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Now that Aberg has blown it (and my potential wee scoop) really hope Fitz wins it... Cam young, although a great golfer is slow as hell at putting..
 
Well, when he had only 100 yds left, if a driver was taken, it was not the best decision for anyone to go with that club bearing in mind mind what you got if you went “off piste”

Young didn’t win it because of his drive, he won it because of Fitzpatrick’s.

Radar was talking of a 5 wood off the tee. The hole distance is two irons for such pros really.
Why they hit drivers ( so many into the wood) , I don’t know.

Young took hell of a risk. And although he didn’t get into trouble from his drive, it still didn’t give him a birdie.
A bogey gave him the win, and with Fitzy’s short iron ability, the Brit really should have ensured he was getting to the green in regulation.

Still, it was a good watch, quite exciting , being decided on the last hole… so roll on the Masters.
 
Slab said:
Only managed to catch highlights of the Players but looked like a good/exciting tournament at a great course, however … The number of forum posts (or lack of) compared to a Major indicates that among the forum at least, this event is nowhere close to deserving the tag of 5th major
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It's weird though. On days when Man Utd win and Liverpool have another bad result, so many of the golf monthly threads become much quieter. Not sure why :unsure:

Also, the Professional Golf thread is a lot quieter unless one of the biggest names is fighting at the top. Had McIlroy or Scheffler been up there, I reckon there would have been a lot of chat.
 
Swango1980 said:
It's weird though. On days when Man Utd win and Liverpool have another bad result, so many of the golf monthly threads become much quieter. Not sure why :unsure:

Also, the Professional Golf thread is a lot quieter unless one of the biggest names is fighting at the top. Had McIlroy or Scheffler been up there, I reckon there would have been a lot of chat.
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How do you define big names? Young, Fitzy and Aberg all played at the Ryder Cup, so there must only be about 3 truly 'big names' in your book??
 
Orikoru said:
How do you define big names? Young, Fitzy and Aberg all played at the Ryder Cup, so there must only be about 3 truly 'big names' in your book??
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True. There probably are only 2 or 3 "big names", and the reason they are is because when they are at the top, they generate huge discussion. And as they are quality golfers, you often get one of them near the top at a big tournament.

Simply playing a Ryder Cup, or a few, doesn't make you a big name. It might make you well known and elevate you from where you were before. But winning year after year after year is what is needed, or have some other x factor star quality.

Aberg could get there. Very early in his career, if he goes on a winning streak then he could have a great future. Fitzy will never get there. Quality golfer, great professional, but I doubt he has the x factor or that he'll run into Scheffler form.

Young!? I doubt many people were thinking much about him before the tournament began, including his own family. Great performance from him though, fantastic finish to give himself the biggest win of his career
 
Swango1980 said:
True. There probably are only 2 or 3 "big names", and the reason they are is because when they are at the top, they generate huge discussion. And as they are quality golfers, you often get one of them near the top at a big tournament.

Simply playing a Ryder Cup, or a few, doesn't make you a big name. It might make you well known and elevate you from where you were before. But winning year after year after year is what is needed, or have some other x factor star quality.

Aberg could get there. Very early in his career, if he goes on a winning streak then he could have a great future. Fitzy will never get there. Quality golfer, great professional, but I doubt he has the x factor or that he'll run into Scheffler form.

Young!? I doubt many people were thinking much about him before the tournament began, including his own family. Great performance from him though, fantastic finish to give himself the biggest win of his career
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Depends how much attention you pay I suppose. Fitzpatrick won a US Open. Young was right in contention for the Open at St Andrews when Smith won it - I would say he's been on most people's radars since then, so three and a half years ago. Hardly an unknown.
 
Orikoru said:
Depends how much attention you pay I suppose. Fitzpatrick won a US Open. Young was right in contention for the Open at St Andrews when Smith won it - I would say he's been on most people's radars since then, so three and a half years ago. Hardly an unknown.
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Good points. As to the “star” quality players, they were there, they had their chance. I thought it was a better tournament to watch, there being a tighter leaderboard, always with the thought that Aberg might falter, which he did.
I find it a better watch than the Stars- Rory or Scheffler being 8 or 9 ahead and it being a procession
 
May well have been different watched live but the highlights & finish of the leaders/winners of the Players and LIV Singapore were equally as entertaining as each other

LIV Singapore as 5th Major ?

:p :p :p
 
I hear they were trying to wind a Yorkshireman up over at Sawgrass - 10 out of 10 for effort but that was always going to be completely futile.. :ROFLMAO:
 
Orikoru said:
Depends how much attention you pay I suppose. Fitzpatrick won a US Open. Young was right in contention for the Open at St Andrews when Smith won it - I would say he's been on most people's radars since then, so three and a half years ago. Hardly an unknown.
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I'm simply saying that the likes of Fitzy, Young and Aberg are not close to being in the same league as McIlroy and Scheffler when it comes to star quality. I'm not saying they are not well known, bad golfers or haven't had big successes

Had McIlroy, for example, been near top of leaderboard, we'd have had loads of comments. And no doubt it would have attracted more views (outside golf monthly forumers anyway). If Scheffler was at top, lots of comments no doubt about his quality and inevitability he should win, etc.

I'm don't go with all this 5th major nonsense BTW. That being said, it may well be a better tournament to watch than the USPGA Championship. In my opinion
 
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