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OT: 2020 Master's

Good grief. Just checked the leaderboard. These guys are obliterating the course in these conditions.

My guys are doing ok, but everybody is doing ok.

Jon Rahm -3 (F)
Bubba Watson E (2)
Patrick Reed -3 (17)
Marc Leishman -2 (F)
Ian Poulter +1 (15)
Zach Johnson no start
 
Does anyone know why the powers that be chose to start the tourney on 10?
 
NJHusky said:
Bryson is off to a rough start.....can't be fun for his playing partners either. Tough to get into a groove with all the delays

The online coverage is interesting...it's not curated by the network, so you get the see how many poor shots these guys actually hit.
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He did well getting to -2. Tiger left some putts, could have been with Casey.
 
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All I know is the longer Tiger stays in striking distance, the longer I’ll be watching. I love watching golf, I find it relaxing. It’s a great game. However, when Tiger is in the hunt, I find it exhilarating. He’s like Tyson or Holyfield, I’ve got to watch.
 
Late to the post but I played one of the DraftKings large tournament pools and started off pretty well today. I went with Casey, Webb, Finau, Louie, Scheffler and Rose. I’m hoping Rose pushes me to the top 10 tomorrow and they all keep playing well
 
Is the MY GROUP function working? I selected a bunch of favorites, but when I choose my group, all I see is a message saying no new videos, even though my guys are on the course. Am I missing something?

EDIT: Solution: You have to keep that tab open for it to load data...if you switch to a different view it starts over
 
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Round 2 wrapping up and a nice looking leaderboard. Combination of younger and older players, big bombers and ball strikers.

Looks like anyone at -5 or better could pull this off but past 10 years has been top 10 or better heading in to weekend.

Glad to see Dechambeau is a non-story.

Two amateurs, Weir and Langer making cut are feel good stories.

I'd really like to see Dustin, Justin and Rahmbo battling on back 9 tomorrow.

Course is drying out and will be playing much more like Augusta you expect to see rather than the rain soaked Thursday course.
 
So, for the numerologists looking towards the weekend.

Jack Nicklaus in 1986

Ranked 33rd in the world
Was 17th after 2nd round
Was 4 strokes off the lead.


Tiger in 2020

Ranked 33rd in the world
Is 17th after two rounds
Is 4 strokes off the lead
 
Course will play differently on Sat/Sunday.. Drying out.. Won't be able to "throw darts" at the greens any more.. Should be an interesting Sunday afternoon.. How did the bomb and gouge strategy work for you.. Bryson??
 
storrsroars said:
I'd love to see Bryson and Brooks in the final group on Sunday and Brooks just stoning BDC.

For sentimental purposes, I also want to see Mike Weir make the cut at 50.
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Wish granted. Weir playing the weekend.
 
storrsroars said:
Hard to really offer recommendations w/o seeing who's at what tier. Since you mentioned you only get to pick one top 10 guy, that's a tough call. Morikawa would be in that group most likely, and I don't know if I'd pick him over Bryson (and I don't like Bryson either).

Dark horses down ballot (probably tiers 3-4 on your card) likely to make the cut include guys like Ancer, Hughes, Cantlay, Dahmen and Redman. I've used those guys in my pools this year with very good results.
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Good calls with Cantlay and Ancer. (So Far).
 
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NJHusky said:
Is the MY GROUP function working? I selected a bunch of favorites, but when I choose my group, all I see is a message saying no new videos, even though my guys are on the course. Am I missing something?

EDIT: Solution: You have to keep that tab open for it to load data...if you switch to a different view it starts over
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Wish they could track the entire group on the shot track map instead individual players.
 
Long ass day but DJ in command.

Augusta can be a fun course when all you need to do is make par.

Bunch of these guys now need to make a ton of birdies and this course bites hardest when you try try to force birdies when they aren't there to be had. Simple stuff like JT flying #15, Rahm's blow up on #8.
You know some of these chasers are going to shoot at the flag on 12 tomorrow. And we all know 1 or 2 of them are going to be short and roll back in to Rae's Creek.
Ancer looks like he has a great US Open game and will be around for years.Fairways and greens and doesn't put himself in low percentage locations. Almost a bit like Ooisthuizen.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Long ass day but DJ in command.

Augusta can be a fun course when all you need to do is make par.

Bunch of these guys now need to make a ton of birdies and this course bites hardest when you try try to force birdies when they aren't there to be had. Simple stuff like JT flying #15, Rahm's blow up on #8.
You know some of these chasers are going to shoot at the flag on 12 tomorrow. And we all know 1 or 2 of them are going to be short and roll back in to Rae's Creek.
Ancer looks like he has a great US Open game and will be around for years.Fairways and greens and doesn't put himself in low percentage locations. Almost a bit like Ooisthuizen.
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Was definitely thinking we're going to see Ancer contend in a lot of majors. Really good ball striker.

DJ seems to be on cruise control at this point. If you know you can split the fairway every time, it takes so much pressure off.
 
DJ pretty much has this on lock. All the guys chasing will have to play a super aggressive style which is not ideal at Augusta. If he just plays for par and grab a birdie or 2 on the par 5 he wins easy.
 
jleves said:
Was definitely thinking we're going to see Ancer contend in a lot of majors. Really good ball striker.

DJ seems to be on cruise control at this point. If you know you can split the fairway every time, it takes so much pressure off.
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NC_Uconn_Fan said:
DJ pretty much has this on lock. All the guys chasing will have to play a super aggressive style which is not ideal at Augusta. If he just plays for par and grab a birdie or 2 on the par 5 he wins easy.
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He shoots 70 and that means second place has to shoot 66 for a tie and everyone else has to go 65 or lower.

And we all know those greens aren't seeing a drop of water tonight.
 
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jleves said:
Was definitely thinking we're going to see Ancer contend in a lot of majors. Really good ball striker.

DJ seems to be on cruise control at this point. If you know you can split the fairway every time, it takes so much pressure off.
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Ancer's second shot on 10 really caught my attention. Downhill lie (obviously) and 200 yards. Looked like ball was coming in a bit low, but he hit the green and stuck the shot. I want to see that shot tomorrow on some harder greens and see what happens. If he can hit those lower irons from that distance and still hold them, I am much more bullish on his long term success in majors.
 
NC_Uconn_Fan said:
DJ pretty much has this on lock. All the guys chasing will have to play a super aggressive style which is not ideal at Augusta. If he just plays for par and grab a birdie or 2 on the par 5 he wins easy.
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That's how Jack and Tiger used to close the deal
 
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For DJ.

Hole 1-3. Play even or -1. #1 is tough, DJ has destroyed #2 all week, #3 put in fairway and hit the green. #3 can be an easy 3 putt if you hit first putt like you want to make it.

Hole 4-6. No worse than +1. Three hardest holes on the course.

Holes 7-9. -1. Seven isn't easy but need a birdie at 8 or 9.

Objective. 35. Great score is 34. Shouldn't be 36 or worse.

Holes 10-12. Second hardest group of holes. Just make pars and move on.

Holes 13-15. -1 to -2. Two reachable par 5's. He will be playing last and k ow how aggressive to be.

Final stretch 16-18. -1 to even. 16 is easy. Hit to top of green and let it dribble back to bottom. Be careful on 17. Find fairway off tee shot on 18 and enjoy the walk up to top of hill.

69-70 should be fairly pedestrian round.
 
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