PGA Tour Thread

Mantis Toboggan

idle wrote: »

Even though I hate the whinging after every missed putt, I keep hoping he misses every putt

Playing super stuff though!

mickmackey1

Pretty unusual symmetry to the leaderboard there a while back

vienne86

I had to watch on the laptop last night as I'm away from home......but this week nothing will get me away fom my TV. Really looking forward to Thursday night!

rrpc

Some Tee Times to look forward to:

Time|1|2|3
14:05|Jason Day|Dustin Johnson|Rickie Fowler
14:15|Tiger Woods|Martin Kaymer|Keegan Bradley
18:20|Davis Love III|Darren Clarke|Steve Stricker
18:40|Webb Simpson|Bernd Wiesberger|Shane Lowry
19:00|Luke Donald|Graeme McDowell|Patrick Reed
19:20|Rory McIlroy|Jordan Spieth|Zach Johnson
19:30|Jason Dufner|Phil Mickelson|Padraig Harrington


Times are Irish

vienne86

rrpc wrote: »

Some Tee Times to look forward to:

Time|1|2|3
14:05|Jason Day|Dustin Johnson|Rickie Fowler
14:15|Tiger Woods|Martin Kaymer|Keegan Bradley
18:20|Davis Love III|Darren Clarke|Steve Stricker
18:40|Webb Simpson|Bernd Wiesberger|Shane Lowry
19:00|Luke Donald|Graeme McDowell|Patrick Reed
19:20|Rory McIlroy|Jordan Spieth|Zach Johnson
19:30|Jason Dufner|Phil Mickelson|Padraig Harrington


Times are Irish

Harrington group guaranteed a lot of TV time! And going out just after the major winners' group.

HighLine

For a second there, I thought they were talking about Tiger's swing and I began to worry!!
https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/633995440426500096

ForeRight

Tiger -5 thru 13 sitting in 2nd place

He needs at worst a 2nd place finish this week to make the playoffs I think I read

HighLine

And Tiger now to -6. Helps when ones like these drop...

https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/634380811047800836

FortuneChip

He's back!

Run & Hide Jordan/Jason/Justin/Dustin! Run & Hide!

(Rory's name didn't fit in phonetically)

zuutroy

Be some achievement if he made the Fedex.

MythicalMadMan

Not sure if it was mentioned but they said in the studio yesterday.

If tiger was ranked this year he would be 7th in proximity to the hole and number 1 in proximity from the fairway.
He hasnt played enough rounds to be ranked this year yet.

Just shows he still has plenty of game.

It would be great to see him make the Fed Ex as it might just give him the next big mental push he needs.

Seve OB

MythicalMadMan wrote: »

Not sure if it was mentioned but they said in the studio yesterday.

If tiger was ranked this year he would be 7th in proximity to the hole and number 1 in proximity from the fairway.
He hasnt played enough rounds to be ranked this year yet.

Just shows he still has plenty of game.

It would be great to see him make the Fed Ex as it might just give him the next big mental push he needs.

they said on tv last night he has to win this week to make it

abff

Seve OB wrote: »

they said on tv last night he has to win this week to make it

A win will definitely get him into the playoffs. Second place on his own would give him a chance of making the playoffs, but he would need other results to go his way.

He currently has 147 points and second place would be worth 300 points, bringing his total to 447. Charl Schwartzel is currently in 125th place in the rankings with 439 points. A number of players on or near the bubble are playing this week and the projected rankings based on current scores show 448 points for 125th place. So second place on his own might just allow him to scrape into the top 125 if some of those players projected to pick up points and finish just inside the top 125 fall back over the next three days.

vienne86

Not able to watch this this evening, but Tiger seems to be motoring.

LuckyGent88

vienne86 wrote: »

Not able to watch this this evening, but Tiger seems to be motoring.

Eagle putt from about 15 feet on 15th to tie the lead.

Boskowski

Tiger creaming it now.

HighLine

Didn't get to watch any golf last night but after hearing about Tiger's 3 putt on the first, I thought he was going to blow up. Hopefully it will be an exciting weekend's golf!

vienne86

Tiger isn't burning up the course today like some, but should still be in the last group going out tomorrow. Great chance for him.

vienne86

So Tiger had a bogey on the last last night! Still looking dangerous though.

Dolph Starbeam

vienne86 wrote: »

So Tiger had a bogey on the last last night! Still looking dangerous though.

The greens are unbelievably fast, he sent a few of his first putts 4+ foot past the hole but made all of them coming back, except on 18. He had at least 5 birdie putts that just missed the hole. He should win from here, his game looks sharp.

HighLine

Well that's Tiger out of it!

abff

That's some performance by Davis Love III. If he wins this, he will be the oldest player to win a PGA tour event since Art Wall in 1975. He'll also be in the playoffs.

bmay529

Shame Tiger won't make the playoffs. I would have added a bit of spice. I am not mad about the guy but you just have to admire what he has achieved. He has such a fab swing when he swings within himself

vienne86

bmay529 wrote: »

Shame Tiger won't make the playoffs. I would have added a bit of spice. I am not mad about the guy but you just have to admire what he has achieved. He has such a fab swing when he swings within himself

Yes, that's my feeling about Tiger too. It is not to be this year, but he's beginning to prowl, which is good to see.

rrpc

Jordan Spieth had a bit of a shocker at the Barclays today. 4 over with 5 bogies and a double. Putter seems to have gone stone cold on him; had a three putt on one hole and was -1.6 strokes gained putting.

HighLine

rrpc wrote: »

Jordan Spieth had a bit of a shocker at the Barclays today. 4 over with 5 bogies and a double. Putter seems to have gone stone cold on him; had a three putt on one hole and was -1.6 strokes gained putting.

Yeah was fairly surprised to see that from him! Not often you see a front 9 like this from him... Also a poor opening round from Harrington finishing at 3 over.

rrpc

HighLine wrote: »

Yeah was fairly surprised to see that from him! Not often you see a front 9 like this from him... Also a poor opening round from Harrington finishing at 3 over.

Interesting to note that if he finishes below 15th at the Barclays, Rory goes back up to number 1.

vienne86

That's a horrendous looking card - does this guy need a break?

HighLine

vienne86 wrote: »

That's a horrendous looking card - does this guy need a break?

Ah he is young enough... he will probably go shoot a 60 tomorrow knowing him.

Poutler had another shocker today... 8 over and currently last. Thought he was going to have a good season but ever since that shank and blow up at the Honda, he has been off.

Mantis Toboggan

Why isn't Lowry there this week?

HighLine

Dennis Reynolds wrote: »

Why isn't Lowry there this week?

His win was a WGC event so stupidly, it didn't count for the FedEx :mad:

abff

HighLine wrote: »

His win was a WGC event so stupidly, it didn't count for the FedEx :mad:

It would have counted if he already had his PGA Tour card, but he didn't win his card until he won the event, so the points he would have won in that and the other WGC event did not count.

Ed Winchester

Did McDowell not qualify for this?

Speak Now

Ed Winchester wrote: »

Did McDowell not qualify for this?

No, Kaymer didn't either.

rrpc

vienne86 wrote: »

That's a horrendous looking card - does this guy need a break?

I was a bit off target blaming his putting . The stats are right, but the cause seems to have been his approach play. He kept leaving himself with long putts and of the four par 3s, he only landed his tee shot on the green for one of them.

When he got to the green in two, only once did he have a putt less than 10 feet. His birdies came from 4ft, 11ft and 16ft putts. He still missed some reasonable par save putts: an eight footer on the fifth and he three putted the ninth from 34 feet, missing a 5 footer for par.

The cut could be as high as +2, so he just needs to play a solid round to make the weekend.

vienne86

Have a look at Ian Poulter's card! Three doubles, assorted bogies, a few birdies and an occasional par! Bizaar.

rrpc

vienne86 wrote: »

Have a look at Ian Poulter's card! Three doubles, assorted bogies, a few birdies and an occasional par! Bizaar.

His stats are horrendous. 36% driving accuracy, 39% GIR and a smidgen short of 3 strokes lost from putting. :eek:

Justin Rose is much the same except his GIR is much better at 61%. The greens are obviously very difficult and if you're out of position off the tee, you're in a world of hurt. I saw a lot of balls out of the rough yesterday bouncing across greens like happy puppies

It's not a long course (just over 7000 yards), but the fairways are narrow enough in the landing areas and are full of awkwardly placed bunkers. Spieth had one in a fairway bunker and proceeded to put his second shot into the next fairway bunker.

rrpc

Early stages today, but Henrik Stenson is making a bit of a charge: -3 after 8 and Tony Finau is out in the lead on his own at -1 after 7. Projected cut is +1.

mickmackey1

It's crazy that somebody like Spencer Levin can jump from 115th to projected 4th based on one tournament.

HighLine

mickmackey1 wrote: »

It's crazy that somebody like Spencer Levin can jump from 115th to projected 4th based on one tournament.

But is that not the beauty of the format now? Puts pressure on doing well during these four tournaments. If it was the normal point system Spieth could probably take the next 4 tournaments off and still win.

Mantis Toboggan

Don't know enough about it but I think it's a bit silly how the points reset.

mickmackey1

HighLine wrote: »

But is that not the beauty of the format now? Puts pressure on doing well during these four tournaments. If it was the normal point system Spieth could probably take the next 4 tournaments off and still win.

On the other hand you can have an average season, get lucky at the right time and pinch all the lolly

HighLine

Dennis Reynolds wrote: »

Don't know enough about it but I think it's a bit silly how the points reset.

it creates excitement for the final tournament... the big shootout for 10 million. Otherwise it could be already decided before anyone tees it up.

Gotta say, I think the system is very close to perfect.

vienne86

HighLine wrote: »

it creates excitement for the final tournament... the big shootout for 10 million. Otherwise it could be already decided before anyone tees it up.

Gotta say, I think the system is very close to perfect.

I think they have it just right. I remember in one of the first years of the Fedex series, Vijay Singh needn't have played in the final tournament - he was uncatchable and had already won the pot of money - no fun in that.

mickmackey1

The fact that the last four FedEx winners have never won a major kinda sums up the gimmicky nature of the thing.

HighLine

Don't understand the logic but... Rory back on top

https://twitter.com/JasonSobelESPN/status/637375461673299968

abff

HighLine wrote: »

Don't understand the logic but... Rory back on top

https://twitter.com/JasonSobelESPN/status/637375461673299968

It's basically because the rankings are based on average points per tournament played over the previous two years, subject to a maximum of the last 52 tournaments. Rory has played fewer than 52 tournaments in the last two years and the tournaments he played included the Deutsche Bank this week two years ago. That tournament now drops out of the reckoning and his divisor for world ranking purposes drops from 45 to 44.

blackcard

abff wrote: »

It's basically because the rankings are based on average points per tournament played over the previous two years, subject to a maximum of the last 52 tournaments. Rory has played fewer than 52 tournaments in the last two years and the tournaments he played included the Deutsche Bank this week two years ago. That tournament now drops out of the reckoning and his divisor for world ranking purposes drops from 45 to 44.

Presumably Jordan's average drops also because he missed the cut

abff

blackcard wrote: »

Presumably Jordan's average drops also because he missed the cut

That's part of the reason as he earns no points for this tournament, but he would have needed to finish in the top 14 to stay ahead of Rory, whose average actually increased because of the reduction in the divisor. This is in spite of the 'ageing' adjustment that applies to all results more than 13 weeks old and causes a player's total points to drop from one week to the next if he doesn't play.

HighLine

Rose's round today was 14 shots better than his opening round. Impressive fight back.