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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,880
    lotta fun yesterday, walked the whole coarse eventually finding great spot between 15 & 16... watching guys tee off on 15, then doing a 180 to watch groups put on 16.

    Following Dustin Johnson early on 3, when I literally turn around and Paulina is a foot away.... had a few brews and said hi Paulina, she was nice and said hello


    i play Bethpage often and to see how much work is put in to pull this off is incredible... like I was in a different state

    merch tent was huge, food n beer lines were a pain in the ass, weather couldn’t have been better
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    eddiec said:


    bbiggs said:
    It’s funny that Brooks is so good. He’s a meat head. Dude looks like a linebacker. I know all these guys are in excellent shape and the training regimens are off the charts, but he’s bulky. Not your typical golfer’s physique. 
    Could prove to be his achilles heel in the future. 

    LOL.  Guy is about to win his 4th major out of the last 8 and people still love to talk about how he's in too good of shape!  You must love listening to Brandel Chamblee.
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    bootlegger10 said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    bootlegger10 said:
    Change of the guard today?  Tiger handing things over to Brooks?
    How do you figure?  Other than the master's victory Tiger has bee irrelevant for quite a while?  And it appears he is back to irrelevant.
    They were in the same group.  Tiger is in the last stretch of his career and Brooks is going to win his 4th major out of the last 8 in Young Tiger fashion.   

    No no one was dominant while Tiger was injured.  Brooks is the first to actually show signs (in majors only) of dominance.

    Tiger is not irrelevant.  Not sure if you were being sarcastic.  In the space of a year he made it to top ten in the world, one major, had the best cumulative score to par in the three majors approaching the PGA, won the Tour Championship,  and finished second in the FedEx Cup. 


    Rory showed some signs of dominating the majors 2011-2014 but then hasn't won a major since.  This run here by Koepka has been incredible and I am absolutely loving it.  Really don't understand all the hate this guy gets.
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,960
    Indifference71 said:
    eddiec said:


    bbiggs said:
    It’s funny that Brooks is so good. He’s a meat head. Dude looks like a linebacker. I know all these guys are in excellent shape and the training regimens are off the charts, but he’s bulky. Not your typical golfer’s physique. 
    Could prove to be his achilles heel in the future. 

    LOL.  Guy is about to win his 4th major out of the last 8 and people still love to talk about how he's in too good of shape!  You must love listening to Brandel Chamblee.
    Not at all. 
    Just pointing out that it would be difficult to maintain that physique and stay injury free over a long period of time. 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    eddiec said:
    Indifference71 said:
    eddiec said:


    bbiggs said:
    It’s funny that Brooks is so good. He’s a meat head. Dude looks like a linebacker. I know all these guys are in excellent shape and the training regimens are off the charts, but he’s bulky. Not your typical golfer’s physique. 
    Could prove to be his achilles heel in the future. 

    LOL.  Guy is about to win his 4th major out of the last 8 and people still love to talk about how he's in too good of shape!  You must love listening to Brandel Chamblee.
    Not at all. 
    Just pointing out that it would be difficult to maintain that physique and stay injury free over a long period of time. 
    Why?
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,960
    edited May 2019
    Cliffy6745 said:
    eddiec said:
    Indifference71 said:
    eddiec said:


    bbiggs said:
    It’s funny that Brooks is so good. He’s a meat head. Dude looks like a linebacker. I know all these guys are in excellent shape and the training regimens are off the charts, but he’s bulky. Not your typical golfer’s physique. 
    Could prove to be his achilles heel in the future. 

    LOL.  Guy is about to win his 4th major out of the last 8 and people still love to talk about how he's in too good of shape!  You must love listening to Brandel Chamblee.
    Not at all. 
    Just pointing out that it would be difficult to maintain that physique and stay injury free over a long period of time. 
    Why?
    For one, the torque of the golf swing. Obviously time will tell, but there is a big difference between swinging the club when you're 28 compared to 38 and the stress it puts on the upper body. There was always the belief by many that Tiger had become too muscular. If you look at guys who have had long careers, they tend to be in great shape but not overly muscular. Els is a good example, as is Michelson- long fluid swings. Vijay would be another. Again, I'm talking about longevity over 10+ years, not just 5 years, because that is what it would take to win 10+ majors.

    Edit: By long careers I also mean still being relevant into their older age.
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  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    Tightening up
  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    Unreal
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    What the what?  This is awesome.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    Brooks is trying to show with his body language all is okay, but inside his head is spinning.  Par out and he wins.  
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,340
    it’s over.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    Yeah, DJ gave it back
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    Bummer.  
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,340
    did I just hear that DJ has the “runner up slam”?
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,340
    CROJAM95 said:
    lotta fun yesterday, walked the whole coarse eventually finding great spot between 15 & 16... watching guys tee off on 15, then doing a 180 to watch groups put on 16.

    Following Dustin Johnson early on 3, when I literally turn around and Paulina is a foot away.... had a few brews and said hi Paulina, she was nice and said hello

    too funny! hitting on a WAG. :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260

    I did not expect the back nine today to be interesting but it was.   DJ needs to figure out how to get the W and not second place. 

    I don't know what to think of that golf course.  Without Koepka it would have been an exciting tournament.  It was awesome to see the pros hitting shots out of the rough that I hit (on shorter, less thick rough for me though). 

  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    Dude has got to be one of the more bizarre stories in golf history. 5 wins with 4 majors!! Dude could very easily end up with more major wins than normal tournament wins
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    The Bethpage Ryder cup is gonna be a disaster 
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    Cliffy6745 said:
    The Bethpage Ryder cup is gonna be a disaster 
    This will be a crazy match play course.  Pars and bogeys will win a lot of holes.

    It would be interesting to compare how the top 15 Americans and 15 Europeans fared at the PGA.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,260
    edited May 2019

    $2M for winning the PGA.  DJ won over $1M.  That is a nice weekend.

    Mapped out my week.  Weather permitting, and provided I can wake up in the morning, I plan on golfing 4 times after work (and then going into a holiday weekend!).  My favorite time on a golf course is around sunset.  It is so quiet. 

    Post edited by bootlegger10 on

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