Between the never tried pasta and accusations that the Schuster’s didn’t pay their debts, some spicy stuff to end that office hours edition.
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Love the takes on the over commercialization of the event. It’s a sports problem overall, but yeah, the Ryder Cup has it big time.
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Take the Ryder Cup at $150m annually ($300m biannually).
Add in US Open and Masters at $100m each plus PGA and Open at $75m each.
So $500m in annual revenue from 5 biggest events. But those 5 only pay out $85m in purses. How many other major professional sports only pay out 17% of their biggest events to the players? (NCAA is a whole other story)
Not saying Ryder Cup is solely to blame. It’s a systemic problem that was put in place decades ago. But it is a problem.
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The weirder part is I’ll try the street food in Thailand or Argentina no questions asked.
Just not the nasty noodles.
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A man has to have a code
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What did I just watch?! I typically enjoy Office Hours but can’t believe the takes from BamaBearcat on this one.
Saying has become too commercial, so you don’t like it? I mean one could say that about every sport/event fans care about. Example: I’m a college football fan, now we’ve got NLI deals, conference re-alignment, a playoff- THAT is a major change in commercialization in a relatively small amount of time. Comparatively, I just don’t think the structure of the Ryder cup hasn’t changed that much (other than venue selection) which ultimately as a fan is what I care about.
Man I sent the link to my casual golf friends before I watched the video- I was trying to get them hyped for the event. Now I’m watching in horror as BamaBearcat just shreds it lol. Thanks for fighting the good fight Soly.
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FWIW I think NCAA football is about to drive off a cliff.
My other problem with the Ryder Cup (which we cut for time) is I just can’t wrap my head around cheering for somebody like PReed against Rory just because of the colors of their shirts for one week a year. I would probably feel differently if golf was a team sport every week.
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I also found it offensive when the US team did crap like wear the camo hats. Hard pass.
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I find the jingoistic nature of it on both sides to be too much. I’ll watch some of it but genuinely couldn’t care less who wins. You are not alone
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Yes - that’s a great counter.
How great would it be if they did a Survivor-type Hero’s vs Villains:
Rory/Hov/Scottie/Homa vs Koepka/Reed/JT/Rahm (?)
I just realized there’s not one Euro I don’t like
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Poulter, Westwood, Casey, Garcia, McDowell
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One current Euro… all of this, except McDowell, can burn in hell
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I’ve grown very weary of Hatton on course. Some of the new guys are fine.
And I like Rahm a lot, but this week it’s kinda easy for me to pull against him 
I fucking love him. His Opus Dei on course antics are the best. So entertaining and a hell of a golfer
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It’s worn extremely thin over the last year for me.
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Inspired by the new episode, @BamaBearcat, I wanted to share the only semi-rare book I own: The Chronicles of Golf: 1457-1857 by Alastair Johnston (if any of you don’t know who he is, here is an article which even talks about the book: An Incomplete Biography - The Golfer’s Journal). Mr. Johnston also still lives here in Cleveland given his history with IMG.
The book is an annotated chronicle of every written English-language reference to golf from the Scottish Acts of Parliament of 1457 through 1857, when The Golfer’s Manual - the first book on the game that enjoyed widespread circulation - was published. It is super cool and not at all nerdy.
I have 774/900.
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I will echo @BamaBearcat 's advice for using your library’s Interlibrary Loan process. Availability of titles is hit-and-miss, but it is definitely worth a shot.
I was able to request and check out George Bahto’s The Evangelist of Golf for $3. What a deal. I somehow scored a purchase from an eBay saved search and got it for a steal.
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This needs to stay in the Nest for two more months, but help is on the way for those of you looking for a copy of The Evangelist of Golf
Expect an announcement early next year that will make the book MUCH more affordable.
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