I may be in a minority but I’d love to see Horschel win this. Got a lot of time for the fella.
Professional Golf 2024
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Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
What a great putt to win it 
Fade and Die
Medal Winner
COYI!
Great stuff. Well done Billy.
Great stuff. Well done Billy.
What a great putt to win it
He’s certainly holed some yardage this week. I was never that keen on Horschel as a young man when he first started on the PGA Tour, but what a lovely fella he is.
I’ve followed him round Wentworth any number of times and he’s as popular as any European player when he visits these shores, if not more so.
Lovely to see his support for events here rewarded again.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Fantastic from Billy 
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Brilliant 2 days at Wentworth marshalling and now on a packed bus back to Ascot. Seen some breath taking shots and managed to bag a spot close to back left for the play off holes. Some putt by Horschel but felt Rory's got the slightest bobble off the face but could easily be still playing now. Not been a McIlroy fan for the way he loses tournaments from strong positions but seems from what I've heard he's been playing some great stuff around the greens. Was his iron play bad or did he miss drive?
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Good to see the winning Caddy getting recognition
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Back at the golf club to see the end of the football. One thing I should praise is the way the park and ride has been organised. Loads of buses laid on, well trained staff to point people to the right ones and getting out very regularly. Dropped off in front of the grandstand at Ascot so a quick 10 minute walk to the club for a beer and the footie
Arthur Wedge
Well-known member
Seems a lot more relaxed at the moment
slicer79
Challenge Tour Pro
I was there on Thursday, loved it. Flew from Ireland to London and stayed a couple of nights in London. Train out and shuttle bus from station, all well organised. Was actually easier for me to go to this weeks tournament than try for last week to the Irish open as I'm in the south.
Wentworth is a beautiful course, would love to play it. Was great to be there having watched for so many years on tv. The weather was a huge plus too.
On shuttle bus upstairs it was easy get a good view of the houses around the course, mind blowing the size and scale of them. Like mini hotels!!
Wentworth is a beautiful course, would love to play it. Was great to be there having watched for so many years on tv. The weather was a huge plus too.
On shuttle bus upstairs it was easy get a good view of the houses around the course, mind blowing the size and scale of them. Like mini hotels!!
sjw
Well-known member
It was his approach play that let him down, if you had to pick something. While it wasn't great, though, he did get it to two playoff holes! His short game was phenomenal, as was Billy's putting. Unfortunately for Rory it came down to a putt-off rather than a chip-off!
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Someone at the club said he was something like 46th on the PGA stats for iron approaches according to commentary. Not sure if that was accurate as he is surely better than that across a season
NearHull
Well-known member
Decided to put a win only bet on Billy last night. 9:2. 
49th according to the PGA website, across the 2024 season. Commentary raised this just as he hit a poor approach on about 13/14.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Does that indicate how good the others are or is he actually missing so many greens. Guess a little from column A and a little from column B
Scheffler is number 1 in that stat. If rory wants to compete...........Your approach sets up your putt. Better the approach, the more chance of making the putt etc. It's a pretty key metric, which is why the commentators were making a big deal of it.
They quoted Dustin Johnson who realised that was his weakness and became obsessive about his wedge play.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Surely that applies even down to handicap golfers. Hit more GIR's or at least get as close as possible to give yourself the best chance of a par (or one putt birdie) or making a simple bogey (perhaps net par for many)
Mel Smooth
Hacker
The youth will take less than 30 putts in a good round, his best is 26 but he’s had a few rounds around 27/28.
But as he continues to grow and develops more distance, we’d expect that number to go up. At the moment he’s just short of quite a few greens in regulation but that will start to change - the result will be though, that he’s not going to be as close to the pin on his 1st putt.
pokerjoke
Money List Winner
Grrrrrr
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Stuck up, pretentious cow. Don't let it put you off. You are in the side because of a reason and that is simply you are good enough and belong there. I am sure they won't all be that stupid
