ShackHouse Episode 16: 2016 PGA Championship Recap
Turns out there was a bunch to kick around from the 2016 PGA Championship, from the good (Jimmy and Jason), to the eh (tournament ops issues, TNT). The Speed Round consists of amalgamated questions from the incredible response we got on Twitter, thanks to all. It was fascinating how many of you were thinking the same topics, particularly giving the PGA a stronger identity and where things are headed with the Ryder Cup squad.
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Monday, August 1, 2016 at 02:23 PM
Reader Comments (6)
Here is how I would position the PGA to be the 4th major:
It would either be on Labor Day weekend, or the weekend after. You say, the NFL season kicks off on the weekend after. I say, who cares? If you are a golf fan, you will pay attention to the PGA, even if the NFL kicks off on the same weekend. To put the PGA on in the same weekend as the first week of the NFL says: this damn tournament is damn important, and is every bit as important as the first week as the NFL. Heck, I have gone to an NFL game that was the same day as the finals of the US Open Tennis, and we had the U S Open tennis on the tele in the box at the NFL game.
Look, if you are going to promote a golf major championship, you have to have big cahones. Or whatever. Golf is a great game, and should not take second place to the NFL. Well, maybe Tim Finchem's FED-X cup take s second place, but the fourth major of the year does not! Not to golf fans!
Put the PGA championship on the same weekend every year - either Labor Day weekend, or the weekend before, and that is the deal. Just like the Masters is the same weekend in April, the PGA should be the same weekend in late August. Why? Because it is the FOURTH MAJOR! It commands respect as the MAJOR at the end of the summer. The culminating major. The one the defines the winner over the winter until the Masters the following spring.
There is no way that the PGA should kowtow to any other event. Go big, or get off the porch. Position the tournament as the end of summer culmination to the golf calendar, just like the club championship should be for the club golfer.
You position the PGA championship on that date - Labor Day weekend, or the weekend before - and do it every single year. Do it on the greatest golf courses that you can possibly play. Maybe that is even Old White at the Greenbrier after it gets rebuilt. Or the Upper Course at the Cascades/ Homestead. Great old golf courses that will be a stern test. These courses should be every bit as challenging as the US Open and Open Championship courses.
The PGA of Anerica needs to position the PGA Championship as the greatest, best, culmination of the golfing year. And go head to head with the NFL, because it can and should.
How about the weekend before Labor Day?