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I don’t know about you fellas, but I am ready to get this season started.  Watching it on TV makes winter more enjoyable.  I’ll be renewing my PGA Tour Live app subscription.
I agree. Thursday can't get here soon enough. With the Vikings missing the playoffs and the fantasy football season over, I need weekend golf on TV since I don't care to watch the nba.

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Yep, I'm ready to see some green golf courses! I do get a little jealous though since our courses are covered under a blanket of snow!

My bets are on Dechambeau or DJ to win the TOC.

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I was strongly considering flying all the way (20 minutes) to Maui if Tiger was going to Kapalua. One day I hope I get to follow him around in the trees for 18 holes 🤣

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Amen to this.  I love the start of the season.  Nothing better than live prime-time PGA Tour golf when you live out here on the East Coast.

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Note: Sorry I messed up when merging these topics, next week, Ill have this post at the top! 

For years the official start of the PGA Season began with the Tournament of Champions at Kapalula's Plantation course.  What better way to start the season than the beautiful views of Hawaii and the Ocean with a strong field made up of winners from the previous season.   Even with the advent of the wraparound scheduled instituted several years back--with so many tournaments having less than stellar fields-- many of us still considered this week the official start of the season.  Also one of the great things about the location of this tournament is the time zone.  It means us East Coasters, can watch coverage in prime time after work on Thursday and Friday!  

So with that I'll begin a new weekly feature this year, that highlights the tournament of the week and continue the conversation in the thread throughout the week. 

I'm still working a bit on the format and it may evolve throughout the season.   But it will mainly be a place for us to discuss the tournament as the week goes on.

So a few things to note about this weeks location.

Course: Plantation Course at Kapalula 

Rating/Distance/Par Championship Tees 77.2/144 and 7411 Yards Par 73

Cost to Play: $329/$299 for resort guests

Designers: Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore

2018 Winner/Score: Dustin Johnson -24 (won by 8 strokes)

TV Coverage: 

Thursday & Friday 6PM EST Golf Channel

Saturday and Sunday 6PM EST Golf Channel

Notable players in the field:

Cameron Champ

Jason Day'

Bryson Dechambeau

Dustin Johnson

Brooks Koepka

Rory McIlroy

Jon Rahm

Patrick Reed

Xander Schauffele

Juston Thomas

Bubba Watson

There's so many things to look forward to in this tournament.   The signature hole (see below) the monstrous 18th hole that plays 663 yards but severely downhill, allowing some players to go at it with an iron!    Everyone will remember Dustin Johnson's drive on the 433 par 4 12th hole on Sunday last year, a shot that stopped less than a foot from being a hole in one.   And for those who say people aren't influenced by what the pros do, we sold two M4 drivers in our Pro Shop that week. 

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Any early predictions on who is the Sentry Tournament of Champions, Champion this year.  Ialways like to pick DJ, and it's hard to bet against him.  But I think I'll go with Paul Casey. 

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1 hour ago, Shankster said:

I’ll take Jason Day. Seems like it’s time again for him to hoist the trophy.

Would be great to see him start off the year with a win.   

Still seems a bit odd not having Speith in the field   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Would be great to see him start off the year with a win.   
Still seems a bit odd not having Speith in the field   
 



Doesn’t bother me much.

Ready to see some monster drives. Maybe DJ will get that extra revolution on the ball this year.

I’d take a Bubba Win too. Beard and all.

Real question is....

How many players will leave the flagstick in.

Watching the new rules in effect will be strange at first.
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8 minutes ago, Shankster said:

 

 


Doesn’t bother me much. emoji6.png

Ready to see some monster drives. Maybe DJ will get that extra revolution on the ball this year.

I’d take a Bubba Win too. Beard and all.

Real question is....

How many players will leave the flagstick in.

Watching the new rules in effect will be strange at first.

 

 

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I'll take Cameron Champ for the win. Actually to be honest, I just want to see how far he will hit his drive at 18 but I gotta pick someone.

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What is in my Sun Mountain C-130 bag or Jones MyGolfSpy bag

Driver:    :cobra-small: Dark speed LS 8* set to -1.5* with an Attas Daaas 4x shaft @ 45”

Fairway: :srixon-small: F85 3 wood with a XPhplexx Agera X @ 42.5”

 :srixon-small: F85 5 wood with a UST Elements Chrome 7F5 @ 41.5"

Driving Iron: :ping-small: Rapture 2-Iron 

Irons: :edel-golf-1: SMS Pros 4-PW with Steelfiber I95s 

Wedges: :edel-golf-1: SMS 50* T grind with Steelfiber i110s

               :ping-small: Glide 4.0 46* zz wedge shaft

               :ping-small: Glide 4.0 E grind 54* zz wedge shaft

Putters: :L.A.B.: Mezz.1 34” 69* lie

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4 hours ago, blackngold_blood said:

I'll take Cameron Champ for the win. Actually to be honest, I just want to see how far he will hit his drive at 18 but I gotta pick someone.

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It will be fun to watch him on that hole.  Probably will hit 3 wood or long iron so he doesnt risk hitting it into thd cross hazard thats about 400 yards Down thd left  😬

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

It will be fun to watch him on that hole.  Probably will hit 3 wood or long iron so he doesnt risk hitting it into thd cross hazard thats about 400 yards Down thd left  😬

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pfft, he'll take driver and carry the hazard. 

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Callaway Rogue 3W Mitsubishi Diamana D+ LTD 80 stiff

Mizuno MP-18 MMC FLI-HI 2 iron UST Mamiya Recoil 95 stiff

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Hoping that on Saturday or Sunday there is a pairing with Champ and DJ. Would love to watch that.


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It sure feels like opening day - doesn’t it? Love the Prime Time Golf.


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Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

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Man, it's so windy today on Oahu, playing today would be rough.

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Irons 5-PW: :mizuno-small: 223 Steelfiber PR 95 S

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Tuning in live at 11pm (UK time) Mcilroy I think or possibly Thomas

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4 Wood   Callaway Big Bertha Steelhead plus 4+  :callaway-small: Callaway shaft in 'Firm' flex

Hybrid     Titleist 910H 19*    :titelist-small:   Diamana ahina 'flower' shaft in 'S'

Irons         Mizuno MP18SC 4-PW   :mizuno-small:  N.S Pro Modus3 Tour 105 in 'S'

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Putter        'YES' Tracy 11 C groove 34.5"

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Just loving this


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SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft

Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

Evon roll ER 5 32 inches

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Glad to have golf back on even though I've got to wait til 6:00 to watch it!


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Having golf back and new clubs being announced has me excited for the season! Can’t wait to get into my new practice schedule and everything else golf!

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I see they get a local rule of the 'new' OB rule of drop back on fairway with a 2 shot penalty- might suit the bombers.

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So much for not working the ball.

This is fun to watch


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Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

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I'll take Cameron Champ for the win. Actually to be honest, I just want to see how far he will hit his drive at 18 but I gotta pick someone.

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I'm with ya on Champ!

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Interesting note... Bryson led the field in Strokes Gained:Putting in Round 1 with the flag thing. Worth watching

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Interesting note... Bryson led the field in Strokes Gained:Putting in Round 1 with the flag thing. Worth watching


That fits the Dave Pelz research, sort of. Always leave the flag in according to Pelz. The exception? When the wind is blowing the stick. It was often doing that today.

Also the purpose of that rule was to speed play among Amateurs. Look for a local PGA tour rule forbidding it soon - that’s my prediction.

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Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

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Interesting note... Bryson led the field in Strokes Gained:Putting in Round 1 with the flag thing. Worth watching


Saw a comment about this somewhere else and after hearing it again I have to agree. Do you think the network was making fake noise when Brysons ball hit the flagstick?

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8 hours ago, revkev said:

That fits the Dave Pelz research, sort of. Always leave the flag in according to Pelz. The exception? When the wind is blowing the stick. It was often doing that today.

Also the purpose of that rule was to speed play among Amateurs. Look for a local PGA tour rule forbidding it soon - that’s my prediction.

 

I'd be surprised if this happens.  The PGA has chosen to follow USGA Rules.  Of course the Committee can put Local Rules in place, but the committee is specifically NOT allowed to impose a penalty where the RoG do not impose one.  This is from the USGA Rules governing the Committee:

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Rule 1.3c(3) states that the Committee does not have the authority to apply penalties in a different way than stated in the Rules of Golf. Therefore, it is inappropriate for a Committee to write an unauthorized Local Rule that waives a penalty or changes a penalty. For example, a Committee cannot change the penalty for using a non-conforming club from disqualification to the general penalty or change the general penalty for failing to replace a ball which was moved to a single stroke. The Committee must not impose penalties when the Rules do not impose them, for example, penalizing a player who failed to total his or her score on the scorecard in stroke play.

More likely, in my opinion, is that the PGA will lobby the USGA/R&A to reverse the change to the flagstick rule.  If enough data is produced to demonstrate that the flagstick actually DOES give an advantage, the USGA/R&A might change it.

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I thought I heard that MGS was going to test leaving the flagstick in the hole, but Dave Pelz did this 10 years ago with his conclusion that the data says to leave the flagstick in.  If the MGS test is coming, it had better be soon because it's the news of the day now.  

My question is if Pelz has data to say that leaving the flagstick in is a benefit, why would the USGA make this new rule unless they wanted to give pros an advantage?  Yes, it will likely speed up the game for us hackers, but I don't see that happening for pros and high level ams.  Did they not reach out for information on the effects of leaving it in?  Did they not do their own testing?  

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