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2021 Professional Golf Thread

Imurg said:
I love it when he smacks one into the wilderness, the shoulders slump, he gets that "how is it doing that" look on his face and he starts trudging after it...comedy gold
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Thats the problem when you are one dimensional...:ROFLMAO:
 
Imurg said:
I love it when he smacks one into the wilderness, the shoulders slump, he gets that "how is it doing that" look on his face and he starts trudging after it...comedy gold
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I love it when he does his Frankenstein impression on the greens, and misses putts.
 
Traminator said:
Do we under-rate Fitzpatrick?
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I don't think so. Nice guy, nice golfer, will get very rich. But, for me, he needs to bring something else to the table. I remember the comments he made about BDC and said he 'could' do all these things but wouldn't; regardless of what we think of BDC's regime and the technology, it basically said to me he was happy where he was at and wouldn't make the additional effort (ie professional golfer not interested in putting in the hard work to make the game easier and elevate his game). I'm sure he didn't mean that in reality, but it's hard to see what would separate him from quite a few others to justify him being rated any more highly.
 
rksquire said:
I don't think so. Nice guy, nice golfer, will get very rich. But, for me, he needs to bring something else to the table. I remember the comments he made about BDC and said he 'could' do all these things but wouldn't; regardless of what we think of BDC's regime and the technology, it basically said to me he was happy where he was at and wouldn't make the additional effort (ie professional golfer not interested in putting in the hard work to make the game easier and elevate his game). I'm sure he didn't mean that in reality, but it's hard to see what would separate him from quite a few others to justify him being rated any more highly.
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Based upon yesterday's performances it could be said that Fitzpatrick was right!

Actually I don't think that he was suggesting that he wasn't prepared to put in the work.

He was emphasising that there is more than one way to play tournament golf and he is more comfortable with a more traditional style of play rather than Bryson's style of trying to club a course into submission.

And he is right. Just look at the tournament winners so far this calendar year. They each have their own style of play.

The only constant amongst them is their work ethic with them all spending endless amounts of time and effort developing their own skill sets.
 
Beezerk said:
I'm sure if he wins one or two more majors he won't give a hoot about some bad shots at a warm up tournament ?
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There's a very big "if" in there.

No golfer in history has been able to regularly turn it on specifically for the Majors.

Some might handle the extra pressure better than others but none can just go from missing fairways by 40 yards and sometimes more to meeting the demands of tougher courses associated with the Majors.
 
Apparently, according to people who know him well, Fitzpatrick is a very hard worker, and is very hard on himself.
I don't think he shirks the workload required to be the best.
He would probably have to work out so much that the rest of his game would suffer.

As for BDC I actually think his putting is the stand out in his game, not the big hitting.
 
JamesR said:
Apparently, according to people who know him well, Fitzpatrick is a very hard worker, and is very hard on himself.
I don't think he shirks the workload required to be the best.
He would probably have to work out so much that the rest of his game would suffer.

As for BDC I actually think his putting is the stand out in his game, not the big hitting.
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I suspect anyone playing at tour level work hard on their game, with performance related pay the majority could be off the tour very quickly following a bad year.
 
saving_par said:
I suspect anyone playing at tour level work hard on their game, with performance related pay the majority could be off the tour very quickly following a bad year.
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My post was in relation to the post above suggesting he wasn't willing to put the effort in to improve
 
JamesR said:
My post was in relation to the post above suggesting he wasn't willing to put the effort in to improve
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It still applies, if anyone thinks Matt Fitzpatrick isn't putting the hard work to improve, his ranking would be going downhill quickly as all his peers are putting serious graft in.

He, I think is an interesting case in how he plays the game. Not long in modern terms but straight. Danger is in looking for added yardage he becomes wayward but still well short of the big hitters. This is a recipe for disaster rather like Luke Donald has beccome.
 
saving_par said:
It still applies, if anyone thinks Matt Fitzpatrick isn't putting the hard work to improve, his ranking would be going downhill quickly as all his peers are putting serious graft in.

He, I think is an interesting case in how he plays the game. Not long in modern terms but straight. Danger is in looking for added yardage he becomes wayward but still well short of the big hitters. This is a recipe for disaster rather like Luke Donald has beccome.
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My thoughts entilely
 
Few car threads around currently - how about Tae Hoon Kim, has won 3 in 4 months! Same brand apparently, two for hole in ones. Easy life!
 
What a difference a week makes. Berger with a fairway wood on the 18th at PB stopping almost straight away, yet this week even the short irons aren't stopping on these greens. A good watch
 
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