2021 Professional Golf Thread

[Blue in Munich]

Yep. Golf is one of the few sports where no crowds hasn't been too much of a problem, for a tv viewer. Cricket also doesn't seem vastly different.

But the fans do make a positive difference, even with silly stuff like Baba Booey.

I tried to watch the rugby last night... I lasted 10 minutes before I couldn't do it any more.

No. No, they so don't. If there is an upside to professional golf in this, it is the complete lack of "Mashed potato", "Getindahole" (usually below on the tee of a 600+ yard par 5), "You're the man" and any of the that the juiced-up idiots manage to utter.

 

[Golfnut1957]

Good decision, you missed nothing.

Unless you are Scottish of course. If you're English it was a complete head shaker.

 

[Whydowedoit]

Jordan Spieth is 232nd on the US Tour drving stats, something like 48%. I mean, a professional golfer, a major winner, & he cant hit 7/14 fairways?? That's dreadful. Some of their fairways arent exactly narrow! Surely there must be a coach out there who can sort him out??

 

[Imurg]

Jordan Spieth is 232nd on the US Tour drving stats, something like 48%. I mean, a professional golfer, a major winner, & he cant hit 7/14 fairways?? That's dreadful. Some of their fairways arent exactly narrow! Surely there must be a coach out there who can sort him out??

Don't look at Bryson's driving stats for the first 2 days in Saudi then....
35.7% round 1, 28.6% round 2...still hit 77 and 72% of greens though....

 

[davidy233]

Jordan Spieth is 232nd on the US Tour drving stats, something like 48%. I mean, a professional golfer, a major winner, & he cant hit 7/14 fairways?? That's dreadful. Some of their fairways arent exactly narrow! Surely there must be a coach out there who can sort him out??

He's never been great tee to green - when he's on form his putting is out of this world though

 

[howbow88]

I photograph professional football - it was very weird when I did the first game back with no crowds, but it's amazing how quickly you get used to it - Did a game at start of December in Inverness which was in Level 1 at the time and they were allowed 300 fans in - couldn't believe how good it sounded to hear a player get booed.

The golf on TV without crowds has been a fair bit like the Dunhill Links and I'd guess a fair few European Tour events where in normal times crowds only come out on the final day.

I'm a Palace season ticket holder but I wasn't interested in going to the Spurs game, where we were allowed 2k fans. I thought it seemed like a waste of time in those sort of numbers, but on the tv it did seem to make a real difference.

 

[srixon 1]

Don't look at Bryson's driving stats for the first 2 days in Saudi then....
35.7% round 1, 28.6% round 2...still hit 77 and 72% of greens though....

and that is why the penalty for missing fairways should be more severe. If he did that at somewhere like Burnham and Berrow he would run out of balls.

 

[Steve Wilkes]

and that is why the penalty for missing fairways should be more severe. If he did that at somewhere like Burnham and Berrow he would run out of balls.

To be fair, facts like that can be misleading, he could have rolled off the fairway a yard or two into the 1st cut on most of those misses.

 

[srixon 1]

To be fair, facts like that can be misleading, he could have rolled off the fairway a yard or two into the 1st cut on most of those misses.

He could have just rolled into the 1st cut, i agree, but some of the misses were miles off line. Even Laurence of Arabia would have had trouble finding a couple of his misses.

 

[davidy233]

I'm a Palace season ticket holder but I wasn't interested in going to the Spurs game, where we were allowed 2k fans. I thought it seemed like a waste of time in those sort of numbers, but on the tv it did seem to make a real difference.

If you haven't been in a stadium with a match being played without fans then it probably wouldn't seem great if you were at a game with just a limited amount of fans - being in an empty stadium during a pro match is unbelievably soul-less at first.

 

[srixon 1]

No chance.
Which holes at Burnham would you lose a ball by missing the fairway?
There's absolutely massive amounts of room there.

Most of the holes at Burnham have trouble down both sides. Yes, some are wider than others but if you are as wide as BDC you are going to be in trouble around there.

 

[MarkT]

The optimist in me says this is setting up for some Spieth pyrotechnics late on... or dribble away into a tie for 12th

 

[fenwayrich]

Now watching this evening's golf without sound. The commentators, Rich Beem excepted, are tedious. Definitely the B team.

 

[birdyhunter]

Aaahhhh Finau...
Blown it again... ?

Finau so often seems to be the 'nearly' man.. puts himself in contention but lacks the killer instinct to finish it off. He's a nice guy and I hope he does it, but maybe being that nice guy will limit him from crushing opponents and getting the victories he deserves.

 

[FELL75]

Hahn going well, then soon as he hits the front starts to feel it. Good finale beckons

 

[Imurg]

This is priceless

https://twitter.com/x/status/1358494657827778562

 

[SteveW86]

This is shaping up to be an extremely tight finish! 9 players within 1 shot now.

It is nice hearing a bit of crowd noise on the back 9 on a Sunday.

 

[FELL75]

Hahn bottling it.

Yep, not sure about shauffele either...

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Well that’s a lovely little chip shot which will prob win Koepka the tournament

 

[SteveW86]

Impressive from Koepka