Riaan Kwakungamasonto ambalwa edlule lapho umdlali wegalofu uBrendan Steele ethe akanantshisekelo yokujoyina I-LIV Golf. Manje, imibiko ithi uzojoyina uhambo olusekelwa yiSaudi Arabia.
Ngaphambi kwe-American Express Umcimbi we-PGA TouruSteele ukhulume ocingweni lwengqungquthela, lapho athi ukujoyina i-LIV Golf kwakungeyona “into engiyithandayo.”
Lo mfana oneminyaka engu-39 ubudala wanezela, ngePalm Springs Desert Sun: “Angikaze ngithintwe. Ngicabanga ukuthi indlela osekusebenze ngayo ukuthi abafana baye babafuna futhi babatshela ukuthi banentshisekelo … Ngakho-ke akwenzekanga. ‘Bekungakaze kube yinkinga kimina. Kodwa angibambi abantu ngokukwenza.”
USteele uze waze wathi “ungalindeli ukubuya uzodlala ohambweni lwethu.”
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UBrendan Steele wase-United States udlala ishodi yakhe kusukela kweyesibili emzuliswaneni wokugcina weFarmers Insurance Open eSouth Course of Torrey Pines Golf Course ngoJanuwari 28, 2023, eLa Jolla, California. (Izithombe ze-Orlando Ramirez/Getty)
USteele uze waze wathi “ungalindeli ukubuya uzodlala ohambweni lwethu.”
Kepha, ngemuva kwamasonto ayi-10, uSteele ukhona manje amabombo e-LIV Golf ngaphambi kokuqala kwesizini yabo entsha, ngokwe-ESPN ngayinye. Ujoyinwa nguThomas Pieters kanye noDanny Lee.
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Isilinganiso sabo sokuqala sisethiwe eMexico ngoFebhuwari 24-26.
Isimo sika-Steele singesinye nje isikhumbuzo sokuthi igalofu elichwepheshile laliwunyaka odlule noma ngaphezulu kangakanani. I-LIV Golf idale umbango wamandla nge-PGA Tour, into ebingakaze ibonakale kunoma yimuphi umdlalo.
Ngisho no-Steele uyazi ukuthi igalofu elikhokhelwayo “lihlukanise uhambo futhi lahlukanisa abadlali abahamba phambili emhlabeni.” U-Dustin Johnson, u-Brooks Koepka no-Phil Mickelson baku-LIV Tour, futhi lokho kudale ukuguquguquka okuthakazelisayo uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi bangabanye abahamba phambili emhlabeni, nokho isinqumo sabo siphazamisa abafana abafana no-Scottie Scheffler no-Rory McIlroy ngendlela engalungile.
UBrendan Steele wase-United States usabela ngemuva kokubeka i-putt ku-18th green of the South Course emzuliswaneni wesibili weFarmers Insurance Open eTorrey Pines Golf Course ngoJanuwari 26, 2023, eLa Jolla, eCalifornia. (Izithombe ze-Orlando Ramirez/Getty)
Kodwa-ke, abadlali abafana noJohnson, owahlubuka, bazovunyelwa ukuthi badlale ku-majors kulo nyaka ngemuva kokungakwazi ukubamba iqhaza. Impela kuzoba yisihloko sengxoxo lapho i-The Masters iqala ngo-Augusta ngo-April.
Njengabaningi abagxumele ku-LIV Golf, uSteele ubonakala eziqonda izinzuzo zezezimali zemali eqinisekisiwe.
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“Sidlala umdlalo oguquguqukayo futhi awunazo izinkontileka zokusayina neDodgers iminyaka emihlanu futhi uma ulimala, uyakhokhelwa,” kusho uSteele, ebhalwe yiDesert Sun. “Asinayo enye yalezo zinto. Ngakho-ke ukuze ube nokuvikeleka kancane lapho uya lapho, ngicabanga ukuthi ungakuqonda ukulandisa kwensizwa ngayinye eyahamba.”
Mhlawumbe lokho kuphepha kwakuyisizathu sokuthi uSteele anqume ukwenza lesi sinqumo esikhulu.
UBrendan Steele wase-United States udlala umdlalo wakhe we-14 weSouth Course emzuliswaneni wesithathu weFarmers Insurance Open eTorrey Pines Golf Course ngoJanuwari 27, 2023, eLa Jolla, eCalifornia. (Izithombe ze-Orlando Ramirez/Getty)
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USteele ubeku-PGA Tour kusukela ngo-2011, ewina imiqhudelwano emithathu kuleso sikhathi.
Kule sizini, useqede iTop 25 kathathu, kodwa akakaqedi engaphezulu kweye-18.
