ADD HALE IRWIN TO THE anti-Tryon brigade. "Personally, I would have encouraged Ty to stay in school. God forbid, if he ever had a health problem and couldn't play golf, what would he fall back on? This because apparently Irwin thinks that once you turn 18, or is it 21, that you are no longer allowed into colleges.

Jeez, the way I see it, the "if he had a health problem" is a better argument for turning pro now. After all, what if he were to get hurt during a college golf tournament - then his dream of playing on the PGA Tour might never happen. Plus he wouldn't have millions of dollars in endorsement money already in the bank to live off of.

You hear how the announcers say " . . .and Latoshay decided to stay with the team even though he could have entered the draft last year. YES, Bob, and what a year he's having!" But come on, I totally agree with you. The money is in your face. If EVERYTHING went right for you the next year in college you'd be making 10 to 20% more?Even if it was 20-50%, no one sees money like these kids straight out of school. It's like a junior D-1 football player not jumping ship for the draft and then tearing and ACL or something in midseason. Ridiculous

And there is always the possibility that the player is as good as they will ever be. Where waiting another year or 2 to turn professional actually hurts them because their relative value declines.