2020 Professional Golf Thread

[robinthehood]

Surely that also compliments BDC’s skill with the wedge? What next? Ban Pro’s from using any club with more than 30 degree loft?
Maybe replace bunkers with temporary paddling pools as bunkers are not hazards to these guys, infact often they’ll aim at a bunker as the “best” miss.

Or internal OOB’s 5yds off the fairways?

Brysons putting was very good this week, with a few 20+ footers holed on very tough greens. I watched Rory in the featured group, every bit as long as Bryson and much more accurate, but cant putt for toffee it seems

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Don't remember people moaning when Seve was winning majors from the deep rough

He had every shot in the book to get it onto the green from the Lytham car parks...

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Brysons putting was very good this week, with a few 20+ footers holed on very tough greens.

His whole game is very good, obviously some of my post was tongue in cheek, I just think people are over reacting to his win, the USGA have to put more thought in to course choice/set up rather than the old, “grow the rough”

 

[davidy233]

He had every shot in the book to get it onto the green from the Lytham car parks...

Can your imagine the outcry if Bryson had got a Ford Cortina moved to play a shot?

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Can your imagine the outcry if Bryson had got a Ford Cortina moved to play a shot?

He would just lift it out of the way himself...

No denying Seve was the car park champion that year but lets face it he had style and charisma doing it.

Not at patch on Spieth at Birkdale for wild hitting.

 

[USER1999]

It is crazy to change the architecture of every golf course the pro's play at, possibly to the detriment of 99% of the other non pro golfers who might play there, when it would be so simple to change the golf ball the pro's use, and reign in the driver a bit. A lighter, more spinny ball, and reduced MOI and coefficient driver.

 

[davidy233]

He would just lift it out of the way himself...

No denying Seve was the car park champion that year but lets face it he had style and charisma doing it.

Not at patch on Spieth at Birkdale for wild hitting.

He did have buckets of style and charisma and hit shots that seemed impossible but he could also be very close to the line rules and gamesmanship wise at times - stuff Bryson has been criticised for.

 

[USER1999]

Bryson alone isn't really the issue, it's just set a bar that says to win, you need to be super long. Matt Wolff is also super long, and the next generation coming through will be longer too.

Course set up will make it harder and harder to win unless you are super long, and courses will just get longer, which is daft.

Wolff hit a gap wedge 160 out of the rough this weekend. That is crazy.

 

[robinthehood]

It is crazy to change the architecture of every golf course the pro's play at, possibly to the detriment of 99% of the other non pro golfers who might play there, when it would be so simple to change the golf ball the pro's use, and reign in the driver a bit. A lighter, more spinny ball, and reduced MOI and coefficient driver.

How does it affect your average golfer? If I play a Major venue or even a regular tour stop, its not off the back tees and it also wont have been set up the same way that it will have been for the pro comp.

 

[USER1999]

How does it affect your average golfer? If I play a Major venue or even a regular tour stop, its not off the back tees and it also wont have been set up the same way that it will have been for the pro comp.

Planting more trees, shrubs, gorse, etc, as some have mentioned. Even foot deep grass doesn't grow over night.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

He did have buckets of style and charisma and hit shots that seemed impossible but he could also be very close to the line rules and gamesmanship wise at times - stuff Bryson has been criticised for.

Don't disagree with that regarding Seve.

Unfortunately Bryson lacks that, at least on the course which is why he is getting criticised.

 

[garyinderry]

I do find it funny.


When rory dismantles a course by hitting bomb drives past everyone and birdies every par 5 and the odd eagle, the sky team fall over themselves to give him praise.


Last night was dig after dig, especially from Nick Dougherty.

 

[Sports_Fanatic]

Bryson was +4.36 on shots gained putting on the field this week, think we need to do something with the greens so those who are able to putt well aren't overly rewarded. We don't want a game where you can wedge it into 15/20ft and just hole the putt, it just doesn't put a premium on pin seeking

 

[robinthehood]

I do find it funny.


When rory dismantles a course by hitting bomb drives past everyone and birdies every par 5 and the odd eagle, the sky team fall over themselves to give him praise.


Last night was dig after dig, especially from Nick Dougherty.

Exactly, you'd think bryson was suddenly hitting 100yds past everyone and hitting 50 yd LW for all his approaches.
Its nothing that many other havnt been doing, just Bryson has beefed up to hit with the real big boys.

 

[Sports_Fanatic]

I do find it funny.


When rory dismantles a course by hitting bomb drives past everyone and birdies every par 5 and the odd eagle, the sky team fall over themselves to give him praise.


Last night was dig after dig, especially from Nick Dougherty.

In fairness to Nick, he did tweet that he thought at the start of the week that Bryson's approach of just hitting it hard and taking it from there wouldn't work but that he was completely wrong. Finished with whilst against the grain of how to play a US open was "an emphatic victory and thoroughly deserved".

 

[Orikoru]

Well, I guess you didn't grow up watching guys playing persimmon, and balata balls. The game as it is now is not golf, it's morphed into something different, and it's pretty boring and samey to watch. Whack it as far as is possible, go find it, and whack it with a wedge.

Don't be so dramatic. They still hit golf balls with golf clubs, it's golf. Is tennis not tennis because they stopped using wooden rackets and started serving it 150mph? Is football not football because the players are athletes and don't sink 8 pints after a game anymore?

As Beezerk says...

You'll be moaning about F1 cars being too fast next, or the guy breaking the 20 odd year old pole vault world record.
It's just progression that happens in all sports. And they wonder why some people moan about golf being stuck in the dark ages ?

...all sports move with the times as players and team try to gain the next advantage over the rest of the field.

 

[garyinderry]

In fairness to Nick, he did tweet that he thought at the start of the week that Bryson's approach of just hitting it hard and taking it from there wouldn't work but that he was completely wrong. Finished with whilst against the grain of how to play a US open was "an emphatic victory and thoroughly deserved".

It was the constant contrast to what we used to hear when rory would hit a nice 330 drive in the fairway.

Bryson hit 380 last night to the exact centre cut without half as much fanfare.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Not the longest Avg off the Tee then?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

When I first started playing golf it was when Tiger came on the scene. I remember then people talking about Tiger Proofing courses against his driving. As far as I can recall that largely involved moving the tee further back . BDC has simply taken that further, as others have done in the interim.

I think people would warm to him more if he didn't take 5 minutes over every shot, constantly keep referring to his books before he does anything. So many use them now but please take away greens books from pro golfers. Let them work the greens out themselves.

No need to panic, it is his first, not his 10th in a row.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Not the longest Avg off the Tee then?
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Interesting table. Is the fuss then that when he does unleash he can go really big? The rest of the time he is just big along with many others?