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  1. Nance interviewing the PGA commissioner now on the broadcast
  2. @eamonlynch on the twitter machine
  3. The pre game show (for the PGA tour event) on the golf channel is all about the LIV situation
  4. Live coverage of the shotgun start is up and streaming
  5. Hold on, is he also an asshole? It could check out
  6. I haven’t read the Shipnuck book on Phil but if anyone has read it, let me know if this story is in there or not. Been waiting awhile on this one and figure what the hell it’s pretty much all out there in the public at this point. So I was with Phil on the golf course for a long time and he was pretty great in person. He was telling us all kinds of funny stories. This was maybe 10-12 years ago. The topic of college athletics came up and whether current players should get paid a stipend or for their likeness etc . . . So Phil chimes in that when he was in school, they just cleared out part of their apartment, brought in blackjack tables, and they were the house and staked blackjack games. I thought that was hilarious. Given the current situation, it’s an interesting addition to the timeline.
  7. Fowler now 1st alternate for US Open https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/golf/rickie-fowler-returns-to-u-s-open-qualifier-nabs-1st-alternate-spot/ar-AAYbyhn
  8. Fowler came close to qualifying today for the US Open but missed and was interviewed tonight after his round and asked directly about LIV and said he intends to continue on the PGA Tour for now. Sounds like he could make the jump to LIV depending on the penalties handed out by the PGA Tour. Said he’s flying to play a Puma outing in the next few days and then relaxing for awhile.
  9. Try here: https://www.shop.utgolfclub.com/headwear
  10. That was bad ass. Our team was stacked with talent. Hilarious to see CDC in the celebration with the hugs. And of course super booster Duval right there too. National Champs!!! [emoji1591]
  11. In case anyone missed it, playing for the title tonight
  12. NY Post: The fallout from Dustin Johnson’s decision to defect to the Saudi-backed LIV Tour on Tuesday night started swiftly. RBC (Royal Bank of Canada), one of Johnson’s more notable sponsors, released a statement that hinted they were cutting ties with the 2020 Masters champ. “RBC is a proud partner of the PGA Tour. Our partnership is anchored with two world-class golf tournaments—the RBC Heritage and the RBC Canadian Open,” the statement read. “The PGA Tour has been clear about its intentions in accordance with its tournament regulations should a golfer choose to play in a tournament outside the tour, including the LIV Golf Invitational Series. “We were recently made aware that Dustin Johnson made the decision to play the LIV Golf Invitational Series opener. DJ has been a valued RBC team member since 2018. While we are extremely disappointed in his decision, we wish him well.” “Dustin’s been contemplating this for the past two years & decided it was in his & his family’s best interest to pursue it. He’s never had any issue w/ PGA TOUR & is grateful for all it’s given him but in the end felt this was too compelling to pass up,” Johnson’s agent, David Winkle, said in a statement.
  13. What if DJ didn’t get the vaccine? He can’t then go play in Canada right? Seems like a distinct possibility. But the decision to play in London seems obviously bigger than just one event.
  14. Nice trip report CowboyFred. The food at Lotus is always fantastic and definitely worthy of being in the rotation every single trip. Next time grab the mango sticky rice for dessert.
  15. Elvis controversy: Elvis might be leaving the buildings. The company that lords over the King’s image and likeness is cracking down on Las Vegas chapels that book Elvis-themed weddings and, and otherwise embrace his persona. Authentic Brands Group (ABG), which licenses Elvis Presley-related merchandise, has issued a cease-and-desist letter dated May 19 to several Las Vegas chapels. “This couldn’t hit at a worse time. It’s not a good thing,” Clark County Clerk Lynn Goya, who has presided over Las Vegas’ wedding marketing campaign, said Monday. “It might destroy a portion of our wedding industry. A number of people might lose their livelihood.” ABG is a licensing company that manages the estates of Marilyn Monroe and Muhammad Ali, and its holdings include about 50 consumer brands (Shaquille O’Neal is among its leading investors). In this instance, ABG intends to stop the unauthorized use of (quoting from the company’s document) “Elvis Presley’s name, likeness, voice image, and other elements of Elvis Presley’s persona in advertisements, merchandise, and otherwise.” ABG specifies “Elvis, “Elvis Presley,” “and “The King of Rock and Roll” as its protected trademarks. ABG officials have not responded to an email for response or comment. Issued and signed by an ABG attorney, the letter states that if an “infringing chapel” does not comply with the terms of the document within a week, the company’s counsel would advise seeking legal action. That date would have been May 27, or last Friday. As of Monday, no chapels have reported they have been contacted further by ABG. Those businesses targeted include chapels that specialize in, or offer, Elvis ceremonies or have the King’s image as part of their name and logo. Viva Las Vegas/Vegas Weddings, the Elvis Chapel, Elvis Weddings and Las Vegas Elvis Chapel are among those confirmed to have been notified. These Las Vegas chapels, and dozens more, have just begun to recover from the COVID shutdown and a loss of nearly two years of business. Conceivably, a chapel and ABG could reach a financial licensing arrangement to continue business as usual. The timing of ABG’s action falls just before the heavily hyped Baz Luhrmann biopic “Elvis” is released June 24. That film is certain to regenerate interest in Presley’s career, especially the opportunity to be married in Vegas by an Elvis impersonator. The result of the ABG warning has sent a shockwave through the Las Vegas chapel community. These businesses depend largely on ceremonies performed by Elvis impressionists. All ilk of tourists, from couples visiting from tiny towns in Montana to Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian, call on the King to perform ceremonies. This is the case whether or not the ceremonies are legally binding. “This could be very damaging to our industry,” Melody Willis-Williams, president of Vegas Weddings and Viva Las Vegas Weddings, said Monday. “Most of us are small businesses, and we’re up against a superpower with a lot of money. It could kill us in lawyer fees to fight this.” Williams echoed the sentiment of many Elvis tribute artists and chapel owners who say these weddings King’s image in the public domain. “Elvis weddings are synonymous with Las Vegas,” Williams said. “We keep Elvis alive.” Kent Ripley of Elvis Weddings is among the operators who performs as Presley and is also co-owner of the business. He’s been in business for 25 years and has never received such a warning. “We get bookings that have been planned for three, four, five years to have an Elvis wedding,” Ripley said. “They want to protect the Elvis brand. But what are they protecting by taking Elvis away from the public?” Already, chapels are scraping Elvis from their websites and ceremony listings. One couple Sunday was disappointed after ordering an Elvis ceremony several months ago, only to have the Elvis impressionist dressed in a leather jacket, jeans and a fedora for a “rock ‘n’ roll”-themed experience. Elvis-themed ceremonies are clearly a significant piece of the state’s tourism pie. The wedding industry produces $2 billion a year. Clark County has redoubled its efforts to re-establish Las Vegas as the “Wedding Capital of the World,” issuing its five-millionth wedding license in February. Operators stress that there is no stopping a person dressed as Elvis from performing a ceremony at, say, the Elvis suite at Westgate Las Vegas or Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign. And, the right to use Elvis’ image in stage shows (such as “Legends in Concert” and “All Shook Up” in Las Vegas) is protected by Nevada’s “right of publicity” statute that covers tribute shows. Las Vegas attorney Mark Tratos, who helped draft that statute, explains the difference. “An Elvis show is a performer essentially entertaining others by re-creating that person onstage,” Tratos said Monday. “The juxtaposition would be, deciding to go to a mechanic, as Elvis. Is he really an entertainer, creating a story? Or simply using the Elvis name to essentially draw a customer who can say, ‘I had an Elvis guy fix my car.’ The question is, are you using it to attract attention, versus storytelling?” But there are no ticketed Elvis shows currently on the Strip (“All Shook Up” plays the off-Strip Alexis Park), while Elvis weddings remain enormously popular. All 55 of the city’s free-standing chapels have the option of hiring an Elvis artist for a ceremony, even without “Elvis” in the business title. Williams says her business does “thousands” of Elvis ceremonies a year, not making the figure public because the wedding industry in Vegas is known to be hyper-competitive. But Graceland Wedding Chapel General Manager Rod Musum says his business performs about 6,400 Elvis weddings annually. Musum says Graceland has not been served with a warning from ABG. But Kayla Collins of LasVegasElvisWeddingChapel.com and the Little Chapel of Hearts has been warned. She’s holding fast until her attorneys sort out how she can continue business in the face of this scrutiny. “We are a family run business, and now we’re hanging with the big dogs,” Collins said Monday. “My husband built the website by himself. That’s our bread and butter. I don’t get it. We were just hitting our stride again through COVID, then this happens. I’m just trying not be freaked out by it.” https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/vegas-chapels-all-shook-up-by-elvis-likeness-crackdown-2584838/
  16. Poker people in town for next 6 weeks or so
  17. WSOP kickoff
  18. Varner imploded
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