Lynch: The PGA Tour’s winter of discontent has arrived, and a thaw won’t be coming anytime soon

The most enduring and ruinous narrative peddled by the Tour was that every event mattered equally.
The PGA Tour must be transparent with its gambling.

The Tour should remember that in any enterprise trust is underpinned by transparency. The more of it, the better.
Lynch: Nobody in golf can be certain of anything. Greg Norman, Phil Mickelson and LIV Golf’s Greg Norman are the only two golfers who can be certain about anything.

The cocksure bluster of Norman and Mickelson is less a credible promise than mere posturing.
Lynch: The ranking point row exposes the true motivations of LIV Golf, beyond Saudi money — naked entitlement

After the OWGR announcement, Phredo Mickelson swung by social media to peddle conspiracy theories.
Lynch: The Ryder Cup will not be unaffected by golf’s new order. The world is changing.

This is the major event most vulnerable to radical change from the cash arms race disfiguring golf.
Lynch: The Ryder Cup has not ended, but the U.S. must break up its cozy buddy culture

Johnson needs decisions without fear or favor, but doing so runs counter to the U.S. culture that has been cultivated.
Patrick Reed’s lawsuit for $750 million against Golfweek and others has again been dismissed

“Reed does not meet the required pleading of actual malice to hold the press liable for defamation,” Corrigan wrote.
The European Ryder Cups are a cash cow for design nerds as they roll their eyes

Marco Simone may discombobulate the cast of 24 actors this week, but not with nuance or intricacy.
Lynch: Don’t bet against Europe in the Ryder Cup

The idea that Europe is weaker or in crisis is entirely fanciful.
Lynch: The PGA Tour’s new fall schedule is designed to benefit the stars who won’t play in it

Like everything else on Tour these days, the new dispensation for the fall is designed to satisfy the biggest stars.