Golf

[Shrops]

No

Phil is not the best player in the golfing world right now. I like Phil but he has way too many ups and downs to be considered number one.

 

[grilldoggy]

Aaron Wise breaks through - look out! The kid's been playing well, this really puts him on the map. Nice payday, well earned.
https://www.golfchannel.com/article...wise-millionaire/?cid=Email_MondayNL_20180521

 

[RidersFan]

I’m glad to see Tiger back healthy and playing well. It was hard to watch him try to play through his back issues. Tiger has always been one of my favourite golfers to watch. He’s one of the greatest players of all time.

 

[djoepadilha]

really is unique tiger skills, and see your games is very nice, i remember a playstation game with his name, that was one of my predicted games haha

 

[Figaroo2]

Hole in One

125 yards with a PW, downhill par 3, never left flag, pitched in line and rolled 8 feet to drop in. Perfect.

Much shouting as it got near the hole and a massive cheer when it dropped.
(My 3rd, H in 1)
Seems I'm eligible for a free Boss watch. Call me cynical, but what's the catch?

 

[grilldoggy]

Sweet, way to go! Those balls are to save forever.

 

[Figaroo2]

Sweet, way to go! Those balls are to save forever.

Nah lost it next day Sunday. Playing away in a national competition singles knockout. I don’t get sentimental about a golf ball.

 

[grilldoggy]

St Jude Classic

So JThomas has passed DJohnson for World #1 - JT not playing, DJ responds with a 2nd round 63 to take the lead going into the weekend, nice.
http://www.owgr.com/ranking

 

[grilldoggy]

Wow, Dustin Johnson, #2 didn't last for long! What a way to go, slamming home a walk-off eagle to take back the throne. Nearly lapped the entire field at -19. Side note, Rickie got engaged.

 

[wrabinho]

because he is the n1

 

[BiliousBetil]

With the U.S. Open underway, you might be interested in just how difficult this tournament can be. I would recommend "Tiptoeing Through Hell: Playing the U.S. Open on Golf's Most Treacherous Courses" by John Strege.

It's a terrific sports read.

Cheers!

 

[Figaroo2]

Great free viewing on us open.com website

 

[Figaroo2]

Tiger 4 putt on 13th probably as bad as I've ever seen from him. Knocked the wind out of him and he doubles 14 as well. Can't see him being around for the weekend +8 now still 4 to play.

 

[nmate]

i got bets on fowler and/or list to win. 4 back and 6 back. still a chance.

 

[lcid86]

If the wind keeps up, the winner may be over par. Tough course.

 

[grilldoggy]

"The competitors made the most of the difficult playing conditions" - not how I would describe it.
https://twitter.com/usopengolf/status/1007423155248467968
The USGA makes these already tough courses absolute gauntlets. Might be fun to see great players struggle so much, but it's a bit contrived.

 

[PLAYFUL1]

The conditions at the US OPEN are truly difficult, so that higher scores will prevail

 

[grilldoggy]

At the US Open 2018, Tiger Woods either tied or beat Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Jason Day, and Adam Scott - so he did pretty good, right?

 

[Figaroo2]

Ive lumped on Justin Rose to win this. His precision hitting should stand him in good stead. BK is looking good as well

 

[grilldoggy]

Mickelson meltdown

Phil intentionally putts a moving ball, his explanation:
“Look, I don’t mean disrespect by anybody,” Mickelson said on FOX Sports’ broadcast. “I know it’s a two-shot penalty. At that time, I didn’t feel like going back and forth and hitting the same shot over. I took the two-shot penalty and moved on. It’s my understanding of the rules. I’ve had multiple times where I’ve wanted to do that. I just finally did.”
My take is he's absolutely sick of this course. I think a lot of the players would agree.

 

[Figaroo2]

It was a blatant cheat, I'm surprised tbh that a pro like him would do that.
Should be DQ in my opinion. What a day though and the early starters clearly had the better conditions. If the same happens today we could get a real surprise winner.

 

[grilldoggy]

USGA controls all

It was a blatant cheat, I'm surprised tbh that a pro like him would do that.
Should be DQ in my opinion. What a day though and the early starters clearly had the better conditions. If the same happens today we could get a real surprise winner.

He broke a rule, he took a penalty. He could refuse the penalty and then withdraw, which he did not.
Just the usual US Open, weird course, completely different every single day. USGA considers it a raging success when the winner finishes near even to par.

 

[Figaroo2]

Well we nearly got that surprise winner with Fleetwood's 63 but I think Koepka deserved it. Fleetwood was under no pressure to do anything than post a decent score. BK was under pressure from the moment he tee'd off and apart from that one slip on the par 3 he played great. His putting in particular impressed me during the first two rounds and he holed out with the confidence of youth. I expect to see more wins from him now his confidence will be sky high.

Rose, well just didn't putt well enough (as usual to be fair) but the way he putted in his recent win I expected better.
I picked up a bit on the tempo of the pro's iron play and shot my best round of the year on Sun morning with a 72 (gross)

 

[PLAYFUL1]

:heeeellllSee I told yahs the higher scores would prevail, that Phil bit was too funny. I didn't believe that was actually occurring , though it was sum spoof off the ProAm. lol:heeeellll

 

[grilldoggy]

Glad to see Bubba Watson pick up the Travelers win, he's really come a long way getting his game back in shape. I other news, Dechambeau using a 'compass'. Yeah, I thought at first that meant north/south type, but no, he's splitting hairs and doing math to get an ultimate read on pin locations:
https://golfweek.com/2018/06/24/pga-tour-reportedly-looking-into-bryson-dechambeau-use-of-compass/
They may ban its use, but at least he's not using one of those golf binoculars(that would be bad...).