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They just keep getting youngeršļø...and we stay the same age.
GM. This is Easy Pars. The golf newsletter that is constantly shocked that Scheffler, Rahm, and Hovland are all under 30.
Hereās what weāve got for you today:
The young talent is off the charts
LIV gets a low-key star
Team USA Olympic golf outfits just dropped šŗšøš
Big Moves in Golfās Youngest Players
Weāve talked a lot about the next gen of pro golf. From Charlie Woods, Annika and John Dalyās sons, and many more. Weāre in for some great PGA/LIV golf in the next 5-10.
BUTā¦
Weāve got great older, yet still young, players right now.
Last week, Nick Dunlap secured his tour card and became the first amateur to win a PGA event since Phil in 1991.
Well, just yesterday 19-year old Aldrich Potgeiter snatched the record for the youngest ever winner on the Korn Ferry Tour (taking it from none other than Jason Day).
Sunday: 20-year old Nick Dunlap becomes the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour in 33 years.
Wednesday: 19-year old professional Aldrich Potgieter becomes the youngest winner ever on the Korn Ferry Tour.
These kids are not messing around.
ā Dan Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport)
10:06 PM ā¢ Jan 24, 2024
Hereās the thing. Many of the top players are young.
I think we forget just how young big shots, like Rahm and Scheffler, are. Maybe itās because Scottie looks like he needs to throw on a suit and join the crew from Mad Men.
Or maybe itās that Rahm looks like heās a few gym sessions away from starring in the sequel to 300, next to Gerard Butler.
But they, and 30 other players under 30, are in the top 100 players of the world!
The present and future. š„
ā Golf Digest (@GolfDigest)
10:30 PM ā¢ Jan 24, 2024
Golf has its problems, but a shortage of talented players is not one of them.
More LIV Defection Rumors
Adrian Meronk isnāt a name you toss around with your buddies on the course, like Scheffler or Tiger.
As one X user put it:
Adrian Meronk is joining LIV.
ā Tour Golf (@PGATUOR)
9:54 PM ā¢ Jan 24, 2024
But heās a great golfer.
Ready to feel bad you donāt know him? Meronk was player of the year on the DP World Tourā¦in 2023. As in, āJust namedā, kinda like Scottie was in the PGA.
He also just finished second to Rory (in his incredible 4th Dubai win)ā¦last week.
Meronk is a good golfer, and well known in the E.U. (after all, heās from Poland).
Ready to feel angry? Heās going to LIV Golf.
Rumor has it (aka NuclrGolf) he was snubbed for the EU Ryder Cup team and the move allegedly helped him choose to grab that cash. The move further cements our (and a lot of peopleās) theory that golf is going global and LIV intends to capitalize.
But speaking of international teams competing ā
New Team USA Uniforms are Here
Remember the U.S. Ryder Cup uniforms? We do.
Just yesterday, news broke that J. Linderberg is designing Team USAās fit, at least for the golf team.
The designs? Letās just say they make us miss the 90s. Hereās a look in another X post from @nuclrgolf:
šØšā³ļø JUST IN ā J.Lindeberg will outfit Team USA golfers at The Olympics this summer in Paris š«š· (via @HYPEBEAST)
ā NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF)
3:52 PM ā¢ Jan 24, 2024
Letās just hope our team doesnāt embarrass us, Ryder Cup style. Letās get it USA, USA!
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Thatās it for today, golf fan. Enjoy the Farmers Insurance Open this weekend and be on the lookout for our hot Monday issue!
Later gator,
E.