
The Fine Line
At the Epson Tour Championship, Reagan Zibilski played the round of her life. For others, the difference between an LPGA card and heartbreak was painfully small.
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ListenNever long for the spotlight, Matt Moore made a profound impact on countless lives while quietly engaging in random acts of kindness.
ListenThe anonymous message came from the caddie himself. Days later, Cliff Ellis and Alejandro Tosti each told me their side of what happened.
BREAKING NEWS: A very unfortunate situation at @LPGA 2nd stage in at Plantation Country Club in Venice Florida. The stage (there is only one second stage site) was set to begin Tuesday and the entire field is in Florida. However it will not be played this week. In an email sent to players they were told the course was unplayable from the rain from the Hurricane. The course wasn’t going to be able to mow until mid week and with more rain scheduled next week the decision was made to delay it for two weeks. However there is important context. One of the two courses at the club redid all of their greens starting in June. And because of weather (over 50 inches of rain) there have been delays. In fact the course is still not open to the members yet and the first rounds were to be played Sunday by the players in the Q-school field. In an email sent to players last week the tour indicated there would be areas that were marked ground under repair. “Areas not fully recovered will be marked ground under repair” So the situation seemed less than ideal to start, tho a source did tell me the conditions had improved greatly over the last few weeks. But they couldn’t recover from the latest rain and it left the Tour no choice. With so many international players this leaves a real logistical nitemare for the players and at a huge financial burden. Really unfortunate.
Defining “All-in”. This is Madison Young. She had full LPGA status 2 years ago, conditional this season. Bounced back and forth between LPGA and @EpsonTour She is broke. More than broke. She and her husband Tyler are over 100K in debt. She still knows she can play. But right now can’t afford Q-school. Sign-ups are early next week. Tyler caddies for her but also works full-time on the road. He’s up early to work and works after each round. I asked if she had a job she could do if she stopped playing “I’m a college dropout who has never had a job.” They have looked into filing bankruptcy. “The only way out at this point is play better” she told me thru tears at the pro-am party this week. The last part of this season she has borrowed from family to just get to the next event. Hoping to play well enough to pay them back. But it’s nearly impossible to play under that pressure. This week’s winner gets $100,000. One good week and the debt would be almost wiped away. Madison is -4 and T6.
No. 14 on the Epson Tour's Race for the Card talks about the pressure of trying to secure her LPGA status at the Epson Tour Championship this week at Indian Wells Resort in Palm Springs, California. Full Any Given Monday can be found on Apple or Spotify.
Forget for a minute whether you agree or disagree with the ruling. The fact Kisner was “going crazy” during the commercial break is what makes golf coverage so boring. Go crazy on air. Say Ogilvy should stop the Presidents Cup on air. Bring in rules officials and question it. But he knows there is a line he can’t cross. because the Tour will call him and shut it down.

Epson Tour Championship with Kate Smith-Stroh and Q&A: LPGA Tour Moves, Tom Kim at High-Stakes Asian Games
| Score |
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| T1 | Carson Lundell Qualified | F | -8 |
| T1 | Seonghyeon An Qualified | F | -8 |
| T3 | Matt Snyder Qualified | F | -7 |
| T3 | Rhett Rasmussen Qualified | F | -7 |
| T5 | Daniel Azallion | F | -6 |
An American Comeback at the Presidents Cup
To be clear. The tour had no choice this week. Nor did the course. But the fact renovations were way behind, say July, imo the tour should have explored other options. The course isn’t even open yet. The email sent to players last week made it pretty obvious there was going to At least a part of not being able to play is the fact the greens are brand new. Combined with the ton of rain this week the course can’t push the timeline of getting out to mow it, understandably.
I think right now they don’t have any choice because the course is unplayable. But when the renovations were falling behind then the Tour should have looked for other options imo. The financial side of this for players is gigantic. Horrible situation, no way around it. https://t.co/Nn2pzNzW1R
BREAKING NEWS: A very unfortunate situation at @LPGA 2nd stage in at Plantation Country Club in Venice Florida. The stage (there is only one second stage site) was set to begin Tuesday and the entire field is in Florida. However it will not be played this week. In an email sent to players they were told the course was unplayable from the rain from the Hurricane. The course wasn’t going to be able to mow until mid week and with more rain scheduled next week the decision was made to delay it for two weeks. However there is important context. One of the two courses at the club redid all of their greens starting in June. And because of weather (over 50 inches of rain) there have been delays. In fact the course is still not open to the members yet and the first rounds were to be played Sunday by the players in the Q-school field. In an email sent to players last week the tour indicated there would be areas that were marked ground under repair. “Areas not fully recovered will be marked ground under repair” So the situation seemed less than ideal to start, tho a source did tell me the conditions had improved greatly over the last few weeks. But they couldn’t recover from the latest rain and it left the Tour no choice. With so many international players this leaves a real logistical nitemare for the players and at a huge financial burden. Really unfortunate.
Also shoutout to @shanebacon and @JamesNitties23 for all their awesome work on the KFT season. They deserve a bigger platform but selfishly hope they continue to do KFT going forward. Mel Reid has been a great addition and @BrentleyGC is always good with the interviews as he has followed those guys well before they turned pro and is so knowledgeable about their journey.
What a round from @AustinHitt1 just holed out for eagle. Dude came into the event with just outside of the top 20. All of those guys around the number were under the most stress by far. To know what’s on the line and play your best golf of the season is damn impressive.