Roryoke, LIV Down Under, and the Hiya Hotel: A Zurich Classic-ish Recap

This week's Zurich Classic recap immediately goes off the rails thanks to Rory McIlroy's rousing rendition of "Don't Stop Believin" in celebration of a playoff win with his partner Shane Lowry. Smylie Kaufman and Charlie Hulme grade that karaoke performance, compare the PGA Tour's team event in New Orleans with a thrilling team finish for LIV Golf in Australia, and use the week's action as a jumping-off point to discuss ways in which the two league concepts could be combined to best suit fan interests. Finally, in an act of immersion therapy, Smylie and Charlie check into the "Hiya Hotel" to break down their recent play on the golf course.
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[@MrRosswesson]

South African here. The crowds for a LIV event in South Africa would be insane. People are sports crazy over here

[@dgcoram]

Didnt think I could love this pod anymore and then Charlie announces his Karaoke song as Boyz II Men, who i saw last week in my home city of Manchester. Great content as always guys

[@hulmeboy]

🤝 the absolute best way to close out a karaoke night

[@huffm.3325]

Location starved is a thing. Being in the Northwest, it's a bit aggravating to see 3-4 tournaments in Texas per year for the PGA. June - September weather is prime time for hosting an event.

[@bradleyolson3608]

great discussion on LIV, It is a much better product than PGAT, in the future PGAT could host 6 signature events with top 20 on LIV invited, LIV could host 6 events and invite top 30 PGAT, then 4 majors for a total of 16 events with the top 50 in the world playing. then both tours could still hold their own events. LIV hosts outside the usa, PGAT would propbably want to stay in the usa, it all works

[@OG_Jack]

I admit to being a golf nerd. I love golf. I play golf 4 times a week. I have played in ProAms. I belong to a club. I watch golf on TV. I watch college golf; men and women. I watch the Korn Ferry tour. I watch LPGA. I'm a golf nerd. In my opinion the problem is the players! They don't seem to want to do anything about pace of play. There is no excitement to watching golf; usually. The recent LPGA major tournament was played near my house. The final round took 6 hours. The players say that they need better TV coverage. Why! The revenue needs to come from TV partners but they need to get a return. Ratings are down and players want more. I can't see a happy ending for the game that I love.

[@Kilbride10]

I think Smylie brings up a great point with the Tour Championship at East Lake. Nothing against East Lake but a good chunk of the spots on tour have very little attraction for a casual viewer. I bet if you asked a 100 random people at a local muni golf course what course the tour championship is held at each year less than half would know... nevermind a poll outside of a golf environment. Of course changing the tournament venue alone isn't going to help grow the game but having the same repetitive rotation that the average Joe doesn't associate with certainly isn't helping the cause either. At the end of the day I'm a golf junkie and will watch wherever they play. I just hope to see the game and format continue to evolve.

[@wesleywright3159]

It’s exhausting constantly hearing about what the tour needs to change in order to get more juice. LIV has a good week because they were at the pro golf starved Australia event and we act like it’s a decent product. Yet, following LiV Miami or Las Vegas we had crickets cause they were snooze fests. The Tour does not need to overhaul its structure and format- it just seems like it has a viable rival because that rival has endless state sponsored money backing it and buying out well known players. If LIV had bought out all the same players and gone to the same locations but kept the 72-hole individual format with no teams, no shotgun start, and no endless music, would it be more popular, less popular, or the same?

[@ryanprobert5635]

Can you put up a warning at the start of the 20minute therapy session? We all have demons. Lol. Love the pod.

[@TheSmylieShow]

😂😂 our deepest apologies - hoping the immersion therapy helped? This is a safe space to comment out all your swing thought demons

[@ryanprobert5635]

It's like a buffet of swing demons. I'm filling my plate.😂 You guys said stuff I don't even understand and I'm going to be thinking about all of them!!

[@Kilbride10]

Cross platform will work with pga 2k. They have room codes and is pretty easy to setup. Feel free to ask if any questions

[@TheSmylieShow]

amazing - will more than likely take you up on that, and appreciate your help!

[@Kilbride10]

@@TheSmylieShow yes of course 👍

[@gazr99]

Charlie if you're being forced to play Tobacco Road and worried you will ruin it, I'm happy to your alternate

[@mr19842]

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[@paulgorski9198]

Hey guys, in order to play together on 2k one guy will have to create a private online match and the other will have to join the private room with a room code. Code is in the bottom right corner for the person that created the room. You can join with a room code in the same area of where you create a private room

[@TheSmylieShow]

really appreciate the help with this!! so in the example you've listed, would this work cross-platform?

[@paulgorski9198]

@@TheSmylieShow yes, room codes are the only way to play cross platform

[@g_nw]

ayyy