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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    10 at riviera is a top 5 hole on tour 
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    wndowpayne said:
    Not a big fan of short par 4's on the pro level.  Big advantage for the big sticks. Eagle is why you have par 5's..
    But even the big sticks have a hard time landing the ball on small, crowned greens with proper pin placement. And the greens are usually surrounded by a fair amount of danger. The eagles are far less frequent than bogeys for the guys that try for the green in one. 
  • wndowpayne
    wndowpayne Posts: 1,469
    bbiggs said:
    wndowpayne said:
    Not a big fan of short par 4's on the pro level.  Big advantage for the big sticks. Eagle is why you have par 5's..
    But even the big sticks have a hard time landing the ball on small, crowned greens with proper pin placement. And the greens are usually surrounded by a fair amount of danger. The eagles are far less frequent than bogeys for the guys that try for the green in one. 
       True..its gotta be a hell of a shot to make 2 but its tap in birdie compared to 6-10 ft possibly..
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  • bflynn1
    bflynn1 Posts: 1,394
    60 degrees tomorrow so I'm taking the day off to get out and play. Just a little over a month away from my tournament season opener. 
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    bflynn1 said:
    60 degrees tomorrow so I'm taking the day off to get out and play. Just a little over a month away from my tournament season opener. 
    27 degrees tomorrow and no end in sight. Chicago weather blows. I’ve been hitting in a simulator but nothing outdoors yet. I’m itching to play. 
  • bflynn1
    bflynn1 Posts: 1,394
    bbiggs said:
    bflynn1 said:
    60 degrees tomorrow so I'm taking the day off to get out and play. Just a little over a month away from my tournament season opener. 
    27 degrees tomorrow and no end in sight. Chicago weather blows. I’ve been hitting in a simulator but nothing outdoors yet. I’m itching to play. 
    I love Chicago. As a Cubs fan, I go to the city any chance I get. But I could not live there lol.

    Shot 76 today and that was with only one birdie on the card. It's encouraging to know I can still score well even when the birdies aren't falling, but also frustrating to a point because it's like "what could have been?"

    First 3 rounds of the year 78-76-76. 
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,566
    edited February 2019
    No sympathy here. I'll likely never score a 76 even once in my life.
     =) 
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    These pros are starting to look like whiners on these rule changes.  You make millions for playing a game.  Quit whining about dropping a ball from your knee instead of shoulder. 
  • bflynn1
    bflynn1 Posts: 1,394
    bootlegger10 said:
    These pros are starting to look like whiners on these rule changes.  You make millions for playing a game.  Quit whining about dropping a ball from your knee instead of shoulder. 
    I hear ya, but I wish they would've just gone to placing it. I think they'll change it again after this season, or at least look at it. 
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    And I'd bitch too if I did something my entire life one way and got a penalty for a stupid change.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    Cliffy6745 said:
    And I'd bitch too if I did something my entire life one way and got a penalty for a stupid change.
    We all deal with change though at our jobs.  
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    48-39.  First time swinging a club in about 6 weeks so very happy with the round.  Probably last chance to golf until another six weeks.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    bootlegger10 said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    And I'd bitch too if I did something my entire life one way and got a penalty for a stupid change.
    We all deal with change though at our jobs.  
    That’s not a fair comparison. You’d be bitching too if there was a minor change, that is basically pointless, and it was something you have done over and over and over and if you go back to doing it the way you have always done it in the spur of the moment, you were docked a bunch of money.

    You’d be like cool... I deserve that?
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    Like do this report, and press shift instead of enter and shift because it saves .000002 seconds  and if you do it the old way you lose $500
  • satansbedbugs
    satansbedbugs On Tour Posts: 2,413
    bootlegger10 said:
    48-39.  First time swinging a club in about 6 weeks so very happy with the round.  Probably last chance to golf until another six weeks.
    Nice recovery on the back 9.  It looks like the putter came around just in time..   
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    edited March 2019
    Fred couples had dinner at my house one time. I was like 8

    the wife is out of town, the baby is sleeping, watching champ tour and Freddie just popped up on the tv 
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    edited March 2019
    Cliffy6745 said:
    bootlegger10 said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    And I'd bitch too if I did something my entire life one way and got a penalty for a stupid change.
    We all deal with change though at our jobs.  
    That’s not a fair comparison. You’d be bitching too if there was a minor change, that is basically pointless, and it was something you have done over and over and over and if you go back to doing it the way you have always done it in the spur of the moment, you were docked a bunch of money.

    You’d be like cool... I deserve that?

    If I made 10 million a year they could ask me to wear a dress to work and I would do it.    These new rules have been out for a few months now?  Yes, some rulings have been stupid but the reason I posted what I did is because Ricky posted some video mocking the drop from the knees.    If they want to say something in interviews, fine, but millionaires posting videos mocking a silly golf rule to me means they are out of touch.

  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    bootlegger10 said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    bootlegger10 said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    And I'd bitch too if I did something my entire life one way and got a penalty for a stupid change.
    We all deal with change though at our jobs.  
    That’s not a fair comparison. You’d be bitching too if there was a minor change, that is basically pointless, and it was something you have done over and over and over and if you go back to doing it the way you have always done it in the spur of the moment, you were docked a bunch of money.

    You’d be like cool... I deserve that?

    If I made 10 million a year they could ask me to wear a dress to work and I would do it.    These new rules have been out for a few months now?  Yes, some rulings have been stupid but the reason I posted what I did is because Ricky posted some video mocking the drop from the knees.    If they want to say something in interviews, fine, but millionaires posting videos mocking a silly golf rule to me means they are out of touch.

    Technically the broadcast posted it no? He did it on tv. The rule is fucking stupid. Either do it normal or let them just place it. The knee does nothing. How often are these guys taking drops in their casual practice rounds that they get used to the change.

    Point being $500 to you is probably similar to the $10k or whatever he was docked. It’s dumb. It gave him not advantage. If anything it’s a disadvantage. It is dumb. It is the most basic thing they do and he lost a stroke in a money tournament because of it. His caddie should probably be docked the money but regardless, it’s fucking stupid 
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    edited March 2019
    I just think golfers are turning into huge whiners.  The courses are more and more dull by the year because they can’t handle long rough or anything but a driver-wedge strategy.

    A lot of dumb rules though.  But Ricky is being paid thousands of dollars On that hole and is acting like a petulant child.  No matter how dumb the rule.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    I guess I just don't feel sorry for mostly country club kids. 

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