August 30, 20205 yr I'm going to guess there has never been a 40 footer to force a playoff followed by a 60 footer to win it on the first hole.
August 31, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, ztejas said: I'm going to guess there has never been a 40 footer to force a playoff followed by a 60 footer to win it on the first hole. not that i can remember. and on a scale of 1 to 10, each putt was at least an 8.5.
August 31, 20205 yr 25 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said: not that i can remember. and on a scale of 1 to 10, each putt was at least an 8.5. I’d like to see your definition of a 10.
August 31, 20205 yr Thank god for golf as we head into the great unknown of fall sports. The Tour Championship, US open, and The Masters all yet to come?? As strange as it seems, I don’t know that I’ve ever been as excited about golf as now.
August 31, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Steamboat1874 said: Nowhere near a 10. She is a 1.0 but tells everyone it's a 10
September 3, 20205 yr Rory's a dad . . . . https://www.golfchannel.com/news/rory-mcilroy-announces-birth-first-child
September 3, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, smwhorn said: Rory's a dad . . . . https://www.golfchannel.com/news/rory-mcilroy-announces-birth-first-child Look out. About to play with that dad energy.
September 4, 20205 yr I'll go on the record and state that I don't like what they've done with the Tour Championship; this handicap thing is crap if you ask me. I'd rather they use total score over the three events, but I know that they feel people are to simple to understand someone can win this event and a different player wins the season long pot. Here are some example of why I don't like it: Rory has to beat DJ by 8 strokes to win it (and other players by fewer strokes) Tony Finau has to beat 4 players by more than 3 strokes to win Last weeks playoff would never have happened with this weeks scoring, and that was an exciting finish...twice. Winning this event is like having to win both the low gross and low net at your club. Rant over - I think I'll root for JT or Morikawa
September 4, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said: I'll go on the record and state that I don't like what they've done with the Tour Championship; this handicap thing is crap if you ask me. Yeah - it doesn't really affect who wins the FedEx cup, but it does affect who wins this "tournament". Seems like there should be an asterisk for any tourney where guys aren't starting on equal playing fields.
September 4, 20205 yr The problem with the "playoffs" is everyone gets in it. Because of that, there is more interest from the Tour/players on protecting those that played well throughout the season. Initially, I was skeptical on the handicapping idea, but it has grown on me. Before, you could realistically have a player win the FedEx Cup and have not won a single tournament all year. This format eliminates that possibility. Less players actually qualifying for the "playoffs" would allow for more fluidity in these events.
September 4, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, Texas St. Armadillos said: Before, you could realistically have a player win the FedEx Cup and have not won a single tournament all year. This format eliminates that possibility. Yeah but it's not really winning when you start ahead of a bunch of guys. It's like winning the net event vs the gross event like Wally said.
September 4, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, ztejas said: Yeah but it's not really winning when you start ahead of a bunch of guys. It's like winning the net event vs the gross event like Wally said. Same could be said for a match play or Stableford event. The format is established ahead of time, so the result should be recognized as such. And I completely understand your point. I try and think of it as like a Champions League soccer match that is played over multiple days. The results from the initial match carry over to the next one. Could they improve the playoffs? No doubt. We are in agreement there. Edited September 4, 20205 yr by Texas St. Armadillos
September 4, 20205 yr 46 minutes ago, ztejas said: Yeah - it doesn't really affect who wins the FedEx cup, but it does affect who wins this "tournament". Seems like there should be an asterisk for any tourney where guys aren't starting on equal playing fields. OWGR are based on scores - so points are awarded disregarding the starting handicaps, and all the fantasy games I've seen do the same.
September 4, 20205 yr Just now, Wally Fairway said: OWGR are based on scores - so points are awarded disregarding the starting handicaps, and all the fantasy games I've seen do the same. That's interesting. Still, I'm talking about the "professional wins" section on anyone's wiki. But, a FedEx cup is just as big as any old tour win so there's that I guess.
September 4, 20205 yr Just now, ztejas said: That's interesting. Still, I'm talking about the "professional wins" section on anyone's wiki. But, a FedEx cup is just as big as any old tour win so there's that I guess. Oh I agree - a win has some swag that goes with it, entry to the TOC, a 2 year exemption, entry to the Majors (though without looking I'd guess they are all in the top 50), I took a quick glance - 10 of the players at East Lake have not won a tourney this season.
September 4, 20205 yr 5 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said: entry to the Majors (though without looking I'd guess they are all in the top 50), Everyone that plays at East Lake gets a 1 year* exemption for every major I beleive. They also all qualify for ToC. Edited September 4, 20205 yr by ztejas fixed
September 4, 20205 yr Mackenzie Hughes is ranked 65 in the world. making that 5 footer for par at Olympia Fields got him to East Lake and into all of the majors next year. that's monstrous, given how few majors he's ever played in. Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Masters Tournament CUT U.S. Open CUT CUT The Open Championship PGA Championship CUT Tournament 2019 2020 Masters Tournament PGA Championship T58 U.S. Open The Open Championship NT
September 5, 20205 yr On 9/3/2020 at 11:17 AM, ztejas said: Look out. About to play with that dad energy. Yep.
September 6, 20205 yr DJ is having a phenomenal run right now. We'll see if he can pick up one of these next majors. Should be a massive favorite at the US Open - he's never been good at Augusta, though.
September 6, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, 4th&Five said: He finished a shot behind Tiger last year. Right you are. Had forgot that. He's actually been pretty good the past 5 or so years - but didn't do anything before that.
September 6, 20205 yr 12 minutes ago, 4th&Five said: I’d pick him as long as he rents a house without stairs. Yeah was just thinking about betting odds. Should be tighter for the Masters. Obviously there's some golf to be played until then, too.
September 7, 20205 yr Fuck this stupid ass handicapped tournament. Fuck the fedex cup. This would be interesting tomorrow without the regarded modified scoring. Instead we get an exhibition.
September 7, 20205 yr 22 minutes ago, StruggleBus said: Fuck this stupid ass handicapped tournament. Fuck the fedex cup. This would be interesting tomorrow without the regarded modified scoring. Instead we get an exhibition. It’s a problem without a good solution.
September 7, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, conVINCEd said: It’s a problem without a good solution. The problem is the PGA wanting the fedex cup to be a big deal. But it isn’t. It never has been and never will be.
September 7, 20205 yr DJ is making tournaments compelling to watch in a way that we haven't really seen since Tiger. Maybe a handful of Rory tournaments I guess.
September 7, 20205 yr 21 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said: $15MM is relevant. This will, if it hasn’t already, surpassed The Players or Memorial in terms of non-major prestige. No. Tiger was a cultural phenomenon as a black golfer that had a ton of charisma and literally dominated competition for about 8-10 years. DJ can be dominant, and is the most talented guy out there, but he’s not charismatic and the talent on tour has so much parity it’s never been this deep. Okay. I'm saying you tune in to see how low he can go. You already know he's winning (although he's taken a couple steps back here over the last few holes). They were just saying that this is the first time someone has had 4 straight 54-hole leads since Tiger. I'm aware that he isn't black and doesn't have 15 majors.
September 7, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said: I get what you’re saying but just don’t agree. He’s not dominating this tournament. He’s playing better. And if he was a la Tiger, I probably wouldn’t watch. With Tiger, I’d watch because we were watching something superhuman. Just giving my personal opinion. But people like to watch golf for very different reasons. For me, he's playing at such an elite level right now that I can't not tune in. I haven't felt that way since Tiger. Like I said, maybe Rory a few times but I will watch Rory regardless so not really.
September 7, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Dr. Beeper said: $15MM is relevant. This will, if it hasn’t already, surpassed The Players or Memorial in terms of non-major prestige. No. Tiger was a cultural phenomenon as a black golfer that had a ton of charisma and literally dominated competition for about 8-10 years. DJ can be dominant, and is the most talented guy out there, but he’s not charismatic and the talent on tour has so much parity it’s never been this deep. That actually makes him more impressive not less. On a related topic. Elin or Paulina? Edited September 7, 20205 yr by TonyTexas
September 7, 20205 yr Calling Mr Koepka. Mr Koepka, please pick up the courtesy phone. Mr Johnson would like a word or two ... ”Fuck off!”
September 7, 20205 yr 37 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said: DJ wins 15M and gets to go home to this. How can someone lead that miserable of a life? 🤔
September 8, 20205 yr FWIW - here are the tournament scores, gross without handicap - and OWGR points TOUR Championship 6TH SEPTEMBER 2020 - Strength of Field 465 Pos Ctry Name R1 R2 R3 R4 Agg Ranking Points 1 Xander Schauffele 67 65 67 66 265 58 2 Scottie Scheffler 71 66 66 65 268 34.8 T3 Dustin Johnson 67 70 64 68 269 20.3 T3 Justin Thomas 66 71 66 66 269 20.3 5 Tyrrell Hatton 67 66 71 66 270 13.92 6 Jon Rahm 65 74 66 66 271 11.6 T7 Sebastian J Munoz 71 65 70 66 272 8.816 T7 Collin Morikawa 71 65 67 69 272 8.816 T7 Patrick Reed 71 66 70 65 272 8.816 T7 Mackenzie Hughes 70 69 66 67 272 8.816 T7 Rory McIlroy 64 71 70 67 272 8.816 12 Sungjae Im 68 64 72 70 274 6.96 13 Harris English 70 69 69 67 275 6.38 T14 Tony Finau 68 71 66 71 276 5.51333 T14 Viktor Hovland 69 69 68 70 276 5.51333 T14 Abraham Ancer 64 71 69 72 276 5.51333 T17 Daniel Berger 69 71 64 73 277 4.5 T17 Hideki Matsuyama 70 70 67 70 277 4.5 T17 Lanto Griffin 67 69 69 72 277 4.5 T17 Webb Simpson 70 71 68 68 277 4.5 21 Brendon Todd 67 68 70 74 279 3.78 T22 Kevin Kisner 72 68 69 71 280 3.36 T22 Cameron Smith 68 68 73 71 280 3.36 T22 Cameron Champ 68 71 70 71 280 3.36 T25 Bryson DeChambeau 72 69 69 71 281 3.08 T25 Ryan Palmer 72 72 70 67 281 3.08 27 Kevin Na 69 70 71 72 282 2.9 T28 Marc Leishman 66 75 73 69 283 2.72 T28 Joaquin Niemann 72 72 67 72 283 2.72 30 Billy Horschel 70 73 71 70 284 2.62
September 8, 20205 yr 16 hours ago, VirginiaLonghorn said: Calling Mr Koepka. Mr Koepka, please pick up the courtesy phone. Mr Johnson would like a word or two ... ”Fuck off!” 14 hours ago, Dr. Beeper said: Ha, I think BK will be just fine. Don't doubt that for a minute. But, it doesn't make him any less of a dickhead.
September 8, 20205 yr BK is just a really unlikable player, which is a shame because he seems to be the closest of all of the young players to have Tiger’s laser focus in the majors. If he stays healthy, he may be the only one I could see possibly making it into double digits for majors. None of that makes him likable though or someone that I would actually cheer for on a Sunday afternoon of a major.
September 8, 20205 yr it is a bit funny how dominant dj has become since brooks ran his mouth. i just want to know where the fuck this version of dj was when i flew across the world to watch him kick some eurotrash ass in ryder cup. instead, i got an absolute dumpster fire who repeatedly shit the bed. i guess he and brooks really were fighting the whole time.
September 9, 20205 yr I was under the understanding that DeChamp was the best player in the world and has revolutionized the game. He isn’t going on any dominant streak while he still uses a 37.5” lob wedge...
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