Adrian Meronk

Um, yeah, Dan- Daniel Hillier won the New Zealand Championship at the beginning of the year.

Adrian Meronk, um, he, he's a, he's a pole on the LIV circus who you saw win the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship a couple weeks ago.

Uh, Scott Jamieson also a winner this year.

But Chacarra's taken a big lead here.

A lot of passion on the table.

Guys, you know, trying to, to survive and keep their cards.

Obviously, you know, we're gonna talk about Adrian Meronk on the other side sitting three back.

When he won the Dunhill a couple weeks ago, he was in tears because he knew, um, that, you know, Meronk is a LIV guy.

Yeah.

I think the, the thing that the tour has done, and we'll see if, if that champions bucket gets tighter over time, which I think probably will, you know, in terms of relegation, is that you have to be on your game, especially if you're a, a fringe elite player in the, in the case of, let's just take Adrian Meronk or Thomas Detry.

You know? Thomas Detry, probably the best he's ever been in the world is, you know, uh, where you would consider him a top 30 player in the world.

You know?

What's the...

Adrian Meronk.

Where's he gonna play?

How's Taylor...

So who's gonna be joining Jon Rahm on the way out the door? A couple guys confirmed this week.

David Puig and Adrian Meronk, they've confirmed they will not be in LIV Golf 2.0. Sergio Garcia had his contract terminated in those bankruptcy filings over the past week, so it looks like he's out, though he hasn't completely closed the door on a new deal just yet.

I'd be surprised if Sergio doesn't return.

I think he liked what LIV Golf was and the team aspect of it.

But David Puig, the 24-year-old Spaniard, said this week at the Spanish Open, quote, "I don't see myself playing in the LIV 2.0. It's a decision I made.

I hope to play on the European Tour next year, which I really enjoy, with a fuller schedule." So that's David Puig, who really good young golfers played really well, and w- was a good part of what LIV Golf was.

And then Adrian Meronk, who won the DP Tour a couple years ago, uh, he confirmed in an interview that he's gonna be a DP World Tour member once again in 2027.

Won't sign a LIV contract.

Big demand, and I think it could trickle down because we're seeing it on tour, that Alfred Dunhill Links, there was a, like a record 49 mini drivers in play, which was just under 30% of the field had a mini driver.

And the winner of the event, Adrian Meronk, he had a mini driver in play, and he didn't have a 3-wood in play, so that was sort of a replacement.

And it leads you to think, when it comes, go back to the driver, is the mini driver gonna be the new thing where this is the new club that can sell in its place, so, in that yearly cycle?

Yeah, the question is, uh, you know, innovation or marketing, and I guess, uh, you know, the pros will do whatever they can do to be better, and they've always led the way.