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European and PGA Tour General Chat Thread 2016 season

Dan2501 said:
Yep. T4 at the US Open, 3rd in the PGA and a Top 20 at The Open. Not bad. He's a class player.
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When you back Branden Grace at the Masters - misses cut.

Goes and wins the very next week. Infuriating!:sbox:

Class player though, infact the 3 big South Africans (Grace, Oousthueizen, Schwartzel) are all the same level in my opinion....and that is the same calibre as Bubba, Scott, Fowler. Can see Grace as a major winner for sure.
 
Somewhat curious comment from one of the Sky experts talking about the Valderrama greens - along the lines of 'the putt has to be perfect to go in'. Even although my thinking is that all putts have to be perfect to go in - I think I know what he means. Can't quite put my finger on it though.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Great win for larger than life Johnston at Valderama . Seems a very likeable bloke and hits a great ball. Always good to get a win early in the year
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He looks like a one of the backwoods people from Deliverance, plucked off the mountain and with an ill fitting pink polo shirt stuck on him. At least he wasn't chewing tobacco or playing a banjo and he did appear to have all his teeth.
 
Good to see Matteo Manassero making a cut again.
Since winning the PGA 3 years ago he's had a torrid time and barely made a cut last year.
World ranking has slipped from 25 to 893 in that time..
Hopefully a green shoot of a return to some sort of form.
 
Imurg said:
Good to see Matteo Manassero making a cut again.
Since winning the PGA 3 years ago he's had a torrid time and barely made a cut last year.
World ranking has slipped from 25 to 893 in that time..
Hopefully a green shoot of a return to some sort of form.
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Going well again today when play was suspended. 2 under for the round with 5 holes to play. A decent finish and final round tomorrow and top 10 could be on the cards.

Paul Dunne playing well also.
 
Players Champs starting tomorrow.

I think this is Spieth's first outing since that final round at the Masters. Will be interesting to see how he goes.

Any thought on potential winners?
 
Very uplifting and great to see a bloke finally getting a bit of good runing amidst so many harrowingly awful experiences.

Watched it all today and I was so delighted for him, he found it difficult to hold it together after holing his putt on the 18th, and against his backstory then who wouldn't.

Well done Matt, you deserve your 4th and here's to even better things!
 
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Matt Fitzpatrick on fire this morning in Sweden. Good to see him playing well; saw him on the range at Wentworth last week and he looked a little disconsolate.
 
IainP said:
In a stroke play tournament, what exactly is "an unforced error"?
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Commentators using this phrase again. I can follow it with a game like tennis where you are directly playing against an opponent and influencing them with your play. Not understanding it for tournament play golf though.
 
IainP said:
Commentators using this phrase again. I can follow it with a game like tennis where you are directly playing against an opponent and influencing them with your play. Not understanding it for tournament play golf though.
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Unforced error - being a hundred yards from a green on a calm day with a SW in hand and shoving it right deep into a bunker after seeing your fellow competitior knocking to a foot from 160 yards
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Unforced error - being a hundred yards from a green on a calm day with a SW in hand and shoving it right deep into a bunker after seeing your fellow competitior knocking to a foot from 160 yards
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Okay thanks, examples are good. Think I'd just call that an error though.

Do you have an example of a "forced error"?
 
Is Willet putting too much pressure on himself, or just having a bad run?

Woods not playing in the Open is not even newsworthy really.
 
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