Waste Management Phoenix Open

The Guardian

This starts Thursday.
Another big competition in the build up to Augusta.
Who's your money on?

ssbob

The Guardian wrote: »

This starts Thursday.
Another big competition in the build up to Augusta.
Who's your money on?

This is a great Competition, however the drinking seems to get way out of hand! Harry is playing this week, hopefully he goes well.

Jazzzman

When I hear of this tournament all I can think of is The Sopranos.

masalbeagdubh

Rickie Fowler played great last weekend after a disastrous opening round. I think he could go well here.

fangee

Snedeker is a stand out.

Guffy

Anyone know if this is on the box?

fangee

gufc21 wrote: »

Anyone know if this is on the box?

sky sports 3 tonight.

sky sports 4 friday and saturday night.

sky sports 3 for the final round.

Sligored

phil going well - 7 under after 9

elmossman

Go Phil He was my A pick on the fantasy golf

FixdePitchmark

Go Padraig.

"20/20 vision with glasses" - :cool: a stigma issue

Only Padraig

n2o

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Go Padraig.

"20/20 vision with glasses" - :cool: a stigma issue

Only Padraig

According to the play-by-play on the PGA website he just 2 putted from 1 foot on the 7th :eek:

Edit: Make that 20ft

shaneon77

he missed his first putt (20 foot) by 1 foot. then got the 1 footer back. that shottracker gets seriously buggy sometimes with the big field events.

soundsham

Phil needs to birdie his last hole for a 59
25 footer for the number

Degag

Phil has a 25 footer for a 59, if anyone can, Phil can!

Aidric

Damn! Phil misses out on a 59, couldn't make 30ft birdie putt on the last, left it short on his second last hole.

Excellent opening round from Harrington, showing some good early season form.

soundsham

Missed

n2o

Kelly Tilghman ‏@KellyTilghmanGC
Phil Mickelson lips out a 25 ft putt for a 59! It was a total horseshoe! He settles for a 60 in rd 1 of Waste Mgmt Phoenix Open.

FixdePitchmark

Ok - what is going on with this place - Course mad easy ?

shaneon77

there was a frost delay this morning!!!! greens must be a bit receptive, i wonder did half the lads head back to bed or stay drinking coffee in the pro shop?

PARlance

This 16th is nuts... Amazing how they noise and crowd can get to players. Very few getting close with PW or 9i

FixdePitchmark

ajcurry123 wrote: »

This 16th is nuts... Amazing how they noise and crowd can get to players. Very few getting close with PW or 9i

I don't know if I like it - but I always don't like things first time.
There are s$it heads at every US PGA event - this is sort of saying yes that is cool.

Pros trying to be cool handing out things and caddies trying to be funny- golfers are not that cool or funny. Looks silly when they try to be (IMO)

watch, I will be on the piss in 3 years at it.

Dr_Colossus

ajcurry123 wrote: »

This 16th is nuts... Amazing how they noise and crowd can get to players. Very few getting close with PW or 9i

It's 164 yards so hardly a flick of a wedge, most seem to be hitting 8 iron with some 9 irons. Mad hole alright and can only imagine the ruckus around it at the weekend.

Arsenium

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

It's 164 yards so hardly a flick of a wedge, most seem to be hitting 8 iron with some 9 irons. Mad hole alright and can only imagine the ruckus around it at the weekend.

It always seems to coincide with the superbowl (well the last 2 years anyway!!) so by Sunday evening they are all hammered and screaming. It's a novelty factor for sure but not really sure of it's place in golf either.

ssbob

Arsenium wrote: »

It always seems to coincide with the superbowl (well the last 2 years anyway!!) so by Sunday evening they are all hammered and screaming. It's a novelty factor for sure but not really sure of it's place in golf either.

Golf is changing tbh, gold has to meet the challenges it faces, this makes it more appealing to the mass public. I like this event but would not like to see it spread to the masters for instance as that has it's own nuances!

link_2007

What time is coverage this evening?

PARlance

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I don't know if I like it - but I always don't like things first time.
There are s$it heads at every US PGA event - this is sort of saying yes that is cool.

Pros trying to be cool handing out things and caddies trying to be funny- golfers are not that cool or funny. Looks silly when they try to be (IMO)

watch, I will be on the piss in 3 years at it.

I don't know what I think of it either.

If they could confine all the idiots to just one hole at every PGA event and crack down hard on the remaining 17 holes with a zero tolerance policy then I think I'd take that.

But that's not going to happen!

They'll have the caddies doing an assault course to get to the green in a few years.
....Or fireworks each time someone lands it within 6 feet.
(I wouldn't say no to a few cheer leaders in fairness)

PARlance

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

It's 164 yards so hardly a flick of a wedge, most seem to be hitting 8 iron with some 9 irons. Mad hole alright and can only imagine the ruckus around it at the weekend.

Maybe that's why they weren't getting close so
Think I watched about 6 groups go through and I don't think I saw on 8i... was mainly 9i's with quite a few PW's.

I could be wrong there.
My attention was elsewhere, I was embracing it from the couch.... skulling pints from a plastic cup all day, getting too caught up in the booing to stay focused on what clubs they were hitting.

fangee

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Few quid on Phil at 20-1. Some score yesterday

It's hard to see how he's gonna be caught.

It's not the kind of course where he'd be shooting level par or worse than -3 on any given day.

pinkdoubleeagle

Has a good record in Arizona. Course is fairly open so he can spray it a bit

ssbob

fangee wrote: »

It's hard to see how he's gonna be caught.

He played awful last week though, was great to see him come out and light up the place yesterday, be good to see him keep going!

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Has a good record in Arizona. Course is fairly open so he can spray it a bit

In fairness he was straight as anything yesterday but knowing Phil he could be all over the place today and still shoot -6/-7!

fangee

ssbob wrote: »

He played awful last week though, was great to see him come out and light up the place yesterday, be good to see him keep going!



In fairness he was straight as anything yesterday but knowing Phil he could be all over the place today and still shoot -6/-7!

Thats the thing. If he can just shoot -3 or -4 for the next 3 days he's home clear. And what's to say he won't be shooting -6 or -7 each day.

PARlance

fangee wrote: »

It's hard to see how he's gonna be caught.

It's not the kind of course where he'd be shooting level par or worse than -3 on any given day.

It's always hard to see someone get caught after a round like that but I'd say you be in profit if you backed against (laid these players sounded wrong) these players over the course of a year.
16 players within 5 shots of him and still 54 holes left to play.
The bookies rarely get it wrong and he's still as high as 2/1 to win.
The field is still favourite to win in their eyes

Aidric

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Few quid on Phil at 20-1. Some score yesterday

Any chance of a prt screen of that bet? I find it hard to believe Mickelson would be anywhere close to 20/1 for this tournament.

Dr_Colossus

Coverage not starting until 21:00 on Sky Sports 4?

fullstop

Aidric wrote: »

Any chance of a prt screen of that bet? I find it hard to believe Mickelson would be anywhere close to 20/1 for this tournament.

In before you accuse him of aftertiming. He was traded at longer odds on betfair.

link_2007

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Coverage not starting until 21:00 on Sky Sports 4?

If the UPC schedule is correct.

(The UPC box has to be one of the most frustrating pieces of electronic equipment known to man)

FixdePitchmark

link_2007 wrote: »

If the UPC schedule is correct.

(The UPC box has to be one of the most frustrating pieces of electronic equipment known to man)

It is pure ****e - i'm paying big money too for sports etc. may pack it in.

FixdePitchmark

This course is a joke - the scores are a joke - Bradley 63 today

charlieIRL

Duffner seems to be struggling big time the last few holes.

FixdePitchmark

Some 2 round total - heading a record.

bigtimecharlie

Only one winner from here.

FixdePitchmark

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Only one winner from here.

You would have today yes- but unusual to keep that up. You'd imagine he will come down bit.

FixdePitchmark

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

You would have today yes- but unusual to keep that up. You'd imagine he will come down bit.

Lol. What a shot

FixdePitchmark

Balls. Water.

SnowDrifts

Why on earth would Phil leave the driver in the bag there after the way he has been hitting it the last few days??

FixdePitchmark

Mad to say. But the field could be back in this.

bigtimecharlie

Silly 3 wood.

FixdePitchmark

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Silly 3 wood.

All a shocker

Creasy_bear

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Why on earth would Phil leave the driver in the bag there after the way he has been hitting it the last few days??

He's using the rbz 3 wood that he can hit miles. I'm not watching it but I presume driver would get him in trouble if it hits it too far?

FixdePitchmark

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

Silly 3 wood.

All a shocker
All back in it. Could have a downer day.

FixdePitchmark

Na. small, very small gap with driver. Look at again. Easy to talk after. If he hit big fairway at that point with 3w he would have been great.