2023 Professional Golf thread

[Mel Smooth]

No cuts + guaranteed money = Exhibition golf doesn't it?

 

[HeftyHacker]

No cuts + guaranteed money = Exhibition golf doesn't it?

At least they have some form of qualifying

 

[Deleted member 1147]

No cuts + guaranteed money = Exhibition golf doesn't it?

Yes is does. Which is why most people are against it for both the real tour & LIV

 

[Deleted member 1147]

J Y Ko with the first win since wrist injury, and Nelly 2nd without seeming to play well.
Women’s golf is strong at the moment.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Building up to be a tasty finish , Hatton will in the mix , Kityama with a shocking pull and in a horror position that’s going Prob see him drop a couple and Rory making a small move
It’s always amusing watching Hatton - the chatting with the golf ball is funny

 

[IanM]

Good stuff at Bay Hill right now! Too close to call

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Good stuff at Bay Hill right now! Too close to call

A proper leaderboard.

 

[IanM]

Speith and Hatton....better get the "beep" button ready!

 

[Swango1980]

Looks like no one wants to win this

 

[Deleted member 29109]

These are trying their best not to win.

 

[Backsticks]

8 man playoff from the -7s

 

[Backsticks]

Glad Kurt finally hit that. There is only so much entertainment in watching player and caddy survey a 4ft putt. From both sides. Along the line. Beside the line.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Glad Kurt finally hit that. There is only so much entertainment in watching player and caddy survey a 4ft putt. From both sides. Along the line. Beside the line.

I doubt he cares about your entertainment. Holing the putt is all that matters to him.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Some big putts coming up for Rory on 18 and Kitayama on 16 - it has the potential to be a big play off with Kitayama missing
Rory misses

Kitayama with another great chance

 

[Big85]

Great end to bay hill.. thoroughly enjoyed that one and what a putt at the end there for kitayama

 

[Whydowedoit]

Great win for Kitayama. Commentary was saying he’s come through 12 different tours to get his place on the PGA Tour & a win. Glad he won, a nice story. He’s a confident lad isn’t he?

 

[Jason.H]

Just the $20 million total fund again

 

[rksquire]

Would've loved McIlroy to get a win at a stacked event before the Masters, but in reality it was a fairly ragged round (not just for him, granted) with a sequence of shots starting with the 8 iron on 14 that was all a bit below average and probably made people feel fairly good about their own game.

It was striking how similar his putt on 18 was to the one in Dubai a few weeks ago.... would have been interesting if he'd got to 9 under what pressure that would have put on Kitayama.

McIlroys comments about entertainment value miss the mark I think.... this was a far better tournament (imho) than the normal birdiefest we get - having the leaders bogey, double & triple to bring the rest of the field into contention was excellent viewing and the frustrations the players experienced (Kitayama, Hatton, McIlroy, English, Spieth, Fitzpatrick, Hovland, Scheffler, Cantlay, Rahm etc.) made for better TV. An exceptional player holding a round together on a tough course (with hard greens!) is surely better than watching exceptional players have birdie chance after birdie chance?

Interesting to see Rahm wobble for the first time in months as well - he might be human after all!

 

[HeftyHacker]

McIlroys comments about entertainment value miss the mark I think.... this was a far better tournament (imho) than the normal birdiefest we get - having the leaders bogey, double & triple to bring the rest of the field into contention was excellent viewing

Completely agree with this. The leaderboard was fascinating to watch - it felt like every time someone was making a charge up the field they'd end up chucking a double in and dropping back into the chasing pack. I think at one point I remember seeing McIlroy on -8 and the remaining 7 people on the leaderboard in the bottom right of the screen on -7, and all but one of them still had 3 to 6 holes to play.

 

[Orikoru]

Cant blame Spieth for a weakness in the rules. Rule should be changed so that the intended shot that prompts the relief has to be played if the relief is taken. We have seen a few other similar.
Eyebrows raised at the rules rather than any players in these situations.

That doesn't make sense though. As soon as you get relief you're faced with a completely different shot and different situation.

I actually love it when players benefit from a whacky rule, so many of the rules punish you for stupid things that it's nice to see the balanced redressed.