The Thread Where We Discuss Golf

[gunnar hendershow]

Shinnecock is not kind. It's so hard Charley Hoffman isn't the clubhouse leader after round 1!

Also, Rory and Spieth just got destroyed by this course. And Scott Gregory shot a 92, for 22-over. 22-over! In one round!

[Meacon Keaton]

DJ just bogeyed the 14th so now it's looking like Koepka's week. Fleetwood has been in the clubhouse for like two or so hours now. It'd be crazy for him to have to come back out after such a long break for a playoff should Koepka slip up on the last four.

[MDK]

On 15/06/2018 at 00:16, damsher hatfield said:

Shinnecock

hehe

[gunnar hendershow]

This is going to be an incredible finish.

[Meacon Keaton]

I love golf as much as the next person, but I’m not sure I’d watch a Tiger vs Phil PPV in 2018 for a dollar, let alone whatever they’re actually going to charge. They about a decade late with this idea.

[Matt]

Get it up ya ya Yank bastards

[Matt]

EAS-AY!

[gunnar hendershow]

Tiger and Phil were horrendous this weekend. Absolutely no reason either, Phil especially, should have made the team in the first place outside of some weird idea of loyalty.

[Meacon Keaton]

3 hours ago, damsher hatfield said:

Tiger and Phil were horrendous this weekend. Absolutely no reason either, Phil especially, should have made the team in the first place outside of some weird idea of loyalty.

And to think people are going to buy a PPV featuring just the two of them. 👎

[Chris2K]

The woman who got hit by Koepka's tee shot on Friday may have lost sight in her right eye, and is naturally suing... golf? The PGA? Koepka? The course? The ball maybe?

[gunnar hendershow]

Wouldn't it be an assumed risk that you might get hit by a ball at a golf course?

[Baddar]

7 hours ago, damsher hatfield said:

Wouldn't it be an assumed risk that you might get hit by a ball at a golf course?

I'm pretty sure it's a rule on the European Tour for players to shout "fore" after a wayward shot, but it's not the case on the PGA Tour, even though players do shout it. I didn't see the incident but if he didn't, she'll have a case.

[Adam]

I presume it'll be aimed at the organisers? They can look into whether or not the course was set up appropriately and if sound protocols are in place for such an event as a wayward stroke hitting the spectators areas.

A very unfortunate incident and you can appreciate the woman has suffered a major physical trauma and has medical bills to pay. Whether or not she has a legal case though remains to be seen.

[MDK]

More proof that golf should be banned

[Chris2K]

She's suing the organisers for the following reasons:

• She believes the marshals should have warned that a ball was coming as spectators would not have heard shouts of 'fore' from the tee.
• She says the marshals did not communicate that players were attempting to drive for the green instead of laying up on the fairway.
• She claims officials did not check on her or visit her after she was taken to hospital.
• She alleges there was a lack of safety warnings on the ticket and signage around the venue.

I can understand the first one, but knowing where a golf ball is going isn't easy at the best of times. The second one is absurd, the marshals aren't going to know what any specific player is going to do with their drive. The organisers are already contradicting the third and fourth ones with proof they did both, and even if there's a "lack of safety warnings", it's a golf course with golf being played on it.

I have a lot of sympathy for her because of the life-changing injury she's suffered, but I can't see it as anything other than a freak, unfortunate accident. If anything does come of the lawsuit then it's going to have a huge impact of the sport because courses simply won't take the financial risk of allowing spectators anywhere near the fairways or greens, and attendances will plummet.

[Adam]

I feel as though she should've maybe given it more than a few days before suing them. She must be in a really difficult mental place so soon after suffering this freak life-changing injury.

[Meacon Keaton]

Anyone else watching the Masters?

Tiger is only two strokes off the lead. I’m pulling for Koepka though.

Or Hey Hey, Tony (Finau)

[gunnar hendershow]

Molinari has a nightmare on 12 and this is now wide, wide open.

Watch out for Xander.

And Cantlay.

And maybe even Rahm.

[Meacon Keaton]

And Tiger  

[Liam]

Everyone on my timeline is really excited at the prospect of Tiger winning, forgetting he seems like a fairly horrible person outside of the sport.