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Who has ever heard of this kid and why is he in 3rd place at the Open Championship?

On Thursday, I saw a Canadian flag in the top 10 and read the name and I go, "Who?" Pretty good that he's on the leaderboard, but now they have finished 3 rounds and he has done anything but fade. IMO, 6 back of Spieth is too much to overcome but regardless... Born in Texas but he has dual citizenship. Is this a one-off or could he be real? That is mainly a rhetorical question because I doubt if anybody here really knows how good his game is aside from the last 72 holes.

Anyhow, a nice story.
 
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I was the same.
Never heard of the kid before.
Plays mostly on Europe tour since turning pro last year I think (he's only 20 and didn't stay in college at Texas), career earnings $1425.00 lol, but should get some nice endorsements now.
Saw him yesterday get off to that -3 after 2 holes and figured he might take a real run at the leaders the way the course was playing but he couldn't seem to score on the scoring holes, ya know. But wound up getting birdy on 17 and 18, so he can score.
The main problem is that he is like 5' 7" 150 lbs and can't hit long ball like the rest in the crowd, so must play a better tactical game and rely on putting to score. Apparently his hitting avg is like 70 yards less than the leaders which is huge. But not necessarily at Birkdale.
Hope he has a good day today though to keep things interesting.
 
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His Father is a Canadian and Grand Parents from Nova Scotia. He started playing golf and is a member of St. Care, a small community golf course, when visiting there in the summertime.
 
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He's a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada.

It will be interesting if he switches citizenship if he makes it big time and earns a Ryder Cup spot. He's already played for both Canada and the U.S. in international events.

My thinking is he's claiming Canadian citizenship because he has a better chance of getting to the Olympics.

He says he claims Canadian citizenship because Golf Canada has done nice things for him.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/golf/austin-connelly-giving-canadians-taste-open-championship-magic/
 
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Probably be like most Canadian golfers, middle of the pack and earn a comfortable living.
 
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I wish I would have played golf.
It seems that many of the players make a more than decent living.
As long as you're consistently good but not necessarily great, you can make the bucks.
I don't think Matt Kuchar, who finished 2nd in the open has won any majors or not many at least and he's worth $38 million!
Sergio Garcia, who I think won his first big tournament at the Masters is worth $70 million!

Really good golf today with a lot of drama and Speith getting in the zone after a big eff up.
Watch it on delay if you can. Worth it.

Austin fell off a bit today with a +3 for the day and finished the tournament with a -2.
He's only 20 twenty though and probably has some great years ahead of him.

The 96th best player on the PGA tour made $1million in 2017. That's alright.

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You couldn't be more wrong. An average professional golfer is not in the PGA tour. Check what the 96th best player on the web com or Canadian tour makes.

It's extremely difficult to be good enough to make the PGA Tour. And if you can't make the tour you are not that well off.
 
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You couldn't be more wrong. An average professional golfer is not in the PGA tour. Check what the 96th best player on the web com or Canadian tour makes.

It's extremely difficult to be good enough to make the PGA Tour. And if you can't make the tour you are not that well off.
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To be fair, he didn't actually use the the term "average" but rather "consistently good but not necessarily great". There is a huge difference between average and consistently good and that is the biggest difference between the PGA tour and the Web.com tour and other lower tier tours. The top 200 golfers on the PGA have made at least $200,000 in 2017 so far and the top 100 players on the European tour have made over $200,000. Also, what other over age 50 athletes can make a lot of money playing the sports they did in their 20's to 40's like on the Champions tour. If you are an average golfer you are not on any of the top tours But if you are a consistently good to great golfer, you are on the top tours throughout the world and probably making a half decent living.
 
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Prize for 14th was 151k. Split 6 ways this year so Connelly made ~25K.
And to just point out that the guys who can maintain the PGA tour card are so far ahead of any other golfer it is ridiculous to imagine.
There is an innate talent for the game that no amount of practice will ever guarantee a spot on the tour.
 
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Smooth60 said:
Prize for 14th was 151k. Split 6 ways this year so Connelly made ~25K.
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Not sure, but I suspect the prize money for finishing 14-19 (6 players) would be totalled and then divided by 6. Gotta be more than $25K.
 
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Not sure, but I suspect the prize money for finishing 14-19 (6 players) would be totalled and then divided by 6. Gotta be more than $25K.
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Yep you're right.
My bad, didn't have enough coffee this morning when I read that explanation on the website and assumed a 6 way split which is sorta goofy. lol
 
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To be fair, he didn't actually use the the term "average" but rather "consistently good but not necessarily great". There is a huge difference between average and consistently good and that is the biggest difference between the PGA tour and the Web.com tour and other lower tier tours. The top 200 golfers on the PGA have made at least $200,000 in 2017 so far and the top 100 players on the European tour have made over $200,000. Also, what other over age 50 athletes can make a lot of money playing the sports they did in their 20's to 40's like on the Champions tour. If you are an average golfer you are not on any of the top tours But if you are a consistently good to great golfer, you are on the top tours throughout the world and probably making a half decent living.
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There are 3200 players who have played over 10 professional events in the past 12 months on tours that garner points for WGR world wide. So I think your term of average is skewed. Most are not making 6 figures net of expenses in a given year and yet are fully committed to the game. To say life is easy as a golfer forgets the journey that a successful "pga tour journeyman" had to go through. It was not easy but after working their way through the minors some made it. Some never did.

The minors in golf are exceptionally harsh compared to say baseball or hockey. You have to pay for everything. Travel, coaches, entry fees, and you have no fixed income. Many cannot afford a caddie. But unless you are a talented hot shot most golfers have to go through some of this in their 20s. When there scores are not that far off from the top levels.

And there is hardly a massive difference between most 100-200 on pga and top 50 web.com players. They are often going back and forth every few years which is quite a blow on the wallet when you get demoted. You can bring playing nearly the same level and go from 800k net to 50k net the best year.

There are some like David Hearn who have done really well as PGA journeyman. It's a nice gig when you get it . But many can't hold onto it for more then a few years.

About 10 years ago I read a john Feinstein book documenting the careers of players in q-school one year. It was a very good read.
 
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I had heard of Connelly before. I remembered he had an impressive PGA tournament in one of the Texas events a few years back. He fizzled though in the weekend.

As we are in Canadian Open week, I had never heard of Dutoit before his run last year.
 
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Since we are talking about Journeyman gilfers this weekend is a huge event for Michael Gligic of Canada.

Professional since 2009 he has always struggled to get status. This year he finally made the web com. He is currently in second place. He has struggled this year, but a win would get him close to a card. A top 5
Finish gets him in or close to web com playoffs.

This is clearly the biggest weekend of his career.

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maurice93 said:
I had heard of Connelly before. I remembered he had an impressive PGA tournament in one of the Texas events a few years back. He fizzled though in the weekend.

As we are in Canadian Open week, I had never heard of Dutoit before his run last year.
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A few years ago he was 17 years old. At that time he was not even a professional yet.
 
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There are 3200 players who have played over 10 professional events in the past 12 months on tours that garner points for WGR world wide. So I think your term of average is skewed. Most are not making 6 figures net of expenses in a given year and yet are fully committed to the game. To say life is easy as a golfer forgets the journey that a successful "pga tour journeyman" had to go through. It was not easy but after working their way through the minors some made it. Some never did.

The minors in golf are exceptionally harsh compared to say baseball or hockey. You have to pay for everything. Travel, coaches, entry fees, and you have no fixed income. Many cannot afford a caddie. But unless you are a talented hot shot most golfers have to go through some of this in their 20s. When there scores are not that far off from the top levels.

And there is hardly a massive difference between most 100-200 on pga and top 50 web.com players. They are often going back and forth every few years which is quite a blow on the wallet when you get demoted. You can bring playing nearly the same level and go from 800k net to 50k net the best year.

There are some like David Hearn who have done really well as PGA journeyman. It's a nice gig when you get it . But many can't hold onto it for more then a few years.

About 10 years ago I read a john Feinstein book documenting the careers of players in q-school one year. It was a very good read.
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It is you who keeps using the term "average" when referring to the professional tours. Average golf players are not successful because frankly, they are not good enough to compete consistently on the elite golf tours worldwide. It is the elite, very good, and consistently good golfers who make a half decent to very good living. And like any pro sports, turn over happens every year although in golf, players mature at different ages and become good to great at different ages
 
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Samranchoi said:
It is you who keeps using the term "average" when referring to the professional tours. Average golf players are not successful because frankly, they are not good enough to compete consistently on the elite golf tours worldwide. It is the elite, very good, and consistently good golfers who make a half decent to very good living. And like any pro sports, turn over happens every year although in golf, players mature at different ages and become good to great at different ages
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Post #8 -- I say reaching that level in golf is not very easy. No mention of the term average.
Post #9 -- you bring up the term average in your first few sentences when it has not been mentioned yet.

I finally use "average" term in response to your post.

Post #16 - you accuse me of being the one who is bringing up the term.

Read your damn posts first. FFS.

I don't disagree that reaching journeyman status is a sweet gig. But i am just disputing th ease of getting there and the fact that the margins are quite small.
 
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maurice93 said:
And your point? Was it not possible that I noticed when her shot a 135 to start the Byron Nelson in 2015.
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The point is that you mention he "fizzeled" out in a tournament during the weekend a few years ago. He was an amateur and a 17 year old. When was the last 17 year old to have won a professional tour event
 
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maurice93 said:
Post #8 -- I say reaching that level in golf is not very easy. No mention of the term average.
Post #9 -- you bring up the term average in your first few sentences when it has not been mentioned yet.

I finally use "average" term in response to your post.

Post #16 - you accuse me of being the one who is bringing up the term.

Read your damn posts first. FFS.

I don't disagree that reaching journeyman status is a sweet gig. But i am just disputing th ease of getting there and the fact that the margins are quite small.
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Check your post #7. You say someone is wrong and you used the term average when terms consistently good and not necessarily great were used in the post you quoted. "average" is not "good" or "great".
 
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