The Golf Thread

bbiggs

If I’m not mistaken, Koepka has 3 major victories and 1 regular PGA Tour win. That’s remarkable. 

bbiggs

Tiger must be thinking that the only possible way he doesn’t win another major (or multiple) is if his body breaks down again. His golf game is still clearly good enough to get it done. 

Cliffy6745

bbiggs said:

^ And who says Tiger has no class? 

But but he didn’t high five some kids...

The Juggler

He doesn’t deserve the coverage. 
He’s washed up. 
He’s not a force. 
Yada. Yada. And yada. 

Can we finally put out this nonsense to bed now, gents?

He’s back. He’s a force. And he’s winning #15 at Augusta. Book it. 

The Juggler

darwinstheory said:

Man, that was the most fun I had watching golf in many many years. I really hope we get to see more of this caliber from Tiger. Koepka stumbled a short bit and I thought things were blowing up for him, but he handled the adversity very well. Quite a punchable face on him though. Lmao

But they barely covered Molinari’s great final round! Only kidding. 

Koepka’s a robot.

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

He doesn’t deserve the coverage. 
He’s washed up. 
He’s not a force. 
Yada. Yada. And yada. 

Can we finally put out this nonsense to bed now, gents?

He’s back. He’s a force. And he’s winning #15 at Augusta. Book it. 

He’s up to 26 in the world, which I don’t understand how but whatever. Buuut he just fired a 66 (edit...lol I said 66....sixty fucking four) on a Sunday in a major on a course that plays the opposite of his game (right to left). No one was catching Koepka. Can we talk about him in a second? But yeah, this is tiger’s most impressive tournament to date

Honestly, if you said tiger had a t32, t6 and solo 2 in ANY tournaments this year, I’d be thrilled.  And that’s 3 of his majors. As trash as this course is, 

koepka...wtf. 4 tournament wins with 3 majors. Obviously outplaying his game, but holy hell. I want to hate on him like the rest of the world but I absolutely love his story about going to Europe to get out of his element. Who’s career do you prefer, Brooks or DJ?

bbiggs

^ DJ. Paulina 

bootlegger10

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

He doesn’t deserve the coverage. 
He’s washed up. 
He’s not a force. 
Yada. Yada. And yada. 

Can we finally put out this nonsense to bed now, gents?

He’s back. He’s a force. And he’s winning #15 at Augusta. Book it. 

He’s up to 26 in the world, which I don’t understand how but whatever. Buuut he just fired a 66 (edit...lol I said 66....sixty fucking four) on a Sunday in a major on a course that plays the opposite of his game (right to left). No one was catching Koepka. Can we talk about him in a second? But yeah, this is tiger’s most impressive tournament to date

Honestly, if you said tiger had a t32, t6 and solo 2 in ANY tournaments this year, I’d be thrilled.  And that’s 3 of his majors. As trash as this course is, 

koepka...wtf. 4 tournament wins with 3 majors. Obviously outplaying his game, but holy hell. I want to hate on him like the rest of the world but I absolutely love his story about going to Europe to get out of his element. Who’s career do you prefer, Brooks or DJ?

Why is the course trash?    All I know is that I barely got a chance to watch any of it and I can visualize what #10, #17, #18, #14 all look like.  I can't tell you what any hole on Shinnecock looks like, or Oakmont, or any Links courses for that matter.  This course is so much more fun to watch on tv.  I found it very similar to Augusta with the exception of the greens not playing as difficult.  East coast bias all over the f'n place this week.  If someone hits a bad shot I want it in the trees and pitching out.  I don't want them to get a nice lie on some links course because they hit it 50 yards offline and put it on the green. 

The Juggler

Yeah I enjoyed the course. It looked nice to me. I guess there wasn’t much they could do to make the greens faster because of the weather. 

Cliffy6745

Shinnecock and Oakmont, while they don't have trees, have 10 times more strategy.  Augusta for that matter too.  This course was manicured well and I do like tress on courses in general, but there is no strategy to this course and every player said that.  Hit it as far as you can in the fairway and get it on the green. At Oakmont where you hit it in the fairway matters just as much as hitting the fairway.

The Juggler

They’re not all gonna be as tough as Oakmont. Sometimes it’s fun to see the best players in the world go low in a major. 

Cliffy6745

The course produced a great leader board and that's all you can really ask for, but I don't think that is a major course, by any stretch of the imagination.

Not trying to come across as a course snob, it looked nice on tv and did produce a great tournament, but I just think there should be a bit more strategy involved with a major. When Pat Perez says there is no strategy involved with the course, you know it's not a thinking mans course.

Indifference71

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

He doesn’t deserve the coverage. 
He’s washed up. 
He’s not a force. 
Yada. Yada. And yada. 

Can we finally put out this nonsense to bed now, gents?

He’s back. He’s a force. And he’s winning #15 at Augusta. Book it. 

 

koepka...wtf. 4 tournament wins with 3 majors. Obviously outplaying his game, but holy hell. I want to hate on him like the rest of the world but I absolutely love his story about going to Europe to get out of his element. Who’s career do you prefer, Brooks or DJ?

Koepka's career path is pretty wild.  To go play on the European challenge tour and work his way up over there is really cool.  This guy has won tournaments all over the world.  

Brooks or DJ is a tough one.  3 majors is incredible, but I'd prob still have to go DJ at this point....guy has won 20 tournaments and has been the clear #1 in the world the past few years.

bbiggs

I have to agree with Cliffy on this one. A course can be beautifully manicured, aesthetically pleasing, etc., but if it requires no thought, it will never be regarded as a great course. 

bflynn1

I had the best time following Tiger yesterday. It was amazing to finally be a part of those Sunday at a major Tiger crowds and roars. That picture I posted last night was on #8 when he hit his drive to the left off the tee. His ball came to rest right in front of me. Of course I snapped like 100 pics and took two or three videos including one of his full preshot routine and the shot itself. Kind of surreal to be that close to him after all these years of just getting to watch him on TV. Obviously he came up short but it was exciting to the very end. 

Cliffy6745

bflynn1 said:

I had the best time following Tiger yesterday. It was amazing to finally be a part of those Sunday at a major Tiger crowds and roars. That picture I posted last night was on #8 when he hit his drive to the left off the tee. His ball came to rest right in front of me. Of course I snapped like 100 pics and took two or three videos including one of his full preshot routine and the shot itself. Kind of surreal to be that close to him after all these years of just getting to watch him on TV. Obviously he came up short but it was exciting to the very end. 

That’s awesome man. Cool experience and awesome you got that close. 

eddiec

bflynn1 said:

I had the best time following Tiger yesterday. It was amazing to finally be a part of those Sunday at a major Tiger crowds and roars. That picture I posted last night was on #8 when he hit his drive to the left off the tee. His ball came to rest right in front of me. Of course I snapped like 100 pics and took two or three videos including one of his full preshot routine and the shot itself. Kind of surreal to be that close to him after all these years of just getting to watch him on TV. Obviously he came up short but it was exciting to the very end. 

So cool. 

bootlegger10

bflynn1 said:

I had the best time following Tiger yesterday. It was amazing to finally be a part of those Sunday at a major Tiger crowds and roars. That picture I posted last night was on #8 when he hit his drive to the left off the tee. His ball came to rest right in front of me. Of course I snapped like 100 pics and took two or three videos including one of his full preshot routine and the shot itself. Kind of surreal to be that close to him after all these years of just getting to watch him on TV. Obviously he came up short but it was exciting to the very end. 

Only Wobbie would have enjoyed it more.  
Awesome you got to be that close. 

darwinstheory

bootlegger10 said:

bflynn1 said:

I had the best time following Tiger yesterday. It was amazing to finally be a part of those Sunday at a major Tiger crowds and roars. That picture I posted last night was on #8 when he hit his drive to the left off the tee. His ball came to rest right in front of me. Of course I snapped like 100 pics and took two or three videos including one of his full preshot routine and the shot itself. Kind of surreal to be that close to him after all these years of just getting to watch him on TV. Obviously he came up short but it was exciting to the very end. 

Only Wobbie would have enjoyed it more.  
Awesome you got to be that close. 

Don't encourage the negativity on such an awesome story. Notice the haters are awfully quiet and we need not wake them. Great for you to get to experience that bflynn1!

bflynn1

Thanks guys! Here's the ball when it stopped rolling right in front of me. Awesome that it finished with the logo and Tiger personalization up.