PGA Tour Thread

First Up

HighLine wrote:

Some good golf on at Tiger's event right now... great leaderboard. They also have the players mic'd well so nice to hear their dialogue.

I'm really struggling to stay interested in it. It seems to lack a competitive edge. Commentary pretty inane too.

Kingswood Rover

First Up wrote: »

I'm really struggling to stay interested in it. It seems to lack a competitive edge. Commentary pretty inane too.

Yep, kinda like a pre season friendly.

vienne86

First Up wrote: »

I'm really struggling to stay interested in it. It seems to lack a competitive edge. Commentary pretty inane too.

Yep, I watached for a while but couldn't get interested. Pity.

HighLine

https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/673251011285286912

abff

It's hard to like either of them.

Speak Now

I find Bubba very likeable, surprised to see him off to Thailand this week.

CMOTDibbler

Well Patrick Reed is now a top ten golfer; only another five places to go

Russman

Was there actually ranking points for that event ?
Not sure I agree with only 18 of the top guys playing against each other and gaining ranking points for doing it. Money talks I suppose.

CMOTDibbler

Russman wrote: »

Was there actually ranking points for that event ?
Not sure I agree with only 18 of the top guys playing against each other and gaining ranking points for doing it. Money talks I suppose.

There were 46 ranking points for the winner and 27.6 for the runner up. Even though it was a small field, it was a pretty high ranking one: Bubba, Reed, Spieth, Rose, Koepka, Fowler, Scott, Kuchar etc. are all top 20 in the world.

Russman

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

There were 46 ranking points for the winner and 27.6 for the runner up. Even though it was a small field, it was a pretty high ranking one: Bubba, Reed, Spieth, Rose, Koepka, Fowler, Scott, Kuchar etc. are all top 20 in the world.

I still think giving points for a field this small reinforces a bit of a closed shop idea with the upper echelons of the rankings. I'm not sure those guys should pull further ahead of everyone else by simply playing each other in a 18 man field event, which is essentially an end of season get together. Purely IMO of course.

HighLine

Bit more than a get together with a million dollar up for grabs for the winner.

Russman

HighLine wrote: »

Bit more than a get together with a million dollar up for grabs for the winner.

Not really, I doubt there was anyone there who hasn't won many multiples of that. Not saying its not a factor in getting them there, of course it is, but I really don't think its right for ranking points to be awarded in an event with a field that small, regardless of who they are or what the pot is.

To be really silly about it, its like Speith and Day agreed to play a match against each other and award ranking points to stay ahead of the rest

vienne86

Spieth has put a bit of daylight between himself and Day - Spieth is on 12.01, Day on 11.45.

CMOTDibbler

vienne86 wrote: »

Spieth has put a bit of daylight between himself and Day - Spieth is on 12.01, Day on 11.45.

I see what you did there

Still too close for comfort though. A top 5 finish by either Day or McIlroy could eat up a sizeable chunk of that difference.

abff

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

I see what you did there

Still too close for comfort though. A top 5 finish by either Day or McIlroy could eat up a sizeable chunk of that difference.

It's better to have things reasonably close than to have one player dominating the rankings. And it would take a top 3 by Day or a top 2 by McIlroy to bridge the gap based on the points typically on offer at the beginning of the year (between 46 and 54 points for the winner in the first two months on the PGA Tour and between 42 and 50 for the Desert Swing on the European Tour). And that's assuming Spieth doesn't pick up any points from the same events.

CMOTDibbler

abff wrote: »

It's better to have things reasonably close than to have one player dominating the rankings. And it would take a top 3 by Day or a top 2 by McIlroy to bridge the gap based on the points typically on offer at the beginning of the year (between 46 and 54 points for the winner in the first two months on the PGA Tour and between 42 and 50 for the Desert Swing on the European Tour). And that's assuming Spieth doesn't pick up any points from the same events.

I agree on both counts. But Rory or Day could pick up .3 or .4 without winning and that would make it a lot closer. Granted Spieth could do the same, but it's very unlikely that there'll be any kind of a big gap developing unless one of them goes on a winning run.

HighLine

Slightly off topic but here is Jason Day's dedication to being injury free next year.... no way was he going to protect Ellie and get in the way of LeBron coming at him

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/677702346281902080

HighLine

A reminder for Irish interest that Shane Lowry and Paul Dunne are playing at the Farmers Insurance Open this week at Torrey Pines. Some other big names on the timesheet too..

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/farmers-insurance-open/tee-times.html

Rikand

Cheers for the heads up

MUFC91CS

Out of curiosity, how did Paul Dunne qualify?

HighLine

MUFC91CS wrote: »

Out of curiosity, how did Paul Dunne qualify?

A sponsor's exemption.

HighLine

Good start for Paul Dunne.... -3 thru 9.

Speak Now

HighLine wrote: »

Good start for Paul Dunne.... -3 thru 9.

Playing the harder south course as well.

HighLine

Sky really talking Dunne up on how impressive his PGA Tour debut has been so far today.. just a shame the US tv hosts aren't showing anything from him.

vienne86

HighLine wrote: »

Sky really talking Dunne up on how impressive his PGA Tour debut has been so far today.. just a shame the US tv hosts aren't showing anything from him.

Ach when they finally show him he misses the green with his pitch on his last hole!

vienne86

Well done Paul Dunne - 3 under round on day one, on the more difficult South course. Shane Lowry on +2 after 16 holes on the North course - he'll need a good round tomorrow.

HighLine

vienne86 wrote: »

Ach when they finally show him he misses the green with his pitch on his last hole!

I grimaced when I saw that.... anyway a fantastic effort and debut on the PGA.

Potential Underachiever

Hi, does anyone know if the PGA Tour shot tracker has been done away with?, I can't seem to be able to find it, always found it a handy way to keep track...

loadwire

Lowry birdied the last two to finish -1. Nice recovery.

loadwire

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

Hi, does anyone know if the PGA Tour shot tracker has been done away with?, I can't seem to be able to find it, always found it a handy way to keep track...

I could be wrong but I think it's not always available when there is more than one course involved. Not sure why but I seem to remember it being like that for similar tournaments last year.

Potential Underachiever

loadwire wrote: »

I could be wrong but I think it's not always available when there is more than one course involved. Not sure why but I seem to remember it being like that for similar tournaments last year.

I definitely recall it being used on a tournament with multiple courses last year, so that's not the reason.

Speak Now

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

Hi, does anyone know if the PGA Tour shot tracker has been done away with?, I can't seem to be able to find it, always found it a handy way to keep track...

It's still there, it will be on the south course only. So you could follow Dunne in round 1 and Lowry in round 2. Weekend action is south course only.

vienne86

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

It's still there, it will be on the south course only. So you could follow Dunne in round 1 and Lowry in round 2. Weekend action is south course only.

Yes, I followed Dunne for most of the evening, seeing as they weren't showing him. Nice interview with Sky after his round - such a level headed guy.

Potential Underachiever

Yes lads, I know you can click an individual player and follow him but what I'm talking about is this, where you can pretty much see what everyone is doing at a glance.....

HighLine

Seems Justin Rose is following in Padraig's footsteps and using a brainwave hat/band. Really think that's a waste of time but each to their own.

(about 1min in) http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/10147907/rose-raring-to-go

vienne86

Shane Lowry has had another round of 1 under today, so will be around for the weekend. Paul Dunne seems to be struggling a bit on the easier North course. Currently 2 over for the round with six holes to play.

dball

vienne86

And Paul Dunne finishes with a birdie and an eagle on his 17th and 18th.......Wow! 1 under for the round, and right back in it.

Speak Now

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

Yes lads, I know you can click an individual player and follow him but what I'm talking about is this, where you can pretty much see what everyone is doing at a glance.....

Yeah as of 2016 they retired the legacy version of Shot Tracker.


http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard/scoring-features.html

Potential Underachiever

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Yeah as of 2016 they retired the legacy version of Shot Tracker.


http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard/scoring-features.html

That's a shame, no actually that's a tragedy, change is NOT good!

RIP shottracker.

vienne86

Jason Gore just got an albatros on the 18th!

FixdePitchmark

Great to see Dunne.


I'll take away the Irish flag for one second.
I'll ask the question, is he a bit too slow of a player ?

I just know - I'm going to be watching him for many years

jayo26

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Great to see Dunne.


I'll take away the Irish flag for one second.
I'll ask the question, is he a bit too slow of a player ?

I just know - I'm going to be watching him for many years

Haven't been following the thread so sorry for butting in but I remember saying the same about him last year think it was the open.

But yehh he looks like he going to have a career ahead of him.

FixdePitchmark

That was a class putt.

vienne86

Paul Dunne has shot -1 for the day - Sky just showed his birdie putt on the last. Currently tied 14th. If he gets to finish in the top 20 on his first outing on the PGA tour, it will be some achievement.

Lowry shot +1 today, currently tied 41st.

vienne86

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

That was a class putt.

Yes, excellent - slippery, downhill putt straight in the middle.

WHIP IT!

Possibly mentioned already but just pointing it out so nobody gets caught out... They've moved the tee times forward for the final round at the Farmers, Sky's coverage will now start at the unusually early time of 4.30pm

Good luck, Paul

HighLine

Terrible looking conditions there now and it's showing with lots of bogeys on the leaderboard

Edit: I can see this being called and a Monday finish if it gets worse.

The Premier Man

Just called there now,can't see it being back on with the weather that's forecast...pity really as it would be nice to see them struggle in the conditions

First Up

Tough on those who had to play in the worst of it. I'd say Dunne would be happy if it was cut to 54. Lowry was level through 5 which was good going.