2022 Professional golf thread

[Orikoru]

From the BBC website (my bold):
Tyrrell Hatton said he would like to "blow up" the 18th after it ruined his chance of defending the title.
The Englishman did birdie the par-five hole - measured at 634 yards - in Sunday's final round as he closed with a five-under 67 to finish on seven under, but called it a "terrible finishing hole".
Hatton, who won this title when it was played at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in 2021, had a double-bogey seven in Friday's blustery conditions and then signed for a ruinous quadruple-bogey nine on Saturday.
"I would love for a bomb to drop on it and blow it to oblivion," he told BBC Sport.
"The fact they've moved the tee back is ridiculous. I hit a really good tee shot and I've still got 290 yards to the front [of the green].
"I could peg driver up again and still not get there. It'd be a much better finishing hole if you were rewarded for hitting the fairway, which as it stands, you're not.
"If we're coming back here next year, it'd be nice if they redesigned it. It's a bit of an ask so we may not be back."

Errr......it's a par 5 Tyrrell, basically you ruined your chance of winning by not accepting that.

Haha. That's hilarious. Pro golfers have clearly lost all concept of an actual par 5 these days.

 

[sunshine]

From the BBC website (my bold):
Tyrrell Hatton said he would like to "blow up" the 18th after it ruined his chance of defending the title.
The Englishman did birdie the par-five hole - measured at 634 yards - in Sunday's final round as he closed with a five-under 67 to finish on seven under, but called it a "terrible finishing hole".
Hatton, who won this title when it was played at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in 2021, had a double-bogey seven in Friday's blustery conditions and then signed for a ruinous quadruple-bogey nine on Saturday.
"I would love for a bomb to drop on it and blow it to oblivion," he told BBC Sport.
"The fact they've moved the tee back is ridiculous. I hit a really good tee shot and I've still got 290 yards to the front [of the green].
"I could peg driver up again and still not get there. It'd be a much better finishing hole if you were rewarded for hitting the fairway, which as it stands, you're not.
"If we're coming back here next year, it'd be nice if they redesigned it. It's a bit of an ask so we may not be back."

Errr......it's a par 5 Tyrrell, basically you ruined your chance of winning by not accepting that.

That is classic Hatton moaning. Probably a bit tongue in cheek from him to be fair.

His point was that you could hit a poor drive, knock it back on to the fairway and have a short iron into the green, but even if you hit a perfect drive it was still a lay up so nothing gained. I do understand the point, as it is more entertaining to finish with some risk/reward. But he could have phrased this in a less entitled and petulant manner

Maybe they need to make the fairway one yard wide to give him an advantage.

 

[MarkT]

Has anyone played the Emirates in Dubai? As much as everyone goes on about it and the 'iconic views' not sure I'd fancy it at all?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

McIlorys swing looks so much better , a lot more control and smoother , doesn’t seem to be chasing the shots - putter cold at the moment

 

[Deleted member 29109]

McIlorys swing looks so much better , a lot more control and smoother , doesn’t seem to be chasing the shots - putter cold at the moment

We could be in 59 Watch if his putter was hot.

 

[MarkT]

When Hatton is good he looks as good as anyone, makes everything look so easy. Shaping up to be a cracking weekend

 

[AliMc]

Has anyone played the Emirates in Dubai? As much as everyone goes on about it and the 'iconic views' not sure I'd fancy it at all?

Played it in a Pro-am in 2002 before all the skyscrapers went up, fantastic golf course

 

[Humpy]

Anyone else not able to view the leaderboard at the Farmers on the PGA Tour website?

 

[Imurg]

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Anyone else not able to view the leaderboard at the Farmers on the PGA Tour website?

It's been rubbish all week...OK on a phone apparently but nothing else....

 

[Humpy]

Can't get anything on my phone. Was ok yesterday.

 

[fundy]

use espn if pgatour not working

https://www.espn.com/golf//leaderboard

 

[srixon 1]

John Rahm seems to have developed Tourette’s.

 

[Humpy]

use espn if pgatour not working

https://www.espn.com/golf//leaderboard

Thanks. Was interested to see how Aaron Rai was getting on. Which I hadn't bothered! But good on him for at least challenging after 3 rounds.

 

[fundy]

John Rahm seems to have developed Tourette’s.

hes had it for years lol

 

[fundy]

Thanks. Was interested to see how Aaron Rai was getting on. Which I hadn't bothered! But good on him for at least challenging after 3 rounds.

yeah was pulling for him too

hell get more chances though

 

[pendodave]

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It's been rubbish all week...OK on a phone apparently but nothing else....

There's a lot of negative contents about this app on golf social at the moment, so it's not just on one platform or in one country. Seems a bit off for such a large organisation.

 

[fundy]

There's a lot of negative contents about this app on golf social at the moment, so it's not just on one platform or in one country. Seems a bit off for such a large organisation.

the website is horrible, very very outdated codewise, very inefficient in how it returns data etc, hard to believe considering how much money they have as an organisation

 

[srixon 1]

Seems like nobody wants to win in Dubai.

 

[fundy]

Seems like nobody wants to win in Dubai.

Was like that at the Farmers last night, List waited 2 hours for someone to beat him, no one did and then he won the play off

 

[Mike79]

Seems like nobody wants to win in Dubai.

Keen to see if Rory can finish this. He played well lasts week until the final round and so far he’s looking good this week.

…surely one birdie in the last 2 to secure it?!?