2021 PGA Championship - Phil!

[BombinJim]

17 hours ago, freeze16172002 said:

would be nice to see spieth with a chance on sunday.

I’m with yah!

[smashdn]

Hope I don't jinx this but the ten day forecast for Charleston on Wunderground is looking great.

 

Come on PGA, dry and fast.  Not sure how I feel the surrounds should be presented.  Read an article where initially the green surrounds were kept short and the ball ran out and away but it was actually easier for good golfers that way.  He came back in and advised letting the surrounds grow enough where the ball wouldn't roll out and this created some uncertainty in the lies.

 

How do you get fans on and around a course where many of the holes have marsh on each side?

[DavidCrockett]

1 hour ago, skyking said:

I wasn’t playing golf when The Ocean Course was gaining it’s fame. E6 connect subscribers were given the course for probably limited time play. So I fired up the sim and have played the course several times from tees a little longer than I normally play and didn’t think the course was all that. There were a few holes where the fairways were “broken up” which forced me to play a fairway wood approach shot on par 4’s but it just didn’t seem to be an OMG this is a difficult course. Granted I had the weather set perfect…fair skies, no wind so maybe that’s the course’s defense. Torrey (South) is included on my basic list, I’ve played the course in person as well and THAT course wasn’t that difficult either…just long…very long. So is the environment…wind, etc., what’s gonna make the Ocean Course a challenge or does the PGA just push the tees way back and that’s the challenge?

 

I thought conducting a hostage rescue would be difficult until I played Rainbow Six on Playstation and watched 7 Days in Entebbe on BluRay.  Doesn't seem all that hard, to be honest.

[teude]

First time ever two finns playing in same major, lets hope Välimäki and Samooja makes the most of it, would love to see both playing on weekend.

[Medson]

None of the long ball hitters is trending in the right direction. A few short hitters are trending, but this course is really long. 
 

I feel it’s a wide open field. And we could be in for a surprise winner. 

[3whacker]

is that a SC Phantom X in DJ's hands ?

 

[grm24]

VJ Singh (back injury) out. Wyndham Clark in.

Next alternate Brandon Hagy.

[bladehunter]

5 hours ago, smashdn said:

Hope I don't jinx this but the ten day forecast for Charleston on Wunderground is looking great.

 

Come on PGA, dry and fast.  Not sure how I feel the surrounds should be presented.  Read an article where initially the green surrounds were kept short and the ball ran out and away but it was actually easier for good golfers that way.  He came back in and advised letting the surrounds grow enough where the ball wouldn't roll out and this created some uncertainty in the lies.

 

How do you get fans on and around a course where many of the holes have marsh on each side?

Yep.  We’ve got sun and heat through next Monday it seems.  I think maybe possibly 90 for the first time this year on Saturday . I’m 4 hours north in the upstate.  Usually temps are 4/5 degrees hotter down there. But you get the breeze so feels better.  So far ( fingers crossed ) it’s not humid.  But you have to watch. Weather forecast if it says “ relatively low humidity “ here.  That means it’s 95 /% humidity instead of 110%. 😂.  

[skyking]

6 hours ago, DavidCrockett said:

 

I thought conducting a hostage rescue would be difficult until I played Rainbow Six on Playstation and watched 7 Days in Entebbe on BluRay.  Doesn't seem all that hard, to be honest.

And here I thought you kids played those games for days at a time and you figured it out just like that…congrats to you. 

 

I guess it boils down to my question of why the course qualifies to host a major other than length and weather. As an example I found Pinehurst #2 very frustrating…on the sim so not EVERY course is easy.

[BNGL]

8 minutes ago, skyking said:

And here I thought you kids played those games for days at a time and you figured it out just like that…congrats to you. 

 

I guess it boils down to my question of why the course qualifies to host a major other than length and weather. As an example I found Pinehurst #2 very frustrating…on the sim so not EVERY course is easy.

Who knows but sim/computer/game console/Golden tee are literally nothing like real life golf. 

[tiderider]

1 hour ago, skyking said:

And here I thought you kids played those games for days at a time and you figured it out just like that…congrats to you. 

 

I guess it boils down to my question of why the course qualifies to host a major other than length and weather. As an example I found Pinehurst #2 very frustrating…on the sim so not EVERY course is easy.

Slope rating is higher than pinehurst ... by a good bit ... I’ve played both ... they both share whatever traits a “quality” or highly rated golf course requires ... routing, playability, greens - whatever ... there’s some width in the driving areas, here and there, and it can be firm and a bit linksy, but it has a good bit of dye’s visual discomfort, off the tee and into the green ... but many greens are at least a bit elevated, if not more ... no wind, they could be -15, sure ... it’ll still be a great course to watch ... 

[Christosterone]

 

[3whacker]

Thank goodness we dont have to listen to Zinger this weekend talk about the "War by the Shore"....enough already

[00steven]

YJS

[tiderider]

Nice piece about the grand slam ... 

[bscinstnct]

1 hour ago, Christosterone said:

 

They gotta pair Bryson and Rory!

 

 

 

 

[me05501]

2 hours ago, Christosterone said:

 

It looks so intimidating. I’m about a 10 and I think I’d need 100 shots and a dozen balls to get through a round. 
 

Could prob go low on a simulator though 🙂

[TiScape]

2 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

They gotta pair Bryson and Rory!

 

 

 

 

YES! That would definitely be must see TV!

[elwhippy]

I hope the wind blows and we see some shot making instead of full shots stopping from 250 yards out. 

[bladehunter]

So reported that DJ is swapping driver models  and  shaft this week. And  undecided on putter.  
 

in other news.  Today is Tuesday.  

[freeze16172002]

16 hours ago, Medson said:

None of the long ball hitters is trending in the right direction. A few short hitters are trending, but this course is really long. 
 

I feel it’s a wide open field. And we could be in for a surprise winner. 

I could be wrong but Rory hits it deep and won two weeks ago 

[MattyO1984]

1 hour ago, bladehunter said:

So reported that DJ is swapping driver models  and  shaft this week. And  undecided on putter.  
 

in other news.  Today is Tuesday.  

 

Chopping and changing putters is not a great sign. Seems that he putts his best when he has nothing in the back of his mind saying that he should be using a different one. I am going to go out and say, DJ is not winning this week.

[tiderider]

https://www.pgatour.com/news/2021/05/17/jim-bones-mackay-to-fill-in-for-max-homa-at-pga-championship.html

[miamistomp]

Awesome, because he sucks as a broadcaster

[DON SVO]

39 minutes ago, miamistomp said:

Awesome, because he sucks as a broadcaster

 

Nobody likes you. Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.

[tiderider]

FInau saying at his presser he didn't know about the range finders ... 

 

[krtgolfing]

On 5/16/2021 at 5:21 PM, thatbaseballguy22 said:

Headed to the practice round on Tuesday. Should be a good time, great weather.

You'll have to let me know how bad traffic is as I am heading out there on Thursday. Trying to decide how early to leave to hopefully miss a good amount of the traffic. Hopefully can't be any worse than 2012... Hopefully with the reduced capacity it helps! 

[JaNelson38]

23 hours ago, smashdn said:

Hope I don't jinx this but the ten day forecast for Charleston on Wunderground is looking great.

 

Come on PGA, dry and fast.  Not sure how I feel the surrounds should be presented.  Read an article where initially the green surrounds were kept short and the ball ran out and away but it was actually easier for good golfers that way.  He came back in and advised letting the surrounds grow enough where the ball wouldn't roll out and this created some uncertainty in the lies.

 

How do you get fans on and around a course where many of the holes have marsh on each side?

 

They'll have to be careful with how much they dry it out.  If you get a really windy couple of days you could get some of those seaside holes unplayable.  If these guys are firing long irons into some of these greens you have to be able to have them hold.

 

If the wind comes as forecasted, there will be no issues with regards to this being a good test. 

[TBD203]

Why do they "have to be able to hold" and not actually shot-make and take spin off and run them up? I know the pros absolutely hate it but give me carnage once and awhile. As much as I love a birdiefest give me at least a few tournaments a year where most of the field is over par.

[chigolfer1]

1 hour ago, miamistomp said:

Awesome, because he sucks as a broadcaster

 

That's just like your opinion man

 

He's one of the best out there, if not the best to listen to

 

 

 

Edited May 18, 2021 by chigolfer1