⛳️ Senior Tour Players Shafted

Plus: Hayden Springer, Angel Cabrera, and more.

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The Shanks Gator
December 20, 2023

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Here's what we've got for ya today:

  • Conspiracy: Senior Tour Players Get Shafted

  • Hayden Springer Deserves Your Cheer

  • Shots Heard Round The World

  • Cabrera Reinstated

  • Thing We’d Buy If We Weren’t Broke

Conspiracy: Senior Tour Players Get Shafted

This story comes to us by way of Monday Q and it’s a doozy.

A billionaire, a $70 million dollar trust fund, 40 pissed off players, and six figures worth of missing checks. Ryan French investigates a mini-tour for senior professional golfers that folded after three events leaving players unpaid, and questions unanswered.

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Hayden Springer Deserves Your Cheer

During a year of golf that has been focused on billionaires, old men with no vision, and whiny pros who think they deserve to be paid like major league pitchers, it’s guys like Hayden Springer who deserve your cheer.

Hayden and his wife, Emma, lost their three year old daughter to a rare genetic disorder just a month ago.

Despite the heartbreak and a postponement due to weather, he was able to grab one of the five cards available and punch his ticket to the big leagues.

Shots Heard Round The World

PGA Reinstates Angel Cabrera

Two time major winner, Angel Cabrera, has been reinstated by the tour following his prison sentence for Gender Violence.

Three of his ex-partners from Argentina had filed the charges against him, he was convicted, and spent two years in prison. He was suspended by the Tour at following his conviction.

Angel is considered the best golfer to ever come from Argentina, and won the US Open at Oakmont and The Masters during his career.

Hopefully he doesn’t win another tournament as long as he lives.

Thing We'd Buy If We Weren't Broke

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Trivia Answer: Adam Scott

That’s all folks! See you Saturday morning.