Discussion on Jon Rahm's Career Choices (Part 3)

People understood the guys at the end of their careers taking one more payday. Or, like, Koepka who thought his, like, career might be done with the injuries or the guys with character baggage. Like, Rom was in his prime. And not only in his prime, but, like, had already seen two years of live failure. And I mean, we can go in the reasons why he ultimately said yes, but, like, the fact that he kind of knew live was a joke and then went anyway and then proceeds to suffer competitive atrophy. Like, I. I think he can still be a top two or three guy again, but for a guy who, I mean, I, I. Yeah, you won that Masters. Like, he almost won that Open, too, in, in 23. Like, I just think I remember that summer ending and thinking, like, this next decade could be his. And then, like, the last three years, he's had to explain why he isn't who he said he was and why his game isn't what he's used to be. So where, you know, he. I'm with you. And it's like, I think Kevka has shown, like, fans are willing to forgive. I do think it will go. But, like, in the lot, like, Koepka was. No one really begrudge Kafka when he left, at least inside, like, the Tour locker room, even really the Tour staff, because, like, he kind of let it know that, like, hey, like, I think I'm done. He never really was, like, of live. I mean, the fact that he never even really wore the logo stuff, the whole, like, oh, it's in my contract. Like, you hear how things about that. But, like, he never, like, Bernie Bridges, Like, Rom royally pissed off everybody on the Tour when he did that deal in December 23, because in their minds, he prolonged this. This schism for a couple more years. To Rom's defense, I would argue that the Tour signing the secret framework agreement early that summer probably wasn't, you know, like, I think we need to say that as well. So it's like, Ron was upset about that, but, like, there was a lot, a lot of hard feelings. And, you know, I think even that first masters back in 24, he mentioned, like, he was kind of, you know, he was surprised by, like, the reception he received. So it's definitely, definitely better. Clearly, like, the Europeans like him, but, like, he's got some work to do to really win over some guys. So that's gonna be kind of interesting thing over the next six, eight months to see how Ron kind of matriculates back to actual competitive golf. Yeah. Certainly an interesting. I think he's a loser of the live experiment or the live era for sure. The other one, hard feelings. Reporting tonight from James Corrigan of the Telegraph that Bryson DeChambeau has been offered a free route back to the DP World Tour after the live demise and the writing.