Theirs is a level of puddle-jumper flights to far-flung outposts, cheap rent-a-cars, fast-food drive-throughs and bunking with roommates. We don’t get that opportunity very much playing at this level.” It’s also a good opportunity to hopefully cash a big check. “It’s a chance to play against the best in the world. “For anyone at our level, it’s another opportunity,” said Shore, a 23-year-old from Tennessee who plays on minor league tours in Canada and Latin America and has career earnings of around $15,000.
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Starting Thursday, they will play alongside the millionaire disrupters in America’s open golf tournament - an event that, in theory at least, any pro or amateur with a handicap of 1.4 or less is eligible to win. They are among the young, the journeymen, the amateurs and the dreamers who made it through qualifying to earn spots in the 156-player field at The Country Club outside of Boston.
The other world is inhabited by the likes of Ben Silverman and Davis Shore. 1 Dustin Johnson took $150 million or more to leave the sport’s pre-eminent tour and play in the new Saudi-backed LIV Golf series. It is spearheaded by six-time major winner and fan favorite Phil Mickelson, who along with former No. One world seeks to blow up the status quo, posing the largest threat to the PGA Tour in its 54-year history. (AP) - Two worlds of competitive golf collide this week at the U.S.
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