I still have a few months to take advantage of the opportunities. We’ll see how it works out for everybody in more of a global sense as far as an individual athlete.
“It’s definitely a game changer for college athletes,’’ Hammer said. If things go well, it is a good bet that this arrangement will translate into a traditional endorsement deal. No doubt benefiting from being at the University of Texas, Cole Hammer recently signed such a deal with Optimum Nutrition, for which one of the top-ranked amateurs in the game is touting its nutritional drink.Īs a senior, Hammer is not able to take full advantage of the new NIL opportunities like younger players, but he will undoubtedly get a jump on his professional career when that arrives this spring. Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals are having a big impact on college sports, and it is trickling down to golf.
the 18 th hole over and over? There’s lots to consider when deciding how to go about sudden death, but that decision does not seem so difficult. You’ve got the risk-reward 17 th short par-4 at TPC Scottsdale and in the playoff you use. During that time, he has seven top-10 finishes, including three at major championships – the PGA Championship, U.S.
Brooks Koepka, who said earlier in the week that he was “embarrassed’’ to be ranked 20 th in the world, has now gone a full year since his last victory at the WM Phoenix Open. Imagine what it would be like if he hit them poorly all the time like the rest of us?ģ. His demonstrative nature elicits quite a bit of disdain for shots that actually end up pretty good. Sahith Theegala could never play golf as a mere amateur mortal. When Charley Hoffman suggested that players are looking at rival leagues due to, among other things, the PGA Tour’s resistance to breaking from the USGA’s rules, did he not consider that the Asian Tour – under which the LIV Golf Investments potential league would exist – plays by R&A rules?Ģ.