The PGA Championship Official Thread

tobsey

munsterlegend wrote: »

If you can’t drive straight at this place you may as well book your flight out for Friday evening. His form is very up and down so no real surprise.

His putting seemed to let him down most of all from what I could see in the shot tracker. Hit it inside 10 feet a couple of times and failed to make birdie. All summed up then with a three putt from nowhere on the last.

seligehgit

Lefty on a roll.

Loafing Oaf

Sky commentator as the leaderboard scrolls through: "All the big names are up there" just as Jazz Janewattananond appears on the screen:p

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Mcilroy, dreadful putting. Could easily be level Par or under here.

DJIMI TRARORE

+3 for Rory thru 16,more or less out of it already

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DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

+3 for Rory thru 16,more or less out of it already

Hardly, 6 off 3 under which is where scoring should be. Kooepka and Lee with godly grounds that wont happen again.

TheRiverman

DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

+3 for Rory thru 16,more or less out of it already

Another that wants the weekend off again.

munsterlegend

Rory can’t make a putt unfortunately. He’s playing ok but unless he gets on a streak tomorrow then hard to see him doing anything over the weekend.

TCM

McIlroy banjaxed already.

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TCM wrote: »

McIlroy banjaxed already.

Should knock this in for +2

munsterlegend

Birdie at the last his first of the day. 9 shots off the lead but not out of it.

FixdePitchmark

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

First time watching .

Jaysus the rough.

Surprised with how low score is from keopka.

Fairly ballsy press conference the other day.

Basically saying in majors he knows most of field not up to it.

Fair play to him calling it as it is and backing himself.

I don't like him . But good stuff.

If he is the future dominant star i will lose interest fast.

Deeper Blue

If Koepka wins this week would people fancy him to get to 7/8/9 majors and all-time legend status? Hard to bet against it, he's got the mental toughness and obviously the skills too. He's so nonchalant though, a strange one.

Mantis Toboggan

NDWC wrote: »

If Koepka wins this week would people fancy him to get to 7/8/9 majors and all-time legend status? Hard to bet against it, he's got the mental toughness and obviously the skills too. He's so nonchalant though, a strange one.

Absolutely, win or lose this week he should get to double figures. Has the game but more importantly has the mentality.

Russman

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Absolutely, win or lose this week he should get to double figures. Has the game but more importantly has the mentality.

He could well do. He has that hardness about him. I saw a piece the other day about him, can't remember if it was with Feherty or a different interview, and he said he felt he could get to double figures.
I don't really like him, but I think we can probably give him this one already, I mean if he shoots one under in each round that's left he probably wins by 3 or 4. If he was to manage something like 67 or 68 today they may all go home. Almost all the field are already out of it after one round, unless of course he goes backwards, which is possible I suppose.

As for Rory, I really hope I'm wrong as I'm a huge fan, but I fear he's becoming a bit of a Greg Norman or Jimmy White - supremely talented and gets hot maybe once a year to win a random tournament, while churning out top 10s/20s most of the rest of the time. Brilliant for most mere mortals but you feel he should do so much better.

Dr. Bre

Koepka prob would have won the masters if he didn’t hit the water on back nine. He’s phenomenal

akelly02

how did finau get on yesterday lads, seen he was -2 at one stage but ended up at level par.

moycullen14

AdamD wrote: »

What's Koepka at in the other 40 odd weeks of the year they aren't playing majors? He has a bizarrely major-centric record

Getting his 0.1s back for the Majors!

eagle eye

It is hard to see past Koepka with that start but you have to remember that this is Bethpage Black. This course can chew you up and spit you out at any stage if you make a mistake.
Brooks got away with a couple of loose drives yesterday, one in particular went so far right he ended up where the spectators had trampled down the grass, another one was way left and he got a perfect lie in the bunker and a lovely angle to the pin. He missed some short putts too but holed some long ones.
He could easily shoot 72-74 today and things will be a lot tighter.
Two guys who should be a lot closer are DJ and Jason Day, both normally excellent putters they lacked big time in that department yesterday.

paulos53

2 early bogeys for Danny Lee so Koepka's lead is out to 3 shots

Mantis Toboggan

Beemer is some man to still be able to compete at this level.

spacecoyote

Rory struggling to make bogey by the look of things on the first

munsterlegend

spacecoyote wrote: »

Rory struggling to make bogey by the look of things on the first

A double on the first. Will be doing well to make the cut i’d say.

PhuckHugh22

Feature group today is pretty good. All playing fairly well. Some shot from Spieth into his third.

Dr. Bre

Danny lee plus 6 through 8. Having a nightmare

eagle eye

Dusty on the move, bogeyed the first but has birdied every other hole since yo leave him -3 after six.

Deeper Blue

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Beemer is some man to still be able to compete at this level.

Is this the only tournament he plays every year? Fairly sure it is as he's not eligible for the seniors yet. I know he's made the cut at least once in the last few years too. Great achievement.

PhuckHugh22

DJ is knocking them in today.

Deeper Blue

DJ -5 now, a proper battle between himself and Brooks would be interesting

ronnie3585

The density of rough is making this a bit of a borefest. Three feet off the fairway - no shot and they're hacking a wedge out. The rough should be penal, but this is a bit much.