2023 Professional Golf thread

[clubchamp98]

They can all read and hit a putt. If any of those professionals played with you in your medal, you'd be impressed just how good they all are.

However, when we watch them it is all relative to each other. McIlroy is simply not one of the better putters on tour, whereas I guess someone like Scheffler is fantastic. If there is a difference of 2-3 putt difference per round between the very best and those not quite on it, that is a big gap over 4 rounds.

It is why marginal gains can make a huge difference. And why McIlroy MAY gain a bit of a boost if he had a caddie who could read the greens just a touch better than he can. I never think he is technically poor at putting, just doesn't quite hit the right lines.

Scheffler is far from fantastic.
he’s no 1 in the world in spite of his putting.

 

[Mel Smooth]

Great win for Ogletree up at Close House - looks like he'll be a shoe in on LIV next year - just a case of which team he ends up with. Took a lot of criticism for his opening performance on the event, but he's responded well both on The Asian Tour, and when he's stepped in to cover absences on the LIV series.

 

[Teebs]

Pleased for Dan Brown to win on the ET, had a few tough years but coming real good now.

Our Pro played with him over the Winter in Portugal in some pro event and he shot 61 IIRC.

 

[Deleted member 27823]

Scheffler's just a machine tee to green and with his putter working today.... sheesh!

 

[Golfnut1957]

Scheffler's just a machine tee to green and with his putter working today.... sheesh!

Hovland is putting the pressure on his putting though.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Some golf by Hovland.

Best round of the season?

 

[IanM]

Outrageous golf from Hovland....Still a bit of golf left in this!

 

[Deleted member 27823]

ooh lets see this putt then scottie!

 

[Swango1980]

Scheffler's just a machine tee to green and with his putter working today.... sheesh!

Hmmmmm!!!!

 

[IanM]

Scheffler's just a machine tee to green and with his putter working today.... sheesh!

Then he 3 putts 17

 

[Deleted member 27823]

Hmmmmm!!!!

I jinxed him

 

[IanM]

I jinxed him

Are you available for the Ryder Cup??

 

[Backache]

Brilliant from Hovland, might qualify for LIV at this rate.

 

[Deleted member 27823]

Are you available for the Ryder Cup??

You know it!

 

[pendodave]

Outrageous golf from Hovland....Still a bit of golf left in this!

Just looked at his card. Extraordinary.
I'm embarrassingly parochial wrt golf, so always rooting for European American college players ftw!

 

[IanM]

28 back 9 on a course like that.... on a Sunday.

Not bad!

 

[Mel Smooth]

That's a great back nine from Hovland, went to bed before it concluded as I had an early start today, but a great win for him. Is he giving Europe a glimmer of hope for the RC as well?

 

[Backsticks]

That's a great back nine from Hovland, went to bed before it concluded as I had an early start today, but a great win for him. Is he giving Europe a glimmer of hope for the RC as well?

He already was q core pillar of Europes 8 players at the level of the Americans.
RC hinges on the 4 minnows they have to pick. Recently, and yesterday, its Straka if anyone who has given Europe a glimmer. He could play 3 matches.

 

[Orikoru]

That's a great back nine from Hovland, went to bed before it concluded as I had an early start today, but a great win for him. Is he giving Europe a glimmer of hope for the RC as well?

He can't win the Ryder Cup on his own! Of course he is comfortably our third best player already. It's the ones after the top 6 or 7 we're worried about.

 

[Deleted member 27823]

Brooks drops out of the automatic Ryder cup spots. Does he get picked?

Yes on form/ability but probably no on team cohesion etc. will be interesting to see which way they go