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Solheim Cup

Cannot see me watching much of this comp. I have read countless comments on here and elsewhere about courses needing to be longer etc etc and am watching women hit a driver and a wedge into a green. There's something fundamentally wrong with that.
 
Tashyboy said:
Cannot see me watching much of this comp. I have read countless comments on here and elsewhere about courses needing to be longer etc etc and am watching women hit a driver and a wedge into a green. There's something fundamentally wrong with that.
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Depends on the hole, depends on the wind.
There's a par 5 they can reach in two, there's par 4s that even the Kordas need hybrids and fairways to reach...
I'm liking it(y)
 
Tashyboy said:
Cannot see me watching much of this comp. I have read countless comments on here and elsewhere about courses needing to be longer etc etc and am watching women hit a driver and a wedge into a green. There's something fundamentally wrong with that.
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I have not had a chance to watch any of the golf this morning but I do hope you were talking about a par 3. Some of the shorter holes are much more exciting, especially in matchplay. The bit I did see yesterday there was a driveable par 4 on the back 9 that provided plenty of entertainment, saw bogeys and 2 putt birdies in the short amount I managed to watch.
 
Tell me, why, even after a bad shot, does the golfer have to touch as many people as they can?
It's like watching a tennis doubles match ...................... but why is there this constant need to touch, touch and touch again?
 
What a state that Salas looks ? And the embarrassing stuff on the tee 🤦‍♂️

I can see why they are now taking 3 hours for 9 holes - making someone putt out for about 6 inches ?!?!

Every single report I heard this morning and on Sky today was all about their pace of play - it’s going to have a negative impact. This is not a great advert for the sport which is a shame because there is some quality golf in there
 
It is slow, that can't be argued. If I was playing behind them I'd have gone home by now.
But, as Thomas Bjorn said this morning, now isn't the time to be having a go at slow play.
It needs to be done week in week out
Yesterday the officials handed out 1 bad time......
If conditions are tricky they're going to take as long as they can. It's up to the officials to penalise.
And, to be honest, I've watched practically all of it so far and you don't get the feeling that it's as painfully slow as it obviously is.
You don't get a shot every few seconds because there's only 16 players out there at anyone time ( at the moment) and only 24 tomorrow.
I think a lot of people are just picking on the girls because they're an easy target.
Pick on ALL Professional Tour players all the time....week in, week out.
 
Imurg said:
It is slow, that can't be argued. If I was playing behind them I'd have gone home by now.
But, as Thomas Bjorn said this morning, now isn't the time to be having a go at slow play.
It needs to be done week in week out
Yesterday the officials handed out 1 bad time......
If conditions are tricky they're going to take as long as they can. It's up to the officials to penalise.
And, to be honest, I've watched practically all of it so far and you don't get the feeling that it's as painfully slow as it obviously is.
You don't get a shot every few seconds because there's only 16 players out there at anyone time ( at the moment) and only 24 tomorrow.
I think a lot of people are just picking on the girls because they're an easy target.
Pick on ALL Professional Tour players all the time....week in, week out.
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There have been many threads about slow play on tour - I don’t believe people are just picking on the girls , do you not remember all the talk about Koepka etc having a pop at DeChambeu about his pace of play.

But even they don’t have 3 hour 9 holes - when the pace of play is part of the news stories then it’s having a poor affect. Today is going to be a bit different because of the wind etc but to me they don’t seem to be giving as many putts as you see in the Ryder Cup for example
 
Liverpoolphil said:
There have been many threads about slow play on tour - I don’t believe people are just picking on the girls , do you not remember all the talk about Koepka etc having a pop at DeChambeu about his pace of play.

But even they don’t have 3 hour 9 holes - when the pace of play is part of the news stories then it’s having a poor affect. Today is going to be a bit different because of the wind etc but to me they don’t seem to be giving as many putts as you see in the Ryder Cup for example
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Maybe because it's blowing a hoolie and it's easy to miss a 2 footer......
 
Liverpoolphil said:
There have been many threads about slow play on tour - I don’t believe people are just picking on the girls , do you not remember all the talk about Koepka etc having a pop at DeChambeu about his pace of play.

But even they don’t have 3 hour 9 holes - when the pace of play is part of the news stories then it’s having a poor affect. Today is going to be a bit different because of the wind etc but to me they don’t seem to be giving as many putts as you see in the Ryder Cup for example
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I’ve seen enough missed in the first 3 rounds to suggest there is a reason for that.......
 
Imurg said:
Maybe because it's blowing a hoolie and it's easy to miss a 2 footer......
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What about the ones from about 6 inches they are making them putt , even the commentary team said it’s not helping the pace when they are being asked to putt out from that close.
 
It's Matchplay
You don't have to give anything in Matchplay
If you think someone might miss it you make them play it.
I really don't see why pace of play matters in an event like this.
You've got 8 matches to get round in the first 2 days not 156 players
It doesn't matter if they take 6 hours as long as they get round..
 
Slime said:
Tell me, why, even after a bad shot, does the golfer have to touch as many people as they can?
It's like watching a tennis doubles match ...................... but why is there this constant need to touch, touch and touch again?
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That gets on my nerves as well, not just golfers , footballers seem to have to cuddle before , during and after a match.
 
Right now it's all about the short game. They've got theirs, we haven't.
A no hold barred shank doesn't help, either!
that's one of the beauties of this event, and the Ryder Cup, the fact that momentum ebbs and flows.
Lovin' it.
 
Slime said:
Right now it's all about the short game. They've got theirs, we haven't.
A no hold barred shank doesn't help, either!
that's one of the beauties of this event, and the Ryder Cup, the fact that momentum ebbs and flows.
Lovin' it.
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Remember Webb Simpson’s shank? Loved it.
 
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