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13 Jan Condensed schedule makes players’ life tough

Posted at 07:02h in Golf Tip by

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking about how our top players try and plan their schedules. Time to perhaps reflect back to the early 90s when Greg Norman stood up and outlined the need for a World Tour.

It was a brazen move by Norman and he immediately became the target of contempt by those who would be affected by his bold and intelligent foresight as to where tournament golf was heading.

His idea was shot down, and many believe that his interest in tournament golf dwindled from then on. He then concentrated on his other businesses, while going into semi-retirement and not walking the fairways with the intensity that he once had. Adam Scott, another Australian player, has recently said that he’s now comfortable making tough choices and will just focus on winning majors and qualifying for the international team for this year’s Presidents Cup.

He said that players are forced to make tough decisions this season because of a new condensed schedule on the PGA Tour. Scott conceded that he took the path of least resistance when it came to his 2019 schedule.

He said that he took the simple approach and just play the tournaments that made sense to play. Any inconvenience, even if it’s a big tournament, will be taken into consideration.

Adam is 41st in the world rankings and as I mentioned last week, he can basically play in any tournaments around the world that take his fancy, as all of those in the prestigious top-50 list can do. An example of his new way of thinking is Scott will skip the World Golf Championships event in Mexico next month, a week after the Genesis Open in California, where Scott historically plays well.

The new World Golf Championship tournament in Memphis — the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational — in July is also easy to skip considering it is played the week after the British Open in Northern Ireland.

Out of Bounds: Think about these sayings after your next bad hole: I used to think I was indecisive, but I’m not too sure any more.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

One poor French criminal in the 19th century was hanged on a Monday in a public place and the last sentence he said was “the week has started terribly.”

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