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Horschel is a Zurich Ambassador.
So is basically being paid by Zurich to come to the Tournament.

The withdrawal reason… lower body injury.

Horschel Withdraws

Zurich has extended its sponsorship of its PGA tournament until 2030.

That is big for New Orleans

Zurich Extends Until 2030/

If you are filing as single, the 37% federal tax bracket starts at $626k. You don't pay 37% tax on every dollar earned.

The California 12.3% tax bracket starts at over $700k.

But he will pay a huge amount of taxes.

Cameron Champ is a 3 time winner on the PGA that has lost his card is playing on the Korn Ferry tour this year.

Last year on the PGA tour he was #1 in driving distance, but 181 in strokes gained on approach to the green. He missed the cut 18 times in 26 events.

He will be fun to watch off the tee. But his partner better be great on approach to the green.

There are 8 Signature Events for the PGA this year from January to June.

Each month has at least 1 signature event.
January and May have 2.

Hopefully the PGA will move the signature events around some, because if the tour wants to keep 1 Signature event in April. It makes sense to have it after the Master. You don't want it the week before the Masters.

So, if the Zurich Classic stays in April and 2 weeks after the Masters, it is going to suffer. It did much better before Harbor Town became a signature event.

If Zurich wants to extent their sponsorship, you can bet they are trying to get a better place on the schedule.

And yes, had Rory and Shane not won the Zurich last year, this years field would have been terrible. You know that Zurich is praying that Shane and Rory make the cut this year and are in contention on the weekend to keep ratings up.

Zurich Classic field.

This is the weakest field since the Zurich Classic went to teams.

The sponsors can not be happy.

I really like Jordan but he is done. I don't think he will ever return to his best form. Could he get hot and win a tournament here or there? Absolutely.
But he just isn't consistent anymore and there are too many other young players who are better than him.

Speith is 14th in total driving. That is great.
55th in putting.... that is OK..
but 125th in greens in regulation..... terrible.



Jordan is 31. He has maybe 10-12 more legitimate chances to win the PGA Championship and complete the Grand Slam. It is not unheard of for players to win a major in their early 40s, but the chances really drop off after about the age of 44.

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Baton Rouge, need one for the LSU basketball team and other sports

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Why should Baton Rouge build an arena for LSU?
LSU can build their own arena if they want one.

I agree that the PGA needs to move the signature events around some. But the issue with that for signature events is sponsorship.

Most sponsors may not want to put up extra money needed. There just isn't an ROI.

Would Zurich pay $25 million instead of $13 million to become a signature event?

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Agree, PGA screws the Zurich with scheduling

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From March to July there are the 4 Majors, the Players championship and 5 signature events.

That is 10 events in 5 months that are premium events.
Where would you put the Zurich Classic?
Pretty much every regular event is going to struggle to get big name players.