The Honda Classic 2021

[TiScape]

Mitchell had to take the DeLorean back to 1984 to get that visor. 

[the bishop]

44 minutes ago, MG_TX said:

Matt Jones with an opening 61...that is some good golf on that course. 

Laid back Matt Jones.  Always one of my favorites.  Doesn't matter if he's shooting 61 or 81, he'll take the same amount of time to do it.  Fastest tour player I've ever seen.

[adeangelis]

I know Rick’s best wasn’t the same as Jordan’s, but is his downfall worse than? Boy, does he suck right now...

[Ferguson]

Bruce's brother Chris is playing well today. 

 

 

[elwhippy]

Remind me how hard this track is supposed to be? Pros tearing it to pieces. 

[FiveSixAce]

39 minutes ago, elwhippy said:

Remind me how hard this track is supposed to be? Pros tearing it to pieces. 

 

Since 2007, the field is a combined +3,906 on holes 15-17.

[tee207]

This leaderboard is something else 😂

[tee207]

As an aside, Chase Koepka LFGGGGG

[teude]

Stenson +10 already... Maybe he should take some time off.

[Christen_The_Sloop]

3 hours ago, tee207 said:

This leaderboard is something else 😂

 

I wish.

 

I'll still wake up early and watch Sunday and Monday to watch. If the wind is up this course can be a monster. 

[bscinstnct]

1 hour ago, teude said:

Stenson +10 already... Maybe he should take some time off.

What’s happened with HS?

 

He was top10 even top5 2016 and 2017

 

Then he slides to 20-40th owgr

 

But now, he’s about to get his 5th MC in a row and drop out of the top 100. 

[tee207]

4 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

What’s happened with HS?

 

He was top10 even top5 2016 and 2017

 

Then he slides to 20-40th owgr

 

But now, he’s about to get his 5th MC in a row and drop out of the top 100. 

golf.

 

golf happened. 

[tee207]

5 hours ago, adeangelis said:

I know Rick’s best wasn’t the same as Jordan’s, but is his downfall worse than? Boy, does he suck right now...

 

rickie was always overrated IMO. The outfits stood out and he garnered a lot of hype and fan love but I think the expectations were too high for him from the get go.

[bscinstnct]

48 minutes ago, tee207 said:

golf.

 

golf happened. 

 

[m d g]

On 3/15/2021 at 8:58 AM, heavy_hitter said:

Honda is stuck in a bad place since the Tour moved the WGC from Doral.  Combined with arguably the most difficult course on the tour with lackluster facilities the big names are skipping this event.  It is a shame because the Honda and PGA National do a superb job of hosting this event.

Tuned in to watch the Honda Classic and the Puerto Rico Open broke out : )

[Holy Moses]

What’s happening to Stenson?

[Justsomeguy]

35 minutes ago, Holy Moses said:

What’s happening to Stenson?

Too much banging on account of that sweet eyewear.

[MattyO1984]

6 hours ago, Holy Moses said:

What’s happening to Stenson?

 

Changed his swing. He and Pete Cowen both seem to have accepted that they went down the wrong route and are now trying to get it back. Seemed like absolute madness to try what they did when you consider Henrik’s age and the troubles that he has had before.

[Greg_B]

On 3/15/2021 at 9:37 PM, Drewsky34 said:

This field is brutal. Yikes 

 

It really is. The Tour needs to fix this. Honda has been sponsoring this event for 40 years and they deserve better than this slot in the schedule. And with Jack and Barbara Nicklaus and their hospital foundation being the beneficiary so do they. A field this weak is a slap in the face to both groups.

[freeze16172002]

Definately one of the weakest fields. And the Kamaiu Johnson thing, it's a great story but he is not a tour caliber golfer He can barely break 80

[MattyO1984]

6 minutes ago, Greg_B said:

 

It really is. The Tour needs to fix this. Honda has been sponsoring this event for 40 years and they deserve better than this slot in the schedule. And with Jack and Barbara Nicklaus and their hospital foundation being the beneficiary so do they. A field this weak is a slap in the face to both groups.

 

It’s terrible. Looking back at 2018, the Strength of Field per the OWGR was 375. This week, it is 179. Quite the tumble down!

[SwooshLT]

5 minutes ago, Greg_B said:

 

It really is. The Tour needs to fix this. Honda has been sponsoring this event for 40 years and they deserve better than this slot in the schedule. And with Jack and Barbara Nicklaus and their hospital foundation being the beneficiary so do they. A field this weak is a slap in the face to both groups.

 

 

Scheduling is a nightmare.......with this wrap around season guys are playing so much golf that they have no choice but to overlook great venues like PGA NASH the Champ......it's ashame ......they rescheduled innisbrook after the Masters, maybe slot this in there instead 

[MattyO1984]

16 minutes ago, SwooshLT said:

Scheduling is a nightmare.......with this wrap around season guys are playing so much golf that they have no choice but to overlook great venues like PGA NASH the Champ......it's ashame ......they rescheduled innisbrook after the Masters, maybe slot this in there instead 

 

Genuinely seems like a constant balancing act. Every tournament wants a better slot so every so often the schedule is rejigged to get it. A better slot here, an elevated field there and eventually everything ends up back to where it was and the process starts all over again.

[jholz]

Sepp Straka in 16th! 

[MG_TX]

my back hurts just watching Bradley play golf. 

[MG_TX]

10 hours ago, Holy Moses said:

What’s happening to Stenson?

Eamon Lynch wrote about this topic last week. It's a really good read. 

 

Lynch: ‘Searching for perfection,’ Henrik Stenson shoots 85 (usatoday.com) 

[TheIncelGolfer]

8 minutes ago, MG_TX said:

my back hurts just watching Bradley play golf. 

Whats the story there? It's like he's playing junior length clubs.

[heavy_hitter]

41 minutes ago, SwooshLT said:

 

 

Scheduling is a nightmare.......with this wrap around season guys are playing so much golf that they have no choice but to overlook great venues like PGA NASH the Champ......it's ashame ......they rescheduled innisbrook after the Masters, maybe slot this in there instead 

 

Doesn't help that it is a hard course scheduled in the windiest part of the year in Florida.  Hole 6 is designed to be a Par 5 and is played as a Par 5 on the the scorecard.  The green complex and ensuing area around is risk reward for this hole playing as a Par 5.  I don't have a problem with them playing as a Par 4, but they need to move it up.  Hole 10 is also played as a Par 5 on the Scorecard and they do move it up.  I would rather see the hole play as a Par 5.  They don't because the normal wind is out of the East which makes it a pretty easy birdie opportunity. 

 

Many Players skip this event just because the course is hard and they don't want to play it right after the Players or right before the Master's.  The venue itself isn't great either.  Not bad, but there are courses and properties in Palm Beach much better than PGA National that also have the infrastructure to host a PGA Caliber event.

[MG_TX]

3 minutes ago, TheIncelGolfer said:

Whats the story there? It's like he's playing junior length clubs.

Not sure. He has always had that type of stance/swing as long as he's been out on tour. It just seems really exaggerated recently. 

[tee207]

I want to see CKoepka make a run today. It would be great to see brothers go at it on the tour.