Author Topic: The Golf Thread (Read 308758 times)

goalrushatgoodison · « **Reply #240 on:** November 30, 2017, 06:15:23 pm »

Quote from: johnj147 on November 30, 2017, 06:00:01 pm

nice to see tiger back

I was and still am a great admirer of Woods the golfer. I used to like Woods the man too, in as much as I could glean from him from Tv appearances etc. I never bought into the narrative that he was aloof and distant while Mickleson was everybody's buddy. I just thought that Tiger wasn't interested in cultivating a persona and was happy for people to take him as they found him. It looks like he still is happy for people to take him as they find him - when I heard that he played golf with Trump the other day I just went wow! He obviously doesn't give a fiddlers about the way the President is treating fellow black sportsmen, never mind the other shit. If he never hits another golf ball I wouldn't miss him.

johnj147 · « **Reply #241 on:** November 30, 2017, 07:30:31 pm »

Quote from: goalrushatgoodison on November 30, 2017, 06:15:23 pm

I was and still am a great admirer of Woods the golfer. I used to like Woods the man too, in as much as I could glean from him from Tv appearances etc. I never bought into the narrative that he was aloof and distant while Mickleson was everybody's buddy. I just thought that Tiger wasn't interested in cultivating a persona and was happy for people to take him as they found him. It looks like he still is happy for people to take him as they find him - when I heard that he played golf with Trump the other day I just went wow! He obviously doesn't give a fiddlers about the way the President is treating fellow black sportsmen, never mind the other shit. If he never hits another golf ball I wouldn't miss him.

well if you cant separate politics and racism from sport ,,its sad a world

goalrushatgoodison · « **Reply #242 on:** November 30, 2017, 07:38:47 pm »

Quote from: johnj147 on November 30, 2017, 07:30:31 pm

well if you cant separate politics and racism from sport ,,its sad a world

Eh, I think you will find that it's not me who can't seperate them. It's Trump isn't it?

johnj147 · « **Reply #243 on:** November 30, 2017, 07:42:37 pm »

Quote from: goalrushatgoodison on November 30, 2017, 07:38:47 pm

Eh, I think you will find that it's not me who can't seperate them. It's Trump isn't it?

couldn't give flying f..k about trump to be honest .. not interested ..

goalrushatgoodison · « **Reply #244 on:** November 30, 2017, 07:45:09 pm »

Quote from: johnj147 on November 30, 2017, 07:42:37 pm

couldn't give flying f..k about trump to be honest .. not interested ..

Fair enough.

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #245 on:** November 30, 2017, 11:39:54 pm »

Really good round from Woods.

johnj147 · « **Reply #246 on:** December 1, 2017, 10:45:03 am »

Quote from: Gerry Attrick on November 30, 2017, 11:39:54 pm

Really good round from Woods.

yep 3 under not bad

JM10 · « **Reply #247 on:** December 1, 2017, 06:37:47 pm »

Out in 5 under 31. Leader by himself

johnj147 · « **Reply #248 on:** December 1, 2017, 07:40:14 pm »

impressive stuff to be honest .. would be great, seeing him competing again with the young guns

nuts100 · « **Reply #249 on:** January 9, 2018, 01:01:17 am »

Anyone watch DJ this weekend. Good good that driver is a weapon.
He hit a 435 yard drive on a par 4 and it stopped 6inches from the pin. Wtf lol. Fair enough it was downhill but my god

paulrazor · « **Reply #250 on:** January 9, 2018, 02:31:31 pm »

Quote from: nuts100 on January 9, 2018, 01:01:17 am

Anyone watch DJ this weekend. Good good that driver is a weapon.
He hit a 435 yard drive on a par 4 and it stopped 6inches from the pin. Wtf lol. Fair enough it was downhill but my god

downhill helped but still a monster drive

what was impressive too was that he had a nice smooth swing, not trying to murder ala John daly, Tiger and McIlroy

your world number 1 ladies and gents

Lad · « **Reply #251 on:** January 21, 2018, 12:06:20 pm »

Tommy Fleetwood on fire today. My blue mate says he loves Fleetwood because he’s a proper Evertonian as he never wears red. In bright red today. Ha.

conman · « **Reply #252 on:** January 21, 2018, 12:08:14 pm »

Quote from: Lad on January 21, 2018, 12:06:20 pm

Tommy Fleetwood on fire today. My blue mate says he loves Fleetwood because he’s a proper Evertonian as he never wears red. In bright red today. Ha.

He just needs to call upon the Red Gods to help him win, as he'll win nowt in Blue

conman · « **Reply #253 on:** January 21, 2018, 12:12:34 pm »

I read these articles recently on the rise and fall of Taylormade Golf. They are fascinating really. They take me back to the 90's when I first saw the Bubble Shaft driver, and thinking, wtf is this? At the time, no one was using Taylormade. 5 years later, they were everywhere.

Then it all started to go wrong a few years ago, resulting in Adidas selling off the brand for a fraction of their previous value.

https://mygolfspy.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-taylormade-part-1/

https://mygolfspy.com/the-rise-fall-of-taylormade-part-2-the-empire-crumbles/

4pool · « **Reply #254 on:** January 25, 2018, 04:14:01 pm »

Most PGA Tour wins by players currently under age 45:

Tiger overall - 79
Tiger WGCs - 18
Dustin Johnson - 17
Tiger in Florida - 16
Tiger majors - 14
Tiger in California - 14
Rory McIlroy - 13
Tiger in Ohio -13
Adam Scott - 13
Zach Johnson - 12

FlashGordon · « **Reply #255 on:** January 25, 2018, 05:09:08 pm »

An absolute freak at his peak. Never used to like him when I was younger but now he’s back I hope he kills it.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #256 on:** January 25, 2018, 05:14:21 pm »

Quote from: Red85 on January 25, 2018, 05:09:08 pm

An absolute freak at his peak. Never used to like him when I was younger but now he’s back I hope he kills it.

Same

Tiger annoyed the hell out of me back in the day but now I've grown up a bit and follow the game regular the world of tournament golf is much better off with a Tiger Woods.

Bookies are frightened to death of him this week and he's still 7th Fav at 28/1

Imagine the scenes if he went and won another PGA event?

FlashGordon · « **Reply #257 on:** January 26, 2018, 01:25:11 am »

Quote from: Buck Pete on January 25, 2018, 05:14:21 pm

Same

Tiger annoyed the hell out of me back in the day but now I've grown up a bit and follow the game regular the world of tournament golf is much better off with a Tiger Woods.

Bookies are frightened to death of him this week and he's still 7th Fav at 28/1

Imagine the scenes if he went and won another PGA event?

He'll be getting some of my hard earned invested on him every week so the scenes will be unreal. I'll also be using him most weeks in the fantasy league. Which can be joined here for anyone interested https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=331105.msg15825583#msg15825583.

b_joseph · « **Reply #258 on:** January 26, 2018, 06:19:54 am »

Quote from: Buck Pete on January 25, 2018, 05:14:21 pm

Imagine the scenes if he went and won another PGA event?

He can't be that far off the all time PGA tour wins record...maybe 2-3? I just want one more masters sunday. He needs a Jack in 86 moment.

dudleyred · « **Reply #259 on:** January 26, 2018, 05:16:18 pm »

Quote from: b_joseph on January 26, 2018, 06:19:54 am

He can't be that far off the all time PGA tour wins record...maybe 2-3? I just want one more masters sunday. He needs a Jack in 86 moment.

3 behind Sam Snead in PGA tour wins and ranked second

Buck Pete · « **Reply #260 on:** January 27, 2018, 04:40:48 pm »

Nice birdie on the last hole yesterday to give Tiger another 2 rounds.

He certainly wont be winning this but at least he made the cut

fowlermagic · « **Reply #261 on:** January 27, 2018, 06:14:58 pm »

Think Tiger is going to be a little surprised to see how the rest of the guys have picked up their game the past few years as there is numerous guys out there that are longer than him now. Then again its the next generation so Tiger probably expects not to be winning that much from here on but would love to contend for another major or two. At this stage I dont see him winning any more majors as the fear factor is no longer there for the Johnsons & Spieths when they are paired up with Tiger but its still great to see him back. Talking about a mini comeback Rory is looking like he means business this season and should follow last weeks Top 3 finish with at least another Top 3 and more perhaps.

johnj147 · « **Reply #262 on:** January 27, 2018, 07:04:12 pm »

great to see tiger make cut ,,,

Phil M · « **Reply #263 on:** January 29, 2018, 01:39:36 am »

This Day v Noren playoff has been sensational. Such nerves of steel from both of them.

Goes to a playoff tomorrow after an all square after 4.

The North Bank · « **Reply #264 on:** January 29, 2018, 01:43:13 am »

I had a bet on this.....just toss a coin or something, nearest to pin....

fowlermagic · « **Reply #265 on:** January 29, 2018, 11:08:54 am »

Its a bit silly that they did not have enough time to sort it all out last night. I missed it as went off to bed but its standard for many a playoff to finish with the sun virtually setting. I guess TV dictates they want most tournaments to finish btw 5pm - 6pm EST to enhance viewing numbers.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #266 on:** January 29, 2018, 11:26:09 am »

Quote from: The North Bank on January 29, 2018, 01:43:13 am

I had a bet on this.....just toss a coin or something, nearest to pin....

Same! Backed Noren to win at about the 12th. Had to give up watching after the first play off hole.

Quote from: fowlermagic on January 29, 2018, 11:08:54 am

Its a bit silly that they did not have enough time to sort it all out last night. I missed it as went off to bed but its standard for many a playoff to finish with the sun virtually setting. I guess TV dictates they want most tournaments to finish btw 5pm - 6pm EST to enhance viewing numbers.

How come they were out in 3s on the final round? The last group took almost 6 hours to get round! Fuck knows what JB Holmes was doing on the 18th the big idiot.

4pool · « **Reply #267 on:** January 30, 2018, 05:02:32 pm »

Quote from: fowlermagic on January 29, 2018, 11:08:54 am

Its a bit silly that they did not have enough time to sort it all out last night. I missed it as went off to bed but its standard for many a playoff to finish with the sun virtually setting. I guess TV dictates they want most tournaments to finish btw 5pm - 6pm EST to enhance viewing numbers.

Errrrr.... it finished 8-9pm Eastern time...5-6pm local California time.

nuts100 · « **Reply #268 on:** February 2, 2018, 12:27:07 am »

Waste Management 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale is brutal lol
Make a birdie all good, hit a bad shot, worse than the boos at evershit

Statto Red · « **Reply #269 on:** February 26, 2018, 06:26:28 pm »

US Open changes the playoff to a 2 hole aggregate score then sudden death, rather than a full 18 hole playoff. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/43204380

Buck Pete · « **Reply #270 on:** March 9, 2018, 03:57:37 pm »

Over half way through his second round in the current PGA Tour event and Tiger Woods is back where he belongs on top of the leaderboard.

nuts100 · « **Reply #271 on:** March 9, 2018, 04:37:45 pm »

I made a bold claim that he’d never win another major. Still hoping he doesn’t
Some grown men are getting extremely excited and if he wins this weekend their wives are in for a treat 😂

I can’t watch the golf channel atm as it is just the wank off tiger channel

Buck Pete · « **Reply #272 on:** March 9, 2018, 04:49:44 pm »

Quote from: nuts100 on March 9, 2018, 04:37:45 pm

I made a bold claim that he’d never win another major. Still hoping he doesn’t
Some grown men are getting extremely excited and if he wins this weekend their wives are in for a treat 😂

I can’t watch the golf channel atm as it is just the wank off tiger channel

give yourself a pat on the back ye tit

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #273 on:** March 9, 2018, 04:51:59 pm »

He's looking good for the Masters. Still quite erratic off the tee based off what I've read since he came back, but that doesn't matter so much at Augusta. Length is more important there.

nuts100 · « **Reply #274 on:** March 9, 2018, 04:57:36 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on March 9, 2018, 04:49:44 pm

give yourself a pat on the back ye tit

Thanks back has been patted

Fiasco · « **Reply #275 on:** March 10, 2018, 04:21:54 am »

Quote from: Gerry Attrick on March 9, 2018, 04:51:59 pm

He's looking good for the Masters. Still quite erratic off the tee based off what I've read since he came back, but that doesn't matter so much at Augusta. Length is more important there.

He bombed a drive on his second round yesterday over 340 yards and it would have been further only the rough took some distance off. That's a 42 year-old man with a fused back driving it like that. A few weeks ago he registered the second fastest club speed on tour this season. It is insane.

The most impressive thing has been his short game. His touch around the greens and the pace of his putts has been great. For long periods he couldn't swing a club and could only pitch and putt so that is probably why he's kept that so sharp, and obviously in his prime his short game was elite anyway.

If he doesn't put his back out or suffer another serious injury then he absolutely will win another major.

El Lobo · « **Reply #276 on:** March 10, 2018, 07:45:26 am »

Personally think it'd be one of the big sporting moments of recent times if he does win another major

4pool · « **Reply #277 on:** March 10, 2018, 09:00:27 am »

Quote from: Fiasco on March 10, 2018, 04:21:54 am

He bombed a drive on his second round yesterday over 340 yards and it would have been further only the rough took some distance off. That's a 42 year-old man with a fused back driving it like that. A few weeks ago he registered the second fastest club speed on tour this season. It is insane.

The most impressive thing has been his short game. His touch around the greens and the pace of his putts has been great. For long periods he couldn't swing a club and could only pitch and putt so that is probably why he's kept that so sharp, and obviously in his prime his short game was elite anyway.

If he doesn't put his back out or suffer another serious injury then he absolutely will win another major.

He's never had the fastests swing. That is why he could stop his swing in mid-swing when heckled or disturbed.

What he does have is tremendously quick hands through impact which allows Tiger to generate the clubhead speed.

Statto Red · « **Reply #278 on:** March 10, 2018, 09:17:00 am »

Quote from: Eel Lobo on March 10, 2018, 07:45:26 am

Personally think it'd be one of the big sporting moments of recent times if he does win another major

In the Jack Nicklaus winning the 86 Masters mold, actually end up being bigger than that, although think we've seen the last of Tiger Woods winning a major, the new breed of Golfers are not easily defeated like most others were at Tiger Woods peak.

Fiasco · « **Reply #279 on:** March 10, 2018, 09:24:32 am »

Quote from: Statto Red on March 10, 2018, 09:17:00 am

In the Jack Nicklaus winning the 86 Masters mold, actually end up being bigger than that, although think we've seen the last of Tiger Woods winning a major, the new breed of Golfers are not easily defeated like most others were at Tiger Woods peak.

Woods has just beaten the past two Open champions by about 10 shots in two rounds. McIlroy didn't make the cut and looks to be struggling. Dustin Johnson and Jason Day aren't on fire like they have been in recent years. John Rahm will win major titles but hasn't won one yet, the same could be said for Matsuyama who can't quite get it done. Jordan Spieth suddenly can't make a put from even 3 feet.

Golfers were easily defeated by Woods at his peak. If he played bad he would still often compete, if he played well he was unbeatable. There is nobody out there right now who has taken hold of the mantle. Justin Thomas is on a great run but many players go on runs and can't sustain it properly. Mickelson won last week and he's what, 47? He beat Thomas in a play-off.

It's a very exciting time. Mickelson proving that the old guard can get it done and Woods competing again. Let me tell you, if Woods or Mickelson were to go up against one of the newer crop at Augusta or another major this year my money would be on the old fellas. They just know how to get it done.