2024 PGA Championship Debrief - Xander's First Major, Bryson's Bid, Dissecting Valhalla | First Cut

[@josephboza7448]

Thanks producer Josh for uploading this. Xander has been the best man for 7 straight apperances at the PGA. In his 8th try he finally got it. Austin his caddy should be given kudos big time. He got Xander to play 18 as a 3 shot par 5. I thought Vallaha was presented well on tv. I think this was a disaster week behind the scenes for PGA of America. Will Zalatoris even told Gabby Herzig of The Atheltic that he didnt want his parents to visit him cause of the disaster with the logistics. When Friday happened, Rickie told LIVE from on a good day it should take 30 minutes 20 at best to get to the course so Mark is right about the time on a good day. Some of them Will Austin Eckhroat and Cameron Young ditched their cars and walked 2 miles to get there. It took them 2 hours and 15 minutes to get to the course. They needed Scottie to make his 1008 AM EST tee time or heads were going to start rolling. Xander set the PGA 18 hole record with Shane Lowry and the tournament record. He played great golf. Thanks for the coverage for PGA from Vallaha.

[@nzmera1]

Just look at the Liv schedule, KZbin channel to know what Bryson is doing. There is no shortage of motivation for Bryson this year. Here is a few ideas win a major, also overall individual champion in Liv as last year he was in the hunt but lost in the Jeddah tournament. Get his Crushers team back to back champions and create history on Liv. Also he trying to get a million followers on KZbin and build on growing the Crushers brand. I heard the Crushers where in the process of hiring a CEO last month. So I don’t think Bryson will be bored . The Crushers team/ KZbin is personal and has a lot of meaning for him. Just do some research I’m sure you have way more contacts then I do.

[@calross7143]

I'm sorry but where or what tournament (except Majors) they play doesn't matter as much as who is playing in a tournament. Maybe golf commentators that say they don't know what is happening on LIV tournaments or how the golfers are doing, should either follow it (or admit they do), and be objective in reporting on golf in general. You expect the golf world to wake up early or go to bed late to watch golf in America...it's about time you do the same. The golf media is almost as guilty as the PGA for the divide and open hate between the fans of PGA and LIV... PS: And if you want to watch Bryson do something cool in the week leading up to the PGA Championship, watch his KZbin channel...he plays with jnr set against Martin Borgmeier and shoots 2 under over 3 holes!

[@billfairless6256]

Pretty sure golf fans know how to google liv golf to find out where and when the events are played the same way they find out about PGAT events.

[@williamdenton5716]

If you are having your annual dose of Bryson, limited to the Majors, then you are doing yourself a disservice. The remainder of the LIV Golf season will see Individual and team titles determined. The details and idiosyncrasies of the path to a Team Title make the last few weeks of competition incredibly captivating. Arguably the most exciting golf competition since last year's team title was determined. Without getting into too much detail, I'm comfortable stating that LIV'S quest for the podeum will be, again, the 5th most exciting Golf of the calendar year.

[@SiLoMixMaster]

I wonder what Xander's team will be called when he joins LIV

[@KFBALL247]

People can make the weather excuse for why the course played so easily, but it’s raining almost every year at Augusta and it doesn’t play anywhere close to as easy as Vahalla. That wasn’t a major championship level course. Wells Fargo was twice the challenge Vahalla was, if not more. I hope they don’t go back.

[@donjon1179]

So if the 96 bulls played a 8th seed from the west in the finals that somehow diminishes a championship that they would’ve won? No. I hate this take you and many spew. It don’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile, and it don’t matter if you won at Augusta or a local muni course. They all played the same course on the same days and Xander was the victor. Stop diminishing accomplishments cause it might not have been who you wanted or cause you were over confident and bet a bunch of money on someone who lost.

[@fearmetro7767]

The weather excuse was there was no wind I do agree the course wasn’t the best but the conditions were perfect for them this weekend

[@SiLoMixMaster]

Who cares. As long as either the PGA or the US Open is brutal then that's fine. Last year the PGA was brutal and the US Open was easy, this year it will be the other way around, and the Masters was pretty brutal on certain days as well, the Friday especially if I remember right. The Open at Troon won't be a picnic either if the wind blows and rains heavy.

[@andrew_l1900]

I think the issue was more that the rough was too long, it actually prevented players from getting into really bad spots seeing how as soon as the ball hit it, it just stopped dead instead of rolling out into ob/worse areas.