Eamon Lynch

Lynch: Bless his heart! Greg Norman demands thanks for $5 billion bonfire of his vanity Former LIV boss credits himself for breaking down golf's walls, but the question remains: What has this mission accomplished?

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Lynch: The Ryder Cup needs a new vision in the U.S., and new owners The finger-pointing at the U.S. team should wait. More urgent criticism should be squarely directed at the PGA of America for its shoddy mishandling of the event.

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Lynch: Luke Donald will keep the Ryder Cup. He should keep the captain’s job, too The fist-pumping and flag-waving didn’t work. Nor did the foul-mouthed heckling of players and their families by Bethpage’s signature cadre of bellicose imbeciles.

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Lynch: The Ryder Cup got stuck with the one thing it didn’t need — Donald Trump Trump arrived at Bethpage wearing golf shoes, perhaps expecting that his success in winning golf tournaments might see him asked to suit up.

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Lynch: Europe’s chatter about pay-for-play at Ryder Cup only pays off if the U.S. falters In the lengthy run-up to the 45th Ryder Cup matches in New York, the Europeans have been artfully keeping the cash grab storyline alive.

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Lynch: Greg Norman beats LIV Golf to the exit, blustering to the bitter end Even overworked LIV Golf folks must have been momentarily confused by Greg Norman’s recent chest-puffing social post announcing the end of his tenure.

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Lynch: As the PGA Tour kicks off its quiet season, it has to figure out how to make noise now The PGA Tour product after Labor Day and before the Super Bowl highlights the need for both a domestic rebrand and a global rethink.

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Lynch: Lawyer up! The PGA Tour is about to be legally forced to prioritize fans over players PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp recently sent two messages, one to the tour's employees and another to the locker room.

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Lynch: New CEO Brian Rolapp just ended the PGA Tour as we know it, even if he didn’t say it out loud Rolapp has said that every successful sports league requires three things, and that the PGA Tour currently only has one of them

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Lynch: Rory McIlroy skipping a playoff event is the canary in Brian Rolapp’s coal mine Any of the top stars can now prioritize rest during the playoffs at no cost to their FedEx Cup campaign.

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“The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.”

Gore Vidal was the most engaging man I ever knew. He died 13 years ago today.

Lynch: The PGA Tour’s new boss started work today. So what headache does he tackle first? Other than booking a lesson package at the TPC Sawgrass Performance Center, what does Rolapp’s priority list look like?

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A day wandering the countryside where I grew up. Dublin tomorrow, then home.

So much well-informed truth here from a man who grew up in Northern Ireland and so has a real understanding of often stark realities 👇

Lynch: Normalizing the abnormal is happening on both sides of the gate at the Open Even the Open is becoming a platform for normalizing the deplorable.

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Lynch: Bryson DeChambeau heats up at the Open, but his long, dark winter starts in July Public personalities need platforms, and whether he leaves Sunday with the Claret Jug or not, winter kicks in for DeChambeau on July 20.

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Lynch: Like in once-embattled Northern Ireland, acceptance will be pivotal at 2025 Open When the Open returned to Royal Portrush in 2019, a great deal of ink was spent explaining why it hadn’t visited Northern Ireland in 68 years.

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Lynch: New LIV boss Scott O’Neil sounds a lot like Greg Norman. That's not a compliment Like his predecessor, O’Neil is energetically trying to manufacture a reality that doesn’t exist and suggest a momentum that isn't there.

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Patrick Reed's appeal of dismissed $750M lawsuit against media has also been dismissed The dismissal of Patrick Reed’s defamation lawsuit against a number of golf media — including Golfweek — has been upheld in the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Must remember to cancel that check for eleventy billion dollars.
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Evening walk.

One of my favorite places, as seen from United 23 on final approach to Dublin this morning: Portmarnock Golf Club

When three golf writers take over a TV show….
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Lynch: Dusting off, reinventing a long-forgotten event could boost both PGA Tour and LPGA The World Cup is technically owned by the long-dormant International Golf Association, but the PGA Tour has perpetual license to operate the event.

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Lynch: PGA Tour’s new boss has fresh opportunities, but the same old problems need answers Rolapp represents a departure from his predecessors at the top of the Ponte Vedra pyramid.

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Lynch: Rory McIlroy vs. the media is one battle in a bigger war, and no one is winning This standoff is practical in one sense (reporters want answers to inform their work) and philosophical in another.

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Lynch: Phil Mickelson says a muted farewell to a mixed U.S. Open legacy Friday’s 74 — which included two double-bogeys to miss the cut by a single shot — was his 120th round in his 34th U.S. Open, and potentially his last.

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Last of the preview shows from Oakmont. Balls airborne tomorrow.

Lynch: Make the U.S. Open great again — tighten the thumbscrews like the old days For most of its history with its signature championship, the USGA presented an examination so thorough as to be excruciating.

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Lynch: Prepare for posturing on anniversary of Framework Agreement that already achieved its goal Friday marks two years since the announcement of the Framework Agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund,

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PGA Tour can dictate what reunification looks like and it doesn’t have to include everyone The most unshakable assumption about the division in men’s pro golf is that responsibility for resolving it falls to those who didn’t create it.

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