Professional Golf 2024 & 2025


Time for my bucket list course

Just looks stunning
Been there twice to watch, the 2nd time in 2017 was lucky enough to play the course the day after the tournement. It was just so sureal, I was off the same tees that the pros had just played, all the hoardings where still in place, The greens were the slickest I've ever played, had 3 3-putts and shot 9 over. It's a memory I will never forget, the views of the alps were breathtaking. The biggest regret was not getting some really good photos it was an overcast day
 

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Been there twice to watch, the 2nd time in 2017 was lucky enough to play the course the day after the tournement. It was just so sureal, I was off the same tees that the pros had just played, all the hoardings where still in place, The greens were the slickest I've ever played, had 3 3-putts and shot 9 over. It's a memory I will never forget, the views of the alps were breathtaking. The biggest regret was not getting some really good photos it was an overcast day

Not jealous. Honest!

What a great experience.
 
Been there twice to watch, the 2nd time in 2017 was lucky enough to play the course the day after the tournement. It was just so sureal, I was off the same tees that the pros had just played, all the hoardings where still in place, The greens were the slickest I've ever played, had 3 3-putts and shot 9 over. It's a memory I will never forget, the views of the alps were breathtaking. The biggest regret was not getting some really good photos it was an overcast day

Don’t like you anymore 😔

What an experience 🥰
 
The boy's 2 passions are golf and skiing - I've told him to try and find a job as an assistant pro at golf course in the mountains when he's older... He'd be in his absolute element.
I'm quite a keen skier and have skied a fair bit in that general area though never in Crans-Montana itself, which has a reputation for great skiing when the snow is good but it can deteriorate quickly as it's south facing.
 
Can’t wait for Crans has always been top of my bucket list of courses to play. From watching the ET as a kid growing up the scenery and seeing players like Faldo, Monty, Ollie, Seve and Langer playing there it just feels like the perfect mix of golf meets nature for me.
 
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Tough ET leaderboard to keep track of
Reads like some guys that kicked their heels all day yesterday are gonna do 27+ holes today with barely time for coffee in-between while others that played yesterday wont play at all today and do 27+ tomorrow

Talk about needing to be on right side of the draw
 
Interesting money leaderboard... Excluding DP money...
 

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This seems crazy. Assume it’s just this year it’s happening, unusually low cloud maybe? You can’t have a tournament in these conditions if it’s a common, known problem, surely?

Edit - Link hasn’t worked properly. Basically the reason for delays is low cloud, when the hole is clear they play, when it’s covered in cloud they wait. There are holes in play and at the same time there are holes not in play. Madness.
 

This seems crazy. Assume it’s just this year it’s happening, unusually low cloud maybe? You can’t have a tournament in these conditions if it’s a common, known problem, surely?

Edit - Link hasn’t worked properly. Basically the reason for delays is low cloud, when the hole is clear they play, when it’s covered in cloud they wait. There are holes in play and at the same time there are holes not in play. Madness.
Seems very reasonable to me . To play at altitude in the Alps you've got to work with the weather.
 

This seems crazy. Assume it’s just this year it’s happening, unusually low cloud maybe? You can’t have a tournament in these conditions if it’s a common, known problem, surely?

Edit - Link hasn’t worked properly. Basically the reason for delays is low cloud, when the hole is clear they play, when it’s covered in cloud they wait. There are holes in play and at the same time there are holes not in play. Madness.

Crazy? Madness? I don’t understand your point. Just seems a very sensible approach.
 
Seems very reasonable to me . To play at altitude in the Alps you've got to work with the weather.
Crazy? Madness? I don’t understand your point. Just seems a very sensible approach.
As I said in my post, is this an unusual occurrence with the cloud so low, or is it like this all the time, with it being in the mountains?

If it’s a freak occurrence then of course they have to work around it, but if it’s always like this then why on earth do they hold a tournament there.
 
As I said in my post, is this an unusual occurrence with the cloud so low, or is it like this all the time, with it being in the mountains?

If it’s a freak occurrence then of course they have to work around it, but if it’s always like this then why on earth do they hold a tournament there.
Well you sometimes get cloud in the mountains , just like you sometimes get wind on links courses that causes balls to move and stops play or rain which floods greens on parkland courses. Or thunder storms in the summer with lightning threats. Golf's an out door sport and subject to the vagaries of the weather.
 
Looking at the field for the BMW at Wentworth starting a week on Thursday and it has to be the strongest field in a long time. The entire European Ryder Cup team is playing, as well as Michael Kim, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Rodgers, Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka and Billy Horschel from the US and the likes of Joaquin Niemann playing too.
 
Looking at the field for the BMW at Wentworth starting a week on Thursday and it has to be the strongest field in a long time. The entire European Ryder Cup team is playing, as well as Michael Kim, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Rodgers, Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka and Billy Horschel from the US and the likes of Joaquin Niemann playing too.
Sounds really good... Be interesting to see how the ryder cup players do... Also how the LIV players fair.
 
Looking at the field for the BMW at Wentworth starting a week on Thursday and it has to be the strongest field in a long time. The entire European Ryder Cup team is playing, as well as Michael Kim, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Rodgers, Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka and Billy Horschel from the US and the likes of Joaquin Niemann playing too.


It’s good to see

It is a shame to see that it’s needed the PGAT to ban them and the current situation for them to come and support ( or play ) in some of the big historic ET events
 
It’s good to see

It is a shame to see that it’s needed the PGAT to ban them and the current situation for them to come and support ( or play ) in some of the big historic ET events
Cheap shot. Reed has regularly played over here, in the same way Horschel does.

Plenty of PGA golfers never bother to come across. Very much up to each individual.
 
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