simsini
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It's basically like me saying Pedham Place used to be a landfill site.
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Great event on a top course. Let’s just enjoy the golf rather than being negative!
Slime
Tour Winner
My course used to be the largest cabbage field in Europe. 
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
It's going to be a decent event, has started well - a PGAT Signature Event plus.
Field strength is an odd one though. For many years and up until 2022, compared with the historical majors, the Players would rank 4th in field strength above The Masters. The US PGA was always first.
However whenever there's a debate on favourite majors, The Masters usually polls top and the US PGA last ! So maybe field strength doesn't resonate with the masses. And perhaps why a focus on smaller fields lately.
Following the shenanigans in 2022, in 2023 the Players moved up to 2nd in OWGR field strength, behind the US PGA. I really wouldn't be surprised if it ends up 1st in 2024 ahead of all the majors. Will have to wait & see.
Of course it will be up to each individual to see how that aligns with their eyes and feelings.
Anyway, back to the 'island green' that isn't an island
Shame Tom Kim had to withdraw.
Mel Smooth
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My course used to be the largest cabbage field in Europe.
Our's is built on a farm, and the club manager used to caddy for Sungjae Im's caddy, who.... made an an ace on 17 on 2016 - ending a 14 year drought of ace's on that particular hole.
This is him trying to replicate it this week...
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Mr Skinns moves into the red, hope he makes the cut...
IanM
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For an event ravaged by the huge stars who opted out, the current leaderboard has some decent names on. I s'pose it'll muddle through 
srixon 1
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Some would say that ours still isMy course used to be the largest cabbage field in Europe.
wjemather
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For the sake of accuracy, no-one "opted out"; players were suspended indefinitely by the PGA Tour.For an event ravaged by the huge stars who opted out, the current leaderboard has some decent names on. I s'pose it'll muddle through
Big names at the top also doesn't stop it from being the weakest field at the Players for over 20 years.
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They knew they'd be suspended, so de facto they did. But they were more than well compensated for it. But of course you're the expert! So please accept my apologies for expressing an opinion.
Given the current wobbly state of rankings, the point being made was, "Are there sufficient decent players on show to make it a decent event. "
I'd say it is, with room to spare. But of course you can disagree. It doesn't change much.
So please accept my apologies for expressing an opinion. Given the current wobbly state of rankings, the point being made was, "Are there sufficient decent players on show to make it a decent event. "
I'd say it is, with room to spare. But of course you can disagree. It doesn't change much.
BubbaP
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Were there any delays starting or mid-round?
(Well apart from Rory & Spieth!
)
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(Well apart from Rory & Spieth!
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The PLAYERS Championship: Round 1 Delayed as Darkness Suspends Play at TPC Sawgrass
The Jay Monahan-led PGA Tour has been hit with a setback as Round One of THE PLAYERS Championship was suspended owing to bad light.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
JT spending an age to decide whether to play off the path or take a drop. Must be nearly 10 minutes now and still not decided what to do 
Matt, why, just why?
Put driver in thick rough. Does he lay up, short of the water, or does he go for the green? Splosh
. From top of the board to 2 shots behind.
Put driver in thick rough. Does he lay up, short of the water, or does he go for the green? Splosh
. From top of the board to 2 shots behind.
Its still the 5th strongest field tournament going. Followed by the 8 Signature events. No ET, LIV, or Asian tour events are even close to them. Next best are the handful of co sanctioned ET events. The players will never be a major. But it is the Fifth Tournament. Weaker than it was, for the 10 or 15 players on LIV that would other wise be there. But thats still outranking any LIV event by a factor of at least 5. And the best of the ET events by 2 or 3. Its 90% a major - but will never rank with them. The majors a unchangeable at this point. That the womens majors are mutable, highlights their lower value. The mens majors are invulnerable now to any reassignment, and impregnable to any addition.
sunshine
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Do you know, no other architect other than Pete Dye would have been able to design a golf course on this piece of land, it's a flat featureless swamp.
There are of course hundreds of golf courses in Florida built on flat featureless swamps. But Sawgrass is the winningest, the flattest and the featurelessest.
JonnyGutteridge
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It was the swampiest swamp beforehand though
SteveW86
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If it’s on a reclaimed swamp, does that mean it’s an inland links?
No such thing
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Talk about too much tinkering.
Pin-seeker
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Backed Rory at 18s which I thought was massive,but he seriously needs to get his finger out 
