Boycott the PGA Tour if they split golf.

Almaviva

http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/golf/2013/0226/1224330552031.html

Incredible nonesense from the PGA of America and the PGA Tour.

Time to make my contribution to humanity and stand up for what is right and good in the world. So am starting a global campaign here for all right minded golfers to condemn the PGA stance on this issue.

Pledge to avoid any PGA related golf if they are to be foolish enough to split the golf world into the USGA/R&A rules and the tour rules. Cancel your sky sports, stop following that tour altogether, go to no events where a PGA member is playing, recognise as the worlds number one golfer the highest player on the rankings who doesnt play PGA tour etc, etc.

In short anyone playing 'PGA' rules is not a golfer and to be shunned.

Details of campaign title, logo, and worldwide network of volunteers to follow, but your chance to be part of it starts here. Hoping that the voice of the true golfer will be heard by these heretics and that this shameful division will be averted.

Are you in ?

GetInTheHole!

EvanCornwallis

No.

PGA > All

P_1

Strikes me as being vaguely similar to the Schism that led to us having Rugby Union and Rugby League to be fair

ForeRight

P_1 wrote: »

Strikes me as being vaguely similar to the Schism that led to us having Rugby Union and Rugby League to be fair

Or the darts at Xmas with all the best players in the world and then the darts in January where lads are actually missing the board at times.

P_1

ForeRight wrote: »

Or the darts at Xmas with all the best players in the world and then the darts in January where lads are actually missing the board at times.

True, rule of thumb seems to be that any kind of splits in a sport tend not to work out for the best

m r c

GetInTheHole! wrote: »

There is a 10 hr clip of this on YouTube lol

If the PGA tour don't ban long putters I don't see the ban holding in the real world either

TRS30

I think the PGA tour will fold like a cheap suit and fall in line with the USGA & the R&A.

The USGA & R&A run two of the four majors so assuming (big assumption at the moment) that they bring in the ban then players in those two majors will not be allowed to use long putters (if they are anchored). Personally I think the Masters will follow the USGA so three of the four majors will have a ban on anchoring.

Will players want to use a certain putting style for all PGA events and then have to use a different one for the majors?

I believe that if the ban comes in then the PGA tour will fall in line. If not then over time younger players will use none anchored strokes so they can play in majors so less and less will be using long putters.

All a big storm in a tea cup really as the much bigger issue affecting golf is slow play.

The Guardian

will this be the fat-blokes-who-can-stick-a-putter-into-their-belly Versus the fit / athletic guys

TRS30

The Guardian wrote: »

will this be the fat-blokes-who-can-stick-a-putter-into-their-belly Versus the fit / athletic guys

I wouldn't call Kegan Bradley or Webb Simpson fat.......

death1234567

PGA will accept the new rules IMO, they are just flexing their muscles now.

The Guardian

Bradley has real potential to 'fill out'

SnowDrifts

Butch Harmon correctly points out the real issue here. It is not about the PGA disagreeing with the USGA, it's about covering their a$$

Butch Harmon ‏@43BH

"You all make good points and I can agree with a lot of you but the tour might be avoiding law suites. I know players have talked to lawyers"

Milkers

TRS30 wrote: »

I wouldn't call Kegan Bradley or Webb Simpson fat.......

Or Adam Scott, Bernhard Langer, Matt Kuchar, Ernie Els...