![]() ![]() So it should come as no surprise that relegation doesn’t exist in any of the major American pro sports leagues, which become full on Tankapalooza spectacles as the year winds down. It creates tantalizing anxiety in the last week of the season, usually for long-suffering fan bases of lovable losers, and it’s the best anti-tanking idea we’ve got in sports. Every year, the bottom three teams in the top soccer leagues across Europe get demoted to the minor leagues, while the top three teams in the minor leagues take their spots. The Wyndham is unique in all of American sports for its drama and import, because for the little guys out of the limelight this week-the same random hackers who messed up the PGA Championship-their careers hang in the balance.Įuropean soccer fans are well accustomed to the concept of relegation. The week after the PGA Championship, there’s still one final tour event in the regular season- the Wyndham Championship. So with all the fanfare around the tournament this week, you might think golf will be on hiatus until the big stars start chasing the big money at the FedEx Cup Playoffs in two weeks. To try to fix it, the PGA of America announced this week that it’s moving the tournament to May starting in 2019, inadvertently giving the Open Championship even more gravitas as the season’s ultimate major, and paving the way for weeks of anticipatory buildup for the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The PGA Championship has never really recovered from the brand damage. How prestigious could it really be if a couple of random hackers could hoist the Wanamaker Trophy in back-to-back years? We’ll get those answers on Sunday, assuming we don’t get a repeat of the Rich Beem–Shaun Micheel shit show from 2002-2003, in which two random nobodies won the tournament and managed to diminish the profile of the season’s last major in the process. Can Jordan Spieth complete the Slam? Is Rory McIlroy ready to take back the belt at a course he owns? Will Dustin Johnson wake up out of his slumber? Could Hideki Matsuyama become the first Japanese-born player to win a major, and the first player ever to win a major while making commentators think he shanked every shot? The prominent story lines heading into the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this week were all around the stars at the top of the FedEx Cup standings.
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