The Masters 2025

[Deleted member 21784]

Thing is about that masters is I think everyone is pretty much agreed it was the best final day for a long time. Since woods won, maybe even beats that for excitement as we didn't have a clue who would win until that final putt.

Both those in the play off would have been popular winners. Yes I'm not the biggest Rory fan but him winning is to be respected where as say it had been someone Hatton or BDC a lot of the forum would be up in arms about them .. more than speak about Rory for sure.

Where as if rose had won the Rory thread would have been started by someone else but with a different question, is this it now? Etc etc and every major would have the same back and forth of can he get that 5th... Let alone a slam.

So like I said it's a great outcome. It was a fantastic watch. We saw golfers suffer but then pull off brilliant shots.. I mean Rory has to have hit the worst shot of the tournament on 13 and then the best on 15 that's ridiculous.

Golf won on Sunday because it was so close and we got to see passion for everyone involved

Onto the next major

 

[Swango1980]

it's why I have never warmed to BDC since he became a pro it has always seemed like he is trying way too hard to market himself.

First he was the scientist, doing calculations during the round, even though anyone who knows physics would tell you there are far too many variable being ignored for his calculations to actually mean anythin useful.

Then he was gigantic long driver, hulking his way around courses

Now he is a social media influencer, Mr Nice Guy.

If any of those were his actual personaility then he would have stuck with them, but because he keeps changing it feels like he is trying to find a niche in which to market himself. Plus I am sure he has hired a very expensive PR team to tell him how to behave.

Also the fact his swing is so ugly it looks like a shaved gorilla playing golf doesn help

I was wondering what was going through Bryson's mind in Day 4. Here he is, Mr Nice Social Media guy who cares very much about his brand. An All American Guy, 2 shots behind the lead in the Masters, mostly American crowd. A European in the lead. On most occasions, you'd expect the crowd to be rooting for their home boy. After 2 holes, he is actually in the lead.

However, despite the respectful cheers for his good play, nothing compares to the roars for McIlroy, and it being obvious that most of the crowd want McIlroy to win. In my lifetime watching golf, only 2 players have ever had that sort of aura on a golf course, where the fans just can't get enough. Woods and McIlroy. Bryson will never be that guy, no matter how youTube videos he does or how far he trains himself to hit a golf ball. If he has a fragile ego, that must have hurt. Probably why he gave such a childish interview after his round

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I was wondering what was going through Bryson's mind in Day 4. Here he is, Mr Nice Social Media guy who cares very much about his brand. An All American Guy, 2 shots behind the lead in the Masters, mostly American crowd. A European in the lead. On most occasions, you'd expect the crowd to be rooting for their home boy. After 2 holes, he is actually in the lead.

However, despite the respectful cheers for his good play, nothing compares to the roars for McIlroy, and it being obvious that most of the crowd want McIlroy to win. In my lifetime watching golf, only 2 players have ever had that sort of aura on a golf course, where the fans just can't get enough. Woods and McIlroy. Bryson will never be that guy, no matter how youTube videos he does or how far he trains himself to hit a golf ball. If he has a fragile ego, that must have hurt. Probably why he gave such a childish interview after his round

Not sure how you came to that conclusion, did you not watch him and Rory in the us open? The crowd were massively behind both and when BDC won he was incredibly popular

 

[Whereditgo]

Not sure how you came to that conclusion, did you not watch him and Rory in the us open? The crowd were massively behind both and when BDC won he was incredibly popular

Both were very popular, seemed to me (I was there for the last 2 days) that Rory had slightly more of the crowd rooting for him.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Both were very popular, seemed to me (I was there for the last 2 days) that Rory had slightly more of the crowd rooting for him.

Reckon if Bryson hadn't played himself out of it on 11 then he would have had the crowd just as much with him throughout the back .. not so much split but all rooting for them both

 

[Swango1980]

Not sure how you came to that conclusion, did you not watch him and Rory in the us open? The crowd were massively behind both and when BDC won he was incredibly popular

Never said he was unpopular. I would say he'd have a bigger draw than many other top golfers like Cantlay, Spieth, etc. I was actually sad to see him leave the PGAT, as there was entertainment value there.

I'm just saying that I don't think he will ever reach the level of popularity that Woods and McIlroy get

 

[Arthur Wedge]

BDC is still very much a marmite character , within the support there would probably be a lot of the more traditional older fans who don’t connect with what he is doing but they have seen Rory for years

It seemed by the telly coverage that there was strong support for Rory but ultimately they love to seee great golf and stunning shots which is what he was producing

 

[Deleted member 21784]

BDC is still very much a marmite character , within the support there would probably be a lot of the more traditional older fans who don’t connect with what he is doing but they have seen Rory for years

It seemed by the telly coverage that there was strong support for Rory but ultimately they love to seee great golf and stunning shots which is what he was producing

You mean like faldo? It was so obvious in commentary he doesn't like how he plays golf.. doesn't like the swing, the one length, the anything that isn't traditional.

 

[Swango1980]

You mean like faldo? It was so obvious in commentary he doesn't like how he plays golf.. doesn't like the swing, the one length, the anything that isn't traditional.

It was obvious by Bryson's interview that he didn't like how he played golf that weekend, especially how he was hitting his irons. So, it is probably reasonable for a pundit to have similar views.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

It was obvious by Bryson's interview that he didn't like how he played golf that weekend, especially how he was hitting his irons. So, it is probably reasonable for a pundit to have similar views.

It was more than that. It was clear distain for the player instead of criticism.

He hit a wonderful shot on 16 in day 3 him and rose and he just harped back to why couldn't he do that on 13 ..

 

[Arthur Wedge]

You mean like faldo? It was so obvious in commentary he doesn't like how he plays golf.. doesn't like the swing, the one length, the anything that isn't traditional.

What’s the issue with that ?

Faldo was spot on about his iron play which is what cost BDC

 

[London424]

As I understood it, a fill-in player is used primarily to act as the Players Marker for the round and while they themselves do ‘play’ they generally wont complete holes/set a score, particularly on holes where the Pro has already holed out/AM is in the trees off the tee etc

If you want to go down the rabbit hole, the player that used to do it was Jeff Knox. Holds the course record off the members tees of a 61

he’d beat his playing partners and Sergio refused to shake his hand after their round as he lost to him.

It’s a different guy now.

 

[Swango1980]

It was more than that. It was clear distain for the player instead of criticism.

He hit a wonderful shot on 16 in day 3 him and rose and he just harped back to why couldn't he do that on 13 ..

Was he critical of him, yes. But, I don't think he was over the top. Unless anyone is micro analysing what Faldo is saying, and getting upset anytime he doesn't blow smoke up Bryson's backside.

There are plenty of weekends McIlroy is up there, but pundits are being critical of him because his putting or iron play isn't up to scratch. or any other pro that is up near the top of the leaderboard, but are exhibiting weaknesses in parts of their game.

 

[Depreston]

Why not there handed out willy nilly now.

Look at other sports that get them.
Faldo has never done the grand slam.

Would he even accept a man who reps Ireland in the Olympics accepting a knighthood sounds wild to me

Didn’t even realise he had an MBE

 

[Deleted member 36742]

Would he even accept a man who reps Ireland in the Olympics accepting a knighthood sounds wild to me

Thought everyone knew by now that he represents Ireland at the Olympics is because golf over there is administered on an all Ireland basis, like rugby and cricket.

As a result he played as an amateur for Ireland since, in his eyes, that is a logical extension.

He has made it abundantly clear that it is in no way a "political" statement.

 

[Orikoru]

Was he critical of him, yes. But, I don't think he was over the top. Unless anyone is micro analysing what Faldo is saying, and getting upset anytime he doesn't blow smoke up Bryson's backside.

There are plenty of weekends McIlroy is up there, but pundits are being critical of him because his putting or iron play isn't up to scratch. or any other pro that is up near the top of the leaderboard, but are exhibiting weaknesses in parts of their game.

I like Faldo, but I agree with PJ, he definitely isn't a Bryson fan and makes no attempt to hide it. Very begrudging to give him any praise at all.

 

[Depreston]

Thought everyone knew by now that he represents Ireland at the Olympics is because golf over there is administered on an all Ireland basis, like rugby and cricket.

As a result he played as an amateur for Ireland since, in his eyes, that is a logical extension.

He has made it abundantly clear that it is in no way a "political" statement.

Genuinely did not know that or had forgotten the reasoning

 

[Deleted member 36742]

I like Faldo, but I agree with PJ, he definitely isn't a Bryson fan and makes no attempt to hide it. Very begrudging to give him any praise at all.

Faldo is one of the leading students of the golf swing.

On top of that he has won six Majors including three Masters.

Based upon those facts Sky employ him to critique the players not to eulogise.

He was critical of them all at appropriate moments but it may have appeared that he was particularly hard on De Chambeau simply because of all the contenders BDC was the one making the most errors down the stretch.

 

[Orikoru]

Faldo is one of the leading students of the golf swing.

On top of that he has won six Majors including three Masters.

Based upon those facts Sky employ him to critique the players not to eulogise.

He was critical of them all at appropriate moments but it may have appeared that he was particularly hard on De Chambeau simply because of all the contenders BDC was the one making the most errors down the stretch.

No, you're not understanding what we're saying. Of course he will be critical if Bryson hooks an iron into the drink. But he also makes a lot of general back-handed comments about him that make it clear he doesn't like his approach in overpowering courses with more distance, and so on.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

No, you're not understanding what we're saying. Of course he will be critical if Bryson hooks an iron into the drink. But he also makes a lot of general back-handed comments about him that make it clear he doesn't like his approach in overpowering courses with more distance, and so on.

Is it not a valid opinion then ?

He doesn’t like his approach and didn’t think it would work at Augusta - he knows his stuff