PGA Tour Thread

Synode

Have to disagree. I love the FedEx run in

backspin.

Synode wrote: »

Have to disagree. I love the FedEx run in

I enjoy it too but i don't think upping the prize to 15 million adds anything. 10 million was already a bit excessive.

GreeBo

backspin. wrote: »

I enjoy it too but i don't think upping the prize to 15 million adds anything. 10 million was already a bit excessive.

That was my point, Im ok with the other changes as using strokes just makes it easier to track who is going to win...but upping the prize fund is a bit of a piss take. Im sure there are far better uses for that money, even purely in golfing circles. (Shriners etc)

HighLine

Rory, Rickie, Tiger and Justin all tied at the top of the leaderboard. Yeah these playoffs are boring.

slave1

I watch the McKenzie Tour or the Asian tour, golf in sunshine anywhere is worth watching

Deeper Blue

Does Justin Rose bore the arse off anyone else or is it just me? He's a brilliant player and seems like a lovely bloke, I just don't find him interesting in the slightest.

GreeBo

^ Interesting shot coming up!

delaad

NDWC wrote: »

Does Justin Rose bore the arse off anyone else or is it just me? He's a brilliant player and seems like a lovely bloke, I just don't find him interesting in the slightest.

Agreed, there's no emotion with him.

Mysterypunter

delaad wrote: »

Agreed, there's no emotion with him.

Agree with that, sky rattling on about him being world number one, no one said he fired away the tournament, when he lost to Bradley in the playoff. Another thing is that Ryder cup coverage, Europe and all that tripe. Unbearable rubbish

Deeper Blue

Mysterypunter wrote: »

Agree with that, sky rattling on about him being world number one, no one said he fired away the tournament, when he lost to Bradley in the playoff. Another thing is that Ryder cup coverage, Europe and all that tripe. Unbearable rubbish

I do think he did well to get to number one in the world and fair play to him, I just groan every time I see his name near the top of the leaderboard.

Synode

Justin Rose is an absolute legend. Gentleman too.

HighLine

Leaderboard if it was under next year's system.

https://twitter.com/WillGrayGC/status/1043269777966485504

Niles Crane

HighLine wrote: »

Leaderboard if it was under next year's system.

https://twitter.com/WillGrayGC/status/1043269777966485504

Hopefully they have a rethink about this idea.

I watch golf to see who wins the tournament that week.

I'd imagine the players won't like it as how do you approach a professional tournament when you clearly have much less chance of winning than your rivals yet this is supposed to be the big finale to the season which essentially completely de-motivates a large portion of the field.

You have to keep this as a legitimate tournament that all players have a fair chance of winning.Each stage of the Tour de France is worth winning for all riders even if they don't have much a chance of winning the overall race it should be the same for the fed ex cup playoffs.

HighLine

Completely agree with the above but unfortunately it looks like they will plough ahead with the idea. It will just take one year however of the front guy shooting a mid 60s score in the first round and he will be 12/13 shots in front of the next guy. Then the inevitable outrage will ensue and it will revert back to current system.

HighLine

This was fairly funny. Also.. 40 seconds in... this is one of the most misunderstood elements of taking an unplayable ball relief. The amount of times I've seen guys go to pick the ball back up after it rolls back into the bush they were taking an unplayable drop from.

https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/1043222409917001728

GreeBo

^ I think people confuse it with a free drop where you redrop if you don't get full relief.

Rikand

DeChambeau and Koepka currently 3 holes ahead of Keegan Bradley and Patrick Reed.

12th hole vs 9th hole.

https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2018/tour-championship/leaderboard.html

Reflective in the scoring too. Faster players play better

LuckyGent88

Rikand wrote: »

DeChambeau and Koepka currently 3 holes ahead of Keegan Bradley and Patrick Reed.

12th hole vs 9th hole.

https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2018/tour-championship/leaderboard.html

Reflective in the scoring too. Faster players play better

And I wouldn’t have said that DeChambeau is that fast either with all those calculations he has to do

Perfect start from Tiger. Could we finally get the Tiger v Rory Sunday showdown?

AGC

Hopefully tiger v Rory tomorrow, great start by tiger

Rikand

As it stands, Justin Rose in 3rd place, would lose the fedex to DeChambeau who is 24th.

Rose must finish top2 evidently to even have a squeak of a chance

Deeper Blue

The crowds look massive, a Tiger/Rory final pairing tomorrow would be great

LuckyGent88

Tiger is trying to make tomorrow irrelevant. Incredible start.

Barnaboy

Tiger is so in the zone, it's frightening! Great to have him back. Haven't heard it mentioned in the commentary but what needs to happen for Tiger to win the FedEx?

Deeper Blue

Time to see what the likes of Rose and McIlroy are made of

paulos53

Barnaboy wrote: »

Tiger is so in the zone, it's frightening! Great to have him back. Haven't heard it mentioned in the commentary but what needs to happen for Tiger to win the FedEx?

He needs to win plus the following:



- Bryson DeChambeau finishes T15 or worse
- Justin Rose finishes three-way for 5th or worse
- Tony Finau finishes T3 or worse
- Dustin Johnson finishes in a three-way tie for 2nd or worse
- Justin Thomas finishes in a three-way tie for 2nd or worse
- Keegan Bradley finishes T2 or worse

CalamariFritti

With DeChambeau down the field and others I think Rose currently has it. For Tiger to win Rose needs to fall back a bit. Not sure how much. Unlikely anyway he's so solid.

Barnaboy

CalamariFritti wrote: »

With DeChambeau down the field and others I think Rose currently has it. For Tiger to win Rose needs to fall back a bit. Not sure how much. Unlikely anyway he's so solid.

Not much needed to slip to 5th in any tournament. That said I don't see it happening.

Panrich

Tiger is on the way back judging by today. Looks like he'll be hard to beat next year if he continues in this form.

tobsey

HighLine wrote: »

Leaderboard if it was under next year's system.

https://twitter.com/WillGrayGC/status/1043269777966485504

Woods would now be 1 behind Rose and you’d have Woods as favourite. Phenomenal stuff.

LuckyGent88

Tiger is on fire. Ridiculous stuff.

AGC

Unbelievable start

Panrich

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Tiger is on fire. Ridiculous stuff.

Vintage Tiger. I've laid him but I'm thinking I've done my money at this stage. I should know better as I'm old enough to remember him in his prime.

LuckyGent88

Tiger and Rose are on the clock now. Let’s face it, they can slow it down even more and the pga tour will do sweet FA about it

AGC

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Tiger and Rose are on the clock now. Let’s face it, they can slow it down even more and the pga tour will do sweet FA about it

Rose pulling out that f€&king green book every time

Deeper Blue

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Tiger and Rose are on the clock now. Let’s face it, they can slow it down even more and the pga tour will do sweet FA about it

I've noticed Rose seems a bit slow on the greens, wouldn't have thought either were bad overall though

HighLine

NDWC wrote: »

I've noticed Rose seems a bit slow on the greens, wouldn't have thought either were bad overall though

He is very slow. Between his greens book reading and the pre-putt routine he does for even short putts.

Deeper Blue

HighLine wrote: »

He is very slow. Between his greens book reading and the pre-putt routine he does for even short putts.

Very noticeable on the short putts alright. If Kevin Na did that the commentators would be slating him!

HighLine

That said.. he can be as slow as he wants next week if he brings home the points. Good thoughts from Casey there too... great to see him playing well in advance to his RC comeback.

GreeBo

NDWC wrote: »

I've noticed Rose seems a bit slow on the greens, wouldn't have thought either were bad overall though

Bloody Aimpoint nonsense.:mad:

ForeRight

GreeBo wrote: »

Bloody Aimpoint nonsense.:mad:

Earlier in the round he putted and went no more than 2 foot past the hole and he said to tiger that he would finish out before tigers putt.
He then proceeded to mark, clean, aimpount, finger up putter up one eye closed, remove the marker, step back before addressing the ball and tapping it in....

GTFO Rose

delaad

Re Rose, at best you could say that he can be efficient, "machine-like"(Rich Beem), business-like(himself). All less than enthralling qualities.

AGC

With that lie rose has on 18 unlikely he’ll make birdie so should be Rory and tiger

HighLine

Crossing my fingers for Tiger and Rory out in final pairing tomorrow.

LuckyGent88

So we have Tiger and Rory in the last group tomorrow

delaad

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

So we have Tiger and Rory in the last group tomorrow

Brilliant, the way it should have been the last several years, if it weren't for fate, frailty and form.

Can't wait

SuprSi

Justin was asked about whether 10 large was in his mind. Obviously we can't answer that question but do you think, for someone who's won multi-mllions already, do you think it really matters?

HighLine

Feels like we have been waiting years for this to happen. (Mods.. would be great if people would only post in one thread tomorrow rather than the same comments in the Rory tread, Tiger thread and here)

https://twitter.com/GolfChannel/status/1043629538473914375

Niles Crane

What time will Rory and Tiger tee off at tomorrow?

mafc

Niles Crane wrote: »

What time will Rory and Tiger tee off at tomorrow?

7:05pm tomorrow

Kevin Finnerty

I can see Tiger imploding on some hole (first par 3 on back nine, 10 or 11)tomorrow.
He'll fall away setting a morose tone for the RC next week where Phil will have the last word on Tiger being late for his tee off time Saturday morning only to be dropped for the afternoon and win his singles when it counts for nothing on Sunday.