The Golf Thread

Cliffy6745 said:

Last august through October I had the best driving stretch since I was a kid, out of nowhere. Played rounds with legit good players and either kept up with them off the tee, or we were taking my shots in scrambles.

Played today for the first time since the fall. Long gone. One good drive on the day and drove it through the fairway. Fuck this game.

The new Scotty phantom is absolute fire though. 

It's a great game!  My driver has been pretty good for the past year but I'm completely lost with my irons....just can't find the center of the clubface.  I'm praying for bogeys on par 3s (except for that hole in 1 I somehow pulled out of my ass a couple months ago).  Playing my first round of the season here tomorrow and have no clue what to expect.

CBS is absolutely pantsing NBC at this point with the broadcast. Getting the masters champ in the booth 7 days later as soon as he walks off the course…awesome 

Cliffy6745 said:

Dammit. Had spieth to go back to back in one and done pool.

And chill on the hyperbole CBS, pretty sure winning the US Open at the same course he won the US Am is better than this 

Haha.  Yeah, that was a stretch saying this win was the best yet.  Maybe sentimental for the family.

Great finish.  Spieth will be rethinking those putts.    Tough to hit them any better than he did without going in.

Cliffy6745 said:

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Last august through October I had the best driving stretch since I was a kid, out of nowhere. Played rounds with legit good players and either kept up with them off the tee, or we were taking my shots in scrambles.

Played today for the first time since the fall. Long gone. One good drive on the day and drove it through the fairway. Fuck this game.

The new Scotty phantom is absolute fire though. 

It's a great game!  My driver has been pretty good for the past year but I'm completely lost with my irons....just can't find the center of the clubface.  I'm praying for bogeys on par 3s (except for that hole in 1 I somehow pulled out of my ass a couple months ago).  Playing my first round of the season here tomorrow and have no clue what to expect.

How'd it go?

Not bad.  Driver was great, irons were OK but putting was awful.  21 putts on the front 9....yikes.  Had a more reasonable 14 putts on the back.  

Are there other sports besides golf where the pros don’t play because the venue doesn’t fit their game?  Pros are soft.  

One of his better ones in a while

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpz2T1j_wWA

The Juggler said:

bootlegger10 said:

Xander interviewed with Cantlay about pace of play.  I'm starting to wonder if most pro golfers don't have a brain.  They are talking about taking a lot of time because there is so much money on the line and the courses are difficult.  Hockey, Football, baseball, basketball, tennis, etc... all require split second decision making and there is a lot of money on the line.  Somehow all of these real athletes let their practice and preparation do the work, but not these pro golfers.   Still can't get over JT talking about the NFL and NBA not making their playing areas larger right before the Masters who buys land every year to extend golf holes to maintain the integrity of the course.  

There's no money on the line in those team sports like there is in real, professional golf (excluding liv) where there's no guaranteed salary or anything. Miss a cut, don't get paid. Drop a stroke on 18, you miss out on potentially a million bucks. Cantlay takes way too long, but I think the dynamic is different than how you're laying it out here. 

The dynamic is different only because there isn’t an opponent that is forcing you to act in golf.  Tennis is a sport that pays like golf.  They have to make split second decisions.  Granted, golf has a lot more variables.   In order to get the guaranteed contracts football player have to produce in college and in the NFL by making good split second decisions.

Golf is very exacting and I don’t play the same game the pros do.  I want to hit the green and they want to hit a certain square foot on the green.  Unless the wind is swirling, they know their distances and trajectories and should be able to quickly figure out the play.  If they take longer it is only because they don’t get penalized for it and should.   My point is that they have spent the time during practice, and just like every other sport should be able to act reasonably fast regardless of what point in the tournament it is.   

Golf is not about being 100% comfortable and committed to every shot no matter how long it takes. Pace of play is just as much a part of golf as self
policing of the rules. Couldn’t care less if a million is on the line or a stroke determining last place in some public junior tournament, it’s all the same.

Is it fair to you that players who play the speed they should be playing may lose millions because someone’s terrible pace throws them off? 

Cliffy6745 said:

Golf is not about being 100% comfortable and committed to every shot no matter how long it takes. Pace of play is just as much a part of golf as self
policing of the rules. Couldn’t care less if a million is on the line or a stroke determining last place in some public junior tournament, it’s all the same.

Is it fair to you that players who play the speed they should be playing may lose millions because someone’s terrible pace throws them off? 

Pace of play is a big problem. Didn't disagree with that. 

Disagree with the notion that all athletes across all sports are in the same position regarding money being on the line. That's not true because every other sport has guaranteed salaries. Golf is a week to week, stroke to stroke thing. If you don't perform you don't get paid. It's part of what makes it unique so I can understand guys wanting to take their time.....some take waaaaaay too much time though.  

Well this happened yesterday.  Clubhead on my 3 iron snapped off as I made contact and went 50 yards down the fairway.  Crazy.