BMW Championship 2021

[Nard_S]

3 minutes ago, m d g said:

that if you don't buy multiple beers at once you'll never see the event.

Yeah  that was the case. The line was huge. Beer was like $10. Best deal in my eyes was straight vodka on rocks for $12, lol. I did beer and Tito's got back to event but guys around the green were shitfaced.

[bladehunter]

42 minutes ago, nsxguy said:

 

Not bad - at least you're getting the hang of it.

Lol.  Thanks !  Found that new button at the top.  Literally by accident.  Hit Gif and loads of pics popped up.  That little girl always cracked me up.  She looks like a kid I know.   I guess that’s why. A real pill. 

[Carolina Golfer 2]

13 hours ago, ilikegolf26 said:

Why does he need to do an interview? Do you know for a fact that NBC was trying to get an interview with him? I know they were like an hour and a half over their coverage window by the time it ended. 
The questions they ask are usually stupid anyway and if he did do the interview the same people complaining he didn’t do the interview would be complaining he’s taking attention away from the winner. 

Not just NBC. He refused to speak to all media every day, even after his 60.  He spoke to the PGA Media person so they would have a transcript to give all the other media who got blown off. 

[capking]

3 minutes ago, Carolina Golfer 2 said:

Not just NBC. He refused to speak to all media every day, even after his 60.  He spoke to the PGA Media person so they would have a transcript to give all the other media who got blown off. 

Pretty sure he did that after his whole Covid experience. I’m sure him not speaking to different forms of media didn’t skew how they reported on him as they have integrity.

[Carolina Golfer 2]

1 minute ago, capking said:

Pretty sure he did that after his whole Covid experience. I’m sure him not speaking to different forms of media didn’t skew how they reported on him as they have integrity.

Yes. I think that’s where it started.
 

 Some do, some definitely don’t.  Being part of it here in the MD area, I have see both sides of it. I do know one guy there who truly would give him a fair shake, but got ignored  like all the rest. 

[capking]

3 minutes ago, Carolina Golfer 2 said:

Yes. I think that’s where it started.
 

 Some do, some definitely don’t.  Being part of it here in the MD area, I have see both sides of it. I do know one guy there who truly would give him a fair shake, but got ignored  like all the rest. 

Who knows talking about that in particular is pretty taboo, he may have been told to ignore the media until the Ryder cup.

[CasualLie]

1 hour ago, Nard_S said:

 

I attended my first PGA event in 2019. The biggest surprise was what a drinking fest it all is. It was fun, but I can see how things go stupid too easily. It's a cash cow for the event. Literally two handed drinking going on. So some work needs to be done, some reach out, like 'hey party on Garth, but keep your mouth shut and call an Uber'. 

 

However, compare this to corporate day at the Open Championship.  That's serious drinking and people passed out on the grass.  Funny thing is, it's at the venue, but nowhere near the golf.

 

A few times on the train leaving the Open it was absolutely hilarious how wasted some fans were...missing their stop and ending up who knows where from being passed out, the drunk fights with so many swing and misses it made Sammy Sosa look a contact hitter, people leaving their bags...just total chaos.  And the singing!  Is there any worse singing than Scottish?!  

 

Edited August 31, 2021 by CasualLie

[iBanesto]

On 8/30/2021 at 10:40 AM, Frankensteins Monster said:

 

He should be called Patrick Can-lay.

 

[m d g]

11 hours ago, CasualLie said:

the drunk fights with so many swing and misses it made Sammy Sosa look a contact hitter

Now that's funny...

[ilikegolf26]

11 hours ago, Carolina Golfer 2 said:

Not just NBC. He refused to speak to all media every day, even after his 60.  He spoke to the PGA Media person so they would have a transcript to give all the other media who got blown off. 

I saw him talk with someone from Golf Channel on Friday. It was a live TV interview right after his round ended. I’m not sure why you keep spreading these falsehoods. You sound like a member of the media who does that for a living.  

[J13]

19 hours ago, ilikegolf26 said:

Where did Koepka say that? This week in Baltimore?

 

Yes

 

 

17 hours ago, PZero said:

 

This has been my experience around Bryson as well. He's really nice and great with the fans. Everything you want a professional athlete to be. Lots of the hate he gets is groupthink. It became cool to hate him. Hell, people were siding with Brooks, who is a total *****, in their little beef.

 

If you were to judge Brooks and Bryson as a fan at a tourney you would think Brooks is the biggest Di$$ in the world.  It wouldn't even be close.  With that said I think Brooks is much more media savvy and that's his way of connecting with fans.  

 

 

17 hours ago, Valtiel said:

Eh, I think it falls in the middle. He seems to have a good rep with fans and how he handles them and that is well deserved, as it seems is his rep off the course and/or around his home turf. But when he is put under any pressure when things are not going well he gets petulant and immature, which hopefully will fade with age. It is easy to be everyone's friend when you're in a good mood and things are going well, but it is how you act when its not all sunshine and rainbows that says a lot about who you are as well, and a lot of the hate he gets stems from that. 

 

 

I agree with most of this.  He's a young guy in his 20's and needs some maturing in the handling of diversity department.  Same could be said for most guys in their 20's let alone having a global spotlight on them.  It's a tough road to travel and most tour players stay out of the fray by just being robots and not saying or looking at anyone.  Personally, I'd prefer someone that's outgoing and personable that occasionally sticks his foot in his mouth.

[BigManSlim]

14 hours ago, Titleist99 said:

Agree 100%...Bryson is a media driven hype.....IMo He wins one major tournament with bomb and gouge and the hype machine revs up. Can't blame The Golf Channel, without Tiger Woods they need the interest...LOL! Having the governing bodies changing the game, when the average Joe hits his driver 210 yards....now that's funny. IMO, IMO.....300 yards off the tee will be competitive in any pro tournament anything over brings diminishing returns.....IMO I have to admit bryson hit it pretty straight in this event but that's usually not the case.

Straightness is over rated in a way. You may perceive he is hitting foul balls on the regular but Bryson is by far the leader in SCG off the tee. Gaining almost 5 shots per tournament over the field. His issues seem to be with approaches...in particular wedge play. If he dialed that in, I think he would win 6-8 times per year.

[jt2gt]

2 minutes ago, BigManSlim said:

Straightness is over rated in a way. You may perceive he is hitting foul balls on the regular but Bryson is by far the leader in SCG off the tee. Gaining almost 5 shots per tournament over the field. His issues seem to be with approaches...in particular wedge play. If he dialed that in, I think he would win 6-8 times per year.

Just look at a the playoff as an example.  He was 30 yards ahead of PC on almost every approach on 18.  Had 150 or less and should have put PC away fairly quickly.

[jdl]

On 8/30/2021 at 9:11 AM, Abh159 said:

 

You have to be a special kind of a****** to heckle someone at a golf tournament. 

 

It's too bad Bryson didn't clock the guy. Idiots like that 100% deserve to be knocked out.

They might get kicked out now.

 

 

[Carolina Golfer 2]

2 hours ago, ilikegolf26 said:

I saw him talk with someone from Golf Channel on Friday. It was a live TV interview right after his round ended. I’m not sure why you keep spreading these falsehoods. You sound like a member of the media who does that for a living.  

I should have clarified.  He didn’t speak to any of the Print Media.  National or local. 

[stinger_gc]

26 minutes ago, jdl said:

They might get kicked out now.

 

 

Brooksy needs to grow a pair of balls. Guarantee it that he went crying straight to the commissioner after his round.

[Titleist99]

1 hour ago, BigManSlim said:

Straightness is over rated in a way. You may perceive he is hitting foul balls on the regular but Bryson is by far the leader in SCG off the tee. Gaining almost 5 shots per tournament over the field. His issues seem to be with approaches...in particular wedge play. If he dialed that in, I think he would win 6-8 times per year.

Paul Azinger just hit on it.....The guys leading the Stokes gained category is terrible on Sundays.

[drbonesvt]

22 hours ago, J13 said:

 

 

Yes a marshal.  Casey on an elevated tee box (like 20ft above) where the marshal was instructing another marshal on where his next station was.  He wasn't being overly loud just trying to do his job and not paying attention to the tee.  Keep in mind this happened a ton during the tournament based on the weird pinch point at this area of the golf course.  Every other tour player that came across this just said something like "guys we are about to tee off could you please keep it down" very politely and respectfully.  Casey lashed out and yelled at the marshals and embarrassed the hell out of them.  Really unprofessional and rude.  These are volunteers battling 107* temps in the sun working 8hr shifts.  Saw a few other rude situations with Casey and was disappointed.  Maybe he was having a bad go of it but it was noticeably bad compared to other players.

Totally would have thought that wasn’t in his his dna to be a jack@$$ like that 

 

thanks for sharing 

 

volunteers do make those events “go around” and it’s unfortunate that he treated that person that way 

[J13]

2 hours ago, drbonesvt said:

Totally would have thought that wasn’t in his his dna to be a jack@$$ like that 

 

thanks for sharing 

 

volunteers do make those events “go around” and it’s unfortunate that he treated that person that way 

 

Happy to share and I hope Casey was just having a rough day and this isn't his normal behavior towards volunteers.  Everyone can be a bit snippy if you catch them on the wrong day so I'll give him benefit of the doubt.

[betarhoalphadelta]

4 hours ago, Titleist99 said:

Paul Azinger just hit on it.....The guys leading the Stokes gained category is terrible on Sundays.

 

Yeah... Because BDC and Cantlay were both tied -21 at the end of 54 holes and were both tied -27 at the end of 72 holes, we're going to say that BDC is terrible on Sundays? 

 

Next time you shoot a -6 round, tell me how terrible you feel...

[Titleist99]

2 hours ago, betarhoalphadelta said:

 

Yeah... Because BDC and Cantlay were both tied -21 at the end of 54 holes and were both tied -27 at the end of 72 holes, we're going to say that BDC is terrible on Sundays? 

 

Next time you shoot a -6 round, tell me how terrible you feel...

Dude...Just quoting Azinger. One steller Sunday does not make a great player. No need to bring my Sunday record into this.....I'm joking.