2024 Golf Updates: The Sentry Tournament and PIF Negotiations
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In this episode, Matt Cook gives updates on the PGA Tour and PIF, discusses the century tournament of champions, and shares some personal anecdotes from New Year's celebrations. He provides an in-depth analysis of key players including Scottie Scheffler, Victor Holveland, Ludwig Auburg, and Colin Morikawa. The episode also explores Jason Day's brand switch, upcoming interviews, players' compensation for the Ryder Cup, and the latest live golf news. Finally, there's a preview of the Century Tournament of Champions and a look ahead at the Sony Open.

On this episode of the Pull Hook Golf podcast, host Matt Cook kicks off the first episode of the new year by thanking the listeners for their support and announcing that the podcast has reached number four on the Spotify podcast list of top golf podcasts. He previews the upcoming Sentry Tournament at Kapalua and discusses the betting odds for the event. Matt also introduces the new Swannies Style segment, where he talks about recent sponsorship deals and changes in golf apparel. He provides updates on the PGA Tour and PIF (the Magic Dragon)'s negotiations and shares the latest LIV Golf news, including Cam Smith's wedding and Brooks Koepka's New Year's Eve celebration.

Key Takeaways:

- The Sentry Tournament is taking place at Kapalua, the only par 73 course on the PGA Tour

- Scottie Scheffler is the top favorite to win the tournament, but Max Homa is Matt's pick for the win

- Jason Day has switched from Nike to Malbon for his golf apparel

- Xander Schauffele has left Adidas and is now representing Descente

- The PGA Tour and PIF (the Magic Dragon) have extended their negotiations deadline to March 2024

- Patrick Cantlay addresses his role on the PGA Tour policy board and his relationship with Rory McIlroy

- Billy Horschel wanted $45 million to join Live Golf, according to Ian Poulter

Listeners get 25% off at Swannies Golf) when using promo code PullHookGolf25 at checkout

(0:00) Introduction and thanks to listeners (1:28) Sponsor: Swanese (2:08) Update on the PGA Tour and PIF (3:28) Discussion on the century tournament of champions (7:19) New year's celebrations and personal anecdotes (8:30) In-depth analysis of key players: Scottie Scheffler, Victor Holveland, Ludwig Auburg, and Colin Morikawa (17:09) Sponsor: Swannies (18:07) Jason Day's brand switch and speculation on golf apparel brands (24:24) Preview of upcoming interviews and commencement of season 3 of the podcast (25:06) PGA Tour and PIF update: Extension of agreement deadline (33:14) Discussion on players' compensation for the Ryder Cup (38:05) Latest live golf news: Cam Smith's wedding, Brooks Kepka's New Year's celebration, and John Rahm's team status (46:48) Social media feud between Ian Polter and Billy Horschel (49:00) Idea for PGA Tour live golf boxing (50:44) Preview of the Century Tournament of Champions (51:30) Highlights for the next episode: Sony Open and other news (52:01) Sponsor: Swannies (52:40) Reminder to subscribe and visit the podcast's website