PGA Tour Thread

yipsnomore

Jeez Scott can pipe those irons off the tee

Armchair Andy

Running Balance wrote:

Anyone else think this course doesn't look good on tv and is just a long drag of a course..

Bomber's course,nothing much else. Nothing classy about it at all, much like it's owner.

vienne86

Disappointing 75 from Shane today. Not his week, it seems. But a nice 70 from GMac has moved him up the leaderboard.

Seve OB

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Bomber's course,nothing much else. Nothing classy about it at all, much like it's owner.

The Don is a character

abff

vienne86 wrote: »

Disappointing 75 from Shane today. Not his week, it seems. But a nice 70 from GMac has moved him up the leaderboard.

If current form continues, it will be very close between Shane and Graeme for the second slot on the Irish team for the Olympics.

bilston

abff wrote: »

If current form continues, it will be very close between Shane and Graeme for the second slot on the Irish team for the Olympics.

I think the top 15 in the rankings qualify automatically so unless Rory gets injured I assume that means we will have 3 spots at the Olympics and if Shane gets into the top 15 (currently 23rd) we may even have 4? Is that how it works?

Armchair Andy

Seve OB wrote:

The Don is a character

Is that you Alex Salmond?

abff

bilston wrote: »

I think the top 15 in the rankings qualify automatically so unless Rory gets injured I assume that means we will have 3 spots at the Olympics and if Shane gets into the top 15 (currently 23rd) we may even have 4? Is that how it works?

If a country has a player in the top 15, that counts towards their 2 slots in the Olympics. The only way a country can have more than 2 players at the Olympics is if they are all in the top 15, in which case you are allowed up to 4 representatives.

So top 15 does not guarantee participation in the Olympics, although it's only players from the States who are likely to be affected by this.

Mantis Toboggan

abff wrote: »

If current form continues, it will be very close between Shane and Graeme for the second slot on the Irish team for the Olympics.

Has grame declared for Ireland?

bilston

abff wrote: »

If a country has a player in the top 15, that counts towards their 2 slots in the Olympics. The only way a country can have more than 2 players at the Olympics is if they are all in the top 15, in which case you are allowed up to 4 representatives.

So top 15 does not guarantee participation in the Olympics, although it's only players from the States who are likely to be affected by this.

Fair enough. Thanks for clarifying.

vienne86

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Has grame declared for Ireland?

I think we are assuming he has - certainly I am. Didn't himself and Shane Lowry represent Ireland in something in Australia a few years ago? That would mean he is declared for Irleand surely.

prawnsambo

vienne86 wrote: »

I think we are assuming he has - certainly I am. Didn't himself and Shane Lowry represent Ireland in something in Australia a few years ago? That would mean he is declared for Irleand surely.

Graeme McDowell declared for Ireland over two years ago.

Mantis Toboggan

+37 for Steve Bowditch! Ouch..

prawnsambo

Tyson Fury wrote: »

+37 for Steve Bowditch! Ouch..

+25 for Broberg.

Both good golfers, just shows it's a tough course that just doesn't suit a lot of players. Dubuisson and Reed both on +9.

Puts McIlroy's -12 in context.

vienne86

Lowry wet on 7. Did well to just drop 1. Level for the day so far.

HighLine

That was some temper tantrum from Dubuisson :eek:

RIP Vico's golf bag
https://twitter.com/ryancollier_966/status/706529404248309760

https://twitter.com/MichelleDowlin4/status/706531404046344192

Pierce_1991

Really looking forward to seeing Rory this evening. Saw his full round on Friday and thought he was as good as I've seen him since before the injury. Missed all the golf yesterday but seemed like it was another good day for him. Things are really shaping up well for Augusta when you look at this leaderboard!

LuckyGent88

Oh yeah, good old Donald has turned up

vienne86

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Oh yeah, good old Donald has turned up

And of course we HAVE to be shown lots of hiim now. :eek:

vienne86

HighLine wrote: »

That was some temper tantrum from Dubuisson :eek:

RIP Vico's golf bag
https://twitter.com/ryancollier_966/status/706529404248309760

https://twitter.com/MichelleDowlin4/status/706531404046344192

I like Dubuisson - that tantrum is disappointing.

HighLine

vienne86 wrote: »

I like Dubuisson - that tantrum is disappointing.

Yeah- he always has this placid, nothing would effect him demeanor so I was surprised to see that.

Mantis Toboggan

Good start from the field, should be a cracker

vienne86

Donald at the Sky cart :eek:

Seve OB

Make America Great Again

Mantis Toboggan

Awful shot from Adam Scott, that could be him gone.

CMOTDibbler

Seve OB wrote: »

Make America Great Again

Somewhere someone has a timeline that shows when exactly America was great and wasn't great so that these guys can keep track of where they are on the greatness scale.

Nothing more embarrassing than trying to make America great again when it's already great. You'd need to know that that's a time to make it greater.

And of course there's the whole geographical issue that has the Canadians and South Americans getting annoyed about their relative greatness in the whole scheme of things American.

Mantis Toboggan

Did I just hear a 250 yard par 3?

vienne86

So Rory gets a bogey and Watson gets an eagle. Only one in it now. And Willett misses a sitter for a birdie to be two back of Rory. Getting exciting!

LuckyGent88

Poor error from Rory. This is about to get very interesting.

Mantis Toboggan

Rory doing his best to throw it away

HighLine

And now Rory puts it into the water... really hoping he doesn't implode.

Mantis Toboggan

Good save

Needs to be more aggressive, he's not great when he's playing defensively.

LuckyGent88

Ahh phil, what you after doing.

Seve OB

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Rory doing his best to throw it away

Hardly doing his best. Thats 2 bad shots is all. Long way to go yet

vienne86

Well fair play to Rory for staying ahead. Bubba and Danny hot on his heals. This is great!

m1ck007

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Has grame declared for Ireland?

Yea

mickmackey1

Didn't expect this

LuckyGent88

Scott about to get back in contention too but dustin is gone

vienne86

Four tied on -10 now - this could be anyone's. I think Watson might do it. Hope I'm wrong though.

yipsnomore

Rory has really tightened up. That drive was his worst in a while. Great drama, great preparation for the Masters. Can he pull it back together?????

kiers47

Rory needs to get his sh*t together quick or this could start to get away from him quickly. That was a woeful drive when he needed a good one. A lot of good players stacking up behind.

HighLine

I know it's not Sky's fault but we still haven't seen where Rory's tee shot has gone that he hit well over 5 minutes ago.:mad:

vienne86

Ah GMac! Was putting in a nice card and then had 8 on the last! Saw him with the shoes and sox off, and his attempt to escape from the water rolled back in.

CMOTDibbler

HighLine wrote: »

I know it's not Sky's fault but we still haven't seen where Rory's tee shot has gone that he hit well over 5 minutes ago.:mad:

They found it!

vienne86

Adam Scott looks like getting a birdie to tie the lead. Rory's last putt looked very tentative.

CMOTDibbler

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Did I just hear a 250 yard par 3?

You did indeed. The 13th is playing 253 today :eek:.

Eaglebridie 32

Stephen Bodwich, 81,80,80,84, +37, must be some sort of 4 round high scoring record on PGA tour?

LuckyGent88

rory is gone awful tentative but he needs to go to basics now and start by hitting the fairway on the par 5.

Mcginley said bubba was the guy to follow today at the start of coverage.

vienne86

Bubba in the lead - another mighty putt on the 12th. And Willett gets his birdie too, so he's tied with McIlroy. Another tentative putt from him but he gets his par.

Running Balance

Five iron so!!