2019 FedEx St. Jude Invitational

[smashdn]

> @"Darth Putter" said:

> There can be no doubt that with his win over Tiger at the PGA, 4 majors, a solid hold on world #1 and another POY title on the way, Brooks Koepka is **currently** THE MAN.

 

FIFY. Things change. The game is fickle. If BK loses that putter...

 

I remember, it seems like so long ago now, an up and coming golfsmith going by the name of young Jordan Spieth was THE MAN. His putter revolted and now he is JAG.

 

[Krt22]

> @smashdn said:

> > @"Darth Putter" said:

> > There can be no doubt that with his win over Tiger at the PGA, 4 majors, a solid hold on world #1 and another POY title on the way, Brooks Koepka is **currently** THE MAN.

>

> FIFY. Things change. The game is fickle. If BK loses that putter...

>

> I remember, it seems like so long ago now, an up and coming golfsmith going by the name of young Jordan Spieth was THE MAN. His putter revolted and now he is JAG.

>

 

Spieth's putter is not his issue, his issue is ball striking. Brooks consistently strikes the ball well, thus is always in contention. When his putter behaves he can win very easily, when it doesnt he's still right there for the most part.

 

Spieth was T8 SG Putting this week and 56 SG off the tee (out of a 63 man field)

[tiderider]

 

> > @smashdn said:

> > > @"Darth Putter" said:

> > > There can be no doubt that with his win over Tiger at the PGA, 4 majors, a solid hold on world #1 and another POY title on the way, Brooks Koepka is **currently** THE MAN.

> >

> > FIFY. Things change. The game is fickle. If BK loses that putter...

> >

> > I remember, it seems like so long ago now, an up and coming golfsmith going by the name of young Jordan Spieth was THE MAN. His putter revolted and now he is JAG.

 

 

putter got nothing to do with it ... his 2 triples and 2 doubles were the result of drives that missed the fairway by 20-40 yards ...

[smashdn]

In any event young Jordan Spieth was the second coming of Eldrick then it went off the rails. Now we have a new darling.

[MMB1500]

> @imakaveli said:

> > @LICC said:

> > > @imakaveli said:

> > > > @MMB1500 said:

> > > > > @imakaveli said:

> > > > > > @MattyO1984 said:

> > > > > > > @imakaveli said:

> > > > > > > BK added to the list of players who had a "walk in the park" win against Rory. Currently we have Haotong Li, Francesco, Tiger, Reed, am I forgetting someone?

> > > > > >

> > > > > > I beat him last week, I didn't want to mention it but see as you asked haha.

> > > > >

> > > > > Beating Rory on Sunday doesn't even look special on the résumé anymore

> > > >

> > > > Yesterday was utterly predictable. McIlroy meekly capitulates. Koepka shows no mercy.

> > > >

> > > > Hard to think of a more mentally weak (fragile) player than McIlroy and when up against the strongest mental player since Woods, there was only ever going to be one outcome.

> > >

> > > Imho it’s not Koepka that showed no mercy or Rory that capitulated. I think Orry didn’t even try cause he already knew he was going to lose and he just wanted to go home quickly, while BK didn’t even consider him to be a treat and he was just focusing on his game

> >

> > I think Rory read these boards and said to himself "Why do I want to bother to win this, it isn't a major so it's meaningless"

>

> Would love to, that would mean he tries at least during Majors

 

Of course he tries during majors. He tries way too hard. That's the problem. He didn't shoot himself out of The Open last week because he really wasn't fussed about winning a major in front of his home crowd.

[KRAMER1997]

> @imakaveli said:

> BK added to the list of players who had a "walk in the park" win against Rory. Currently we have Haotong Li, Francesco, Tiger, Reed, am I forgetting someone?

 

Robert Rock, Pablo Larrazabal, Hunter Mahan, and Bill Horschel. A bunch of hacks.

[imakaveli]

> @MMB1500 said:

> > @imakaveli said:

> > > @LICC said:

> > > > @imakaveli said:

> > > > > @MMB1500 said:

> > > > > > @imakaveli said:

> > > > > > > @MattyO1984 said:

> > > > > > > > @imakaveli said:

> > > > > > > > BK added to the list of players who had a "walk in the park" win against Rory. Currently we have Haotong Li, Francesco, Tiger, Reed, am I forgetting someone?

> > > > > > >

> > > > > > > I beat him last week, I didn't want to mention it but see as you asked haha.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Beating Rory on Sunday doesn't even look special on the résumé anymore

> > > > >

> > > > > Yesterday was utterly predictable. McIlroy meekly capitulates. Koepka shows no mercy.

> > > > >

> > > > > Hard to think of a more mentally weak (fragile) player than McIlroy and when up against the strongest mental player since Woods, there was only ever going to be one outcome.

> > > >

> > > > Imho it’s not Koepka that showed no mercy or Rory that capitulated. I think Orry didn’t even try cause he already knew he was going to lose and he just wanted to go home quickly, while BK didn’t even consider him to be a treat and he was just focusing on his game

> > >

> > > I think Rory read these boards and said to himself "Why do I want to bother to win this, it isn't a major so it's meaningless"

> >

> > Would love to, that would mean he tries at least during Majors

>

> Of course he tries during majors. He tries way too hard. That's the problem. He didn't shoot himself out of The Open last week because he really wasn't fussed about winning a major in front of his home crowd.

 

Not what I saw at Calamity on Thursday ??

[OldTomMorris]

I guess you can make arguments for both points of view but I'm not a fan of no cut events.

 

[imakaveli]

> @OldTomMorris said:

> I guess you can make arguments for both points of view but I'm not a fan of no cut events.

>

>

 

It’s good karma from that pathetic Sunday with JB

[jmck]

> @smashdn said:

> > @"Darth Putter" said:

> > There can be no doubt that with his win over Tiger at the PGA, 4 majors, a solid hold on world #1 and another POY title on the way, Brooks Koepka is **currently** THE MAN.

>

> FIFY. Things change. The game is fickle. If BK loses that putter...

>

> I remember, it seems like so long ago now, an up and coming golfsmith going by the name of young Jordan Spieth was THE MAN. His putter revolted and now he is JAG.

>

 

Yeah, this. Smarter people than I have studied it and come up with a 18-24 month window of peak golf over the course of a career, excepting the all-time greats. Just look at Spieth and Rory (or Harrington and Molinari if you feel like going down a notch). They're still very very good, but everything that people are saying about Koepka right now are the same things people were saying about Rory in 2014 or Young Jordan in 2016. Check back in a year or two or three to see if he's still doing it or not. Until then it's still the interminable Jack v. Tiger debate....

[smashdn]

I think that is true to a much shorter duration for all golfers. (I hope) We all have those rounds where everything clicks, your drives go an extra 10 yards, you stick some irons in close, the hole looks like a five gallon bucket and the beer cart girl actually seems interested. I shot a career round last week for me. (No beer cart girl in sight though.) Everything clicked into place. Last Sunday a different part of my game was on but I finished with I think 34 putts. It wasn't that I was putting badly as I never three putted, I just wasn't giving myself many chances at birdie with my irons.

 

I dare say that nobody on tour has the luxury to hit balls like Hogan. They have other obligations and I'd bet the rounds take longer to play. If you only have limited time to practice and you need to get some part of your game back in line, you are inevitably neglecting another part. If you have four hours of daylight and you feel off with your irons you have to get that lined out. You don't have time to devote to chipping around the green and putting.