Genesis Open

[Shankster]

At least last year, the steam on Sundays was just the broadcast coverage. The featured holes coverage in the final round is pretty worthless.

Yeah. They need to figure something out for the whole golf channel.

[fixyurdivot]

Oh sure, thanks CBS.  Take me 9/10th's of the way there and then adios .  Thank goodness for PGA Tour radio.

[Kenny B]

Spieth shoots 81... -9 to +1.  Great job!!

Now get ready for WGC.

[Shankster]

Can’t believe JB Holmes is about to win this tournament.

[GolfSpy_APH]

You may have spoke to soon.... That was one fast putt

[fixyurdivot]

Listening on radio adds an additional level of suspense. Nice back n' forth between the boy's from Kentucky.  Anything can (and does) happen - hold on for the finish at 18.

[Shankster]

JT... man

[tony@CIC]

Justin's thermostat must be ready to explode.   Now it's JB's to lose...wow.

He should have had that putt on 17!


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[fixyurdivot]

I was pulling for JT, but one has too give credit to JB Holmes.  He really kept things together when they could have easily come apart.  Congratulations Popeye.

[srooch2]

What a finish!

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[Shankster]

Hmm. Not sure what to think about that one.

Congrats to JB on a long overdue win. Just speed it up a little next round dude... you slow.

[robertson153]

That’s my boy!!!! JB!!!!!!!


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[robertson153]

Hmm. Not sure what to think about that one.

 

Congrats to JB on a long overdue win. Just speed it up a little next round dude... you slow.

He’ll never be accused of playing to fast that’s for sure. I do wish he’d pick up the pace though. They commented on his slow play several times.

 

 

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[Shankster]

He’ll never be accused of playing to fast that’s for sure. I do wish he’d pick up the pace though. They commented on his slow play several times.
 
 
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Honestly it’s really bad. I remember last year at the tournament Day won. It took him around 5 minutes. Should be penalized.

I was listening to it on the radio and it was about 4 seconds after JB hit that JT swung. Must be part of his strategy to slow down the guys that play quick.

I am sure he is a good dude, but man, I could have driven to an open golf course during their final round....

[Jmikecpa]

Spieth shoots 81... -9 to +1.  Great job!!
Now get ready for WGC.

He has one blow up round a week. Not shocking after the “shank” on number 2.


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[Jmikecpa]

Honestly it’s really bad. I remember last year at the tournament Day won. It took him around 5 minutes. Should be penalized.

I was listening to it on the radio and it was about 4 seconds after JB hit that JT swung. Must be part of his strategy to slow down the guys that play quick.

I am sure he is a good dude, but man, I could have driven to an open golf course during their final round....

You would need a calendar to time JB and Na if they were paired together. Add Bryson and it would be worse.


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[Shankster]

You would need a calendar to time JB and Na if they were paired together. Add Bryson and it would be worse.


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That would be miserable...

[Jmikecpa]

That would be miserable...

Like a 10:30 tee time at my club.


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[robertson153]

Honestly it’s really bad. I remember last year at the tournament Day won. It took him around 5 minutes. Should be penalized.

I was listening to it on the radio and it was about 4 seconds after JB hit that JT swung. Must be part of his strategy to slow down the guys that play quick.

I am sure he is a good dude, but man, I could have driven to an open golf course during their final round....

I don’t think it’s a strategy thing. He plays that slow if he’s last place. It’s like he waits until it’s his turn to even start talking with his caddie about what to do. DO that BEFORE it’s your turn!!! Another one is waiting to look at his slope book until it’s his turn. Obviously I’m a fan, I mean he grew up only five minutes from me and is only 5 years older. He played in my clubs invitational every year, and won it every year. Some of the ones he played with said he was that slow back then. There has to be a shot clock or we’ll talk about this from now on.


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[srooch2]

Cute drive by Bubba

Loved this highlight

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[perseveringgolfer]

I couldn't stay awake for the end- I believe JB Holmes took over Five and a half hours for his round 

Was that due to the groups in front or was it just him? if it was just him there needs to be consequences for playing at the speed of tectonic plates or it will become the acceptable norm. No wonder I fell asleep

[Shankster]

Cute drive by Bubba

 

Loved this highlight

 

 

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When Champ figures out the rest of his game... he will win a lot. Kids has great composure. Only a matter of time before he gets all 20 cylinders firing and hits 6th gear... everyone else will be left in the dust.

[Shankster]

I couldn't stay awake for the end- I believe JB Holmes took over Five and a half hours for his round 

Was that due to the groups in front or was it just him? if it was just him there needs to be consequences for playing at the speed of tectonic plates or it will become the acceptable norm. No wonder I fell asleep

 

Not sure. I know JT defender his slow play last year when he took 4 minute and some change to figure out what shot to hit, and ended up laying up anyways.

 

I bet his tune is a bit different, after falling victim to it. Adam will probably have something to say about it too. The great news is, JB qualified for the WGC, so they’ll get another taste in back to back weeks.

 

* JB not playing in the WGC

[TR1PTIK]

2 hours ago, perseveringgolfer said:

I couldn't stay awake for the end- I believe JB Holmes took over Five and a half hours for his round 

Was that due to the groups in front or was it just him? if it was just him there needs to be consequences for playing at the speed of tectonic plates or it will become the acceptable norm. No wonder I fell asleep

I didn't get to watch the end either, but read about JB's slow play this morning. He was also called out by the broadcast team at one point for failing to do any green reading prior to his turn - as in he did the full walk around and pre-shot routine only after JT had finished putting on one particular hole (which I did see in real-time). I don't dislike JB, but I'm not a particular fan either and think it was unfortunate that JT's putter went cold once the wind picked up. That seemed to be a major issue for Tiger as well - that and fatigue. All things considered, the tournament was decently entertaining though difficult to follow at times due to all the delays and multiple rounds being played almost every day. I could only imagine how troubling it might have been for any casual golf fans or newbies that happened to tune in.

[tony@CIC]

What a grueling Sunday for these guys - after crappy weather all week and a long Saturday these guys started play at 6;45. A long Sunday for them - they all looked worn out in the interviews.  

[sixcat]

2 hours ago, perseveringgolfer said:

I couldn't stay awake for the end- I believe JB Holmes took over Five and a half hours for his round 

Was that due to the groups in front or was it just him? if it was just him there needs to be consequences for playing at the speed of tectonic plates or it will become the acceptable norm. No wonder I fell asleep

I watched.  The second to last group was Tony Finau, Michael Thompson and Patrick Rodgers.  They finished quite a ways ahead of the final group.  In my opinion, JB slow-played JT into near submission.  It was a huge topic of discussion for the last 3 hours of the tournament last night on Twitter.  Several Tour guys and some very well known golf journalists were going back and forth about it being JB's strategy.  

If it was his strategy to slow play JT, it worked.  I've never seen JT fall apart like that.

[TR1PTIK]

11 minutes ago, sixcat said:

I watched.  The second to last group was Tony Finau, Michael Thompson and Patrick Rodgers.  They finished quite a ways ahead of the final group.  In my opinion, JB slow-played JT into near submission.  It was a huge topic of discussion for the last 3 hours of the tournament last night on Twitter.  Several Tour guys and some very well known golf journalists were going back and forth about it being JB's strategy.  

If it was his strategy to slow play JT, it worked.  I've never seen JT fall apart like that.

I thought about that as well - if JB's slow play was intentional. The Tour and/or the sponsors seriously need to take action against offenders if that is really going on. It's completely unacceptable - almost cheating - to do that to fellow players.

In response to @tony@CIC, the broadcast team mentioned during featured group coverage on PGA Tour Live that Tiger was up at 1:30AM in preparation for the final round. OUCH!!!

[tony@CIC]

7 minutes ago, TR1PTIK said:

I thought about that as well - if JB's slow play was intentional. The Tour and/or the sponsors seriously need to take action against offenders if that is really going on. It's completely unacceptable - almost cheating - to do that to fellow players.

In response to @tony@CIC, the broadcast team mentioned during featured group coverage on PGA Tour Live that Tiger was up at 1:30AM in preparation for the final round. OUCH!!!

When Balionis was interviewing him Sunday. He said he was going to enjoy Monday. He looked wiped out. 

[sixcat]

1 hour ago, TR1PTIK said:

I thought about that as well - if JB's slow play was intentional. The Tour and/or the sponsors seriously need to take action against offenders if that is really going on. It's completely unacceptable - almost cheating - to do that to fellow players.

The Tour takes its directives from the Player Advisory Council.  If the players wanted to eliminate slow play, they have absolute power to do so.  An interesting caveat, if sponsorship and television partners were to put the hammer down, slow play would change.  I'm listening to a podcast right now talking about Fred Ridley and The Masters getting the ball rolling on making that happen.

[RickyBobby_PR]

3 minutes ago, sixcat said:

The Tour takes its directives from the Player Advisory Council.  If the players wanted to eliminate slow play, they have absolute power to do so.  An interesting caveat, if sponsorship and television partners were to put the hammer down, slow play would change.  I'm listening to a podcast right now talking about Fred Ridley and The Masters getting the ball rolling on making that happen.

Sponsorships and media aren’t going to complain because they are getting their money’s worth. If the tv coverage were to get cut back that’s lost money for the tour and the advertisers and media