BMW Championship 2021

[iutodd]

I like this course so far.  Looks like it would be fun to play.

[RainShadow]

18 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

 

 

Maybe a lady wrote it.

 

Ladies use exclamation point for every sentence.

 

Be like,

 

Me: what’s going on?

 

Lady: I’m just doing some emails!

 

Me: Hows 3pm to connect to discuss xyz?

 

Lady: sounds good! I have a 2:30 but should be done! If not, I’ll call you right back!

 

Me: ok, call you then

 

Lady: talk soon!

 

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

15 hours ago, Hankshank said:

Every Scandinavian, no matter how rich they get wants to spend the summers in Scandinavia…

I went to Thailand in July 89, decided I will stay out of the tropics for the rest of my life. US Seems peculiar. You seem to have the Sahara summers and the Greenland winters. I will never visit anything in the US in the summer, except maybe San Francisco.  Those heat tables you posted above, thats not for my 98% Scandinavian genes…

 

We're kind of a giant country... So there's a lot of variety. You can hang out with @Soloman1 in Scottsdale and the summers are like a blast furnace, but the winters are nice. Or you can go to where I grew up (Chicago), and you get cold and nasty all winter and hot and humid all summer.

 

Or you can come to Southern California, where the worst weather we have each year is called "June Gloom". It's... slightly overcast for like half of each day. Where's the fainting couch?

 

Yeah, where I live is the best weather in the country. Winter is so moderate that I never even turn on the heat in my house. Summer has a stretch of about 1 1/2 months where I run the air conditioner, but there's no humidity so as soon as the sun goes down it cools off--and because there's no humidity, there are no mosquitos either. 12 months of golf per year.

 

[BigManSlim]

Who ever invented the play it through option at NBC is a horrible twisted individual

[Go Cougs]

13 minutes ago, BigManSlim said:

Who ever invented the play it through option at NBC is a horrible twisted individual

Yes, it really is the worst of both worlds.  The golf window is too small to really enjoy or see what's going on, and nobody pays attention to the advertisement so those ad dollars are wasted anyway.  

 

To summarize:  It sucks

[TiScape]

3 minutes ago, Go Cougs said:

Yes, it really is the worst of both worlds.  The golf window is too small to really enjoy or see what's going on, and nobody pays attention to the advertisement so those ad dollars are wasted anyway.  

 

To summarize:  It sucks

Agree. But someone making a lot of money did the research/crunched the numbers and determined it “works”. 🙄 It definitely is difficult to focus on the golf during the ‘playing through’. I have found muting the TV during these breaks helps. Also, a really big screen makes it almost watchable. 

[TiScape]

Shot link just showed Bryson’s drive carry 315. Azinger gets all excited and says he just carried it 330. Does he not have a monitor?

[Go Cougs]

13 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Agree. But someone making a lot of money did the research/crunched the numbers and determined it “works”. 🙄 It definitely is difficult to focus on the golf during the ‘playing through’. I have found muting the TV during these breaks helps. Also, a really big screen makes it almost watchable. 

Yeah, historically I've tended to subscribe to the theory that marketers know what they're doing and if it didn't work they wouldn't do it.  But I've started to have my doubts.

 

As a child of the 80's I was around for the launch of New Coke.  That should have been my first red flag.

[TiScape]

3 minutes ago, Go Cougs said:

Yeah, historically I've tended to subscribe to the theory that marketers know what they're doing and if it didn't work they wouldn't do it.  But I've started to have my doubts.

 

As a child of the 80's I was around for the launch of New Coke.  That should have been my first red flag.

😆 I remember New Coke. Add Crystal Pepsi to the equation and I think you just might be onto something! 

Edited August 26, 2021 by TiScape

[tiderider]

1 hour ago, betarhoalphadelta said:

 

We're kind of a giant country... So there's a lot of variety. You can hang out with @Soloman1 in Scottsdale and the summers are like a blast furnace, but the winters are nice. Or you can go to where I grew up (Chicago), and you get cold and nasty all winter and hot and humid all summer.

 

Or you can come to Southern California, where the worst weather we have each year is called "June Gloom". It's... slightly overcast for like half of each day. Where's the fainting couch?

 

Yeah, where I live is the best weather in the country. Winter is so moderate that I never even turn on the heat in my house. Summer has a stretch of about 1 1/2 months where I run the air conditioner, but there's no humidity so as soon as the sun goes down it cools off--and because there's no humidity, there are no mosquitos either. 12 months of golf per year.

 

😡

[GooseHook]

Yup, lift and clean with no wind is great for entertaining TV golf. It’s fun to see all these guys playing well! 

[tiderider]

19 hours ago, GooseHook said:

 

 

It's all good, the rest of the world is literally on fire so I'll take it. But since you piqued my curiosity..

 

This is August 2021 in Birmingham:

 

This is August 2021 Baltimore:

 

The 75% humidity outside right now (at almost 11PM) is the lowest we've had in at least several weeks. And we've been lucky, since most Julys and Augusts we have a weeklong stretch that stays in the low to mid 100's. We have it good compared to Oregon this  year, oddly enough. 

 

crappy weather anyway you look at it ... getting crappier it seems ... 

[m d g]

6 hours ago, GooseHook said:

 

Maybe he's going through a mental rut like most people do in their careers. I'm not exactly sympathetic, but even rich athletes are humans capable of burn out. 

True, but it's kind of bad form to moan about it...

 

'My house is too big, I'm missing a '62 Ferrari GTO in my collection, and my favorite supermodel didn't come to my pool party!'

[miamistomp]

 The Tropics are amazing !! Can play almost every day, year ' round

 

Forecast for the next 48 hours- Miami

	Thursday	Friday				Saturday
	Evening	Night	Morning	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Morning
Forecast
Temperature	83 °F	83 °F	82 °F	87 °F	84 °F	83 °F	84 °F
	A few showers. Mostly sunny.	Isolated thunder­storms. Mostly cloudy.	A few showers. Cloudy.	A few showers. Cloudy.	A few showers. High level clouds.	Thundershowers. Overcast.	Isolated thunder­storms. Cloudy.
Feels Like	90 °F	90 °F	88 °F	97 °F	92 °F	91 °F	93 °F
Wind Speed	12 mph	9 mph	10 mph	16 mph	12 mph	10 mph	11 mph
Wind Direction	E ↑	E ↑	ENE ↑	E ↑	E ↑	SE ↑	ESE ↑
Humidity	78%	79%	81%	67%	77%	80%	78%
Dew Point	75 °F	76 °F	76 °F	75 °F	76 °F	76 °F	76 °F
Visibility	8 mi	8 mi	7 mi	8 mi	7 mi	8 mi	8 mi
Probability of Precipitation	26%	28%	49%	51%	40%	39%	28%
Amount of Rain	-	0.02"	0.04"	0.02"	0.01"	0.02"	0.04"

[jobin]

Miami may be nice, but Miami is not the tropics.  Sub-tropics perhaps. 

But, hey!  Lots of golf possible down there after the swamp is drained. 

 

My dad lived a long time in Marco Island, just across from Miami. There, during the summer the golf was empty...way too hot for the normal folk.  During the winter the rates shot up way beyond my ability to enjoy.

 

Plenty of pompous clubs too with absurd dress codes, requirements etc which, of course, kept the 'hoi-polloi' outside the gate.

[m d g]

8 minutes ago, jobin said:

My dad lived a long time in Marco Island, just across from Miami. There, during the summer the golf was empty...way too hot for the normal folk.  During the winter the rates shot up way beyond my ability to enjoy.

I would have thought the folks that live there would be rich enough to have air conditioned golf carts : )

[Justsomeguy]

Feeling pretty good. Made these picks before it started then had to rush to place them before it got nutty. Paid a premium on Varner but like him here.

[Valtiel]

Helluva round by Finau. Hot start, all the wheels fell off, then he managed to reattach them without slowing down. He's out there like...

[BigManSlim]

Bunch of guys at my club rented their houses to tour guys this week.  Wish I would have thought of it

[m d g]

Watching the end of today's round on DVR. Interesting that on one par 3, Bryson was only one club longer than YJS (9-iron vs. 8).

[GooseHook]

15 minutes ago, BigManSlim said:

Bunch of guys at my club rented their houses to tour guys this week.  Wish I would have thought of it

 

You're local too? I didn't know that. Wouldn't ask you to put yourself on blast, but curious where you play if you ever want to trade club rounds haha. 

 

After the first day, I'm liking my picks of Cantlay, Xander, and Ancer. All three guys well positioned but I need one of them to either win or be low man on one day for a payout. 

[stingerfade]

5 hours ago, Go Cougs said:

Yes, it really is the worst of both worlds.  The golf window is too small to really enjoy or see what's going on, and nobody pays attention to the advertisement so those ad dollars are wasted anyway.  

 

To summarize:  It sucks

But it is funny to me that someone figured a way to continue the golf coverage so you get more of it but still find a way to complain about it. 

[MattyO1984]

10 hours ago, TiScape said:

Shot link just showed Bryson’s drive carry 315. Azinger gets all excited and says he just carried it 330. Does he not have a monitor?

 

I mean at this point, even if he did have a monitor, are we sure that he would have been able to read?

[MattyO1984]

Stacked leaderboard with some great scoring. At this stage, Jon Rahm just looks absolutely relentless (delighted he his on Team Europe for next month). Really enjoyed the course.

[Hankshank]

10 hours ago, miamistomp said:

 The Tropics are amazing !! Can play almost every day, year ' round

 

Forecast for the next 48 hours- Miami

	Thursday	Friday				Saturday
	Evening	Night	Morning	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Morning
Forecast
Temperature	83 °F	83 °F	82 °F	87 °F	84 °F	83 °F	84 °F
	A few showers. Mostly sunny.	Isolated thunder­storms. Mostly cloudy.	A few showers. Cloudy.	A few showers. Cloudy.	A few showers. High level clouds.	Thundershowers. Overcast.	Isolated thunder­storms. Cloudy.
Feels Like	90 °F	90 °F	88 °F	97 °F	92 °F	91 °F	93 °F
Wind Speed	12 mph	9 mph	10 mph	16 mph	12 mph	10 mph	11 mph
Wind Direction	E ↑	E ↑	ENE ↑	E ↑	E ↑	SE ↑	ESE ↑
Humidity	78%	79%	81%	67%	77%	80%	78%
Dew Point	75 °F	76 °F	76 °F	75 °F	76 °F	76 °F	76 °F
Visibility	8 mi	8 mi	7 mi	8 mi	7 mi	8 mi	8 mi
Probability of Precipitation	26%	28%	49%	51%	40%	39%	28%
Amount of Rain	-	0.02"	0.04"	0.02"	0.01"	0.02"	0.04"

Suppose most of the days in the year would be too hot for me, I prefer playing at temperatures 15-20C. Would love to come over and play there during the winter though. 

[dcfas]

On 8/25/2021 at 5:59 PM, bscinstnct said:

 

Rory

 

Shut up Rory.

 

You make 50MM a year flying in private jets to play golf.

 

🤣

Yeah, I get this. Nevertheless, not too many people can handle tour level competition and all that comes with it like it’s a Sunday round with your buds. Lots of folks and their families depending on your individual success on a daily basis, all in front of the press. Just sayin’.

[Ferguson]

12 hours ago, Justsomeguy said:

Feeling pretty good. Made these picks before it started then had to rush to place them before it got nutty. Paid a premium on Varner but like him here.

 

 

Those look like rich, Corinthian leather seats from  a Chrysler Cordoba? 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[miamistomp]

 I bet some of those with the slant 6 motor are still running 

[Ferguson]

1 hour ago, miamistomp said:

 I bet some of those with the slant 6 motor are still running 

 

The parking lots at The Sizzler and Steak and Ale were riddled with Cordobas.  

 

 

[Go Cougs]

1 hour ago, Ferguson said:

 

 

Those look like rich, Corinthian leather seats from  a Chrysler Cordoba? 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm hearing this in the voice of Ricardo Montalbán, as a 6 year old me sits in front of the tv during a commercial break for CHiPs.