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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5088973, member: 1969"]
Course has held up fairly well so far despite it being short... 27 players under par out of 78 that went out in the morning.    Early look suggests the cutline will be around par, which is going to be lower than most non-signautre events (especially since the weather is not acting up)

The field is weak though.  I have spoken out about it a number of times, but I'll summarize my comments.
- Totally understand why the PGA tour had to go the "signature" route as a response to LIV - it was a necessary call (although perhaps 8 events is a few too much as it dilutes the significant of them).  And it was going to hurt the events that were not designated as signature, but they needed to do it.

I think 80 players for all of them is way too much.  80 takes away the prestige of making the event.   Should be closer to 60, or perhaps a mix of 60/80.

- Still don't understand why the Harford Open gets signature status over Canadian Open.   Or even the Heritage a tournament that almost died 10 years ago, because of lack of sponsors and ticket revenue .    Or perhaps consider rotating the courses?  A course like Colonial getting into the mix some years would be nice.

- And finally, why the heck are you surrounding a major event with two signature events.   They should never line up 3 top events in a row.   You kill the events around them, and even that 3rd sig event will lose some interest..  At least last year the Canadian Open was the week in front of the US Open -- now it was moved one further week forward.

- Finally Jay Monahan, who gloated in the success of the Canadian Open while confronting the LIV startup in June 2022 at St. George's, and how it was a symbol of how great the PGA tour was.   And since then he has screwed the event twice in a row.   You suck for this and other reasons.
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