The PGA Championship?? 2020 version

[PMookie 14,863]

10 minutes ago, Rickp said:

I really didn’t think of it until you mentioned it


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I posted the same thing the other day. Nike has the worst shirts of the week. Horrible.

[yungkory 10,599]

Well I got my wish if not Tony then Collin! What a sick afternoon of golf.

[FrogginBullfish 1,780]

Oh god, watching him swing makes my ankles cry out in pain lol.

Side note: Scotty Scheffler’s swing is my new favorite.  That banana slice on 16 was amazing!!

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[FrogginBullfish 1,780]

Gold

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[FrogginBullfish 1,780]

Morikawa is up to #5 in the OWGR. Jon Rahm has retaken the #1 spot.

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Obviously Colin Morikawa's drive on #16 will be talked about for a long time.

Another pretty impressive fact, "Best 36-hole close by a major champion in men's history (65-64--129)" (from TaylorMade website)  

[PMookie 14,863]

From an article on ESPN.com.... Apparently, from Koepka’s mouth, he and DJ aren’t as tight as folks think. That dig Saturday night was personal, and I am SOOOOOOOO glad Koepka was humbled Sunday.

Interesting stat: 78 players played Sunday. Koepka’s score only beat one of them... So awesome.

[Kanoito 2,711]

6 minutes ago, PMookie said:

From an article on ESPN.com.... Apparently, from Koepka’s mouth, he and DJ aren’t as tight as folks think. That dig Saturday night was personal, and I am SOOOOOOOO glad Koepka was humbled Sunday.

Interesting stat: 78 players played Sunday. Koepka’s score only beat one of them... So awesome.

Certainly, that jab was uncalled for. Glad he got some humble pie...

I can sure live with Morikawa taking the trophy! 

[sixcat 3,932]

10 minutes ago, PMookie said:

From an article on ESPN.com.... Apparently, from Koepka’s mouth, he and DJ aren’t as tight as folks think. That dig Saturday night was personal, and I am SOOOOOOOO glad Koepka was humbled Sunday.

Interesting stat: 78 players played Sunday. Koepka’s score only beat one of them... So awesome.

There is definitely a fine line between being known for speaking ones mind and simply being an *******.  Koepka had done a pretty good job of toeing that line prior to this weekend.   He just came off as a prick this weekend.  Humble pie is served to us all from time to time and no-one is immune!

 

[Golfspy_CG2 28,432]

12 hours ago, tommc23 said:

That was a great shot on 18 and he didn't look like he liked it but I was leaving for a call as he hit it

He said in an interview last night, it was a definite miss.   He didn't' want to go anywhere near the flag, and said that's why you aim 15 to 20 feet right of it in those situations.   But it worked out ok for him

 

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PostScript. 

I think the game of golf is in a great place right now.  i'm not going to proclaim Morikawa, Wolff, Hovalnd, Scheffler, JT, Bryson, Rahm or any of the other young guys are going to win 5 Majors.  But I do think we are going to see all of them regularly on the leader boards of the majors for several years to come.   It should provide a lot more thrilling majors and probably constant change at the No. 1 spot in the world rankings. 

[cnosil 19,603]

He said in an interview last night, it was a definite miss.   He didn't' want to go anywhere near the flag, and said that's why you aim 15 to 20 feet right of it in those situations.   But it worked out ok for him [emoji846]
 

It is part of a normal dispersion pattern for a golfer. We miss long, short, right, and in this case left. You could hear the discussion with his caddie and his target was basically middle of the green.

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3 minutes ago, cnosil said:

It is part of a normal dispersion pattern for a golfer. We miss long, short, right, and in this case left. You could hear the discussion with his caddie and his target was basically middle of the green.

Yeah, something like this. 

JJ:  See that Flag?

Collin: Yeah

JJ:  NO YOU DON"T!  You see that tower behind the middle of the green!  That's what you see!

HA

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10 hours ago, FrogginBullfish said:

Morikawa is up to #5 in the OWGR. Jon Rahm has retaken the #1 spot.

Morikawa is #5 with the divisor working against him in a big way.  OWGR uses 40 events as its divisor so his total points are divided by 40 rather than the 28 events he has actually played as a professional. 

If the divisor were 28, Morikawa would be #1 by slightly less than 2 full points.  300.52 points / 28 events rather than the 40 OWGR requires would be 10.73.  Rahm is at 8.78.  

[ncwoz 2,075]

1 hour ago, PMookie said:

From an article on ESPN.com.... Apparently, from Koepka’s mouth, he and DJ aren’t as tight as folks think. That dig Saturday night was personal, and I am SOOOOOOOO glad Koepka was humbled Sunday.

Interesting stat: 78 players played Sunday. Koepka’s score only beat one of them... So awesome.

Was the jab saying he's not close to anyone on tour, or something else? I feel like I'm missing something haha

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44 minutes ago, Golfspy_CG2 said:

He said in an interview last night, it was a definite miss.   He didn't' want to go anywhere near the flag, and said that's why you aim 15 to 20 feet right of it in those situations.   But it worked out ok for him

 

He's one of Scott Fawcett's Decade pupils, and this was a pure Decade miss that worked out well that missed on the edge of his dispersion pattern. 

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IMO, this was one of the best PGAs in recent years.  The leaderboard was stacked on the final round and really stay that way until the last few holes.  I was kind of hoping that we would have a 5-way playoff buy Morikawa deserved every bit of that win.  He was clutch coming down the stretch and hit the shots that he needed to hit.  While others were crumbling, he stayed cool, confident and in control.

[FrogginBullfish 1,780]

Brooks was asked after round 3 how he felt his chances were and he took a jab at DJ saying he's only got 1 major so Brooks likes his chances going into Sunday.

McIlroy, who Brooks has fired some shots at in the past, was asked about it after the final round and basically said what we all thought of the comments.

The surprise there in that interview is him saying he's not close with anybody including DJ who he shares a swing coach and trainer with and appeared to have a good relationship with, even after the supposed Ryder Cup public argument.

Was the jab saying he's not close to anyone on tour, or something else? I feel like I'm missing something haha

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[FrogginBullfish 1,780]

Scott Fawcett's reaction to that shot on Twitter as it happened was pretty fantastic. He never name drops so I had no idea Morikawa was actually someone he works with but that is cool to know. He's got to be feeling pretty vindicated following that then, especially with the recent Twitter spat with Brad Faxon.

He's one of Scott Fawcett's Decade pupils, and this was a pure Decade miss that worked out well that missed on the edge of his dispersion pattern. 

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5 minutes ago, FrogginBullfish said:

Brooks was asked after round 3 how he felt his chances were and he took a jab at DJ saying he's only got 1 major so Brooks likes his chances going into Sunday.

McIlroy, who Brooks has fired some shots at in the past, was asked about it after the final round and basically said what we all thought of the comments.

The surprise there in that interview is him saying he's not close with anybody including DJ who he shares a swing coach and trainer with and appeared to have a good relationship with, even after the supposed Ryder Cup public argument.

 

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Ah got it, thanks for clarifying for me