Okay, I'm picking...
Chesson Hadley begs his approach on No. 11 at Valero (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9kHFo3h00I#ws)
Chesson Hadley...
over
Jimmy Walker
Victor Dubuisson (France)
Jordan Spieth
and Pat Reed
I got Rory... Scott will be one of the last pairs on Sunday...
Good ones... Both are scary, but I think Scott may be stuck in new putter Timewarp Zone.
All I know is it will be exciting beginning the back 9 on Sunday. For any who have never been to Augusta National it should be on your bucket list. TV does not do it justice. Also, it is clear the event is not being run by democrats when one attends.
Quote from: supsalemgr on April 09, 2015, 12:17:43 PM
TV does not do it justice.
Literally. The camera couldn't find the ball half-the-time.
That's piss-poor production.
And
I'm guilty of piss-poor prevarication. Hadley didn't qualify for the tournament. :sad:
Oh well, my other 4 picks are near the top... with Spieth
leading. Taxed's picks are there too.
Yeah, Augusta's gonna hafta let the LPGA play there sooner or later. It's ridiculous not to. But
that's more of a traditional Dixiecrat mindset, not allowing females to stage a Major-tournament.
Quote from: kit saginaw on April 10, 2015, 12:47:37 AM
Literally. The camera couldn't find the ball half-the-time. That's piss-poor production.
And I'm guilty of piss-poor prevarication. Hadley didn't qualify for the tournament. :sad:
Oh well, my other 4 picks are near the top... with Spieth leading. Taxed's picks are there too.
Yeah, Augusta's gonna hafta let the LPGA play there sooner or later. It's ridiculous not to. But that's more of a traditional Dixiecrat mindset, not allowing females to stage a Major-tournament.
What obligation does Augusta National have to the LPGA.? It would not be The Masters and the Augusta market does not offer the opportunity for success with its marginal population. Also, the golf course is closed May through September. No way would an event be scheduled close to The Masters and to schedule an event in October has no chance during football season.
Quote from: supsalemgr on April 10, 2015, 04:56:54 AM
What obligation does Augusta National have to the LPGA.? It would not be The Masters and the Augusta market does not offer the opportunity for success with its marginal population. Also, the golf course is closed May through September. No way would an event be scheduled close to The Masters and to schedule an event in October has no chance during football season.
Zero obligation. Then somebody better tell Ford and Payne to quit using girls to promo their DriveChipandPutt event. That's crass... Commercials with various clips of young girls joyously celebrating a mail-invite...
" I'm going to Augusta!! " Should include a disclaimer;
Good-luck future LPGA-ers. Too bad you'll never seriously play here.Plus, Payne's an important cog in the US Olympic Golf Program, I think... men
and women golfers. It just
feels wrong.
Fans of the real-estate itself, want to see it used again... like Talledega Superspeedway is.
Quote from: kit saginaw on April 10, 2015, 08:12:28 PM
Zero obligation. Then somebody better tell Ford and Payne to quit using girls to promo their DriveChipandPutt event. That's crass... Commercials with various clips of young girls joyously celebrating a mail-invite... " I'm going to Augusta!! "
Should include a disclaimer; Good-luck future LPGA-ers. Too bad you'll never seriously play here.
Plus, Payne's an important cog in the US Olympic Golf Program, I think... men and women golfers. It just feels wrong.
Fans of the real-estate itself, want to see it used again... like Talledega Superspeedway is.
What is your problem with Augusta National? Women have been able to play there even before they had female members.
Please comment about the financial viability of an LPGA event in Augusta.
Quote from: supsalemgr on April 11, 2015, 04:26:34 AM
What is your problem with Augusta National? Women have been able to play there even before they had female members.
Please comment about the financial viability of an LPGA event in Augusta.
This is the op-ed that got me thinking...
http://espn.go.com/golf/notebook/_/page/birdiesandbogeys120522/potential-lpga-tourney-augusta-national-enjoy-huge-interest (http://espn.go.com/golf/notebook/_/page/birdiesandbogeys120522/potential-lpga-tourney-augusta-national-enjoy-huge-interest)
Quote from: kit saginaw on April 11, 2015, 10:40:41 AM
This is the op-ed that got me thinking...
http://espn.go.com/golf/notebook/_/page/birdiesandbogeys120522/potential-lpga-tourney-augusta-national-enjoy-huge-interest (http://espn.go.com/golf/notebook/_/page/birdiesandbogeys120522/potential-lpga-tourney-augusta-national-enjoy-huge-interest)
The writer seems to answer the question in his third to last paragraph.
"What does Augusta have to gain? Aside from more money that it doesn't need, probably not much. It would be a huge public relations hit, but the hassles of staging another tournament are immense and might not be worth the added revenue and prestige. This is certainly not to suggest such an endeavor would be easy, especially given Augusta's penchant for wanting to do everything exactly perfect when it comes to staging a tournament."
I was going to pick Phil originally, but I thought I heard he wasn't feeling well, so I didn't even consider him. Looks like he's in striking distance if Spieth turns into a headcase. I NEVER count out Tiger, but I figured he's too entangled with his swing changes, but he's still in it, assuming he just dominates tomorrow and Spieth falls apart. I do expect him to fall apart, because 3 days of that is just too much for any human, I believe. If he holds it together then he'll officially be on my badass list.
Tomorrow should be pretty fun...
Quote from: taxed on April 11, 2015, 07:05:41 PM
I was going to pick Phil originally, but I thought I heard he wasn't feeling well, so I didn't even consider him. Looks like he's in striking distance if Spieth turns into a headcase. I NEVER count out Tiger, but I figured he's too entangled with his swing changes, but he's still in it, assuming he just dominates tomorrow and Spieth falls apart. I do expect him to fall apart, because 3 days of that is just too much for any human, I believe. If he holds it together then he'll officially be on my badass list.
Tomorrow should be pretty fun...
Yeah, it's hard to formulate
running commentary on a golf-tournament with one guy so far out in-front of everybody.
Spieth will most-likely sputter at unexpected junctures. Tiger, Rory, and Phil will capitalize to certain degrees... but
they tend to sputter in
expected situations (Phil; putting, Rory; irons, Tiger; from the tee).
Justin Rose is an unknown factor. He's certainly in-the-groove, but years late
in blooming.
Charley Hoffman is the
working-man's John Daly. But I don't think 'steadiness' will get it done.
Dustin Johnson needs another biscuit for breakfast.
CBS cams are still having trouble finding the ball. I never noticed it in previous years. -Defeats the purpose of going
high-definition.
Quote from: kit saginaw on April 12, 2015, 01:29:46 AM
Yeah, it's hard to formulate running commentary on a golf-tournament with one guy so far out in-front of everybody.
Spieth will most-likely sputter at unexpected junctures. Tiger, Rory, and Phil will capitalize to certain degrees... but they tend to sputter in expected situations (Phil; putting, Rory; irons, Tiger; from the tee).
That's so true, and why I don't use a driver. Every time I've thought about pulling it out to unload one, I always think that if Tiger splashes his driver, then who the hell am I?
Quote
Justin Rose is an unknown factor. He's certainly in-the-groove, but years late in blooming.
Charley Hoffman is the working-man's John Daly. But I don't think 'steadiness' will get it done.
Dustin Johnson needs another biscuit for breakfast.
CBS cams are still having trouble finding the ball. I never noticed it in previous years. -Defeats the purpose of going high-definition.
Yeah, Rose is no slouch either...
Quote from: taxed on April 11, 2015, 07:05:41 PM
I was going to pick Phil originally, but I thought I heard he wasn't feeling well, so I didn't even consider him. Looks like he's in striking distance if Spieth turns into a headcase. I NEVER count out Tiger, but I figured he's too entangled with his swing changes, but he's still in it, assuming he just dominates tomorrow and Spieth falls apart. I do expect him to fall apart, because 3 days of that is just too much for any human, I believe. If he holds it together then he'll officially be on my badass list.
Tomorrow should be pretty fun...
So much can happen on the back nine on Sunday afternoon. There is a lot of quality on the leaderboard. It will be fun.
Well, he is officially a badass...
Porter's five 2015 Masters takeaways (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhOdHxrEIA0#ws)
Quote from: taxed on April 12, 2015, 09:10:22 PM
Well, he is officially a badass...
Porter's five 2015 Masters takeaways (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhOdHxrEIA0#ws)
Yep. Great summation. And the stage should stay the same for the next few months. I'm not really sure about the Chambers Bay (Washington) location for the US Open, nor how it'll be groomed. Spieth should revert back to his
come from behind mode. It's better when somebody else sets the pace.
Spieth is a class act. It is wonderful to see a high profile young man today who is such a positive role model.
...... especially after the high profile character flaws of Tiger which went on and on...
Spieth seems to be more in the style of Palmer and Nicholas.... genteel and classy.
I enjoyed watching the Masters..... always exciting.
Quote from: kroz on April 13, 2015, 12:03:09 PM
Spieth is a class act. It is wonderful to see a high profile young man today who is such a positive role model.
...... especially after the high profile character flaws of Tiger which went on and on...
Spieth seems to be more in the style of Palmer and Nicholas.... genteel and classy.
I enjoyed watching the Masters..... always exciting.
His maturity is amazing. It is clear he was given good leadership at home. Did any one else notice his dad suggested he go back onto the 18th green and thank the patrons? I read today he will likely make $25M this year and that does not surprise me. Sponsors will try to lock him up for a long time. Let's just hope all that does not go to his head and he gets snakes up there.
Quote from: supsalemgr on April 13, 2015, 01:14:26 PM
His maturity is amazing. It is clear he was given good leadership at home. Did any one else notice his dad suggested he go back onto the 18th green and thank the patrons? I read today he will likely make $25M this year and that does not surprise me. Sponsors will try to lock him up for a long time. Let's just hope all that does not go to his head and he gets snakes up there.
I did not notice his Dad coaching him to go back onto the green to thank the patrons. If so, it explains why this young man has such outstanding character traits. He has been well trained.
He doesn't live that far from me. He and his fiance' girlfriend have bought a new $2.2M house on half an acre in the high rent district of North Dallas. I am NOT in the high rent district! :biggrin: But not far away.
http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2015/03/jordan-spieth-sweet-new-house-photos.html (http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2015/03/jordan-spieth-sweet-new-house-photos.html)
Quote from: kroz on April 13, 2015, 01:58:43 PM
I did not notice his Dad coaching him to go back onto the green to thank the patrons. If so, it explains why this young man has such outstanding character traits. He has been well trained.
He doesn't live that far from me. He and his fiance' girlfriend have bought a new $2.2M house on half an acre in the high rent district of North Dallas. I am NOT in the high rent district! :biggrin: But not far away.
http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2015/03/jordan-spieth-sweet-new-house-photos.html (http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2015/03/jordan-spieth-sweet-new-house-photos.html)
Half acre, in Texas of all places, for 2.2 million? Come on, if I had that much to burn on a place, it would be the obverse, 2.2 million acres with a half acre house set in the middle.
Who wants neighbors? :biggrin:
Quote from: Solar on April 13, 2015, 02:17:09 PM
Half acre, in Texas of all places, for 2.2 million? Come on, if I had that much to burn on a place, it would be the obverse, 2.2 million acres with a half acre house set in the middle.
Who wants neighbors? :biggrin:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote from: kit saginaw on April 13, 2015, 08:45:46 AM
Spieth should revert back to his come from behind mode. It's better when somebody else sets the pace.
Which is what he's doing this weekend at the Harbortown Links, on Hilton Head. -Shot a lethargic 3-over yesterday, then shot an incredible 9-under today.
Except Troy Merritt tied a course-record 10-under, leading Spieth by 6.
Let the
bunny set the pace, then come back and nip it at the wire.