2021 Professional Golf Thread

[redbrownie]

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....

I agree with this. Overall it was another really good tournament (the last few weeks on the tour have been great).

Sunday was the least entertaining day for me though because the conditions turned it into attritional golf, which is akin to a US Open. That absolutely has its place in the game but my personal preference is for what we saw on Saturday; guys making birdies, eagles, holes in one and making a charge.

It had a feel of back 9 at Augusta to it, which is usually the highlight of the sporting year for me.

Really looking forward to TPC this week.

 

[sunshine]

His short game looks to be up there with the best, there was also a stat on screen at one stage that he was averaging quite a distance further from the pin than Westwood off the tee, ie hitting more irons.

They showed the stat just before Lee/Bryson teed off. Radar and Nick D in the studio chatting through Bryson's strategy, explaining how he was often hitting iron off the tee and carefully choosing when to hit driver.

Cut to the 1st tee and we hear Coltart criticise Bryson for his one dimensional strategy, laying into him for hitting driver on every tee regardless. Coltart sounded a total clown, ignorant and ill-informed is not helpful for a commentator

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Is Sawgrass now a mickey mouse course with them putting in an internal OOB on 18 to stop you know who and other mahoosive bombers playing across the lake and up the 9th?

Windmills next......?

 

[woofers]

Or just setting it up the way it designed to be played..? (No windmills, pirate ships or clowns faces required).

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Or just setting it up the way it designed to be played..? (No windmills, pirate ships or clowns faces required).

Never been an internal OOB before....

Why not just take the tee back 50 yards like the modern trend to play the hole as it was designed.

 

[Imurg]

They've been using internal OB in the last 2 or 3 tournaments.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

They've been using internal OB in the last 2 or 3 tournaments.

Thought it was new this year. Some young lad took that line last year in the junior Players championship

 

[Lord Tyrion]

It's for safety as much as anything, along with keeping speed of play just above glacial. If players are deliberately driving down the wrong fairway then they have to do something.

Mickey Mouse course @saving_par . Wash your mouth out. It's my favourite course to watch golf on in the US, I can't wait until tomorrow .

 

[Deleted member 3432]

It's for safety as much as anything, along with keeping speed of play just above glacial. If players are deliberately driving down the wrong fairway then they have to do something.

Mickey Mouse course @saving_par . Wash your mouth out. It's my favourite course to watch golf on in the US, I can't wait until tomorrow .

Safety is just an excuse, if they were worried about safety they would make sure the players actually shouted fore

What about the Old Course and players using the 'wrong' fairway.

Point I'm making is they are creating an artificial solution on an above average tour course to prevent some players over powering the last hole.

Maybe time to move the Players to a extremely long modern course suitable for the golfers of today.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Safety is just an excuse, if they were worried about safety they would make sure the players actually shouted fore

What about the Old Course and players using the 'wrong' fairway.

Point I'm making is they are creating an artificial solution on an above average tour course to prevent some players over powering the last hole.

Maybe time to move the Players to a extremely long modern course suitable for the golfers of today.

I'm not a fan of simply moving the tee box back. It's lazy design imo.

Is not adding trees, bushes, growing rough, putting extra bunkers in etc artificial in it's own way? They are trying to guide golfers a particular route and punishing those off course. On this occasion they are doing it within the boundaries of a course, elsewhere it could be at the edges. Same result.

Better to come up with a solution, artificial or not, than just let them embarrass the hole, which is happens at times at St Andrew's. Save our older courses, that's what I say ?

 

[USER1999]

Safety is just an excuse, if they were worried about safety they would make sure the players actually shouted fore

What about the Old Course and players using the 'wrong' fairway.

Point I'm making is they are creating an artificial solution on an above average tour course to prevent some players over powering the last hole.

Maybe time to move the Players to a extremely long modern course suitable for the golfers of today.

Nice fishing.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

I'm not a fan of simply moving the tee box back. It's lazy design imo.

Is not adding trees, bushes, growing rough, putting extra bunkers in etc artificial in it's own way? They are trying to guide golfers a particular route and punishing those off course. On this occasion they are doing it within the boundaries of a course, elsewhere it could be at the edges. Same result.

Better to come up with a solution, artificial or not, than just let them embarrass the hole, which is happens at times at St Andrew's. Save our older courses, that's what I say ?

In this case they are trying to stop them them embarrassing a hole on course than opened in 1980 and built specifically to host the Tour's flagship event.....

 

[Golfnut1957]

If they let any of them hit across to 9, and let's face it, he's not the only one capable of achieving it, they will be hitting towards the players on the ninth. After hitting it they then have to walk around the lake to the ninth and hit it to the green while trying to keep out of the way of those playing nine, there is also the possibility that they need a drop for line of sight from the hospitality, more time. They then walk all the back to 18. What can I say, thank you, PGA Tour.

On the same note what I have read is that he was asked if he fancied trying something here similar to six at Bay Hill. His response was that he'd love to have a pop at driving it over to nine but the logistics of doing so (see above) make it unlikely.

The concept nothing new, a 16 year old did it not so long ago.

I know I'm stating the obvious, but this whole thing is media driven and the Tour have saved us from most of it.

 

[FELL75]

Full Sky coverage already, straight from the off first thing Thursday.
Impressive.

And Rory hitting a provisional straight away ?‍

Yep, not a good start for Rory. Makes me think what I'll be like on the 1st tee on 29 march, hitting a provisional? ?

 

[Sports_Fanatic]

Well said Golfnut.

Bryson mentioned he'd be looking at the possibility of hitting to the 9th from the 18th, but it wasn't really worth it in the end. Tiny landing area etc.

As a precaution, for all the sensible reasons outlined already, the Tour just shut down the question straight away.
It's nothing new, there have already been a few internal OB this season, including on the 6th last week.

Interesting that the talk is on Bryson for this rule but the bbc article shows that a teenager (!!!) took the same line in a junior competition there last year so I expect they had decided at that point to introduce it to prevent issues both for safety and "how the course should be played". Obviously a different skill level but interesting it was one birdie and two bogeys for the junior taking that line.

 

[Imurg]

Thats because the Bryson rule sounds better than the Spotty Youth rule..

 

[USER1999]

It is interesting that said youth was saying he needed to hit a 350 yard drive to make it worthwhile. This is what Is coming. Bryson will soon be seen to be packing a pea shooter compared to the next gen.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Blimey, Henrik is +7 after 8 holes . What's happened, is a tornado following his group?

 

[Imurg]

Blimey, Henrik is +7 after 8 holes . What's happened, is a tornado following his group?

Doubles and triples seem quite easy to find....

 

[Steve Wilkes]

Blimey, Henrik is +7 after 8 holes . What's happened, is a tornado following his group?

4 putted the 2nd, 3 putted the 4th , found water on 6 and 7