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Dr. Bre

Summerlin is a handy course for the pros so not surprised seeing Bryson -9

Potential Underachiever

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Summerlin is a handy course for the pros so not surprised seeing Bryson -9

Not watching but it looks like they are tearing the course apart, already looking like a -5 or -6 cut.

eagle eye

I'd much rather watch a US Open type tournament to this.

Mantis Toboggan

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Oh just the handy 9 under from Bryson today.

Bryson’s drives today, starting on No. 10 at TPC Summerlin. (He shot 62 and is leading)

309
336
294
346
295 (on green)
328
281
277
337
301
352
303
361 (on green)
353


I’d love if Augusta just announce they are implementing their own tournament ball. Everyone plays the same ball and have it rolled back to years ago. See how the pros get on then.

Yeah I'd be much more confident of Augusta having the balls to introduce a tournament ball. It's the obvious solution.

I Remember a few years back the Cork hurlers brought there own sliotars to a munster final, took a while for it to be discovered. The ball went an extra 10 yards over the standard ball. Needs to be a level playing field for all.

DuckSlice

The off the ball lads were talking about if augusta will do anything. They mentioned banning the green book. Id agree, bring it back to the good old fashioned having to read the green rather than having the slopes in your pocket.

They also think Bryson is anchoring the putter he has just found a work-around.

ThunderCat

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Oh just the handy 9 under from Bryson today.

Bryson’s drives today, starting on No. 10 at TPC Summerlin. (He shot 62 and is leading)

309
336
294
346
295 (on green)
328
281
277
337
301
352
303
361 (on green)
353


I’d love if Augusta just announce they are implementing their own tournament ball. Everyone plays the same ball and have it rolled back to years ago. See how the pros get on then.

It would all be relative. He'd still be the longest out there and instead of going into a par 4 with a 9 iron he might be going in with a 7 instead. But of course the rest of them will be going in with 5 iron. I do agree it's getting a bit ridiculous all the same.

fearruanua

ThunderCat wrote: »

It would all be relative. He'd still be the longest out there and instead of going into a par 4 with a 9 iron he might be going in with a 7 instead. But of course the rest of them will be going in with 5 iron. I do agree it's getting a bit ridiculous all the same.

agree on this. i don't see how a standardised, doesn't go as far, ball is going to make a difference. The long hitters are still going to be the long hitters and still hold that advantage over the rest. swingspeed won't change by introducing a new ball.

eagle eye

ThunderCat wrote:

It would all be relative. He'd still be the longest out there and instead of going into a par 4 with a 9 iron he might be going in with a 7 instead. But of course the rest of them will be going in with 5 iron. I do agree it's getting a bit ridiculous all the same.

You do realise that the shorter they are hitting it the less of a gap between them?

SuprSi

It could make things slower as caddies and players would have to recalibrate distances. Will a specific tournament ball spin in the same way, feel the same way with a putter - us amateurs may not be impacted massively by stuff like that but these guys certainly would.

Mantis Toboggan

fearruanua wrote: »

agree on this. i don't see how a standardised, doesn't go as far, ball is going to make a difference. The long hitters are still going to be the long hitters and still hold that advantage over the rest. swingspeed won't change by introducing a new ball.

Big hitters will still be the big hitters and that's perfectly fine, the new ball will be to protect golf courses.

DJIMI TRARORE

Bring back the wooden shafts and a heavier ball

eagle eye

DJIMI TRARORE wrote:

Bring back the wooden shafts and a heavier ball

I've always thought it'd be nice to have a tournament like that every year. It could become a very important one to them all to show that technology isn't the only reason they can win golf tournaments.

Deeper Blue

eagle eye wrote: »

I've always thought it'd be nice to have a tournament like that every year. It could become a very important one to them all to show that technology isn't the only reason they can win golf tournaments.

That's a great idea, bringing back the Persimmon heads would be mad to see

BagheeraBlue

wiff of jealousy

Dr. Bre

Cracking round from the Wolff . Bryson going backwards

fred funk }{

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Cracking round from the Wolff . Bryson going backwards

Including 3 eagles

Deeper Blue

I can't remember the last time the cut mark was -7, I wonder has there ever been a cut lower than that?

Fairly bunched leaderboard so could be an exciting final round hopefully.

If only Cantlay wasn't in the final group, he's painful to watch.

Potential Underachiever

El Sueño wrote: »

I can't remember the last time the cut mark was -7, I wonder has there ever been a cut lower than that?

Fairly bunched leaderboard so could be an exciting final round hopefully.

If only Cantlay wasn't in the final group, he's painful to watch.

Fairly sure I saw a tweet saying it was the lowest cut ever!

Edit : https://twitter.com/PGATOURComms/status/1314741557891788801

Deeper Blue

Thanks for that, I was thinking it seemed ridiculously low alright.

LuckyGent88

Hopeful that Will Zalotoris gets the top 5 he needs for temporary membership. Completely deserves it given his play on the KF tour this year

Mantis Toboggan

Good to see Frankie back albeit missing the cut. Thankfully the retirement rumours don't seem to be true.

Deeper Blue

Laird has been rock solid all day and then does that on 17, interesting chip coming up :eek:

Edit: Brilliant up and down

Glad Laird won it. One for the older shorter hitters.

eagle eye

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Glad Laird won it. One for the older shorter hitters.

Laird is not short, top 50 in driving distance last year.

Deeper Blue

The fact that Laird was clearly a nervous wreck from 16 onwards made me want him to win even more. Delighted for him.

Apparently his career earnings are North of 19 million :eek:

CSWS101

Just watched the highlights, his up and down on the 17th was incredible. Some shot

callaway92

El Sueño wrote: »

The fact that Laird was clearly a nervous wreck from 16 onwards made me want him to win even more. Delighted for him.

Apparently his career earnings are North of 19 million :eek:

Yeh he's been around for a long time now (10+ years) on the PGA Tour and playing at a very high level with a slight drop the last couple of years. Good for him tbh

Mantis Toboggan

DJ out of the CJ Cup this week with Corona.

Dr. Bre

Finau out. Not sure if it’s corona related

Mushy

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Finau out. Not sure if it’s corona related

He was confirmed with it last week was he not?