You're way off. It's calculated per round, per event, in comparison with the rest of the field on that day
Also, he only won by two ??
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You're way off. It's calculated per round, per event, in comparison with the rest of the field on that day
Also, he only won by two ??
tobybarker
Active member
I thought the coverage was as dull as the course.... Turned off on round 3 and didn't bother with round 4! I guess it's really missing the crowd. One day......
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Coverage (and comms) was far far worse than the course
What does a crowd add to watching a golf tournament on tv?
davidy233
Tour Rookie
It's better without the crowd (hearing the caddie interaction is excellent - as is the swearing), course was a good challenge and it was tight as a tight thing until the wonder shot from Morikawa.
Guess we all have different tastes.
tobybarker
Active member
I guess we do. Never once saw anyone get pumped about a good shot or failure.. Even the winner looked a little bemused.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
tobybarker
Active member
Lol maybe. Even the highlights were dull, however. I'm glad the Ryder cup was cancelled.... Tell me that would be"exciting" without the crowd....
Grant85
Head Pro
You're way off. It's calculated per round, per event, in comparison with the rest of the field on that day
Also, he only won by two ??
How do you know that?
I think that's very unlikely as it would lead to fairly small sample sizes and huge variations from week to week.
Edit - the strokes gained is based on the average at all PGA Tour measured rounds. So it does have a bias towards 'easier' set ups week to week, that will traditionally have less penal rough, softer greens and lower scoring. Therefore Morikawa is not going to have 'gained' as many strokes on the field off the tee for being accurate.
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
If you'd have watched the final you've have seen an extraordinary day of golf where as many as 7 or 8 players were in the running and any one of them could have taken the initiative to win it.
I don't understand how a crowd being there or not makes a blind bit of difference when I'm watching it on the TV. I'm still watching golfers at the pinnacle of the game hitting shots I dream about. And to be fair there was a smattering of people watching and applauding around the greens for the golfers to acknowledge, just less than usual. It's not like it was stony silence.
As someone else said I like being able to hear the conversation with the caddy as well.
rksquire
Head Pro
The crowd does add something, especially to a final day of a major, I just think there's a buzz and an tense atmosphere as things start to unfold that isn't there when the crowd is absence. Similarly, hitting a hole in one is a bit subdued.
As for the major, was hoping for Day or Casey, in that order, but that on 16th to seal it was outstanding and well deserved. Talented player. But really I was just happy it wasn't Bryson or Brooks!
As for the major, was hoping for Day or Casey, in that order, but that on 16th to seal it was outstanding and well deserved. Talented player. But really I was just happy it wasn't Bryson or Brooks!
Mandofred
Well-known member
I don't really watch sports, but they had the replay on Monday after while I was on the treadmill. I watched for about 20 minutes. Loved that course......and it was even nicer without the crowds in my opinion. Not the same....I can understand that. But that is a course that I would love to play.
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Stats for the week + for the final round make for some interesting reading
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Since restart I've placed a few pocket money bets, and it's been uncanny how many of them have been leading or well placed after 3 rounds only to stumble just outside of the places.
I just made one bet for the Wyndham and just looked at the leaderboard. Anyone want to guess who it was?
Sorry fella your race is run!
I just made one bet for the Wyndham and just looked at the leaderboard. Anyone want to guess who it was?
Sorry fella your race is run!
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
pendodave
Tour Rookie
I can't link to it at the moment, but there's a video on Twitter of Jordan on the range at the tournament today...
Comes with free (lack of) trigger warning.
Comes with free (lack of) trigger warning.
pendodave
Tour Rookie
I think this is it... apologies if not
Yes, but it still compares every player against each other in every aspect of their game, per round and per event. It obviously has a baseline!
If you add all the SG from each measure, you'd find Morikawa gained 0.5 of a shot vs Casey per round.
As Fundy said, it wasn't his usual accuracy that seperated him last week. Whilst it was good, it wasn't nearly the best.
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Damn, got to feel for him, must be so frustrating playing the level of golf he has, where he was one of the leading players on Tour across basically every category in terms of strokes gained to now where he's struggling big time. I hope he manages to turn it around, big fan of Spieth.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Ouch!
Not professional but not going to start a new thread for the US Amateur Champs that's on at the moment… That ‘caddie’ will not be getting much work for the rest of the season
For those that didn’t see it, match-play format all tied on 18th up to the green, players ball is in green-side bunker
While the player is doing practice swings outside the bunker his caddie pops into the bunker, kneels down and rubs his hand across the sand to test the surface, opponents caddie sees him do it and calls rules official over. Overhead TV footage shows it clearly (although the caddie initially denied it)
Penalty - loss of hole, loses match 1 down.
Tough way to lose
Guilty Caddie was a local guy to the course and not known to the player
Not professional but not going to start a new thread for the US Amateur Champs that's on at the moment… That ‘caddie’ will not be getting much work for the rest of the season
For those that didn’t see it, match-play format all tied on 18th up to the green, players ball is in green-side bunker
While the player is doing practice swings outside the bunker his caddie pops into the bunker, kneels down and rubs his hand across the sand to test the surface, opponents caddie sees him do it and calls rules official over. Overhead TV footage shows it clearly (although the caddie initially denied it)
Penalty - loss of hole, loses match 1 down.
Tough way to lose
Guilty Caddie was a local guy to the course and not known to the player
pendodave
Tour Rookie
How awful.
Mind you , I'm surprised he got to 18 without picking up his ball from 5 feet and saying "thats good, right?". #quickrake.
