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re: LIV officially removes request for OWGR points
Posted on 3/5/24 at 3:40 pm to The Pirate King
Posted on 3/5/24 at 3:40 pm to The Pirate King
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Individual golf contributing to a team score isn't traditional team golf. Everyone's scores count and it's not a scramble.
A player may not take a risk to protect their team score, which harms the individual competition.
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And yet, the OWGR board had more of an issue with the team aspect of LIV Golf. Last April, one LIV golfer, Sebastian Muñoz, admitted to lagging a putt on the 18th green to secure the team title instead of trying to win the individual competition.
Had that putt dropped, Muñoz would have tied Brooks Koepka, forcing a playoff.
“It’s weird because I knew we were one stroke ahead on the team, so I couldn’t go extra. I knew I couldn’t be too aggressive,” Munoz said afterward, per The Associated Press.
This post was edited on 3/5/24 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 3/5/24 at 4:01 pm to hehateme2285
This is a weak example from 1 out of 25 LIV tournaments & it was 1 player.
If that’s 1 reason why OWGR doesn’t want to award points, then didn’t LIV address this concern by making a change for 2024? Now all 4 players scores count on the final day.
ETA: I think this story is being grossly misrepresented. He tried to make the birdie to tie Brooks, but wanted to make sure he didn’t bogey & lose the team competition. They both got par on the hole
If that’s 1 reason why OWGR doesn’t want to award points, then didn’t LIV address this concern by making a change for 2024? Now all 4 players scores count on the final day.
ETA: I think this story is being grossly misrepresented. He tried to make the birdie to tie Brooks, but wanted to make sure he didn’t bogey & lose the team competition. They both got par on the hole
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The final hole shed some insight into the team component of LIV Golf.
Koepka and Munoz both were about 40 feet away for birdie. Koepka went first and left the putt just over 4 feet away. Munoz needed to make birdie to force a playoff. However, his Torque team had a one-shot lead over the Smash team led by Koepka.
If he were to hit the putt too hard and three-putt for bogey, Munoz might have cost Torque the team title. He left it just under 4 feet short, and made the par for Torque to win a team competition for the first time.
“It’s weird, because I knew we were one stroke ahead on the team, so I couldn’t go extra. I knew I couldn’t be too aggressive,” Munoz said.
“He got the individual, we got the team. I call it a tie.”
This post was edited on 3/5/24 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 3/5/24 at 4:51 pm to hehateme2285
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A player may not take a risk to protect their team score, which harms the individual competition.
College golf isn’t real golf, I guess.
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