Author Topic: The Golf Thread (Read 303967 times)

paulrazor · « **Reply #4520 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:12:13 am »

Reed manages to par 17 after an awful lie following tee shot

mcilroy pars 16. Now waiting around on 17 following Reed

Rory hits almost the front of the green, should be able to get up and down for birdie

frag · « **Reply #4521 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:20:13 am »

Rory with a 5 footer for birdie. Reed in fairway on 18 and likely to go for green in 2. Got to feel Rory needs birdie-birdie finish to win.

paulrazor · « **Reply #4522 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:22:23 am »

Quote from: frag on January 30, 2023, 10:20:13 am

Rory with a 5 footer for birdie. Reed in fairway on 18 and likely to go for green in 2. Got to feel Rory needs birdie-birdie finish to win.

it was probably about 3 foot

but its a birdie

Reed with a belting drive on 18

Rory one up

fowlermagic · « **Reply #4523 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:22:47 am »

Good old ding dong

frag · « **Reply #4524 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:30:31 am »

Reed with a beauty of approach, should be routine birdie for him on 18. Rory needs to fairway this and then birdie out for the win most likely.

paulrazor · « **Reply #4525 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:31:25 am »

Reed goes for the green, hits the back of the green, eagle putt coming up

back on the tee, Rory almost goes into the water on 18, horrible stance for 2nd shot coming up

frag · « **Reply #4526 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:32:16 am »

Quote from: paulrazor on January 30, 2023, 10:31:25 am

Reed goes for the green, hits the back of the green, eagle putt coming up

back on the tee, Rory almost goes into the water on 18, horrible stance for 2nd shot coming up

Did that seem like too much club? Surely that rules out going for the green now.

fowlermagic · « **Reply #4527 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:34:45 am »

Stupid choice with driver, why bring the water into play? Got away with it and probably will lay up and try to win with a birdie

paulrazor · « **Reply #4528 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:36:24 am »

If he is smart he will lay up, especially after last year and yesterday

Reed with a nailed on birdie

frag · « **Reply #4529 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:37:43 am »

Quote from: paulrazor on January 30, 2023, 10:36:24 am

If he is smart he will lay up, especially after last year and yesterday

Reed with a nailed on birdie

Looks like he's going for it, has an iron in so can see the logic there as long as lie isn't horrific.

paulrazor · « **Reply #4530 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:40:17 am »

Rory lays up

frag · « **Reply #4531 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:41:23 am »

Rory with a wedge in his hand, over that water, makes me nervous here.

It'll be some playoff between him and Reed with everything that's gone on.

paulrazor · « **Reply #4532 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:42:43 am »

About a 12 footer for a win, maybe less, a chance

paulrazor · « **Reply #4533 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:47:05 am »

RORY WINS
what a putt

paulrazor · « **Reply #4534 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:47:34 am »

Quote from: frag on January 30, 2023, 10:20:13 am

Rory with a 5 footer for birdie. Reed in fairway on 18 and likely to go for green in 2. Got to feel Rory needs birdie-birdie finish to win.

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Ray K · « **Reply #4535 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:48:34 am »

What a way to win it! Up yours, you fat cheat!

Fiasco · « **Reply #4536 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:53:00 am »

I wanted a play off

Huge break for McIlroy on 18 but he'll feel that he's been owed that as that hole has caused him problems over the years.

Adam_LFC · « **Reply #4537 on:** January 30, 2023, 10:55:02 am »

Lovely! Was half hoping for a playoff but nice to see Reed getting beat either way.

Nobby Reserve · « **Reply #4538 on:** January 30, 2023, 11:33:42 am »

Justice

paulrazor · « **Reply #4539 on:** January 30, 2023, 11:51:02 am »

Subpoena that you bastard

4pool · « **Reply #4540 on:** January 30, 2023, 04:38:45 pm »

Rory said post round interview that on 18 driver is too much and 3 wood not enough. So, he tried to hit an "easy" driver and flushed it. Said he was always going to lay up from there due to last year and yesterday when he hit it in the water going for the green in two.

paulrazor · « **Reply #4541 on:** January 31, 2023, 08:39:27 am »

funny the way golf does that some times, even for an amateur, you take it easy and it goes a mile

He would have had to go for it if he needed an eagle for play off or even to win maybe

but the pin wasnt really suitable to go for an eagle, be lucky to land a 2nd within 10 feet

frag · « **Reply #4542 on:** January 31, 2023, 11:26:27 am »

Just had email that managed to get tickets for the Open on Thursday. Absolutely made up.

Edit: Seems anyone who's applied for tickets last couple of years and not got them being offered first. Might be worth keeping an eye on inbox for anyone who didn't get first time around.

paulrazor · « **Reply #4543 on:** January 31, 2023, 11:45:58 am »

lovely

4pool · « **Reply #4544 on:** February 2, 2023, 01:35:08 am »

If you're looking for Gareth Bale, he's playing in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Which starts Thursday.

Joseph Bramlett (Pro) & Gareth Bale (2 handicap)

Tee's off 8:30 Am local time on Spyglass Hill Thursday

Tee's off 10:09 Am on MPCC shore on Friday.

Tee's off 9:14 Am on Pebble Beach Saturday.

Add 8 hours for UK time.

Nobby Reserve · « **Reply #4545 on:** February 2, 2023, 12:21:35 pm »

Sportwasher shill Cameron Smith whining about golf's world rankings not counting the sportwashing circus in its points system. Says without the sportwasher stooges, it's becoming 'obsolete'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/64494846

Lone Star Red · « **Reply #4546 on:** February 2, 2023, 03:13:27 pm »

^

Stealing this from the Fried Egg guys...but I feel really terrible for the guys who beat Turk Pettit 3 times in the last 6 months and just aren't getting any credit for it.

Dazzer23 · « **Reply #4547 on:** February 3, 2023, 09:00:11 am »

Anybody know anything about the TV deal LIV have got? (CW network - never heard of them myself)

Not having the oxygen of meaningful TV coverage was always the best way this thing was going to wither and die IMO

4pool · « **Reply #4548 on:** February 3, 2023, 09:00:56 pm »

Quote from: Dazzer23 on February 3, 2023, 09:00:11 am

Anybody know anything about the TV deal LIV have got? (CW network - never heard of them myself)

Not having the oxygen of meaningful TV coverage was always the best way this thing was going to wither and die IMO

I looked on Sling tv for the CW channel, they don't have it.

Then was looking at local channel listings for my digital antenna and found it there. lol. Lots of rerun tv on that channel.

So it is a "free" channel for me and i'm still not watching LIV.

4pool · « **Reply #4549 on:** February 5, 2023, 08:10:59 pm »

Justin Rose is leading the Pebble Beach tournament in the 3rd round. Which is on tv now.

4th round will be tomorrow.

BoRed · « **Reply #4550 on:** February 5, 2023, 08:21:30 pm »

Quote from: 4pool on February 5, 2023, 08:10:59 pm

Justin Rose is leading the Pebble Beach tournament in the 3rd round. Which is on tv now.

4th round will be tomorrow.

I think the 4th round is about to start, though I doubt they'll be able to finish tonight.

4pool · « **Reply #4551 on:** February 5, 2023, 08:23:04 pm »

Quote from: BoRed on February 5, 2023, 08:21:30 pm

I think the 4th round is about to start, though I doubt they'll be able to finish tonight.

Yep.

Finish will be at 8 Am Pacific, 11 Am Eastern tomorrow.

Justin tees off around 2:30 local time.

Lone Star Red · « **Reply #4552 on:** February 6, 2023, 04:55:05 pm »

9 days! Looking forward to this and finding even more reasons to loathe Ian Poulter and Brooks Koepka.

https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1622611078541881345?s=20&t=UAarnnHMLPCgbKuMJA9z-Q

4pool · « **Reply #4553 on:** February 6, 2023, 04:55:09 pm »

Rose has a two shot lead with 5 holes to play.

4pool · « **Reply #4554 on:** February 6, 2023, 06:23:52 pm »

And Justin Rose will win the AT&T Pebble Beach.

Which gets him into The Masters as he was not qualified otherwise.

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #4555 on:** February 7, 2023, 11:19:58 pm »

If you need a definition of sportswashing here it is.

Quote

LIV Golf lawyers admit tour generated ‘virtually zero’ revenue in first season

> Lawyers make admission in US federal court documents
> LIV and PGA Tour are involved in ongoing legal action

The LIV Golf tour, the breakaway circuit bankrolled by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, generated “virtually zero” revenue during its first season, its lawyers admitted in US federal court documents filed on Monday.

Attorneys for the rebel tour made the admission in a motion with the US district court for Northern California, in which LIV Golf asked US district court judge Beth Labson Freeman to deny the PGA Tour’s motion for leave to add the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and its governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, as plaintiffs in the tour’s countersuit against LIV Golf.

A trial date for January 2024 has been scheduled for the countersuit, in which the PGA Tour alleges that LIV Golf interfered with existing player contracts. However, the PGA Tour wants to delay that date because it said the PIF and Al-Rumayyan have not complied with discovery and depositions.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/07/liv-golf-lawyers-admit-tour-generated-virtually-zero-revenue-in-first-season

So for those players that jumped on board because they weren't getting a fair share of the revenue from the PGA are now getting a shit load of cash from a tour that generates virtually no revenue.

In other words their participation is being funded for the sole purpose of improving the global image of their paymasters.

4pool · « **Reply #4556 on:** February 8, 2023, 12:04:26 am »

Those that went to LIV admit they did it for the money and less tournaments so they could be home with their families more.

Now those same, we wanted to play fewer tournaments, are whinging because they can't play in more tournaments on the PGA tour and cherry pick the top tournaments with the bigger purses.

deano2727 · « **Reply #4557 on:** February 8, 2023, 01:19:27 am »

Quote from: 4pool on February 2, 2023, 01:35:08 am

If you're looking for Gareth Bale, he's playing in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Which starts Thursday.

Joseph Bramlett (Pro) & Gareth Bale (2 handicap)

Tee's off 8:30 Am local time on Spyglass Hill Thursday

Tee's off 10:09 Am on MPCC shore on Friday.

Tee's off 9:14 Am on Pebble Beach Saturday.

Add 8 hours for UK time.

Not into golf, but was surprised to see his name mentioned in professional golf the other day.

Seems he is better than I thought. I suppose it would explain why he wasn't arsed with football half the time (and still one of the best British players ever in terms of success). Good luck to him in his new endevours I suppose.

FlashGordon · « **Reply #4558 on:** February 8, 2023, 08:03:53 am »

Quote from: deano2727 on February 8, 2023, 01:19:27 am

Not into golf, but was surprised to see his name mentioned in professional golf the other day.

Seems he is better than I thought. I suppose it would explain why he wasn't arsed with football half the time (and still one of the best British players ever in terms of success). Good luck to him in his new endevours I suppose.

It's indicative of nothing really. Anyone can play in a pro am once you're rich enough/famous enough.

blert596 · « **Reply #4559 on:** February 8, 2023, 09:27:24 am »

Quote from: FlashGordon on February 8, 2023, 08:03:53 am

It's indicative of nothing really. Anyone can play in a pro am once you're rich enough/famous enough.

It was quite funny watching him being interviewed the other day on the course.

The woman interviewer brought up his "soccer" career and brought up the total dedication he must have had to training and playing at the highest level.

He actually looked as though he wanted to say "yeah, right" but just had a sort of restrained smile and quickly moved on.

It was quite a funny moment.