2021 Professional Golf Thread

[FELL75]

Tough ask from there anyway, yet alone in a divot..

 

[Slime]

That's a bad break.

 

[Swingalot]

Cue the divot discussion.


Again.

Kind of proves why it should not even be a discussion

 

[USER1999]

Kind of proves why it should not even be a discussion

Yep, play it as it lies. That's golf.

 

[USER1999]

What have I done ?

 

[BubbaP]

Obviously disappointing for Lee, but looking at the scoring averages today he's made a decent effort. BD was just a tad better on the day and managed his round pretty well

 

[fundy]

brilliant to shoot under par round there tonight from Bryson, great effort from Westwood.

Sky boys not gonna be happy lol

 

[Beezerk]

What a great weekend of golf, can I go to bed finally ??

 

[Swingalot]

Yep, play it as it lies. That's golf.

Yep that's golf. A sport often ridiculed for its pathetic rules.

P.s. what have you done ?

 

[davidy233]

PGA tour been great every week for a while now - a play off would have been nice but Bryson winning the odd tournament keeps the hype going so all good as far as I’m concerned.

 

[williamalex1]

Why was Bryson allowed to touch and line up his ball after he dropped away from a sprinkler head but the ball was still on the fringe ?.
The official said he could but doesn't seem right . Thoughts ??

 

[williamalex1]

What a great weekend of golf, can I go to bed finally ??

No , answer my question

 

[MarkT]

Little side note (according to Nosferatu on Twitter): Phil Mickelson drops out of the top 100 in the world after a mind-boggling total of 1425 weeks..

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Why was Bryson allowed to touch and line up his ball after he dropped away from a sprinkler head but the ball was still on the fringe ?.
The official said he could but doesn't seem right . Thoughts ??

When he dropped it, twice it ran closer to the hole- so he then has to place it on the spot it landed on ( at the second drop).
When he placed it, he did so "lining up". No reason he cannot, but what the commentators picked up on , was that he couldn't readjust it after that( as he could do on the green)
I think it was Beem who commented that he would not have thought of lining up, as Bryson did. Meaning he thought Bryson was really "with it"

 

[williamalex1]

I didn't realise it had rolled nearer the hole.

 

[jim8flog]

Why was Bryson allowed to touch and line up his ball after he dropped away from a sprinkler head but the ball was still on the fringe ?.
The official said he could but doesn't seem right . Thoughts ??

Interpretations

14.2c/1 – Ball May Be Replaced in Almost Any Orientation

When replacing a lifted ball on a spot, the Rules are concerned about only the location. The ball be aligned in any way when being replaced (such as by lining up a trademark) so long as the ball’s vertical distance to the ground remains the same.

For example, when using a Rule that does not allow cleaning, the player lifts his or her ball and there is a piece of mud sticking to it. The ball may be aligned in any way when replacing it on the original spot (such as by rotating the interfering mud towards the hole).

However, the player is not allowed to replace the ball in an alignment so the ball rests on the mud unless that was its position before it was lifted. The “spot” of the ball includes its vertical location relative to the ground.

 

[howbow88]

I had 4 holes to go before I drifted off, but was recording it as I knew I wasn't going to last the night. I watched it back this morning and when Westie holed the long putt on 15, I thought the title was his. That next hole was the killer - if he had got up and down, I think he would have pipped Bryson at the post.

Great watch though.

 

[rksquire]

Great to see 'Englands' Lee Westwood roll in that putt on 18 to put pressure Bryson DeChambeau. I think finding the divot on 18 just added a few extra thoughts meaning a 'safe' swing was needed. Nice that the course played difficult without being tricked up. Good tournament and brilliant that we now roll straight on to the Players!

 

[Imurg]

I may be alone in this but I found a lot of the final round to be a bit of a slog.
4 players under par and nobody broke 70.
The breeze combined with the course to produce a round in which nobody was able to make a charge, throw in a run of birdies and come from behind.
I found it dull that the winner only had to par the back 9 to take the title.
In a way it felt like some US opens from a while back where its down to who makes the fewest mistakes to win.
In a way Bryson didn't win it, he didn't lose it.
Moments of drama surrounded by acres of Meh....

 

[howbow88]

I may be alone in this but I found a lot of the final round to be a bit of a slog.
4 players under par and nobody broke 70.
The breeze combined with the course to produce a round in which nobody was able to make a charge, throw in a run of birdies and come from behind.
I found it dull that the winner only had to par the back 9 to take the title.
In a way it felt like some US opens from a while back where its down to who makes the fewest mistakes to win.
In a way Bryson didn't win it, he didn't lose it.
Moments of drama surrounded by acres of Meh....

But only parring the back 9 yesterday was ridiculously tough.