PGA Tour Thread

bigtimecharlie

Twas some play-off alright, good viewing. I missed the 16 and 17th due to the over run and no record but glad to catch the end.

PARlance

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Twas some play-off alright, good viewing. I missed the 16 and 17th due to the over run and no record but glad to catch the end.

Hearn had a birdie putt on the 16th after the other two had missed theirs. It was a longish putt so no real surprise that it went to the next hole.

He then had a 5 or 6 footer to win it on the 17th... He really should have sank it, the other two lads were in the background and they had their hats off in anticipation of his win... His putt lipped out. He'll have a few nightmares about it.

Interesting point made during the playoff, considering it was a birdie fest all weekend, not one birdie came in the 5 holes playoff, with a messy par on the 5th winning it.

D Hayes

Here's Jordan Spieth's bunker shot on the last that got him into the play-off.

Topper Harley

It was a funny one from my own point of view. Once the playoff started I found myself supporting Zach Johnson and when Hearn had his short putt to win it I felt guilty that I kind of hoped he'd miss.

That was until the commentators pointed out that this would be by far the high point of Hearn's career and combined with the fact that Spieth has such a promising career ahead of him and Johnson already being a major winner, I then found myself really wanting Hearn to make the putt...which of course meant that he was doomed. :rolleyes: Sorry about that David. Hopefully we'll see him get a win on the PGA Tour before long.

Aidric

McDowell put a very good round together today after a mare yesterday. Safely makes the cut for the weekend although he has his work cut out to rein in the leaders.

http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html

Dolph Starbeam

Just seen Mahan has withdrawn. What's happened him?

Dr. Bre

YayaBanana wrote: »

Just seen Mahan has withdrawn. What's happened him?

his wife gone into labor! Merrick will play on his own now i wonder?

mickmackey1

Aidric wrote: »

McDowell put a very good round together today after a mare yesterday.

Followed by another mare

sydneybound

McDowell misses the Saturday cut. Said on twitter he didn't even know there was one, how gutted would you be when your expecting to improve on aspects of your game on the Sunday after a poor Saturday before flying home.

abff

sydneybound wrote: »

McDowell misses the Saturday cut. Said on twitter he didn't even know there was one, how gutted would you be when your expecting to improve on aspects of your game on the Sunday after a poor Saturday before flying home.

Yes, I saw that there was a 3rd round cut and was surprised because only 77 players. But there were two players who withdrew and I guess the third round cut is based on how many qualify for the second round.

Aidric

Dr. Bre wrote: »

his wife gone into labor!

Baby girl today.

Meanwhile on the course a very exciting back 9 in prospect. Snedeker has a 3 shot lead with Kuchar and Dustin Johnson chasing him down.

Creasy_bear

sydneybound wrote: »

McDowell misses the Saturday cut. Said on twitter he didn't even know there was one, how gutted would you be when your expecting to improve on aspects of your game on the Sunday after a poor Saturday before flying home.

He knew well when the cut was, just like every other pro that entered it.

Fcuk me pink, the mind boggles at the stuff people actually believe lol.

abff

Creasy_bear wrote: »

He knew well when the cut was, just like every other pro that entered it.lol.

Not necessarily. The third round cut happens when more than 78 players make the second round cut. 79 players made the cut and 2 withdrew, leaving 77 players. GMac may have mistakenly believed that this would eliminate the need for a third round cut.

It was a pretty dumb mistake to make - he should have checked, but I can how it would happen.

SnowDrifts

So it's the WGC Bridgestone Invitational this weekend at Firestone Golf Club. Tee times have just been released here... http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/bridgestone-invitational/tee-times.html

Bad start to the week for Lowry as his clubs have been lost by an airline yet again (he thinks it's the 5th time this year). Hopefully they get him sorted asap.

Rory started his comeback here last time out with a T5 after a dismal start to the year so let's hope he can do the same this year. He just has too much talent to stay down for long.

PARlance

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Bad start to the week for Lowry as his clubs have been lost by an airline yet again (he thinks it's the 5th time this year). Hopefully they get him sorted asap.

Beginning to think it's an insurance scam at this stage!!!

SnowDrifts

ajcurry123 wrote: »

Beginning to think it's an insurance scam at this stage!!!

Yeah - my travel insurance offers €250 for lost golf clubs - that ought to cover Shane's

abff

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Bad start to the week for Lowry as his clubs have been lost by an airline yet again (he thinks it's the 5th time this year).

To lose one set of clubs may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose five looks like carelessness.

SSK

I think this week will be the litmus test for McIlroy's season. He's had 3 Top 10s in a row here and 11 of his last 12 rounds in the 60s so no excuses really. If he fails to perform you can pretty much chalk it down as a lost season unless something extraordinary happens.

Also don't forget Harrington is in Reno-Tahoe this week

slave1

SSK wrote: »

I think this week will be the litmus test for McIlroy's season. He's had 3 Top 10s in a row here and 11 of his last 12 rounds in the 60s so no excuses really. If he fails to perform you can pretty much chalk it down as a lost season unless something extraordinary happens.

Also don't forget Harrington is in Reno-Tahoe this week

Read a good article in a US magazine last week, the US folk are really pissed at Luke and Rory especially still having such a high ranking, I mean Rory at number 3 is a joke if you look at the points he's gained this season, with the extensive coverage over here you get to see a lot more shots and a lot of the shots he's playing are just brutal, not web.com standard nevermind PGA tour standard.
Actually mentioning the web.com tour, seen two 59s in the last two weeks unfold live on TV, cracking stuff.

Topper Harley

abff wrote: »

To lose one set of clubs may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose five looks like carelessness.

It's out of his control, what else can he do?

SSK

slave1 wrote: »

Read a good article in a US magazine last week, the US folk are really pissed at Luke and Rory especially still having such a high ranking, I mean Rory at number 3 is a joke if you look at the points he's gained this season, with the extensive coverage over here you get to see a lot more shots and a lot of the shots he's playing are just brutal, not web.com standard nevermind PGA tour standard.
Actually mentioning the web.com tour, seen two 59s in the last two weeks unfold live on TV, cracking stuff.

So they have an issue with a player who has 4 wins in the last 12 months including a major still being number 3 in the world?

slave1

I think it more a reflection of his performance in this calendar year.

realgolfgeek

slave1 wrote: »

Read a good article in a US magazine last week, the US folk are really pissed at Luke and Rory especially still having such a high ranking, I mean Rory at number 3 is a joke if you look at the points he's gained this season, with the extensive coverage over here you get to see a lot more shots and a lot of the shots he's playing are just brutal, not web.com standard nevermind PGA tour standard.
Actually mentioning the web.com tour, seen two 59s in the last two weeks unfold live on TV, cracking stuff.

They can be as pissed as they want.
He earned his right like everyone else to be there. He obviously had high enough points for not to be caught or get out of the top 3 too quickly which goes to show how well he was playing.
Wonder if they would have written the article if Mahan, Mickleson, Woods etc were in the same position....I seriously doubt it.

Dr. Bre

Harrington not even in the WGC! at Reno instaed ha

Martin567

slave1 wrote: »

Read a good article in a US magazine last week, the US folk are really pissed at Luke and Rory especially still having such a high ranking, I mean Rory at number 3 is a joke if you look at the points he's gained this season, with the extensive coverage over here you get to see a lot more shots and a lot of the shots he's playing are just brutal, not web.com standard nevermind PGA tour standard.
Actually mentioning the web.com tour, seen two 59s in the last two weeks unfold live on TV, cracking stuff.

That's ridiculous. Tiger's troubles started in November 2009. He then didn't play golf at all for about four months and didn't win any event in all of 2010. He remained No 1 in the rankings all the way through until the very end of October 2010. Was that magazine complaining then?

There is an alternative world ranking (I can't think of the name at the moment) that does things on a 12 month basis only. To give an idea of how silly it can get, about two months ago Steve Stricker was the World No 1.

It's hard in any sport to get a ranking system that everyone is happy with. I think it's better that it takes a while to move down the rankings if your performances are poor. I don't want a really volatile system where the players at the top are constantly changing based on who happens to have been hot the last few weeks.

Other sports have different problems. In tennis before the French Open, Nadal was a couple of places ahead of Ferrer in the rankings. They met in the final, Nadal won easily and the very next day Ferrer was ahead of Nadal. That could not happen in golf.

abff

Topper Harley wrote: »

It's out of his control, what else can he do?

It was a joke. It's based on a line from The Importance of Being Ernest.

abff

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Harrington not even in the WGC! at Reno instaed ha

And does that give you pleasure or amuse you for some reason? Why?

Topper Harley

abff wrote: »

It was a joke. It's based on a line from The Importance of Being Ernest.

I get jokes.

Speak Now

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Harrington not even in the WGC! at Reno instaed ha

You need to top 50 in the world or have won in last 12 months, he hasn't done either as im sure you know.

bigtimecharlie

Phil won't like how he is playing alongside.