ll get out of the way and let you read it here: https://www.rydercup.com/news-media/rickie-fowler-returns-to-the-ryder-cup
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Ryder Cup Bets (3 weeks+ out)
So, about a week ago I jotted up a piece of apple pie about what we should or could be betting when the Ryder Cup comes around in late September. I love simple $5 wagers, call em “mortgages”, on DraftKings. Last week I posited that the wise money would be on the Euros to win…
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Labor Day Results
I want to thank the Meadow Hills Golf Course of Aurora, CO, for hosting our round yesterday – Labor Day 2023. Top-line results summary of the round: In a previous post I flagged an Emergency9 of self-prescribed advice and tips for me to go low and break the ever elusive 80. Here’s that Emergency9er list…
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Pull the pin
I want this blog post to be simple, direct and not misunderstood. No room for misinterpretation. As adults, specifically I am an adult male, we pull the pin. We do. If you can see the hole, pull the pin. Ask a caddy or a playing partner to do it for you if you lack the…
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Labor Day
The first Labor Day parade was held on September 5, 1882. One hundred and ten years later I graduated college – and that is neither here nor there. But the premise of the Labor Day movement and eventual holiday was an effort to unify union works and seek to reduce time spent working. Welcome to…
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Golf is a team sport?
The Ryder Cup sure as shit is. That’s the premise anyway – the first two days of the competition are dedicated to team play with four-ball and foursomes (alternate shot). The next two are dedicated to one v one match play as rostered, or gamed, by the team captains. Either way, if your team doesn’t…
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Ryder Cup Bets (4 weeks+ Out)
In my world of DraftKings sports betting I only ever bet $5 bets. We like to call them “mortgages”. No matter what I say or text, even if hyperbolically dramatic, like “I just quadruple mortgaged Dick Fowler to win his match”, I didn’t. I only bet $5 at a time. No matter what I say.…
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Top Ten Golf Drinks
And because we are inspired by the calculated call for an Emergency 9, not a Top 10, here’s our post Tour Championship 9’er of drinks for the course or the couch: 9. Bloody Mary. Nothing gets you off the first like a stiff ‘n’ spicy Bloody. It also preps your GI and stomach with all…
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Launch
Golf0clock v1.0 This is G0C’s inaugural missive to the world of gawf. As the chief opinion correspondent, it is my aim to offer the reader an ‘emergency 9’ of snackable golf content, hot-takes and serve you the just right flavor nuggets of what was seen and unseen this week in the world of golf. Whether…