The PGA Tour Thread

Mantis Toboggan · 17-09-2020 3:41pm

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

scores seem good so far, is it calm is anyone watching ?
Is it to get windier in the afternoon ? sorry to ask i'm in work !

It's calm, no real wind to worry about today, picks up a little over the weekend.

Greens will firm up over the day so will be a big trickier.

New Era · 17-09-2020 4:17pm

3 consecutive birdies for the 15 time major winner Tiger Woods has put him back into red figures at one under through 11. Just three off the lead. Can Tiger claim major number 16 come Sunday evening. Never rule him out!!

ThewhiteJesus · 17-09-2020 4:40pm

New Era wrote: »

3 consecutive birdies for the 15 time major winner Tiger Woods has put him back into red figures at one under through 11. Just three off the lead. Can Tiger claim major number 16 come Sunday evening. Never rule him out!!

If the course shows it's teeth there's no better man.
I'd love to see it, but only if Mr Lowry doesn't win.

New Era · 17-09-2020 6:29pm

Rory shot an excellent 3 under 67, but by all accounts he could have easily shot 2 or 3 shots even better

Great start for Lowry. A birdie at the 1st hole.

McDowell 6 over and one to play.

Corks James Sugrue missed a 2 footer at the 11th his second and he is 2 over after 2.

Poor finish for Tiger too. 3 over after been 1 under through 11.

New Era · 17-09-2020 6:49pm

ThewhiteJesus wrote: »

If the course shows it's teeth there's no better man.
I'd love to see it, but only if Mr Lowry doesn't win.

You may get your wish 're Lowry. 2 holes 2 birdies. Remember Oakmont in 2016? Very similar test to winged foot and he just missed out on US open glory back then after having a 4 shot lead over 54 holes. Great start but an awfully long way to go.

Bubbaclaus · 17-09-2020 8:33pm

New Era wrote: »

You may get your wish 're Lowry. 2 holes 2 birdies. Remember Oakmont in 2016? Very similar test to winged foot and he just missed out on US open glory back then after having a 4 shot lead over 54 holes. Great start but an awfully long way to go.

And then +3 through 8

LuckyGent88 · 17-09-2020 10:02pm

A post from a popular golf twitter profile;

Hearing from an internal source that the Head of Grounds at Winged Foot, Steve Rabideau, was LIVID with the USGA during their afternoon meeting over today’s setup.

Let’s hope that is true and they make it much harder. I want to see a bit of carnage.

Also, we give out a lot about the golf coverage with sky but that is generally all thru the US network coverage. And right now in the US they have to sign up to some streaming service called peacock to watch the last two hours of coverage. Sounds farcical and not in any way a route to try and grow the game as their slogan is

Panrich · 17-09-2020 10:34pm

Shane really has imploded since that great start. +5 now after 14. That's +7 for the last 12 holes.

4Ad · 17-09-2020 10:48pm

Wolff has some swing, does the job though...

fullstop · 17-09-2020 11:00pm

Panrich wrote: »

Shane really has imploded since that great start. +5 now after 14. That's +7 for the last 12 holes.

Unsurprising unfortunately. Has shown no form all year.

Do we really need to see Phil hacking it round the course?

castletownman · 17-09-2020 11:07pm

'We say well done to NBC who have shown a shot from every player at least once"

And about 77 shots from Mickelson.

Deeper Blue · 17-09-2020 11:56pm

Mickelson picking up where he left off at Winged Foot, could've easily shot high 80s today, he was all over the shop.

Nowhere near enough carnage for my liking so far, hopefully they dry out the course now and nobody shoots in the 60s for the rest of the week.

Deeper Blue · 17-09-2020 11:57pm

castletownman wrote: »

'We say well done to NBC who have shown a shot from every player at least once"

And about 77 shots from Mickelson.

Did we see Sugrue? I may have missed him

ThewhiteJesus · 18-09-2020 12:16pm

I'd say it'll be alot tougher today lads, less water on the greens and much tougher pins i would think.
I can see Rory losing his mind and drifting away as the course toughens up

edit: i can see lots of players losing their minds and drifting away, a 70 today is a great score by the looks of it

Mantis Toboggan · 18-09-2020 4:05pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Big day for Sugrue hopefully he can put in a decent showing, huge test though could be all about damage limitation.

Having a bit of a mare today, miles off the standard unfortunately.

sky88 · 18-09-2020 4:16pm

Ill tell you one thing its the hope that kills you as a rickie fowler fan

DJIMI TRARORE · 18-09-2020 4:22pm

Bubba going well, kiss of death guaranteed

ThewhiteJesus · 18-09-2020 8:15pm

It’s a bloodbath now

LuckyGent88 · 18-09-2020 8:39pm

The fun has really started now. Shots being dropped everywhere.

Mushy · 18-09-2020 8:41pm

A bloodbath and the top 2 are Reed and Bryson....not a nice combo

LuckyGent88 · 18-09-2020 8:43pm

Mushy wrote: »

A bloodbath and the top 2 are Reed and Bryson....not a nice combo

A Reed and Harris English group would be very interesting.

Slanty · 18-09-2020 8:44pm

And the wind is only 10mph.

Great to watch. A real good match, players vs course and today the course will win.

Really enjoyed the last few tournaments, think the pga have got the mix just right.

Long may it continue and we don’t see any -30 scores for a while.