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A golf match featuring OJ Simpson and Tiger Woods would be the highest-rated television show of all time

Tiger Woods and OJ Simpson as a team? Who is not watching that? I do believe that that would be the highest-rated television show of all time.

This match will never happen, but the logic regarding the spectacle is sound.
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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

I could break 100 on the golf course playing left-handed

I don't know if I broke a hundred, that'd be pretty good. I'd be happy, pretty satisfied... I can hit it pretty far. I think I hit it like the driver... somewhere, I mean the guy hit it like 300 yards [left-handed].

Brooks is an elite athlete, but 300 yards left-handed and breaking 100 are extremely difficult for most righties. However, it's never been officially verified in a full round.
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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

Donald Trump is a better golfer than Barack Obama

You've golfed with both Trump and Obama who's better? [Trump]. Trump's better, a little better. Yeah.

Koepka is judging based on direct personal observation; it is a subjective assessment of skill level.
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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

Playing golf without fans will be awful and weird

I don't know, I feel like it's gonna be weird. I think it's gonna be awful without fans. I really do. Like how weird is it going to be watching on the TV? ... Imagine this: you sink the putt on the last hole and no one's clapping.

The PGA Tour did return without fans for several months, and many players and viewers agreed it was a sterile and strange experience.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryson DeChambeau worries too much about angles and should just play golf

He does like the compass and the he does like all the math behind his shots. Just go out and shoot the ball, dude, maybe if you stop thinking about it, you'd be like Brooks [Koepka] and wind shit... You worry too much about angles buddy.

Bryson DeChambeau went on to win the U.S. Open later that year (2020) using his analytical methods, proving they could win championships, though the debate over his pace of play continued.
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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

Golf takes too long and should be reduced to 14 or 15 holes

Nobody wants to spend five and a half hours out there... Literally, I would just make it like 15 holes, 14 holes. Because then you get to go in the 19th hole a little bit quicker.

This is a matter of opinion regarding the format of the sport.
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Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka is going to win eight majors next year

Well, he's going to get five, six, seven, eight next year. He's going to get eight majors next year. Yep. Yep. Yep.

PredictionGolfScorchingSarcastic
Factually impossible as there are only four majors in a calendar year, and Koepka did not win any in 2020.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You shouldn't be allowed to take three and a half minutes for a putt and then miss it

I'm pretty sure that you're not allowed to take three and a half minutes to line up a putt from eight feet and then miss the putt. If you make the putt, I think people overlook it. But if you miss that putt, then we're going to have an issue.

The PGA Tour eventually implemented stricter pace of play monitoring, though missing the putt isn't a literal rule violation.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You shouldn't be allowed to dress in tribute to Payne Stewart and then play slow as fuck like Bryson DeChambeau

You can't dress in tribute to Payne Stewart and then act like this Bryson. Payne Stewart would complete a round of golf faster right now than Bryson DeChambeau.

Subjective opinion on golf etiquette and style.
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Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka is the greatest golfer of all time this year

[Brooks Koepka] is the greatest golfer of all time this year. So I don't understand how it works, but I just know that this one triggered all the other finishes, and now he won it all.

Koepka was World No. 1 in 2019 and had an exceptional year, though 'greatest of all time' even for a year is subjective hyperbole.
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Big CatBig Cat

J.B. Holmes ruined the Open Championship with his slow play

Fuck J.B. Holmes. Fuck him. Brooks Koepka would have won. He ruined the Open Championship. Ruined it.

While Koepka's frustration was real, it is subjective whether he would have definitely won if J.B. Holmes played faster.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

J.B. Holmes is the slowest golfer ever

Slowest player ever. Very slow. And he shot an 87. So if you're going to be that slow and shoot an 87, that's an issue.

J.B. Holmes is statistically one of the slowest players on the PGA Tour, and shooting 87 is a historically bad round for a major final group.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods intentionally missed the cut at the Open so people would forget how poorly he played

Credit to Tiger being smart enough to just not make the cut so everyone forgets he didn't make the cut and we don't talk about him on Sunday. Like, hey, Tiger really sucked.

Hot TakeGolfHotSarcastic
Tiger did miss the cut, but the idea it was intentional for PR reasons is satirical.
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Big CatBig Cat

I don't think Tiger Woods' body can be competitive in every tournament anymore

I just don't know if his body can [compete]. He looked every bit his age and maybe even older on Thursday when he teed off and he did the wince because of his back. And he also did the old guy move... when it rains, he says, my knees hurt.

Tiger struggled significantly with injuries after 2019, though he did win the Zozo Championship in late 2019 before his 2021 car accident.
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Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka will win the British Open

Brooks Koepka is back and he's going to win the British Open. He's killing it. He's three under. He's not in the lead. Two strokes back. But his caddy is basically cheating because he's from Portrush.

Brooks Koepka finished T4. Shane Lowry won the 2019 Open Championship.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sergio Garcia will never win another major championship

Sergio Garcia from España... he's never going to put it together in major championships, so it looks like [Koepka] is in the catbird seat.

As of 2024, Sergio Garcia has not won another major championship since the 2017 Masters.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

No amateur golfer has ever actually shot a 13 on a single hole

My theory is that nobody except for professional golfers have ever shot a 13 right? That's true because you just pick it up after a while.

While technically unprovable, in standard amateur play, most golfers would invoke a 'max score' or 'pick up' long before 13, making it effectively correct in spirit.
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Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka ghosting Tiger Woods shows he cares more about winning the Blake of the Year award than anything else

Tiger texted him [Brooks Koepka] asking to play a round of golf before the British Open. He just ghosted him. So he cares more about the Blake of the Year than he does about Tiger Woods.

Koepka has historically prioritized the show's antics and confirms the story about ghosting Tiger.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Brooks Koepka's primary focus for 2019 is winning the Open Championship.

He said to us that he's really focusing on the Open Championship this year, the British Open. That's the one he doesn't have. He really, really wants that one. ... He was looking ahead to whatever [course] they're going to be on in a couple of months.

Brooks Koepka did not win the 2019 Open Championship, finishing T4 (Shane Lowry won).
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2019 U.S. Open course at Pebble Beach was a disappointment

The course fucking sucked. A bit of a disappointment for the guys that root for the course out there. ... Overall, kind of a disappointing showing from the course. I feel like it's got to drop a little bit in the world rankings.

The course played significantly easier than expected, with a record low winning score for Pebble Beach US Opens, supporting PFT's claim that it 'underperformed' as a challenge.
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Big CatBig Cat

Brooks Koepka was screwed by the fact that the U.S. Open was moving too slow.

Brooks got screwed by the fact that everything was moving too slow. And we know Brooks doesn't like to play slow. He likes to play fast. ... He's an adrenaline guy. So the second you slow him down, it was like putting in a relief pitcher. They kind of took the rhythm out of Brooks Koepka.

This is a subjective interpretation of Koepka's performance based on the pace of the final round.
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Big CatBig Cat

Gary Woodland was a poor sport for chipping off the green at the U.S. Open.

By the way, Gary Woodland, very, very poor sport when he chipped off the green. ... Are you allowed to chip off the green as long as you don't take a divot and you apologize to the course afterwards?

Whether it is 'poor sportsmanship' is entirely a matter of golf etiquette opinion.
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Big CatBig Cat

I want the US Open course to be harder; currently it is being a 'wussy'

The course is being a little bit of a wussy... I want even par to win my U.S. Open. I want shitty golf. I want awful golf.

Gary Woodland won the 2019 US Open at -13. Big Cat's desire for even par to win was not met.
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Big CatBig Cat

The deer seen on the US Open broadcast at Pebble Beach are fake props released from a truck

Those are fake deer... I'm saying there's a guy. I'm saying a guy's standing on the beach with a big fucking truck of deer and just letting them loose... There's no chance [they are real]. I've been to US Opens. There's just so many people.

Hot TakeGolfScorchingSarcastic
Obviously, the deer at Pebble Beach are real wild animals native to the Monterey Peninsula.
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Big CatBig Cat

If Brooks Koepka wins the 2019 US Open, he is the 'new Tiger'

I want Brooks to win... If Brooks wins this one, he's the new Tiger. I'm going to say it. He's a Blake and a Tiger and a Brooks.

Brooks Koepka finished 2nd at the 2019 US Open, losing to Gary Woodland. Since then, while Koepka has won more majors, he hasn't reached Tiger-level ubiquity or sustained dominance.
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Rick ReillyRick Reilly

Donald Trump cheats at golf by giving himself club championships he didn't win

What he does, he plays the first round at any course he opens by himself with Melania in the cart or whoever, and he calls that the club championship... And there was one he won when he was in Philly and the tournament was in Bedminster. And he called and said, well, won the club championship... make me the club champ. Just on his word.

These claims are widely reported in Reilly's book and corroborated by other golfers who have played with Trump, though Trump himself denies them.
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Rick ReillyRick Reilly

Donald Trump would shoot an 85 if he were completely honest

[Big Cat]: What would you say Donald Trump would shoot if he was completely honest about every shot right now? [Reilly]: 85. That's still pretty good... But at Tahoe they kept track, right? And he didn't break an 80.

Difficult to verify officially, but Reilly's estimate is based on first-hand observation.
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Rick ReillyRick Reilly

Tiger Woods should have turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump

And Tiger Woods represents complete opposite. The Tiger Woods Foundation bringing golf to all these people that didn't know about it. You're going to take that award... How is that an objective recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom? I mean, I get he can't turn it down. But to me, that's just star fucking of the worst kind.

This is a subjective moral and political opinion.
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Big CatBig Cat

We are definitely kingmakers because Brooks Koepka dominated after appearing on the show

We need to start the show with the question, are we kingmakers? I think definitely we are. Because Brooks Koepka just dominated the PGA Championship.

The idea of them being literal 'kingmakers' is a comedic exaggeration.
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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

I have half the field beat mentally in majors because most golfers can't handle a tough course

It's easier when it's tough. You already know you got half the guys beat mentally, they can't play the course. And then the other ones just mentally can't hang. And so you only got to beat a few.

Subjective self-assessment of his competitive advantage, though backed up by his high major win rate at the time.
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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

I don't watch golf when I'm away from the course

I'll be honest, I don't watch it. I don't watch it when I'm away from it... If I was going to watch anything, I'd watch Augusta and all the majors. But other than that, I'd much rather be watching basketball late night.

Subjective personal habit.
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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

I guarantee I will win the career Grand Slam

At what point in your career do you think you'll have all four majors? Guarantee it. I'm trying to figure out when the next time we play St. Andrews because I will win one at St. Andrews. I know that.

As of late 2024, Koepka has won 5 majors (3 PGAs, 2 US Opens) but has not yet won the Masters or The Open, leaving him short of the Grand Slam.
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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

Golf courses should be shortened to 14 or 15 holes to be more fun

How do you speed up the game? Literally, I would just make it like 15 holes, 14 holes... Because then you get to go in the 19th hole a little bit quicker... It gets boring from like hole 5 to 12. You're just like, where am I right now?

The standard length for a professional golf course remains 18 holes.
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Brooks KoepkaBrooks Koepka

Golfers wear metal spikes just to hear the clicking sound on concrete

I don't wear the spikes... soft spikes. [Some] guys wear the metal ones. I have no idea why. I think it's just to hear the click clack when they're walking over concrete... to make them feel like athletes.

The reason golfers wear spikes is primarily for traction, but Koepka's psychological analysis is subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

I was wrong about Tiger Woods never winning another major

Hand up, I never thought I'd see Tiger back in this spot. I was definitely in the camp of he'll be in it maybe a couple times, maybe flirt with one... but he'll never win another major. I was very wrong.

Tiger won the 2019 Masters, proving the prediction that he'd never win another major incorrect.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2019 Masters was a bad weekend for the Augusta National course

I don't think I root for the course anymore. The course got embarrassed. This was a bad weekend for the course. Yeah, low scores.

The winning score was -13, which is low but not the tournament record (-18).
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Scott Van PeltScott Van Pelt

Tiger Woods beating the athlete golfers he inspired (Koepka, DJ) is his most impressive feat

There's a whole wave of guys that he created, right? The guys that look like Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka that could be athletes in any sport... And they all kind of wanted to be him. And he beat all of them... when it's over, he wins.

Tiger did defeat Koepka and Johnson, who finished T2.
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Scott Van PeltScott Van Pelt

Francesco Molinari's Sunday collapse will be forgotten because Tiger Woods won

[Molinari] is the one guy that's going to walk away from this the most gutted because if he doesn't make a couple mistakes, then maybe it's him. [Big Cat: I think he's the luckiest guy... no one will remember it because it's Tiger]. SVP: I hadn't even considered that... that actually makes a ton of sense.

Molinari's collapse at 12 and 15 is indeed secondary to the legend of Tiger's 15th major in most retellings.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Masters Sunday is the biggest napping day of the year

Everybody watches the Masters by themselves, maybe with their dad, maybe with a roommate or something like that, but it is the one day a year where you can take part in the biggest sporting event of that sport of the year and just sit there and chill, fall asleep, take a nap. It's the biggest Seebs Day of the year.

The concept of 'golf naps' is a subjective cultural phenomenon among sports fans.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Masters deserves all the hype it gets and cannot be overhyped

You can't overhype the Masters. Take your microphone off. That's a bad take. The Masters deserve all the hype.

The level of 'hype' an event deserves is subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

Patrick Reed's Masters menu looks like what a 14-year-old thinks an adult dinner is.

This menu really is like what a 14 year old would think an adult's menu looks like. He basically was forced to be like well I like steak and and I don't really like anything else. I like macaroni and cheese. I'm surprised chicken fingers weren't on here.

This is a subjective opinion on Patrick Reed's culinary taste.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods will win the Masters this year

Tiger will win the Masters this year. [If he doesn't] I'll get Hank two years of tuna fish for his cat.

Tiger Woods famously won the 2019 Masters, making this a legendary correct prediction.
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Booger McFarlandBooger McFarland

I could beat some professional golfers on the senior tour

I could beat, not be one, I could beat one [professional golfer]... Trevino, all the old guys... At some point, the father time is on my side. I'm 41... An average round for me, if I go out and just play average, I'll shoot in mid-80s.

Mid-80s golfers do not beat professional golfers, even older ones on the senior tour, who still regularly shoot in the 60s and 70s.
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Big CatBig Cat

It is great for golf that Patrick Reed is a villain everyone hates

Patrick Reed, though, he is the bad boy of golf. And I love this because this just keeps his street cred just keeps going up, up, and up. Everyone hates him. Guess what? It's fucking golf. ... It's actually great to have a bad guy in golf.

This is a subjective opinion on the entertainment value of a player, though Reed remained a controversial figure for years.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods will win every major championship next year

I'm a Tiger guy. I want Tiger to win every tour major championship next year, but if it's not Tiger, I want Patrick Reed just to piss everyone off.

Tiger won the 2019 Masters but did not win any other majors that year.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryson DeChambeau is an asshole for deciding to leave the flag pin in while putting

He has decided that this year he will be leaving the pin in when he putts... depending on the coefficient of the restitution of the pin. What an asshole.

The take is a subjective opinion on DeChambeau's personality/approach.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Illegal streams for the Tiger vs Phil pay-per-view will lead to a hacking bloodbath

If you are a hacker on the internet, the Tiger and Phil pay-per-view illegal streams will be a field day. Because I would imagine a lot of 50-year-old white dudes trying to find a Twitch stream will end up with a lot of hacking... It's going to be a bloodbath on the internet.

The event actually ended up being free for many because the payment platform crashed, so the 'illegal stream' demand was likely lower than anticipated.
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Big CatBig Cat

France is not a golf country

Ryder Cup. What a waste of a tournament. France is not a golf country. I agree. France is not a golf country.

This is a subjective opinion based on American sports frustration; France has several world-class courses.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods is all the way back

Tiger Woods is all the way back. He won the Tour Championship... Tiger Woods still was able to break through to anyone who's even watching football who doesn't even care about golf.

Tiger went on to win the Masters in 2019, confirming he was indeed 'back' to winning at the highest level.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tiger Woods means more to the sport of golf than any other athlete means to their specific sport

The Tiger effect is very real. I mean, we knew this was going to happen, but it just goes to show, like, I don't think there's ever been someone who's meant more to one specific sport than Tiger Woods to golf.

While subjective, golf ratings with and without Tiger are the most drastic disparity in professional sports broadcasting.

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