If Talor Gooch have been nonetheless a member of the PGA Tour, he’d probably be within the working for one of many prime spots within the Participant Impression Program.
He has a knack for stirring up social media, and his newest remarks went viral after taking a shot at Rory McIlroy and the Masters, particularly.
“If Rory McIlroy goes and completes his (profession) Grand Slam with out among the greatest gamers on this planet, there’s simply going to be an asterisk. It’s simply the truth,” Gooch advised Australian Golf Digest. “I believe all people wins each time the majors determine a strategy to get the very best gamers on this planet there.”
Let’s simply say, social media had a discipline day, together with somebody going to his Wikipedia web page and including a word how none of Gooch’s wins have come whereas taking part in in a discipline with McIlroy.
For what it’s price, finally yr’s Masters, Gooch made the reduce whereas McIlroy didn’t, however let’s not confuse the foremost pedigree of them. McIlroy has extra prime 10s in majors the final 5 years (12) than Gooch has main begins in his profession (11).
Right here’s among the greatest reactions to Gooch’s remarks:
If that is the metric Gooch is utilizing (and it might be the proper one to make use of), then [checks notes] the PGA Tour (!!) has extra prime gamers excluded from the Masters than LIV does. https://t.co/OpElkoNzaM
— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) February 27, 2024
Suppose there are 12 LIV guys within the discipline at Augusta. Roughly 20% of LIV is within the Masters. So what Talor Gooch actually means is there’d be an asterisk on Rory’s win as a result of Talor Gooch isn’t within the discipline. https://t.co/nFZXqQYB5s
— Dan Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport) February 27, 2024
I as soon as gained the nearest-the-pin competitors for a Scottish Open media day. A proud event tainted, considerably, by the absence of Talor Gooch.
— Michael McEwan (@MMcEwanGolf) February 27, 2024
greatest end in a serious:
talor gooch – 14th*michael block – fifteenth
*jake knapp was not in discipline
— Underdog Golf (@Underdog__Golf) February 27, 2024
Joaquin Niemann felt annoyed he wasn’t in majors so in a bid to get in performed the Australian PGA Champ, WON the Australian Open, the Dubai DC and simply final week in Oman.
Talor Gooch has performed one non-LIV match in a yr: T42 within the Hong Kong Open.
Proactive v Passive
— Jamie Weir (@jamiecweir) February 27, 2024
Everybody has had some enjoyable dunking on Talor Gooch for his takes over the previous two years, however I want to level out what a genuinely good man he’s and the way pleasant (and even humorous) he’s in particular person. It is all fairly bizarre to see him turn into such a lightening rod. https://t.co/LQHfCKZnLe
— Kevin Van Valkenburg (@KVanValkenburg) February 27, 2024
Simply realized we gotta put an asterisk subsequent to the 1997 Masters win and the 2000 U.S. Open win as a result of Talor Gooch wasn’t in these fields both. Sorry, Tiger.
— Shane Bacon (@shanebacon) February 27, 2024
Talor Gooch makes a great level. I have been giving him credit score for profitable LIV final yr however it seems a lot of the prime gamers weren’t in these tournaments, so possibly he really sucks.
— Tweeth Mitchell (@tweeth_mitchell) February 27, 2024
we’d like extra microphones in entrance of Talor Gooch
— deepfriedegg (@deep_fried_egg) February 27, 2024
Think about a participant who has by no means had a serious prime 10 saying the majors want an asterisk if he is not taking part in
— Joseph Quantick (@joequan1985) February 27, 2024
