WGC Dell Technologies Matchplay 2021

[Hawkeye77]

23 minutes ago, mwkbmw said:

I'm kinda' feeling the same way. Thought it was funny when he called Scotty Scheffler's pitch, "thin", and then had to correct himself when he saw how much spin it had on it. But, to his credit, he called himself on it.

 

Really liking John Wood, though. Just as knowledgeable, but a little more understated.

They kind of sound alike. 
 

[ThinkingPlus]

3 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

Now they’ll have to add more round robins to protect the “stars”.

 

I know they kept up with matches and stuck here with nothing else to watch this week, but after his head scratcher I thought Spieth came back nicely and was a little under the radar today. 

Big match tomorrow.  Kuch is playing well so Jordan's going to have his hands full.  Can't pull a Tango Uniform against Kuch like he did against Wolff.

[grm24]

2 hours ago, TreyWingbat said:

I think DJ is just too simply-minded spoken, and not as "unsmart" as he comes across.

 

I think anyone wouldv'e picked it up given the circumstances.  

Except for the people that actually know the rules of match play. Like many here.

 

DJ was 1000% wrong in this instance. And it doesn't matter how far behind in the match Na was like some surmise. All players have a responsibility to protect the field from violations of the rules from fellow competitors during a competition. Whether that player is 8 holes down in match play or 20 strokes back in medal play. It makes no difference how insignificant one feels the violation is. Interesting how some of WRX rules warriors/sticklers are dumping on Na on this. Not surprising at all.

[ckay]

Just now, grm24 said:

Interesting how some of WRX rules warriors/sticklers are dumping on Na on this. Not surprising at all.

Probably the same guys that rake back a 3 footer on 18 and head to the bar and say they shot a 79. 

[grm24]

46 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

They kind of sound alike. 

They may sound alike but it's easy to tell the difference. Bones continually rushes through his words like he just chugged a trenta sized quadruple shot cappuccino from Starbucks while Wood is more laid back in his delivery. Actually prefer Wood over Bones.

Edited March 27, 2021 by grm24

[jacobanderson123]

Gonna go out on a limb and say that people who are defending DJ would have gone absolute ape sh*t if it was P Reed or Bryson. Na was calling him out for breaking the rules, how is he in the wrong.

[grm24]

Guess the players on the PGA Tour that backed what Na did are wrong as well according to reactions of some here.  <smh>.

 

https://golf.com/news/dustin-johnson-kevin-na-match-play/

 

 

[tgws]

DJ big-timed Na and Kevin rightfully called him on it

[mosesgolf]

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1 hour ago, ckay said:

Probably the same guys that rake back a 3 footer on 18 and head to the bar and say they shot a 79. 

No better make that 89. 

😆 

[larciel]

just checked the groups and only 1 out of 16 groups had the highest ranked player advance, Jon Rahm.

 

dang.. golf is a tough sports.

[philly2kuk]

1 hour ago, tgws said:

DJ big-timed Na and Kevin rightfully called him on it

Agreed and rightfully so. All those hating on Na want to realise he did the right thing here. He could’ve done a Kuchar and called for the hole as in 2019 vs Garcia. I like DJ, but it was a stupid thing to do for the sake of waiting a couple of seconds for “it’s good” to be said.

 

I also find it interesting how people are making the distance smaller and smaller. I’ve seen 4” and 6” mentioned. It was measured as 13” on tv. Yes that’s a tap in for a pro, but let’s not make it shorter than it was.

[babyfade]

Spieth vs the europeans!

[sbjinx]

I read about the Na thing on Twitter and here before seeing what actually happened so I was imagining Na doing something much worse. He absolutely did the right thing and he halved the hole.  It’s not like he pulled a Kucher and called the hole. That is a D bag move.  
 

really wish he stop with the walk in thing. It was funny when he first did it but come on. And to make a logo out of it. D bag move. 

Edited March 27, 2021 by sbjinx

[jf72286]

I'm not anti Kevin Na or DJ - but I will say that if we're going to get technical...isn't the ball supposed to come to rest at the bottom of the cup before one picks it out, Kevin?

 

Don't throw stones when you technically break a rule every round...

Edited March 27, 2021 by jf72286

[KennyP]

3 hours ago, larciel said:

just checked the groups and only 1 out of 16 groups had the highest ranked player advance, Jon Rahm.

 

dang.. golf is a tough sports.

 

Yes. DJ out. JT out. Bryson out. Rory out. The list goes on. And that's the risk of matchplay.

 

remember the first matchplay in 1999; We waited in anticipation for a Phil v Tiger or DL3 v Els or Duval v Monty final and got Jeff Maggert v Andrew Magee.

 

Dell executives and TV bosses no doubt sweating over the prospect of a Mackenzie Hughes v Eric Van Rooyen final.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 27, 2021 by KennyP

[ColinKelvin]

12 hours ago, Jay28 said:

Wow - MacIntyre wins the group.

Good job by the kid.

It seems to have been overshadowed by the Na-Johnson thing - and the fact that the TV coverage completely failed to show the shot - but

 

Robert MacIntyre hit his drive on the 18th 371 yards to 2 feet to win the hole, tie his match, and win the group!

[the bishop]

19 minutes ago, ColinKelvin said:

It seems to have been overshadowed by the Na-Johnson thing - and the fact that the TV coverage completely failed to show the shot - but

 

Robert MacIntyre hit his drive on the 18th 371 yards to 2 feet to win the hole, tie his match, and win the group!

They showed on Golf Central the ball rolling up on the green as DJ (I think) was getting ready to putt.  One of the caddies was giving it the hairy eyeball like "where the h*ll did this thing come from?"

[Greg_B]

10 hours ago, Kaysquare said:

I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting very weary of Bones McKay....he just seems to love to listen to himself talk.

I've been saying that for a while. His rapid-fire delivery of trying to jam in as many words as possible in a short period of time while actually saying very little of substance quickly wore thin. John Wood was better than him on his first day. I wonder how much training or coaching these guys get though. Bones is like the opposite of DLIII was last year, but both would have benefited from some professional training.

[Oliver Klozoff]

Na handled it perfectly.  If he waits until the next hole, it's in his head while he's putting.  If he doesn't say anything, it's in his head all match.  If he does what I would have done and claimed the hole, the press crushes him.  You don't think Poulter would have taken the hole?  Of course he woudl.

 

I'd be interested in knowing if it happened earlier.  Usually with those things it's a build up.  DJ swipes a couple of them. Na knows it's coming and doesn't say anything until he swipes again.  That's just a guess though.   

 

I like DJ a lot.  But he really is an incredibly dumb person gifted with enormous talents.  There's a lot of ego and not many brains in there.  But what a great life he's made for himself.  Seems to have it all and this will roll off him in seconds.

Edited March 27, 2021 by Oliver Klozoff

[gvogel]

9 hours ago, sbjinx said:

I read about the Na thing on Twitter and here before seeing what actually happened so I was imagining Na doing something much worse. He absolutely did the right thing and he halved the hole.  It’s not like he pulled a Kucher and called the hole. That is a D bag move.  
 

really wish he stop with the walk in thing. It was funny when he first did it but come on. And to make a logo out of it. D bag move. 

I think that Na did the right thing, but he should have left it on that hole, between DJ and him.  He should not have done an interview on it.  He's trying to make the Ryder Cup team, but he didn't make any friends with his prospective teammates by doing the interview.

Edited March 27, 2021 by gvogel

[JohnnyCashForever]

6 hours ago, jf72286 said:

I'm not anti Kevin Na or DJ - but I will say that if we're going to get technical...isn't the ball supposed to come to rest at the bottom of the cup before one picks it out, Kevin?

 

Don't throw stones when you technically break a rule every round...

Nice try, but equating what Na does and what DJ did is a stretch.  I've never seen a made putt bounce out of a pre-Covid hole.  So Na's "violation" is almost moot.  Kinda like going 66 mph down a 65 mph stretch of road.  On the other hand, I've seen pros miss 6-inch putts.  So DJ's taking an assumed concession was a much more serious breach of the rules. 

 

Na was right.  DJ was wrong.  Luckily for DJ, Na is a bigger man than Kuchar.    

[BombinJim]

Pin position on #1 is a joke today. It’s a bowl flowing toward the hole. Birdie or bust!

[dropkicked]

7 hours ago, jf72286 said:

I'm not anti Kevin Na or DJ - but I will say that if we're going to get technical...isn't the ball supposed to come to rest at the bottom of the cup before one picks it out, Kevin?

 

Don't throw stones when you technically break a rule every round...

Technically, DJ lost that hole. The world #1 should know better.

Na, was the bigger man by halving the hole... then whooped him to prove it.

 

 

[dropkicked]

1 hour ago, gvogel said:

I think that Na did the right thing, but he should have left it on that hole, between DJ and him.  He should not have done an interview on it.  He's trying to make the Ryder Cup team, but he didn't make any friends with his perspective teammates by doing the interview.

Na, probably made some friends... DJ's brain fart, would have hurt his Ryder Cup team.

[3whacker]

so does the JS vs Kuch set us as who WRX'ers hate the least....any predictions..Im pulling for JS

[KennyP]

19 minutes ago, 3whacker said:

so does the JS vs Kuch set us as who WRX'ers hate the least....any predictions..Im pulling for JS

 

The "golly gosh" match.

[MUNIGRIT]

15 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

Check out El Cheapo lookin to go 3-0

Huge mistake joining that club that you will never get out of like No Tippin Pippen and many other cheap skates.

[bscinstnct]

6 minutes ago, KennyP said:

 

The "golly gosh" match.

JS dialed in nicely there.

 

Its on tv now! Is there another round on later?

[Hawkeye77]

Just now, bscinstnct said:

JS dialed in nicely there.

 

Its on tv now! Is there another round on later?

Yep!

[Arn]

Bubba wins the first three holes, almost puts the pressure on himself. Better not screw up from here.