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Scottie Scheffler was asked ahead of the BMW Championship his thoughts on the new changes coming on the PGA Tour and whether he’d like to see any of the LIV players back. On the incoming changes, he said: “Getting the best players competing against each other more often is what we want as players. I assume, you guys in the media, that’s what you’d want to see. I assume that’s what the fans want as well and I think that’s the direction that we’re heading. “Making things a bit simpler in terms of who’s going to be at what tournament at what time. Golf has always been a difficult game to rank when you’re not playing head to head, and so getting the best players playing head to head more often than not in a proper tournament is, I think, the best way to do things.” He then was asked whether he’d like to see the PGA Tour offering LIV Golf players the same opportunity to return that was given to Brooks Koepka earlier this year: “Yeah, I think, when we talk about the best players, LIV has a few players that are really good. I think, the depth that we have on our tour is unmatched, but when you look at higher levels of LIV Golf there are definitely players that would provide a value to the tour and guys that I love competing against as well. “So I think going forwards there obviously has to be some kind of penalties. What they are, I’ll let Rolapp and all those guys figure it out. We have great leadership within the tour now. “But I think having those guys coming back and competing, whatever happens with LIV, whether those guys want to leave, you’ve got to ask them. But for me being able to compete against the best players in the world, there’s definitely some guys that can compete out here and I look forward to the chance of being able to compete with them more often.” PGA TOUR BMW Championship

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After starting the year with 2 top 10s to qualify for the Arnold Palmer and The Players, Joel Dahmen missed both those cuts and had to get an Uber to Monday Qualifying for the Valspar. He missed at qualifying, but got in the field anyway as an alternate and now has shot rounds of 72 and 70 to make the cut. After the round, he spoke about how grounding life on the PGA Tour can sometimes be: “Look, life on the PGA Tour is amazing. Wouldn't trade it for anything but also people probably don't see behind the scenes as much and so I got the family on the road, which is great, but it also can be difficult when you drive across the state on Sunday, get into a new place, you have to unpack, get them all ready, got to get groceries in the house, all those little things, thankfully my wife does most of that. “But then I had a 9:30 tee time and it was about an hour away and we didn't have another car. So I didn't have time to grab another one. So it was just Uber was the best option and yeah, so it's a lot different from, you know, the steak and wine and The Players clubhouse and an amazing week to driving to Brooksville to Monday. “And I hadn't had to do that in a while, thankfully, but the game humbles you quickly but also can recenter you and ground you and, yeah, I mean I didn't play well there on Monday either, but you knew I had a good chance of getting in the field and so it was nice little reset to hit some striped range balls on not a perfect golf course and realize how lucky we are to be out here on tour.” He’s currently 65th on the FedEx Cup Standings and will be hoping to go low this weekend and improve on that.
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Scottie Scheffler says if the PGA Tour were to help elevate national opens he’d love to play in Australia and New Zealand: “It definitely interests me. I'd like to see how it shapes out the next couple of years. There's a lot of places I think I'd like to play. “There's always just, you know, the time and the place for me. I'm at a time in my life where I have a young family at home and young kids. Those are times -- the fall is a special time for our family. It's where we can really check out and be together, and I get to spend a lot of time with my kids. So I hold those moments pretty sacred. “But at the same time I love golf and I would love to be able to play more internationally. Like Australia; New Zealand is a place we would love to be able to go to. My wife as always wanted to go to New Zealand. “But like I said, I love this style of golf, and I feel like it's pretty unique to here. But going to play the Sandbelt in Australia would be pretty special as well. Hopefully I can find the time. It's definitely an intriguing part of the schedule and yeah, it definitely interests me, as well.” Personally, I think it would be absolutely class if more top players travelled to these countries. The fans deserve it and so do the incredible golf courses they have to offer! 🇦🇺🇳🇿 DP World Tour PGA TOUR Genesis Scottish Open

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Scottie Scheffler was asked ahead of the Masters if he’s surprised himself with how quickly he became the best player in the world and not only did he give a great answer, but he also explained why pathways are so important: “I mean, that's a good question. I think it's a hard one to answer. I always had faith and belief in myself, but I didn't -- I never told myself I want to win these tournaments. I always just had what I feel like were dreams and aspirations, and I feel like I had the talent to be able to accomplish certain things. “I never really kind of thought this far ahead. I dreamed of having a chance to win the Masters tournament, and I'm fortunate to have been able to have done that twice. Did I imagine that? I imagined myself winning, and I was hopeful I could accomplish that, but I didn't set out, when I came off the Korn Ferry Tour, you know what, I'm going to get to No. 1 in the world. I'm going to win this many majors. I'm going to win this many tournaments. “It was more taking it a step at a time. My manager was a big part of that as I turned pro. When I turned pro, I kind of went through all the steps. I tried some Monday qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour. I played some mini tour events to stay sharp. I went through Q-School, went through Korn Ferry Tour, and then I got out on the PGA Tour. Everything for me was step by step. “The year I played on the Korn Ferry Tour, I had some opportunities to come out here and play on the PGA Tour, but my manager and I kind of spoke about just being -- you can only be on the Tour where you're at, and our goal that year was to continue to play good golf, focus on the Korn Ferry Tour, develop, get better, and then get ready for the PGA Tour. “We just kind of took everything step by step, so I never really looked that far ahead, to be honest with you.” Scottie Scheffler’s rise to the top happened fast but he had to work his way up from the bottom tiers of professional golf. He turned pro in 2018 after graduating and played Monday Qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour, he then earned a card via Q School for 2019. That year he was Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year and earned a PGA Tour card for the 2019/20 season where he was rookie of the year. He then made his Ryder Cup debut in 2021, beating the then world number 1 Jon Rahm in the singles. That gave him the confidence to go on and win 3 times in early 2022 to overtake Jon and become world number 1 himself. He then won the 2022 Masters by 3 shots over Rory McIlroy becoming just the 5th player in history to don the green jacket as the best player in the world and he’s never looked back. Since the start of 2022 Scottie has won 25 times worldwide, including 4 majors, an Olympic gold medal and won The Players twice. He’s 3 legs towards the Career Grand Slam and looking to win his 3rd Masters title this week. He also has 16 top 10s in the 22 majors he’s played since 2020. Truly astonishing. Scottie Scheffler is already one of the best players of all time and at every major championship he plays he is chasing more history. The Masters
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Scottie Scheffler was asked ahead of the Masters if he’s surprised himself with how quickly he became the best player in the world and not only did he give a great answer, but he also explained why pathways are so important: “I mean, that's a good question. I think it's a hard one to answer. I always had faith and belief in myself, but I didn't -- I never told myself I want to win these tournaments. I always just had what I feel like were dreams and aspirations, and I feel like I had the talent to be able to accomplish certain things. “I never really kind of thought this far ahead. I dreamed of having a chance to win the Masters tournament, and I'm fortunate to have been able to have done that twice. Did I imagine that? I imagined myself winning, and I was hopeful I could accomplish that, but I didn't set out, when I came off the Korn Ferry Tour, you know what, I'm going to get to No. 1 in the world. I'm going to win this many majors. I'm going to win this many tournaments. “It was more taking it a step at a time. My manager was a big part of that as I turned pro. When I turned pro, I kind of went through all the steps. I tried some Monday qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour. I played some mini tour events to stay sharp. I went through Q-School, went through Korn Ferry Tour, and then I got out on the PGA Tour. Everything for me was step by step. “The year I played on the Korn Ferry Tour, I had some opportunities to come out here and play on the PGA Tour, but my manager and I kind of spoke about just being -- you can only be on the Tour where you're at, and our goal that year was to continue to play good golf, focus on the Korn Ferry Tour, develop, get better, and then get ready for the PGA Tour. “We just kind of took everything step by step, so I never really looked that far ahead, to be honest with you.” Scottie Scheffler’s rise to the top happened fast but he had to work his way up from the bottom tiers of professional golf. He turned pro in 2018 after graduating and played Monday Qualifiers for the Korn Ferry Tour, he then earned a card via Q School for 2019. That year he was Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year and earned a PGA Tour card for the 2019/20 season where he was rookie of the year. He then made his Ryder Cup debut in 2021, beating the then world number 1 Jon Rahm in the singles. That gave him the confidence to go on and win 3 times in early 2022 to overtake Jon and become world number 1 himself. He then won the 2022 Masters by 3 shots over Rory McIlroy becoming just the 5th player in history to don the green jacket as the best player in the world and he’s never looked back. Since the start of 2022 Scottie has won 25 times worldwide, including 4 majors, an Olympic gold medal and won The Players twice. He’s 3 legs towards the Career Grand Slam and looking to win his 3rd Masters title this week. He also has 16 top 10s in the 22 majors he’s played since 2020. Truly astonishing. Scottie Scheffler is already one of the best players of all time and at every major championship he plays he is chasing more history. The Masters

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Brooks Koepka says he’s “super excited” to be back competing against Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy on the PGA Tour. Speaking ahead of the Farmers Insurance Open, he said: “I’m super excited about it. “Obviously Scottie has been dominant. I guess is probably the right word. Rory’s got 5 now. I don’t think anybody’s shocked by this if you’ve watched golf the last few years and how well those guys are playing. I’m excited to battle with them. I think that will be really fun. “I think the competitive side of me. You obviously want to do a little bit better. But that’s gonna be very tough to do better than Scottie right now. But yeah, I’m excited for it. “I wanted to play with those guys and see where I’m at and how I can get better, right?That’s the whole goal every day, trying to practice and being out here is to get a little bit better and I’m excited about that.” Brooks also said he’s going to play as much as he can ahead of the Masters in April and confirmed he will be at The Players Championship in March. How do you think Brooks will play this week and do you think he can step up his game and provide a threat to Scottie? PGA TOUR Brooks Koepka
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Aaron Rai talks about how proud he is to become the first English winner of the PGA Championship for more than 100 years: “I wasn't actually aware of it until yesterday. I think in this room yesterday it was mentioned, which was the first of my knowledge. “But yeah, extremely, extremely proud. There's a lot of incredible and historic English players over those hundred years who have gone on to achieve incredible things and had phenomenal careers, but to win this event and then to be the person that's the first one to have won it in a long time from England is an amazing thing and something to be extremely proud of.” Aaron’s journey to the top of the sport began with humble beginnings. When he was a junior living in Wombourne near Wolverhampton, Aaron’s Dad actually quit his job to help Aaron practice and progress his golf career, so the family relied on household income from his Mum and sister. He credits them for the incredible work ethic and moral values he has: “I think a lot of that was from my upbringing. My dad was with me, as I said, every day practice-wise, and he really instilled the importance of work and dedication and trying to consistently build just good, strong habits around the game. “My mom worked extremely hard away from golf. Her jobs, she worked a couple of jobs at one time, at a point in time, and she did a lot of work around the house. My sister took a massive role as well at a young age. She had a job from the age of 14, 15. So there was a lot of consistent messaging of hard work, and that was generally the environment that was there at the house. And that was at the golf course as well. “So I think it's been something I've just grown up with, and I guess as I've got older, something that I've really valued and tried to continue to move forward with.” Aaron works as hard as anyone in the game, regularly practicing late into the evenings and has even been seen leaving the putting green at Wentworth at 11:30pm at night on some days during a tournament week. He’s worked his way up through every level of the sport. From playing on the Europro in 2012 when he turned pro, to earning a Challenge Tour card in 2016, to then winning 3 times in 2017 to earn a European Tour card, to winning his first European Tour event at the Hong Kong Open in 2018, to qualifying for the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour finals in 2021, to winning on the PGA Tour at the Wyndham Championship in 2024, to now winning his first major in 2026 and making history. His career has been a perfect progression based on hard work and dedication. And he said earning this first major title is re-affirming for the effort he’s putting in: “Extremely affirming, and that's very kind of Xander to say. There are a lot of guys who work extremely hard. The level on the PGA Tour is so strong, let alone in a major championship. So I think that's a prerequisite of what is just required to try and compete out here. “But yeah, it's very, very reaffirming to know the things that we're doing are working and leading to continued development within the game. So, yeah, hopefully I can just continue to move along a pretty similar path moving forward.” Aaron Rai is a fantastic role model and a great ambassador for the sport. He’s a fitting winner of the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink. PGA Championship
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Aaron Rai talks about how proud he is to become the first English winner of the PGA Championship for more than 100 years: “I wasn't actually aware of it until yesterday. I think in this room yesterday it was mentioned, which was the first of my knowledge. “But yeah, extremely, extremely proud. There's a lot of incredible and historic English players over those hundred years who have gone on to achieve incredible things and had phenomenal careers, but to win this event and then to be the person that's the first one to have won it in a long time from England is an amazing thing and something to be extremely proud of.” Aaron’s journey to the top of the sport began with humble beginnings. When he was a junior living in Wombourne near Wolverhampton, Aaron’s Dad actually quit his job to help Aaron practice and progress his golf career, so the family relied on household income from his Mum and sister. He credits them for the incredible work ethic and moral values he has: “I think a lot of that was from my upbringing. My dad was with me, as I said, every day practice-wise, and he really instilled the importance of work and dedication and trying to consistently build just good, strong habits around the game. “My mom worked extremely hard away from golf. Her jobs, she worked a couple of jobs at one time, at a point in time, and she did a lot of work around the house. My sister took a massive role as well at a young age. She had a job from the age of 14, 15. So there was a lot of consistent messaging of hard work, and that was generally the environment that was there at the house. And that was at the golf course as well. “So I think it's been something I've just grown up with, and I guess as I've got older, something that I've really valued and tried to continue to move forward with.” Aaron works as hard as anyone in the game, regularly practicing late into the evenings and has even been seen leaving the putting green at Wentworth at 11:30pm at night on some days during a tournament week. He’s worked his way up through every level of the sport. From playing on the Europro in 2012 when he turned pro, to earning a Challenge Tour card in 2016, to then winning 3 times in 2017 to earn a European Tour card, to winning his first European Tour event at the Hong Kong Open in 2018, to qualifying for the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour finals in 2021, to winning on the PGA Tour at the Wyndham Championship in 2024, to now winning his first major in 2026 and making history. His career has been a perfect progression based on hard work and dedication. And he said earning this first major title is re-affirming for the effort he’s putting in: “Extremely affirming, and that's very kind of Xander to say. There are a lot of guys who work extremely hard. The level on the PGA Tour is so strong, let alone in a major championship. So I think that's a prerequisite of what is just required to try and compete out here. “But yeah, it's very, very reaffirming to know the things that we're doing are working and leading to continued development within the game. So, yeah, hopefully I can just continue to move along a pretty similar path moving forward.” Aaron Rai is a fantastic role model and a great ambassador for the sport. He’s a fitting winner of the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink. PGA Championship

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Golf has given me everything — incredible experiences, friendships, and memories that’ll stay with me forever. But lately, life’s been pulling me in a different direction. With two young daughters and a growing love for home life, I’ve felt ready for a new challenge. For now, I’m shifting my focus toward coaching and sharing what I’ve learned along the way. I didn’t want to post something like this straight away, because I wasn’t sure how I’d feel after stepping away from tournament golf. But a few months removed, the overwhelming feeling is pride. If this is the end, then I got to live my dream. I played on the European Tour for many years, won the South African Open with my wife on the bag, played with Tommy Fleetwood at the Zurich Classic, competed in a World Golf Championship, and shared the course with so many great players. The hours spent on the range with Andrew Nicholson, my long-time coach, and my brother, Andy, are memories I’ll always treasure. If I’ll miss anything, it’ll be those moments — the work, the grind, the quiet pursuit of getting better. But there’s no sadness or regret, just pride, gratitude, and excitement for what’s next. Eagle Creek Golf Club have kindly allowed me to explore some in-person coaching at their facility, which I’ve really enjoyed so far. I’ve been continuing to build on the Skillest platform, which has been great — but what I’m most passionate about right now is a new coaching venture I’m building and will be launching soon. I can’t wait to share more. A huge thank you to my wife, Keri, for everything she’s done over the years. Being a golfer’s wife isn’t easy, especially the last few years, but she’s always let me chase my dream and supported me completely. That moment we shared winning the SA Open made it all worthwhile. Thank you to all my family, friends, coaches, and sponsors for your belief and support. I’ve been lucky enough to live my dream — and now I’m excited to help others chase theirs. This isn’t goodbye — just the start of a new chapter. Stay tuned for what’s next 👀
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Golf has given me everything — incredible experiences, friendships, and memories that’ll stay with me forever. But lately, life’s been pulling me in a different direction. With two young daughters and a growing love for home life, I’ve felt ready for a new challenge. For now, I’m shifting my focus toward coaching and sharing what I’ve learned along the way. I didn’t want to post something like this straight away, because I wasn’t sure how I’d feel after stepping away from tournament golf. But a few months removed, the overwhelming feeling is pride. If this is the end, then I got to live my dream. I played on the European Tour for many years, won the South African Open with my wife on the bag, played with Tommy Fleetwood at the Zurich Classic, competed in a World Golf Championship, and shared the course with so many great players. The hours spent on the range with Andrew Nicholson, my long-time coach, and my brother, Andy, are memories I’ll always treasure. If I’ll miss anything, it’ll be those moments — the work, the grind, the quiet pursuit of getting better. But there’s no sadness or regret, just pride, gratitude, and excitement for what’s next. Eagle Creek Golf Club have kindly allowed me to explore some in-person coaching at their facility, which I’ve really enjoyed so far. I’ve been continuing to build on the Skillest platform, which has been great — but what I’m most passionate about right now is a new coaching venture I’m building and will be launching soon. I can’t wait to share more. A huge thank you to my wife, Keri, for everything she’s done over the years. Being a golfer’s wife isn’t easy, especially the last few years, but she’s always let me chase my dream and supported me completely. That moment we shared winning the SA Open made it all worthwhile. Thank you to all my family, friends, coaches, and sponsors for your belief and support. I’ve been lucky enough to live my dream — and now I’m excited to help others chase theirs. This isn’t goodbye — just the start of a new chapter. Stay tuned for what’s next 👀

Chris Paisley

83,602 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten

Rory McIlroy said it, but no one is paying attention, especially those from major golf organizations and the PGA Tour board At the Valero Texas Open pre-tournament Wednesday interview Rory McIlroy said: “It will be really interesting to see how the major championship numbers fare compared to the other bigger events because there’s an argument to be made if the numbers are better and you’ve got all the best players in the world playing, then there’s an argument to say ‘OK, we need to get this thing back together.’ “But on the flip side, if the numbers aren’t as good, it’s an argument to still say we need to put everyone back together because people are losing interest in the game even if they don’t want to tune in to the four major championships.” The Masters final round ratings came out today and there is a reported 20% drop in TV viewership from last year’s final round. Earlier in the week ESPN reported that it had its largest two-day average (3.4 million viewers) for the first and second rounds of The Masters tournament since 2018. Coincidentally the first-round leader of the tournament was @b_dechambeau , Tiger Woods was back and playing decent (the first two rounds) and world #1 Scottie Scheffler was one shot back from DeChambeau. At the end of the second round DeChambeau was tied for the lead with Scheffler, and Tiger Woods made the cut. No wonder ESPN had good viewership numbers for the first two rounds. A LIV Golf player was tied for the lead with world number #1 Scottie Scheffler after the second round and Tiger Woods made his 24th consecutive cut in The Masters, a record for major championships. Then everything went downhill from there. At the end of the third round DeChambeau had faded to 5th place, 4 shots behind the leader Scheffler and at that point everyone had Scheffler as the tournament winner, which he won on Sunday. Scheffler played wonderful golf and dominated the last round of the tournament, he won by 4 shots over a PGA Tour player playing in his first ever major championship and 7 strokes over a group of Tour veterans. LIV Golf players Cam Smith and DeChambeau finished in a tie for 6th place, 9 shots back of the winner. The tournament was decided early in the final round, there were no back nine roars, and no one really threatened Scheffler’s lead. In the past when Tiger Woods had those dominant tournaments the TV ratings did not suffer. On the contrary, sometimes they increased. There are four factors for the drop in TV ratings: 1. The lack of charismatic players at the top of that leaderboard, starting with the eventual winner Scottie Scheffler and followed by a Tour rookie with a wonderful game but not much personality. Scheffler is playing the best golf in the world and is the undisputed world #1 but as we say in Spanish, he is a “huevo sin sal” (a boiled egg without salt), his game is awesome, but even with all the push from the golf establishment he doesn’t have the charisma or the “star power” of a Woods, McIlroy or DeChambeau to name a few. 2. All the analysts gave the tournament to Scheffler at the start of the week and once he had the solo lead after the third round it was over for the viewers. They had been hearing all week that Scheffler was going to win it, and the golf media did not really push anyone else. 3. The lack of LIV golfers within close distance of Scheffler like it happened on the first two rounds, and CBS not showing much of those LIV players closer to the lead on Sunday. Four LIV players finished in the top 12 but LIV Golf fans saw little of them on TV. CBS ignored the LIV fans while ESPN was showing plenty of LIV players since Wednesday’s par 3 contest, big mistake by CBS! 4. Golf is divided! Like Rory said, “we need to put everyone back together because people are losing interest in the game.” That losing interest translates to 20% less on the PGA Tour and now 20% less on the final round of a major that is considered the biggest draw. Just a couple of weeks ago the women’s college National Basketball Championship game had almost twice as many viewers as The Masters final round. Now they will try to spin the bad ratings numbers with streaming app numbers, but we have been hearing for three years that streaming numbers does not count. For them, suddenly, streaming numbers are valuable! What the major golf organizations should do is stop the pettiness, move the egos to the side, ACCEPT that your industry is being disrupted (it was there for the taking, but you guys were asleep on the wheel), listen to what McIlroy and Jon Rahm Rodriguez have to say, and instead of dividing it further, get together in a room and solve this problem at ONCE (not in a year or two to see what happens or to wait for other investments like the TGL to get off the ground), do it for the good of the game! A lot has been said about the players greed and the money talks, but the major golf organizations and its leaders (Ridley, Tiger, Whan, Waugh, Slumbers, Kinnings, Monahan/Herlihy, et al.) are the greediest and most power hungry of them all, and are doing a disservice to the game of golf.
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Rory McIlroy said it, but no one is paying attention, especially those from major golf organizations and the PGA Tour board At the Valero Texas Open pre-tournament Wednesday interview Rory McIlroy said: “It will be really interesting to see how the major championship numbers fare compared to the other bigger events because there’s an argument to be made if the numbers are better and you’ve got all the best players in the world playing, then there’s an argument to say ‘OK, we need to get this thing back together.’ “But on the flip side, if the numbers aren’t as good, it’s an argument to still say we need to put everyone back together because people are losing interest in the game even if they don’t want to tune in to the four major championships.” The Masters final round ratings came out today and there is a reported 20% drop in TV viewership from last year’s final round. Earlier in the week ESPN reported that it had its largest two-day average (3.4 million viewers) for the first and second rounds of The Masters tournament since 2018. Coincidentally the first-round leader of the tournament was @b_dechambeau , Tiger Woods was back and playing decent (the first two rounds) and world #1 Scottie Scheffler was one shot back from DeChambeau. At the end of the second round DeChambeau was tied for the lead with Scheffler, and Tiger Woods made the cut. No wonder ESPN had good viewership numbers for the first two rounds. A LIV Golf player was tied for the lead with world number #1 Scottie Scheffler after the second round and Tiger Woods made his 24th consecutive cut in The Masters, a record for major championships. Then everything went downhill from there. At the end of the third round DeChambeau had faded to 5th place, 4 shots behind the leader Scheffler and at that point everyone had Scheffler as the tournament winner, which he won on Sunday. Scheffler played wonderful golf and dominated the last round of the tournament, he won by 4 shots over a PGA Tour player playing in his first ever major championship and 7 strokes over a group of Tour veterans. LIV Golf players Cam Smith and DeChambeau finished in a tie for 6th place, 9 shots back of the winner. The tournament was decided early in the final round, there were no back nine roars, and no one really threatened Scheffler’s lead. In the past when Tiger Woods had those dominant tournaments the TV ratings did not suffer. On the contrary, sometimes they increased. There are four factors for the drop in TV ratings: 1. The lack of charismatic players at the top of that leaderboard, starting with the eventual winner Scottie Scheffler and followed by a Tour rookie with a wonderful game but not much personality. Scheffler is playing the best golf in the world and is the undisputed world #1 but as we say in Spanish, he is a “huevo sin sal” (a boiled egg without salt), his game is awesome, but even with all the push from the golf establishment he doesn’t have the charisma or the “star power” of a Woods, McIlroy or DeChambeau to name a few. 2. All the analysts gave the tournament to Scheffler at the start of the week and once he had the solo lead after the third round it was over for the viewers. They had been hearing all week that Scheffler was going to win it, and the golf media did not really push anyone else. 3. The lack of LIV golfers within close distance of Scheffler like it happened on the first two rounds, and CBS not showing much of those LIV players closer to the lead on Sunday. Four LIV players finished in the top 12 but LIV Golf fans saw little of them on TV. CBS ignored the LIV fans while ESPN was showing plenty of LIV players since Wednesday’s par 3 contest, big mistake by CBS! 4. Golf is divided! Like Rory said, “we need to put everyone back together because people are losing interest in the game.” That losing interest translates to 20% less on the PGA Tour and now 20% less on the final round of a major that is considered the biggest draw. Just a couple of weeks ago the women’s college National Basketball Championship game had almost twice as many viewers as The Masters final round. Now they will try to spin the bad ratings numbers with streaming app numbers, but we have been hearing for three years that streaming numbers does not count. For them, suddenly, streaming numbers are valuable! What the major golf organizations should do is stop the pettiness, move the egos to the side, ACCEPT that your industry is being disrupted (it was there for the taking, but you guys were asleep on the wheel), listen to what McIlroy and Jon Rahm Rodriguez have to say, and instead of dividing it further, get together in a room and solve this problem at ONCE (not in a year or two to see what happens or to wait for other investments like the TGL to get off the ground), do it for the good of the game! A lot has been said about the players greed and the money talks, but the major golf organizations and its leaders (Ridley, Tiger, Whan, Waugh, Slumbers, Kinnings, Monahan/Herlihy, et al.) are the greediest and most power hungry of them all, and are doing a disservice to the game of golf.

JCAGOLFReport

974,941 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

Hell yes!! Jhared Hack just won his first start on the India Pro Tour with a final round 59* to win by 5. Jhared has become a good friend, we helped raise money for him a few times. Truly one of the nicest people in golf. Won the 2007 Western Am, beat Rickie and DJ in match play. Turned pro at 18. Now 20 years into his pro career he is still grinding. Years of driver yips. It got so bad his friends would try to convince him to not play in Vegas money games, they would feel guilty taking his money. He refused. Found his way out of them. Battled back. A ton of mini-tour players have been broke, but no one as many times as Jhared. And no one plays better when he's broke. Has won mini-tour events multiple times when his cards were maxed and it was win or be done. Has played most every tour in the world. DP, PGA, KFT, Latin, Canada, Morocco, China, and now India. After he missed at 2nd stage here he told Mark Baldwin he was going to play in India. We thought he was crazy (we still think he's crazy) . He won 1st stage there, finished 2nd at final, now won in his first start. Gets $25,000 for the win, will get into 2 Hotel Planners events, possible a DP event. Moved up 2000 spots in OWGR. Talked to him this morning when I woke up, he was ecstatic. “Going to have some beers” before he gets on his way to next weeks event. I love it, every second of it. This is why I started this account, for wins like this at events no one has ever heard of. (* par 69, around 6,000 yards. A 59 to win is impressive regardless, but for full context)
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Hell yes!! Jhared Hack just won his first start on the India Pro Tour with a final round 59* to win by 5. Jhared has become a good friend, we helped raise money for him a few times. Truly one of the nicest people in golf. Won the 2007 Western Am, beat Rickie and DJ in match play. Turned pro at 18. Now 20 years into his pro career he is still grinding. Years of driver yips. It got so bad his friends would try to convince him to not play in Vegas money games, they would feel guilty taking his money. He refused. Found his way out of them. Battled back. A ton of mini-tour players have been broke, but no one as many times as Jhared. And no one plays better when he's broke. Has won mini-tour events multiple times when his cards were maxed and it was win or be done. Has played most every tour in the world. DP, PGA, KFT, Latin, Canada, Morocco, China, and now India. After he missed at 2nd stage here he told Mark Baldwin he was going to play in India. We thought he was crazy (we still think he's crazy) . He won 1st stage there, finished 2nd at final, now won in his first start. Gets $25,000 for the win, will get into 2 Hotel Planners events, possible a DP event. Moved up 2000 spots in OWGR. Talked to him this morning when I woke up, he was ecstatic. “Going to have some beers” before he gets on his way to next weeks event. I love it, every second of it. This is why I started this account, for wins like this at events no one has ever heard of. (* par 69, around 6,000 yards. A 59 to win is impressive regardless, but for full context)

Monday Q Info

49,490 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

Scottie Scheffler explains why playing too many events in a row can mentally drain players and referred to Tiger Woods always playing a limited schedule: “I think when you look at this sport it's unique in a sense of like the amount of time we spend in front of people throughout a week. Like for me to play four days of tournament golf, from the moment I step out on to the driving range if we're playing at a four hour pace that's over five hours, five and a half hours if you include this part of my day, where we're in front of people. And doing that four days in a row in a mental sport I think can take a toll on you. “I think that's why you see a guy like Tiger can only play so many events because I think mentally the challenge of just being in front of people for that long and being on and what it takes in toward to compete week in week out takes a lot out of you mentally. So for me playing more than three weeks in a row is extraordinarily difficult. I can't handle much more than that. “When you look at the season now I think it, for family time it's great to have an off-season as well, just for us for me to be able to be at home with my family is important. As far as the cadence goes, yeah, I definitely have a cadence that I prefer when it comes to scheduling and there are definitely risks cramming a bunch of tournaments into little windows just because it's hard to play that many tournaments in a row. It's hard to be on for that many times. It's hard to get yelled at that many times in a row throughout a round of golf. It just is. That's why for me three weeks in a row is kind of my max.” PGA TOUR TravelersChamp
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Scottie Scheffler explains why playing too many events in a row can mentally drain players and referred to Tiger Woods always playing a limited schedule: “I think when you look at this sport it's unique in a sense of like the amount of time we spend in front of people throughout a week. Like for me to play four days of tournament golf, from the moment I step out on to the driving range if we're playing at a four hour pace that's over five hours, five and a half hours if you include this part of my day, where we're in front of people. And doing that four days in a row in a mental sport I think can take a toll on you. “I think that's why you see a guy like Tiger can only play so many events because I think mentally the challenge of just being in front of people for that long and being on and what it takes in toward to compete week in week out takes a lot out of you mentally. So for me playing more than three weeks in a row is extraordinarily difficult. I can't handle much more than that. “When you look at the season now I think it, for family time it's great to have an off-season as well, just for us for me to be able to be at home with my family is important. As far as the cadence goes, yeah, I definitely have a cadence that I prefer when it comes to scheduling and there are definitely risks cramming a bunch of tournaments into little windows just because it's hard to play that many tournaments in a row. It's hard to be on for that many times. It's hard to get yelled at that many times in a row throughout a round of golf. It just is. That's why for me three weeks in a row is kind of my max.” PGA TOUR TravelersChamp

Flushing It

447,887 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

In less than 3 years, LIV Golf’s production team have made a big impact on golf broadcasts, constantly pushing boundaries and bringing in new innovations. These include the first ever “drone tracer”, “Any Shot Any Time”, the ability to watch a live feed of any group on an app and the “LIV Line”, among others. SVP of Worldwide Productions, James Watson spoke with Talk Birdie To Me about the journey: “I used to spend early mornings watching golf with my dad and we’d be trying to watch Greg Norman and he might have been in 7th, but you’re not seeing a lot of him. Or in more modern times Jason Day, Adam Scott, Cam Smith playing on the PGA Tour. If they’re outside of the top 5, and their names aren’t Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson, you did not get to see them. “So that thinking helped shape how we wanted to produce golf in a way that the fans could consume. It was about graphics, it was about the amount of shots we could put on air compared to other broadcasts and then it evolved into second screen experience. How could you leverage your on site resources to deliver a product where if fans are not getting what they want on the screen, they can then go to their iPad and very easily follow along like they do on the Masters app.” In order to provide this level of coverage, LIV Golf have more than 60 cameras, including 2 drones and 11 handhelds, with tracers. They also have more than 200 crew, from all over the world, to make sure every shot is covered with all the graphics you’ve seen on the broadcast. I never really understood what went into delivering a product like this, but I got to visit the production truck at Valderrama in 2023 and it was very impressive to see it first hand. But despite their innovations, James says they’re always trying to improve: “Any product needs to constantly advance with the times. For me, LIV’s still in the audience capture mode. So we constantly need to refine ourselves, target what works, what doesn’t work, are we seeing more viewership? “The thing I always come back to is, this is the best participation era in the last 30 years in Australia and in the US. You’re seeing more people playing golf, but you’re not seeing that translation into live viewership and you need to ask yourself why? “I think the golf product as a whole needed disruption and we’re proud we’ve done that at LIV. To come in and disrupt in the same way World Series cricket did with Kerry Packer and David Hill in the late 70s.” Personally, I think James and the team are doing a great job, which I think has been validated by how much the PGA Tour broadcasts have improved over the last 2 years to keep up. A rising tide lifts all boats. Link to the TalkBirdieToMe episode with James Watson in the comments ⬇️
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In less than 3 years, LIV Golf’s production team have made a big impact on golf broadcasts, constantly pushing boundaries and bringing in new innovations. These include the first ever “drone tracer”, “Any Shot Any Time”, the ability to watch a live feed of any group on an app and the “LIV Line”, among others. SVP of Worldwide Productions, James Watson spoke with Talk Birdie To Me about the journey: “I used to spend early mornings watching golf with my dad and we’d be trying to watch Greg Norman and he might have been in 7th, but you’re not seeing a lot of him. Or in more modern times Jason Day, Adam Scott, Cam Smith playing on the PGA Tour. If they’re outside of the top 5, and their names aren’t Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson, you did not get to see them. “So that thinking helped shape how we wanted to produce golf in a way that the fans could consume. It was about graphics, it was about the amount of shots we could put on air compared to other broadcasts and then it evolved into second screen experience. How could you leverage your on site resources to deliver a product where if fans are not getting what they want on the screen, they can then go to their iPad and very easily follow along like they do on the Masters app.” In order to provide this level of coverage, LIV Golf have more than 60 cameras, including 2 drones and 11 handhelds, with tracers. They also have more than 200 crew, from all over the world, to make sure every shot is covered with all the graphics you’ve seen on the broadcast. I never really understood what went into delivering a product like this, but I got to visit the production truck at Valderrama in 2023 and it was very impressive to see it first hand. But despite their innovations, James says they’re always trying to improve: “Any product needs to constantly advance with the times. For me, LIV’s still in the audience capture mode. So we constantly need to refine ourselves, target what works, what doesn’t work, are we seeing more viewership? “The thing I always come back to is, this is the best participation era in the last 30 years in Australia and in the US. You’re seeing more people playing golf, but you’re not seeing that translation into live viewership and you need to ask yourself why? “I think the golf product as a whole needed disruption and we’re proud we’ve done that at LIV. To come in and disrupt in the same way World Series cricket did with Kerry Packer and David Hill in the late 70s.” Personally, I think James and the team are doing a great job, which I think has been validated by how much the PGA Tour broadcasts have improved over the last 2 years to keep up. A rising tide lifts all boats. Link to the TalkBirdieToMe episode with James Watson in the comments ⬇️

Flushing It

84,387 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Through Technology, a Centuries-Old Battle Is Coming to a Head "A Discussion of Open-Source AI with Travis Oliphant" Travis Oliphant Travis Oliphant is an entrepreneur and CEO and co founder of OpenTeams (OpenTeams®), a company that “helps organizations deploy, support, and own [AI] technology at enterprise scale.” One of their tag lines is “Connecting Companies with Communities.” As a data scientist and software developer, Travis is known for his contributions to Python and as the creator of NumPy and a founding contributor to SciPy, which together formed a foundation for modern AI and machine learning. When I was in Salt Lake City in the first week of June, Travis and I went into a studio to record this interview, continuing a conversation we had started when Travis and his team visited the Solari team in the Netherlands in early 2026. Our discussion focuses on how we can understand and manage the growing presence of AI in our lives. Travis has an impressive intellectual and entrepreneurial background. After earning Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering at Brigham Young University, he completed a PhD in biomedical engineering at the Mayo Clinic. As an assistant professor at Brigham Young’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2001 to 2007, he directed the Biomedical Imaging Lab, where his research centered on computational imaging techniques. He then went on to start several companies, each time identifying the need for a new standard, building the open-source infrastructure, and helping enterprises adopt it at scale. Brilliant, open-minded, deeply caring, and generous, Travis is someone who can help us understand what is happening and what we do about it. My hope is this will be the first of many conversations as we navigate the acceleration in technological innovation (and skullduggery) and seek to ensure that tools such as AI serve the health and prosperity of a human civilization. Full Report: Subscribe to
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Through Technology, a Centuries-Old Battle Is Coming to a Head "A Discussion of Open-Source AI with Travis Oliphant" Travis Oliphant Travis Oliphant is an entrepreneur and CEO and co founder of OpenTeams (OpenTeams®), a company that “helps organizations deploy, support, and own [AI] technology at enterprise scale.” One of their tag lines is “Connecting Companies with Communities.” As a data scientist and software developer, Travis is known for his contributions to Python and as the creator of NumPy and a founding contributor to SciPy, which together formed a foundation for modern AI and machine learning. When I was in Salt Lake City in the first week of June, Travis and I went into a studio to record this interview, continuing a conversation we had started when Travis and his team visited the Solari team in the Netherlands in early 2026. Our discussion focuses on how we can understand and manage the growing presence of AI in our lives. Travis has an impressive intellectual and entrepreneurial background. After earning Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering at Brigham Young University, he completed a PhD in biomedical engineering at the Mayo Clinic. As an assistant professor at Brigham Young’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2001 to 2007, he directed the Biomedical Imaging Lab, where his research centered on computational imaging techniques. He then went on to start several companies, each time identifying the need for a new standard, building the open-source infrastructure, and helping enterprises adopt it at scale. Brilliant, open-minded, deeply caring, and generous, Travis is someone who can help us understand what is happening and what we do about it. My hope is this will be the first of many conversations as we navigate the acceleration in technological innovation (and skullduggery) and seek to ensure that tools such as AI serve the health and prosperity of a human civilization. Full Report: Subscribe to

The Solari Report | Catherine Austin Fitts

10,858 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

I travelled to Valderrama last week fully expecting to write LIV Golf’s obituary. There were rumours of essential vendors pulling the plug, and from the outside, it appeared as though the uncertainty had escalated to near fatal levels. But when I arrived on pro am day, it was the same as it ever was. The range was bustling with high profile business leaders anxiously waiting to tackle Valderrama’s challenge. And players were preparing for another $30 million tournament. However, under the surface, it’s still far from “business as usual.” The fate of LIV Golf was described to me by a senior player as “incredibly simple. We need funding. If we don’t get it, it’s over. If we do, then we get to work on building the future.” That certainly is a simple way of looking at it. But trying to piece together how a cash strapped sports league can continue when it’s currently owned by a sovereign wealth fund that’s cut the billions of dollars in investment is not that easy. The future is being described by executives as “LIV Golf 2.0,” and they are fortunate enough that the lavish spending of the previous leadership means they already have a talent pool of stars to draw large crowds around the globe, attracting 6 figure attendances twice this year. They also have the infrastructure and the IP. Now they just need someone to invest. This leaves a big question. What does the PIF want in return? Nobody within the league is sure of the answer, but there’s likely just 2 options. The PIF either take pennies on the dollar for selling ownership, or they bankrupt the organisation and risk a high profile PR disaster that comes with voiding so many massive contracts. It’s difficult to see them risking bankruptcy. Especially when they could have pulled the plug in Mexico City and have committed to showcasing events until the end of the season. So it’s more likely they just walk away, exonerating themselves of the extensive burden to creditors. This leaves another big question. Who would take on a business that has been haemorrhaging cash every quarter for 4 years? While on a range walk ahead of the pro am day, I asked this question 2 major players in the business industry. Both of them suggested private equity firms are always looking for opportunities to take on distressed assets they can purchase for virtually nothing. “Someone will see value and believe they can turn it around. They always do. Live sport is hot right now.” I’m not in private equity, but it’s not too hard to see how a global sports league that’s had billions of dollars poured in from the start would be an attractive proposition if offered for a discounted $250-350 million investment. Especially when one of the biggest stars in the sport, Bryson DeChambeau, is fully committed and leading the charge. Scott O’Neil, Chris Heck and the other executives were hired to turn the business around and stop the cash burn. They began working on LIV Golf 2.0 during the 2025 off season, but with the PIF pulling funding, that’s now just on a greatly accelerated timeline. Once LIV Golf Andalucia finishes, the league faces a 7 week break in their schedule where executives will be hitting the market in an attempt to secure investment. They appear bullish on how it will go, but it won’t be an easy task. With PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp set to speak after a board meeting at the Travelers Championship, and several LIV Golf players competing in events on other tours, there is bound to plenty of speculation. The next 7 weeks are probably going to be the most important in the history of LIV Golf.
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I travelled to Valderrama last week fully expecting to write LIV Golf’s obituary. There were rumours of essential vendors pulling the plug, and from the outside, it appeared as though the uncertainty had escalated to near fatal levels. But when I arrived on pro am day, it was the same as it ever was. The range was bustling with high profile business leaders anxiously waiting to tackle Valderrama’s challenge. And players were preparing for another $30 million tournament. However, under the surface, it’s still far from “business as usual.” The fate of LIV Golf was described to me by a senior player as “incredibly simple. We need funding. If we don’t get it, it’s over. If we do, then we get to work on building the future.” That certainly is a simple way of looking at it. But trying to piece together how a cash strapped sports league can continue when it’s currently owned by a sovereign wealth fund that’s cut the billions of dollars in investment is not that easy. The future is being described by executives as “LIV Golf 2.0,” and they are fortunate enough that the lavish spending of the previous leadership means they already have a talent pool of stars to draw large crowds around the globe, attracting 6 figure attendances twice this year. They also have the infrastructure and the IP. Now they just need someone to invest. This leaves a big question. What does the PIF want in return? Nobody within the league is sure of the answer, but there’s likely just 2 options. The PIF either take pennies on the dollar for selling ownership, or they bankrupt the organisation and risk a high profile PR disaster that comes with voiding so many massive contracts. It’s difficult to see them risking bankruptcy. Especially when they could have pulled the plug in Mexico City and have committed to showcasing events until the end of the season. So it’s more likely they just walk away, exonerating themselves of the extensive burden to creditors. This leaves another big question. Who would take on a business that has been haemorrhaging cash every quarter for 4 years? While on a range walk ahead of the pro am day, I asked this question 2 major players in the business industry. Both of them suggested private equity firms are always looking for opportunities to take on distressed assets they can purchase for virtually nothing. “Someone will see value and believe they can turn it around. They always do. Live sport is hot right now.” I’m not in private equity, but it’s not too hard to see how a global sports league that’s had billions of dollars poured in from the start would be an attractive proposition if offered for a discounted $250-350 million investment. Especially when one of the biggest stars in the sport, Bryson DeChambeau, is fully committed and leading the charge. Scott O’Neil, Chris Heck and the other executives were hired to turn the business around and stop the cash burn. They began working on LIV Golf 2.0 during the 2025 off season, but with the PIF pulling funding, that’s now just on a greatly accelerated timeline. Once LIV Golf Andalucia finishes, the league faces a 7 week break in their schedule where executives will be hitting the market in an attempt to secure investment. They appear bullish on how it will go, but it won’t be an easy task. With PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp set to speak after a board meeting at the Travelers Championship, and several LIV Golf players competing in events on other tours, there is bound to plenty of speculation. The next 7 weeks are probably going to be the most important in the history of LIV Golf.

Flushing It

487,730 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

🗣️ Immediate reaction from LIV Golf UK presented by JCB champion, Lucas Herbert: JERRY: I don't know where to begin. I don't know what I just saw. Was there a consistent theme to the internal dialogue that led to this kind of performance this week? What were you thinking? HERBERT: I don't know. I think last week gave me a lot of confidence that I can mix it with the best guys. Just wanted to really carry that into this week the best I could. I think I got out of my own way the first two rounds and I started thinking about it yesterday. Yeah, it was just good to play like that today when I was being pushed by two of the best players in the world. JERRY: I remember vividly following you when you won your first event on the PGA TOUR in Bermuda. On that final hole, you were visibly nervous on your second shot. You looked like you were immune to nerves all week long. How does that come about? HERBERT: I think it was a bit of a trick in hiding it. I was definitely feeling it out there. I can only do what I can do. I was able to take care of what I needed to do today pretty well to get me over the line. I knew it wasn't going to be a day where even par, 1-under was going to get it done for me. I knew I had to go out there and get it. Just kept pushing myself the whole way, and here we are JERRY: Did you ever hit some shots, notably the bunker shot in addition to so many others this week, where you just shook your head, like, I can't believe how good this is going? HERBERT: There's definitely a lot of shots -- I can think of the first shot on 10, I kind of pull one, and you're asking for it to get a good lie in the hay, lands in the rough and kicks all the way down there, you get on the green and make eagle. It was one of those weeks, just when you needed a good break. I think of the 6th hole today up the hill, the par-5, it finishes half a foot inside the short stuff and I can get it greenside. I'm looking at the lie, a foot right of that, and it could have been a load of trouble. I played great this week, but also, I got a lot of good breaks, which is really nice. It's good to take advantage of those when they come. #LIVGolfUK | Ripper GC
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🗣️ Immediate reaction from LIV Golf UK presented by JCB champion, Lucas Herbert: JERRY: I don't know where to begin. I don't know what I just saw. Was there a consistent theme to the internal dialogue that led to this kind of performance this week? What were you thinking? HERBERT: I don't know. I think last week gave me a lot of confidence that I can mix it with the best guys. Just wanted to really carry that into this week the best I could. I think I got out of my own way the first two rounds and I started thinking about it yesterday. Yeah, it was just good to play like that today when I was being pushed by two of the best players in the world. JERRY: I remember vividly following you when you won your first event on the PGA TOUR in Bermuda. On that final hole, you were visibly nervous on your second shot. You looked like you were immune to nerves all week long. How does that come about? HERBERT: I think it was a bit of a trick in hiding it. I was definitely feeling it out there. I can only do what I can do. I was able to take care of what I needed to do today pretty well to get me over the line. I knew it wasn't going to be a day where even par, 1-under was going to get it done for me. I knew I had to go out there and get it. Just kept pushing myself the whole way, and here we are JERRY: Did you ever hit some shots, notably the bunker shot in addition to so many others this week, where you just shook your head, like, I can't believe how good this is going? HERBERT: There's definitely a lot of shots -- I can think of the first shot on 10, I kind of pull one, and you're asking for it to get a good lie in the hay, lands in the rough and kicks all the way down there, you get on the green and make eagle. It was one of those weeks, just when you needed a good break. I think of the 6th hole today up the hill, the par-5, it finishes half a foot inside the short stuff and I can get it greenside. I'm looking at the lie, a foot right of that, and it could have been a load of trouble. I played great this week, but also, I got a lot of good breaks, which is really nice. It's good to take advantage of those when they come. #LIVGolfUK | Ripper GC

LIV Golf

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🚨 HOLY CRAP! President Trump demands CRIMINAL CHARGES against the Hussein Obama Judge who unilaterally blocked his Kennedy Center renovations 47 exposes that the judge is connected to ERIC HOLDER, the Jan. 6 committee, and E. Jean Carroll through the judge's wife, among other Deep State actors IMAGINE THAT. "He has a total Conflict of Interest, and should be brought up on charges for not revealing these facts." "Judge Cooper’s wife, Amy Jeffress, who doesn’t use the “Cooper” name because they, as a couple, don’t want people to know that she has a Conflict of Interest with an important Judge, is a Radical Left Democrat, who worked as a Federal Prosecutor and Counselor to Obama Attorney General, Eric Holder, worked behind the scenes for the January 6th Unselect Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs, Dirty Cop FBI attorney Lisa Page in the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal, RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA Hoax, and her Millions of Dollars Settlement, even though she was “guilty as hell,” and is currently representing Sleepy Joe Biden on the release of his audio tapes, and more." "She also works for the same Legal Firm that represented E. Jean Carroll who received a decision against me, now under appeal, that was shocking to the entire World." "Amy is totally wired into the Left System, from her husband down, and it is impossible for me to be treated fairly." "That is why The Kennedy Center will soon be closed, probably never to open again. That is why, at a different level, and with different players, our Country lost the TARIFF Case, and is forced to pay back 149 Billion Dollars in money received from people who hate everything we stand for." "They are laughing all the way to the Bank at how stupid we are (One half sentence clause from the Supreme Court would have saved us this incalculable amount of money!), and that is probably why our Country will lose the Birthright Citizenship Case (No other Country in the World has this — It is totally unaffordable!), because our Court System is RIGGED, no different than our Political System is RIGGED, and the people of our Country know it, and that is why I got overwhelmingly elected President, in Record Numbers, and will FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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🚨 HOLY CRAP! President Trump demands CRIMINAL CHARGES against the Hussein Obama Judge who unilaterally blocked his Kennedy Center renovations 47 exposes that the judge is connected to ERIC HOLDER, the Jan. 6 committee, and E. Jean Carroll through the judge's wife, among other Deep State actors IMAGINE THAT. "He has a total Conflict of Interest, and should be brought up on charges for not revealing these facts." "Judge Cooper’s wife, Amy Jeffress, who doesn’t use the “Cooper” name because they, as a couple, don’t want people to know that she has a Conflict of Interest with an important Judge, is a Radical Left Democrat, who worked as a Federal Prosecutor and Counselor to Obama Attorney General, Eric Holder, worked behind the scenes for the January 6th Unselect Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs, Dirty Cop FBI attorney Lisa Page in the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal, RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA Hoax, and her Millions of Dollars Settlement, even though she was “guilty as hell,” and is currently representing Sleepy Joe Biden on the release of his audio tapes, and more." "She also works for the same Legal Firm that represented E. Jean Carroll who received a decision against me, now under appeal, that was shocking to the entire World." "Amy is totally wired into the Left System, from her husband down, and it is impossible for me to be treated fairly." "That is why The Kennedy Center will soon be closed, probably never to open again. That is why, at a different level, and with different players, our Country lost the TARIFF Case, and is forced to pay back 149 Billion Dollars in money received from people who hate everything we stand for." "They are laughing all the way to the Bank at how stupid we are (One half sentence clause from the Supreme Court would have saved us this incalculable amount of money!), and that is probably why our Country will lose the Birthright Citizenship Case (No other Country in the World has this — It is totally unaffordable!), because our Court System is RIGGED, no different than our Political System is RIGGED, and the people of our Country know it, and that is why I got overwhelmingly elected President, in Record Numbers, and will FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

Eric Daugherty

296,876 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Palm Springs IVF Clinic Bomber Identified as Guy Edward Bartkus—Facts Confirmed! 🚨🇺🇸 Verification of the Incident The May 17, 2025, explosion at 1199 North Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, which killed one person and injured five, was indeed carried out by 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus from Twentynine Palms, California, as confirmed by the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office Assistant Director Akil Davis during a press conference on May 18. The blast targeted the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic, damaging its consultation rooms but leaving the IVF lab and embryos unharmed, per Dr. Maher Abdallah’s statement to the Associated Press. Bartkus died in the explosion, believed to have detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in his 2010 silver Ford Fusion (plate 8HWS848), per CBS Los Angeles and Reuters. The FBI labels this an “intentional act of terrorism,” with no ongoing threat to the public, per Palm Springs Police Chief Andrew Mills. Bartkus’ Motive and Actions Bartkus left a 30-minute audio manifesto, widely reported by outlets like BNO News and the Los Angeles Times, where he identified as a “pro-mortalist,” believing life itself causes harm due to lack of consent to exist. He specifically targeted the IVF clinic, calling it “extremely wrong” for enabling deliberate procreation, per his recording: “I’m angry that I exist and that nobody got my consent to bring me here.” He also attempted to livestream the attack, setting up a camera on a tripod, but the footage failed to upload, per law enforcement sources cited by Hindustan Times. His website, registered on February 24, 2025, per posts on X, included references to a friend, Sophie Tinney, who died on April 22 in Fox Island, Washington, after allegedly convincing her boyfriend to shoot her, per BNO News. The FBI searched Bartkus’ Adobe Road home, evacuating the area as a “blast zone” due to fears of additional explosives, per ABC7. 🎥 SilverDegen
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Palm Springs IVF Clinic Bomber Identified as Guy Edward Bartkus—Facts Confirmed! 🚨🇺🇸 Verification of the Incident The May 17, 2025, explosion at 1199 North Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, which killed one person and injured five, was indeed carried out by 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus from Twentynine Palms, California, as confirmed by the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office Assistant Director Akil Davis during a press conference on May 18. The blast targeted the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic, damaging its consultation rooms but leaving the IVF lab and embryos unharmed, per Dr. Maher Abdallah’s statement to the Associated Press. Bartkus died in the explosion, believed to have detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in his 2010 silver Ford Fusion (plate 8HWS848), per CBS Los Angeles and Reuters. The FBI labels this an “intentional act of terrorism,” with no ongoing threat to the public, per Palm Springs Police Chief Andrew Mills. Bartkus’ Motive and Actions Bartkus left a 30-minute audio manifesto, widely reported by outlets like BNO News and the Los Angeles Times, where he identified as a “pro-mortalist,” believing life itself causes harm due to lack of consent to exist. He specifically targeted the IVF clinic, calling it “extremely wrong” for enabling deliberate procreation, per his recording: “I’m angry that I exist and that nobody got my consent to bring me here.” He also attempted to livestream the attack, setting up a camera on a tripod, but the footage failed to upload, per law enforcement sources cited by Hindustan Times. His website, registered on February 24, 2025, per posts on X, included references to a friend, Sophie Tinney, who died on April 22 in Fox Island, Washington, after allegedly convincing her boyfriend to shoot her, per BNO News. The FBI searched Bartkus’ Adobe Road home, evacuating the area as a “blast zone” due to fears of additional explosives, per ABC7. 🎥 SilverDegen

PitunisWorld 🌎

28,364 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

🤩 Here is the real Show-off Card in the true sense – Amex Platinum Charge Card! Woah! What an unboxing experience 🤯✨ A real working high-quality LED video screen with sound, memory storage and switches built right into the card box itself! 🥳🎥🔊 And the best part? You can upload your own videos and photos on this LED video player. Got all this even before activating the card and without committing a single rupee towards the joining fee (joining fee is charged only if the card is activated). btw I activated it.. And here is what you get after activating 👇👇 🎁 Welcome Benefits ✅ ₹60,000 worth of The Postcard Hotel vouchers OR ✅ ₹50,000 worth of Taj Experiences Gift Cards (usable for stays, dining, spa, beverages etc. at Taj properties) 🎯 Referral Offer (Till 30th June 2026) ✅ 25,000 Amex Points as referral bonus 👉 My Referral Link: 🏨 Premium Hotel Memberships & Elite Statuses ✅ Accor Explorer Membership ✅ Taj Epicure Plus Membership ✅ Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite Status (for both self and one add-on card member) ✅ Hilton Honors Gold Status (for both self and one add-on card member) ✅ Radisson Rewards Premium Status (for both self and one add-on card member) ✅ Hertz Gold Plus Rewards Status (for both self and one add-on card member) ✅ The Postcard Hotels Sunshine Club Platinum Status (for both self and one add-on card member) These memberships can enhance overall travel experience which otherwise cost thousands of rupees if you pay on your own for hotel upgrades, discounts etc. 🏨✨ 🍽️ Lifestyle Benefits ✅ EazyDiner Prime Membership ✅ Ace by Times Prime Membership Includes complimentary subscriptions of: • Amazon Prime • JioHotstar • Sony LIV • Discovery+ • Lionsgate Play • Uber One • And more 🎬 Entertainment Benefits ✅ Buy One Get One Free Movie Ticket on PVR (up to ₹500 per free ticket) ✅ Complimentary PVR Food & Beverage Voucher every month ✈️ Premium Airport Lounge Access Unlimited access for Primary + One Add-on Card holder ✅ The Centurion® Lounge ✅ Priority Pass™ Lounges ✅ Delta Sky Club® Lounges (when flying Delta) ✅ Escape Lounges ✅ Domestic Partner Lounges in India 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Benefits ✅ One complimentary guest access at Centurion Lounges ✅ Complimentary access for children below 12 years at Centurion Lounges when accompanied by the primary cardholder ✅ Complimentary Platinum Charge Add-on Card for one family member ⛳ Golf Benefits ✅ Complimentary Golf Games ✅ Complimentary Golf Lessons (For both primary and one add-on card member) 🏨 Luxury Hotel Programs ✅ Fine Hotels + Resorts (FHR) Benefits • Complimentary breakfast • Room upgrades (subject to availability) • Early check-in / late checkout • Property credits at select hotels ✅ The Hotel Collection Benefits • Hotel credits • Room upgrades at participating hotels 🎩 Premium Services ✅ Concierge Services ✅ Global Travel Assistance ✅ Emergency Card Replacement Support ✨ And many other premium travel and lifestyle benefits. 💰 Joining Fee: ₹77,880 (including GST) My Take 👇 This card is a premium lifestyle card and definitely NOT for everyone. I took it only for the first year because of the heavily loaded welcome benefits, referral bonus points, elite hotel memberships and premium travel privileges, many of which are quite useful for my upcoming travel plans. ✈️🌍 The premium lounge programs are a nice add-on, but for me the real value lies in: 🏨 Hotel memberships 🎁 Welcome benefits ✈️ Travel privileges 🎯 Referral bonus points Looking at the overall value proposition, my effective first-year cost is negligible for my use case. Will I renew it next year? Most probably not, unless they provide a great renewal offer😄 But as a one-time experience, the unboxing, welcome gifts, premium memberships and overall treatment make it a true Platinum experience. 🤩 #creditcard #spendwisely #creditcard
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🤩 Here is the real Show-off Card in the true sense – Amex Platinum Charge Card! Woah! What an unboxing experience 🤯✨ A real working high-quality LED video screen with sound, memory storage and switches built right into the card box itself! 🥳🎥🔊 And the best part? You can upload your own videos and photos on this LED video player. Got all this even before activating the card and without committing a single rupee towards the joining fee (joining fee is charged only if the card is activated). btw I activated it.. And here is what you get after activating 👇👇 🎁 Welcome Benefits ✅ ₹60,000 worth of The Postcard Hotel vouchers OR ✅ ₹50,000 worth of Taj Experiences Gift Cards (usable for stays, dining, spa, beverages etc. at Taj properties) 🎯 Referral Offer (Till 30th June 2026) ✅ 25,000 Amex Points as referral bonus 👉 My Referral Link: 🏨 Premium Hotel Memberships & Elite Statuses ✅ Accor Explorer Membership ✅ Taj Epicure Plus Membership ✅ Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite Status (for both self and one add-on card member) ✅ Hilton Honors Gold Status (for both self and one add-on card member) ✅ Radisson Rewards Premium Status (for both self and one add-on card member) ✅ Hertz Gold Plus Rewards Status (for both self and one add-on card member) ✅ The Postcard Hotels Sunshine Club Platinum Status (for both self and one add-on card member) These memberships can enhance overall travel experience which otherwise cost thousands of rupees if you pay on your own for hotel upgrades, discounts etc. 🏨✨ 🍽️ Lifestyle Benefits ✅ EazyDiner Prime Membership ✅ Ace by Times Prime Membership Includes complimentary subscriptions of: • Amazon Prime • JioHotstar • Sony LIV • Discovery+ • Lionsgate Play • Uber One • And more 🎬 Entertainment Benefits ✅ Buy One Get One Free Movie Ticket on PVR (up to ₹500 per free ticket) ✅ Complimentary PVR Food & Beverage Voucher every month ✈️ Premium Airport Lounge Access Unlimited access for Primary + One Add-on Card holder ✅ The Centurion® Lounge ✅ Priority Pass™ Lounges ✅ Delta Sky Club® Lounges (when flying Delta) ✅ Escape Lounges ✅ Domestic Partner Lounges in India 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Benefits ✅ One complimentary guest access at Centurion Lounges ✅ Complimentary access for children below 12 years at Centurion Lounges when accompanied by the primary cardholder ✅ Complimentary Platinum Charge Add-on Card for one family member ⛳ Golf Benefits ✅ Complimentary Golf Games ✅ Complimentary Golf Lessons (For both primary and one add-on card member) 🏨 Luxury Hotel Programs ✅ Fine Hotels + Resorts (FHR) Benefits • Complimentary breakfast • Room upgrades (subject to availability) • Early check-in / late checkout • Property credits at select hotels ✅ The Hotel Collection Benefits • Hotel credits • Room upgrades at participating hotels 🎩 Premium Services ✅ Concierge Services ✅ Global Travel Assistance ✅ Emergency Card Replacement Support ✨ And many other premium travel and lifestyle benefits. 💰 Joining Fee: ₹77,880 (including GST) My Take 👇 This card is a premium lifestyle card and definitely NOT for everyone. I took it only for the first year because of the heavily loaded welcome benefits, referral bonus points, elite hotel memberships and premium travel privileges, many of which are quite useful for my upcoming travel plans. ✈️🌍 The premium lounge programs are a nice add-on, but for me the real value lies in: 🏨 Hotel memberships 🎁 Welcome benefits ✈️ Travel privileges 🎯 Referral bonus points Looking at the overall value proposition, my effective first-year cost is negligible for my use case. Will I renew it next year? Most probably not, unless they provide a great renewal offer😄 But as a one-time experience, the unboxing, welcome gifts, premium memberships and overall treatment make it a true Platinum experience. 🤩 #creditcard #spendwisely #creditcard

SpendWisely

23,759 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

👽 Minimal, Firsthand Legacy Witnesses? 👽 (Sorry for the Debbie Downer posts but I think most people wanna hear the truth and not have smoke blown up their ass. We're all aware of folks who do that. Maybe...in the Senate, "we have a problem that there's not been quite enough of what members in the Senate would say are firsthand sources with direct involvement in the Legacy program." ~Former Senate Staffer, Kirk McConnell (In August 2024, I was told the following by a contact: "I don’t think firsthand whistleblowers are on our horizon. Tons of credible sounding second hand, though. Some with decent credentials or rank, but none with particularly great (credentials or rank), however." I shared that on here but most people didn't wanna hear it. I'm lucky to have contacts who give it to me straight, with zero hype. Some hope? "I don't think that we have to be so discouraged by the defeat of the UAPDA for the third time." ~McConnell ~~~ Kirk McConnell: "First, let me say that I'm greatly encouraged by Mr. Rep. Eric Burlison comments. He's a he's a politician. He has a way better sense of, you know, having his finger on the pulse of the Congress and the nation than I do. "I will also say that I, respectfully, don't agree with my friend Karl Nell. I don't think that we have to be so discouraged by the defeat of the UAPDA for the third time. I think there's a lot of reasons for hope that this issue, is not gonna be in a significant down cycle. And that's what I certainly hope. As we've seen from Mr. Burlison, there is certainly a lot of energy in the house among members of the Oversight Committee, and that in itself is encouraging. "You know, I hope that what I'm about to say is not true, but I think it might be, and I definitely feel that this is maybe the case in the Senate: That maybe we have a problem that there's not been quite enough of what members in the Senate would say are firsthand sources with direct involvement in the Legacy program. Looking back on history, my sense is that Congress undertakes these really historically important investigations when it is broadly clear that there's a there there and they know kind of what the outcome [will] be, at least in its broad strokes. "You know, you think about Watergate, the Church/Pike committees, Iran Contra, all of these are examples where Congress was finally moved to not take no for an answer and to just go full-speed and full-depth into exhaustive investigations when they knew that it had to be done, and that there was a pony at the end, you know, there was something very significant at the end of the process. "So, I have been getting this feedback as well from folks I've worked with in the Senate, that there needs to be more firsthand witnesses. And how do you encourage that? I think we also hear that there's quite a number of other people out there that could come forward. Their concern, though, is, as we've seen, they feel that there's not, by any means, sufficient whistleblower protections, and that despite the existence of protections in the law on paper, that really doesn't get at the problem. And that they're fearful of losing their careers, their security clearances, which translates into their careers, and that they're gonna suffer immense, legal expenses and perhaps legal jeopardy. So I think whistleblower protection is extremely important. "That said, it's really hard to get whistleblower protections passed in Congress. And so you have a kind of Catch-22, and I think that's the kind of problem that needs to be overcome, incrementally. So, I also would say that it's obvious that Congress is heavily influenced by public opinion, of course, and it's really important to keep up the pressure. But that in turn, you know, the public is motivated by what they see in the news and what they hear about from from experts, and therefore, you know, that's another dependency here, "But on that score, you know one of our panelists here, Dr. Anna Brady-Estevez, I loved when she, with a bright smile on her face, has said repeatedly that, in a sense, disclosure has already happened, or is certainly happening. A significant fraction of the population believes that we are being visited by non-human intelligence and that this belief is only likely to grow. The scientific community is much more friendly to this issue than in the past. "I would also say that the NHI itself gets a vote here, and they drive a lot of this. How much interaction are they going to....how much are they going to expose what they're doing and what they're doing here? And yet, at the same time, we've got an awful lot of people out there now with the ability to, and the interest in, detecting and tracking and trying to document what is happening out there. You think about efforts like the Galileo Project, Garry P. Nolan at the The Sol Foundation and Stanford, Beatriz Villarroel and the astrophysics community, and many others are tracking fundamental aspects of this problem. And a number of scientists and engineers working on new physics concepts to explain UAP characteristics and behavior is unprecedented. You know, you think about Skywatcher as another example of a private initiative. "There's also the experiencer community, you know, the people who have had actual direct interactions, and certainly a large number of folks who report abduction experiences, who retain the ability to communicate with NHI. This can be used, and is very likely to be used or exploited to gain insight into physics and intentions and so forth. "So, I'm actually on the optimistic side. I think with work and perseverance of groups like this, we can continue to amp up the interest and the pressure on the part of the American people, and that will translate into action by the government."
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👽 Minimal, Firsthand Legacy Witnesses? 👽 (Sorry for the Debbie Downer posts but I think most people wanna hear the truth and not have smoke blown up their ass. We're all aware of folks who do that. Maybe...in the Senate, "we have a problem that there's not been quite enough of what members in the Senate would say are firsthand sources with direct involvement in the Legacy program." ~Former Senate Staffer, Kirk McConnell (In August 2024, I was told the following by a contact: "I don’t think firsthand whistleblowers are on our horizon. Tons of credible sounding second hand, though. Some with decent credentials or rank, but none with particularly great (credentials or rank), however." I shared that on here but most people didn't wanna hear it. I'm lucky to have contacts who give it to me straight, with zero hype. Some hope? "I don't think that we have to be so discouraged by the defeat of the UAPDA for the third time." ~McConnell ~~~ Kirk McConnell: "First, let me say that I'm greatly encouraged by Mr. Rep. Eric Burlison comments. He's a he's a politician. He has a way better sense of, you know, having his finger on the pulse of the Congress and the nation than I do. "I will also say that I, respectfully, don't agree with my friend Karl Nell. I don't think that we have to be so discouraged by the defeat of the UAPDA for the third time. I think there's a lot of reasons for hope that this issue, is not gonna be in a significant down cycle. And that's what I certainly hope. As we've seen from Mr. Burlison, there is certainly a lot of energy in the house among members of the Oversight Committee, and that in itself is encouraging. "You know, I hope that what I'm about to say is not true, but I think it might be, and I definitely feel that this is maybe the case in the Senate: That maybe we have a problem that there's not been quite enough of what members in the Senate would say are firsthand sources with direct involvement in the Legacy program. Looking back on history, my sense is that Congress undertakes these really historically important investigations when it is broadly clear that there's a there there and they know kind of what the outcome [will] be, at least in its broad strokes. "You know, you think about Watergate, the Church/Pike committees, Iran Contra, all of these are examples where Congress was finally moved to not take no for an answer and to just go full-speed and full-depth into exhaustive investigations when they knew that it had to be done, and that there was a pony at the end, you know, there was something very significant at the end of the process. "So, I have been getting this feedback as well from folks I've worked with in the Senate, that there needs to be more firsthand witnesses. And how do you encourage that? I think we also hear that there's quite a number of other people out there that could come forward. Their concern, though, is, as we've seen, they feel that there's not, by any means, sufficient whistleblower protections, and that despite the existence of protections in the law on paper, that really doesn't get at the problem. And that they're fearful of losing their careers, their security clearances, which translates into their careers, and that they're gonna suffer immense, legal expenses and perhaps legal jeopardy. So I think whistleblower protection is extremely important. "That said, it's really hard to get whistleblower protections passed in Congress. And so you have a kind of Catch-22, and I think that's the kind of problem that needs to be overcome, incrementally. So, I also would say that it's obvious that Congress is heavily influenced by public opinion, of course, and it's really important to keep up the pressure. But that in turn, you know, the public is motivated by what they see in the news and what they hear about from from experts, and therefore, you know, that's another dependency here, "But on that score, you know one of our panelists here, Dr. Anna Brady-Estevez, I loved when she, with a bright smile on her face, has said repeatedly that, in a sense, disclosure has already happened, or is certainly happening. A significant fraction of the population believes that we are being visited by non-human intelligence and that this belief is only likely to grow. The scientific community is much more friendly to this issue than in the past. "I would also say that the NHI itself gets a vote here, and they drive a lot of this. How much interaction are they going to....how much are they going to expose what they're doing and what they're doing here? And yet, at the same time, we've got an awful lot of people out there now with the ability to, and the interest in, detecting and tracking and trying to document what is happening out there. You think about efforts like the Galileo Project, Garry P. Nolan at the The Sol Foundation and Stanford, Beatriz Villarroel and the astrophysics community, and many others are tracking fundamental aspects of this problem. And a number of scientists and engineers working on new physics concepts to explain UAP characteristics and behavior is unprecedented. You know, you think about Skywatcher as another example of a private initiative. "There's also the experiencer community, you know, the people who have had actual direct interactions, and certainly a large number of folks who report abduction experiences, who retain the ability to communicate with NHI. This can be used, and is very likely to be used or exploited to gain insight into physics and intentions and so forth. "So, I'm actually on the optimistic side. I think with work and perseverance of groups like this, we can continue to amp up the interest and the pressure on the part of the American people, and that will translate into action by the government."

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