The Thread Where We Discuss Golf

[Baddar]

He sure was.

We have G-Mac, R-Mac ...no harm in Shane O'Mac too!

Also, I have tipped 1 and 2. Show me the MON-AYYY.

[sahyder1]

Shane McMahon

Edited June 20, 2011 by sahyder1

[Starvinho]

I heard Shane was on the board of the company that represents R-Mac, that explains why we keep seeing him pop up at the Majors.

[Starvinho]

McIlroy up to 4th in the world rankings;

Rank 	Player 	        Avg Pts.

 1. 	Donald 	        9.06 

 2. 	Westwood 	8.80 

 3. 	Kaymer 	        7.22 

 4. 	McIlroy 	7.19 

 5. 	Stricker 	6.50 

 6. 	Mickelson 	6.01 

 7. 	Kuchar 	        5.67 

 8. 	McDowell 	5.53 

 9. 	Day 	        5.47 

 10. 	Schwartzel 	5.24

[Commander Sheepard]

This was a lot of fun to watch with a friend of mine. We were both pulling for Rory, but holding our breath every shot he took, just waiting for the crack to start. Glad it didn't happen.

[Berober]

They seem to come up for the majors sometimes, so I'm just putting up an official thread for the Ryder Cup onwards...


Also because Justin Timberlake is trying to give an inspiring speech in front of the golfing crowd.

[brenchill]

Golf? Best way to ruin a nice walk.

[Baddar]

We have a Ryder Cup thread! No idea how you missed it, everyone was rushing to have their say.

[Baddar]

Any of you guys been watching the Arnold Palmer Invitational event?

It looked as though Tiger was going to run away with victory and jump to #1 in the world rankings, but Rickie Fowler (GO RICKIE!) has pulled a shot back, so Tiger leads by 2 with 4 holes to play. So yeah, it's still Tiger's to lose, but at least the last few holes will be interesting now.

[MJB]

Fowler fell apart in the end and Tiger ended up winning by two from Justin Rose instead. Oh, and Tiger is now back to World #1.

[Baddar]

Yeah, he went all out and found the water late on. Never mind.

It's The Masters in just under 2 weeks. Looking forward to it!

[RoHitman Reigns]

Im no fan of golf, but it is touching how Guan was able to get through after being the first ever penalized for slow play at the Masters in the history kf the tournament.

[Baddar]

Oh, awesome. I feared he'd miss the cut because of that. He's lucky the score to beat remained the same as day 1.

[livid]

People saying that Tiger should withdraw himself over this whole drop stuff are crazy. That's such a ridiculous demand.

[Baddar]

"Rules are rules."

Tiger said that regarding the 14 year old in the press conference. Same applies to him.

[livid]

And the rule as of 2012 says he gets a two stroke penalty.

[Matt]

The argument is that rule is in place for instances when the player couldn't possibly know they'd submitted the wrong score (ie when Harrington grounded his club and it moved millimetres, not really visible to the naked eye) and Woods should have known the rules of the game.

[EddieG]

So last year there was one albatross all season, this year, in the first tournament, Holland's Joost Luiten shot an albatross on the 560 yard par-five 10th, to take the lead in Durban alongside England's Tommy Fleetwood.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/25688323

[Meacon Keaton]

So the U.S. Open starts tomorrow. I'm not sure who I see winning it. Spieth has been so good this year, but he's a notorious second placer, so I'll say he comes close, but doesn't get it.

 

Any who, let's discuss!

[Baddar]

Got my bets on for this, but the way players have come forward stating the course, the winner could come from anywhere this week.

I always bet on Rickie to win regardless of how he's playing, because he's my guy. Koepka has been playing well lately so I've put a bit on him each way. Zach Johnson's odds were long, so I've gone with him and Sergio Garcia too.

Spieth and Rory could both challenge this week but weren't worth a bet.

I love watching a course eat players up. Most of them hated Merion a few years back when Rose won with an over par score, but I loved it. Every one doesn't need to be a birdie fest.

Won't get to watch too much of the first few days because of stupid work and timezones, but I'll watch plenty over the weekend for sure.