Hit the f***ing Ball!!!

Poker Face

https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/614534279242977281

HighLine

Jesus Christ... someone should slap him around.. and then give him a stroke penalty. Imagine having to play with a buffoon like that!

FWVT

Poker Face wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/614534279242977281

That's a joke. He and Kevin Na should lose their tour cards if they keep that up. It's unwatchable. How can a pro not "see" a straightforward 120-yd wedge shot? Ok, if he's trying to hit from an awkward stance/under a bush, etc., but this is just ridiculous.

Poker Face

He hit his next tee shot 40 yards into the water.... I was delighted :-)

SaveOurLyric

If he had taken twice as long; picking grass and throwing it in the wind, talking to his caddy, pointing here and there up towards the green, flipping through a yardage book, drying his hands on a towel, asking people in the gallery beside him to put away phones, getting ready to go with one club then changing his mind and going back to the back for another, standing behind the ball motionless looking down the target line, walking up 10 yards to see the hole from a different angle then walking back and looking at the yardage book again, asking the caddy to wave to some people behind the green to stop moving....no one would have batted an eyelid.

ForeRight

Imagine him in the bedroom with Mrs Keegan

Rikand

Laughed my arse off. The commentators made it

FWVT

52 seconds it took him

FixdePitchmark

It is just compulsive obsessive disorder.

Feel sorry for him.

But agree with SOL - this book looking is getting out of hand.

I mean a 6 footer - book out.

neckedit

SaveOurLyric wrote:

If he had taken twice as long; picking grass and throwing it in the wind, talking to his caddy, pointing here and there up towards the green, flipping through a yardage book, drying his hands on a towel, asking people in the gallery beside him to put away phones, getting ready to go with one club then changing his mind and going back to the back for another, standing behind the ball motionless looking down the target line, walking up 10 yards to see the hole from a different angle then walking back and looking at the yardage book again, asking the caddy to wave to some people behind the green to stop moving....no one would have batted an eyelid.

He'd probably done that already....... Can't warm to the guy at all,
He must have some serious Demons though.

fullstop

Has to be OCD, that's ridiculous. Anyone remember Sergio with the re gripping about 10 years ago and he couldn't pull the trigger...backed off one shot and shouted "just hit the ****ing ball".

Boskowski

Imagine if that happened to an ordinary Joe. He'd have to give up playing on Sundays, he'd be the joke of the club.

I say 'happened' cos surely thats a condition, he can't think thats the right way to go on about things.

Benny Cake

Up until recently, my preshot routine involved a single practise swing. I noticed however that I was striking the ball much better on the range where I just stand in behind the ball and hit it... Brought it to the course the last 4 rounds and have had my 4 best rounds of the season....
Might be nothing in it, then again maybe its a difference maker!! Ive always been a quick player but having eliminated the practise swing, played 18 holes In Tulfarris this week, 8 over gross, in 2 hr 40 mins.

Kevinmarkham

And people say the Pro game doesn't affect the amateur game. I was playing in a 2 ball behind another 2 ball at Tralee on Tuesday... and they were slower than the 4 ball in front.

We watched one of the guys walk 60 yards up the fairway, onto the green, around the pin and then back. No idea where his final shot ended up but they were certainly not good golfers. Had a chat with the caddie (double-bagging) afterwards - the guy couldn't apologise enough as the 2 ball refused to let us through.

Howjoe1

Poker Face wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PGATOUR/status/614534279242977281

is the link down?

HighLine

Howjoe1 wrote: »

is the link down?

Yeah.. maybe they got a request from Mr Bradley.

Another copy...

https://twitter.com/GolfClubWankers/status/614535577740910592

slave1

Perhaps he was waiting for wind to change in his favour? If it is OCD then that's sad as that's a silent illness (to a degree) and not to be laughed at IMHO. Saw a recent PGA profile of him and he appears sound.

alxmorgan

Feel sorry for him. Reckon he has issues. No one wants to take that long to hit a shot.

PARlance

alxmorgan wrote: »

Feel sorry for him. Reckon he has issues. No one wants to take that long to hit a shot.

I think both himself and Na have come out and apologised for it in the past. It's awful to watch but in their cases I do think it's a mental thing that they struggle to control.

HighLine

I guarantee that both Na and Bradley would find a very rapid miraculous cure if shot penalties became commonplace.

Uncle Ben

Different sport altogether, but has anyone noticed the preshot routine of Dan Bigger, the Welsh kicker?. Doesn't matter what the distance is but he goes through the same process all the time and then calmly smacks the ball between the posts.

Rikand

Uncle Ben wrote: »

Different sport altogether, but has anyone noticed the preshot routine of Dan Bigger, the Welsh kicker?. Doesn't matter what the distance is but he goes through the same process all the time and then calmly smacks the ball between the posts.

It's working exceptionally well

OffalyMedic

Uncle Ben wrote:

Different sport altogether, but has anyone noticed the preshot routine of Dan Bigger, the Welsh kicker?. Doesn't matter what the distance is but he goes through the same process all the time and then calmly smacks the ball between the posts.

Looks like he is doing the macarena but sure hey if it works it works who am I to judge a lad who almost single handily bet the English

finglashoop

Uncle Ben wrote: »

Different sport altogether, but has anyone noticed the preshot routine of Dan Bigger, the Welsh kicker?. Doesn't matter what the distance is but he goes through the same process all the time and then calmly smacks the ball between the posts.

Said the same watching there last game.

Its fairly elaborate alright.

Henry Ford III

Happens in other sports too.....

First Up

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Happens in other sports too.....

Johnny Sexton isn't the quickest either.