PGA Tour Thread

Rikand

Rikand wrote: »

I'm watching on shot tracker. Did he drive the 18th

Ram drove past the green on 18. Chip back didn't work out so well - stopped before getting momentum on the downslope.

fred funk }{

He done extremely well to get to the 18th considering where he was after 6 holes. He just lacked a bit of composure under a lot of pressure.

vienne86

Nice interview with Ram just after finishing - said he was disappointed with the way it finished up, but acknowledged that he had had a great week. Seems a nice guy.

First Up

vienne86 wrote: »

Nice interview with Ram just after finishing - said he was disappointed with the way it finished up, but acknowledged that he had had a great week. Seems a nice guy.

He seemed to lose the plot early in the final but heck, he's only 22 and that was a pretty intense atmosphere and against a hardened veteran player in top form.

He did OK.

Deeper Blue

Wouldn't be surprised if Rahm missed the cut after his exertions last week.

FixdePitchmark

Rickie Fowler was great when he turned up on scene - new. young, a change, a bit of energy.

I timed a shot there in full --

ridiculous stuff

at 2 mins 30 seconds in, he steps away from ball - waits for wind to die down

hits shot just at 3 minutes (yes 3 minutes) - crap shot anyway. And the shot was longer as he was doing some talk prior to camera coming on him.

Mad stuff.

Hoof Hearted2

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Rickie Fowler was great when he turned up on scene - new. young, a change, a bit of energy.

I timed a shot there in full --

ridiculous stuff

at 2 mins 30 seconds in, he steps away from ball - waits for wind to die down

hits shot just at 3 minutes (yes 3 minutes) - crap shot anyway. And the shot was longer as he was doing some talk prior to camera coming on him.

Mad stuff.

Fix, you really need to get out more!

FixdePitchmark

Hoof Hearted2 wrote: »

Fix, you really need to get out more!

I seriously don't

PARlance

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Rickie Fowler was great when he turned up on scene - new. young, a change, a bit of energy.

I timed a shot there in full --

ridiculous stuff

at 2 mins 30 seconds in, he steps away from ball - waits for wind to die down

hits shot just at 3 minutes (yes 3 minutes) - crap shot anyway. And the shot was longer as he was doing some talk prior to camera coming on him.

Mad stuff.

I've watched next to no golf in the last 9 months but I flicked over last night to see Rickie take an absolute age over a 4 footer. Looked like he was doing a bit of aimpoint along with a few other techniques... was sad to see tbh. Immediately switched off after he holed it.

red ears

Fowler seems to have got it together today. 17 under now co leader.

Potential Underachiever

Is Rickie still the most overrated player on tour!?! Class act, class player, I don't care if he took 3 minutes over a shot this one time.

Wombatman

Back to back $h@nks for Donaldson in the shot centre. He seemed to genuinely laugh it off. Holmes is some messer.

http://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/10821741/jamie-donaldson-hits-two-shanks-playing-augustas-in-shot-centre

HighLine

Slightly off topic but anyone who uses snapchat should check out Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, Smylie Kaufman and Justin Thomas on their Bahamas trip currently. Some funny stuff.

Rikand

HighLine wrote: »

Slightly off topic but anyone who uses snapchat should check out Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, Smylie Kaufman and Justin Thomas on their Bahamas trip currently. Some funny stuff.

They're doing it again ? Last years was brilliant!

HighLine

Rikand wrote: »

They're doing it again ? Last years was brilliant!

Yeah round 2 apparently. Poor Jordan seems to be spending a lot of time looking for balls

benny79

Its gas ...you would hardly think there professionals and worth millions

ForeRight

That Tyrrell Hatton Fella would put years on you listening to him.

vienne86

ForeRight wrote: »

That Tyrrell Hatton Fella would put years on you listening to him.

Think you have just said what the rest of us are thinking!!!

WHIP IT!

Was there some kinda bizarre slow-play violation given out in the Zurich Classic?? Saw some guy tweeting about it but wasn't very clear... anyone know?

Clareforliam17

There is a piece on this on the Golf Channel website about this slow-play violation. It says that this is the first time the PGA Tour has handed a slow-play penalty since 1995. Lets just say that Brian Campbell along with his partner Miguel Angel Carbello will not have Phil Schmitt and Kyle Ramey on their Christmas party guest list any time soon!!!!!

WHIP IT!

Seems like a standard case of punishing 'the little guy', again... the fact they ended up having to wait for the last four holes really makes it a dumb penalty, in my opinion...

Golf Channel

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/tour-hands-out-first-slow-play-penalty-22-years

The PGA Tour handed out its first slow-play penalty since 1995 on Thursday during the first round of alternate shot at the Zurich Classic.

Rookie Brian Campbell and partner Miguel Angel Carballo each received a bad time and were assessed a one-shot penalty as a team, dropping their score to 2-over 74.

“I kinda felt like it was a little unfair,” Campbell told GolfChannel.com in the locker room before his second round, “but nothing we could do about it.”

As alternates, Campbell and Carballo were paired together at TPC Louisiana. They were the final group off on Thursday morning, along with PGA section pros Kyle Ramey and Phil Schmitt.

“I hate to say it,” Campbell said, “but they were struggling through the first five holes and we got way out of position.”

Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Articles, photos and videos

Campbell said they were “sprinting the entire round” and “couldn’t get ourselves back on time, because bad shots were still happening.”

They were first timed on the 10th hole. On the 11th, one of the section pros received a bad time, taking longer than 40 seconds to play a shot. Carballo received his own bad time on 12, and both players in the group were warned that another bad time would result in a one-shot penalty.

Said Campbell: “And then on 14, my caddie had to run up to the tee box because we were behind, and we were running all over the place. I had to go back to the green to tap in because Carballo missed the putt.

"In normal cases, we all get to the tee at the same time, but because my caddie was already up at the tee, I think the clock may have started a little sooner than I felt like it should have.”

Campbell apparently took longer than 40 seconds to hit his tee shot on the par 3 and received the second bad time. By the next hole, they’d caught up to the group in front of them and waited for the final four holes.

Both players tried to protest the penalty in the scoring tent afterward.

“The thing they kept saying is, ‘Policy is policy,’ which when they throw that in your face, we can’t really say anything,” Campbell said. “But we were trying to give them the whole entire scenario, like, ‘Listen, we were behind early.

'Do you realize who we were playing with?’ But they weren’t really considering those options. They’re like, policy is policy, you got a bad time, and you get the stroke. But there’s nothing we could have done better.”

It’s the first time that the Tour has doled out a slow-play penalty since Glen Day in 1995.

Campbell and Carballo were the last off during Friday fourballs, at 3:02 p.m. ET.

“An unfortunate situation,” Campbell said.

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Not a chance any of the big names would get that penalty :rolleyes:

HighLine

Looks like those greens info/slopes books could be about to get banned. Good move.

https://twitter.com/RandA/status/859037205276368898

A New earth

Play off of the Zurich on at the moment, on 18th for the second sudden death hole, good golf so far, off to the 9th if they half this one

A New earth

Blixt/Smith win with a birdie 4 from Cameron Smith on the 4th play off hole (18th)

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HighLine wrote: »

Looks like those greens info/slopes books could be about to get banned. Good move.

https://twitter.com/RandA/status/859037205276368898

Great news, it's infuriating looking at top pros taking out a book to look at a chart for a 6 foot putt

HighLine

(Couldn't find an LPGA thread so posting this here....)

May the prettiest golfer win. Invite an up and coming talent?..... naaa. Farcical IMO.

https://twitter.com/ShopRiteLPGA/status/859073888424263681

Potential Underachiever

HighLine wrote: »

(Couldn't find an LPGA thread so posting this here....)

May the prettiest golfer win. Invite an up and coming talent?..... naaa. Farcical IMO.

https://twitter.com/ShopRiteLPGA/status/859073888424263681

Be nice to have the four of them play a game of strip golf! Jeez some serious talent there! Don't know much about their games mind you.

fullstop

How bad is Molinari's putting? :eek:

Trampas

fullstop wrote: »

How bad is Molinari's putting? :eek:

Always been terrible