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Deepster said:
Oh. Harold Varner the 593rd ranked golfer in the world? Got it. You just made my point for me.
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Damn, he's fallen that far? I played him in a pool like only 3-4 years ago.

Guess LIV killed his PGA stats like it did Abraham Ancer, another guy I really thought would be a Majors fixture.
 
Fishy said:
And where is he?

Oh, that’s right. They flew him to Dubai.
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And if he ever got any better, he’d suddenly “take pain meds” and “drive really poorly”.
 
Deepster said:
And if he ever got any better, he’d suddenly “take pain meds” and “drive really poorly”.
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He knows that - that’s why he’s good, but not too good.
 
Fishy said:
Their friends’ grandson was on the Korn Ferry tour, (won his PGA card), and was driving balls. Everyone there looked pretty good to me, but the difference between him and them was a million miles. I cannot imagine him suffering through a round with you muni course monkeys.
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I don't know why this kid and his dad play with me either. The mobility and power is insane. Drives it 300 yards down the pipe like it's nothing. I don't think he ever chips the ball because his approach shots are money. There's just levels to this stuff.

I coached him in basketball. Smart kid, humble, and super respectful. I yelled at him once for helping THE OTHER TEAM off the floor instead of getting back on defense.
 
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Hell of a Sunday. 5 guys all right there. Could have a 3 or 4 way playoff
 
Some poor shot-making right now. Tiger in his Prime would wipe the floor with these guys - including Rory & Scottie.
 
husky429 said:
I don't know why this kid and his dad play with me either. The mobility and power is insane. Drives it 300 yards down the pipe like it's nothing. I don't think he ever chips the ball because his approach shots are money. There's just levels to this stuff.

I coached him in basketball. Smart kid, humble, and super respectful. I yelled at him once for helping THE OTHER TEAM off the floor instead of getting back on defense.
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I just texted this goobers dad to ask what his actual handicap is. "Ranges from +5 to +7 on competitions courses but it doesn't matter to keep one any more." I suck at sports.

Also, congrats to Rory. Back to back master's is as good as it gets. Gonna be top-10 all time before he retires.

If Scottie can get over the weekday yips he's going to win a lot this year. -6 and -5 on consecutive days in some damn good golf
 
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IndyLives said:
Some poor shot-making right now. Tiger in his Prime would wipe the floor with these guys - including Rory & Scottie.
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Looks like someone is starting to connect the dots like me and Deep did.

husky429 said:
I don't know why this kid and his dad play with me either. The mobility and power is insane. Drives it 300 yards down the pipe like it's nothing. I don't think he ever chips the ball because his approach shots are money. There's just levels to this stuff.

I coached him in basketball. Smart kid, humble, and super respectful. I yelled at him once for helping THE OTHER TEAM off the floor instead of getting back on defense.
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I looked the kid up.

First year on the PGA Tour, I believe.

Nine tournaments, five missed cuts, a top-25 finish somewhere and some finishes in the 40s-60s range. Like $110k in earnings.

So he basically sucks compared to the aliens that played at Augusta this week.
 
I will admit wife and I love Rory. We loved Tiger and Phil way back when but Rory is our guy now. So when I said after day 3 that Rory lost it I am sleeping in the extra bedroom and when I said Rory seems off on the front 9 today I got no dinner. Thank you Rory for restoring my marriage!
 
Obviously the PGA pros are next level. What blows my mind is when they're "in trouble in the trees-off the fairway" .Like Rory on 18 or Rose. How they see windows or shapes to hit their shots and get close and/or put their shots on the green. Scheffler did it multiple times today. Unbelievable talent
 
Umami Zen said:
Obviously the PGA pros are next level. What blows my mind is when they're "in trouble in the trees-off the fairway" .Like Rory on 18 or Rose. How they see windows or shapes to hit their shots and get close and/or put their shots on the green. Scheffler did it multiple times today. Unbelievable talent
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Unless you are like me and have to practice that shot multiple times on a daily basis. I could run a clinic on where you should hit I just can't do it myself - such is golf
 
Edward Sargent said:
Unless you are like me and have to practice that shot multiple times on a daily basis. I could run a clinic on where you should hit I just can't do it myself - such is golf
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I have come to embrace "scrambling" and being creative on my second shots. Something I'm familiar with.
 
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Edward Sargent said:
I will admit wife and I love Rory. We loved Tiger and Phil way back when but Rory is our guy now. So when I said after day 3 that Rory lost it I am sleeping in the extra bedroom and when I said Rory seems off on the front 9 today I got no dinner. Thank you Rory for restoring my marriage!
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I am going to be recommending counseling here.
 
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Edward Sargent said:
Unless you are like me and have to practice that shot multiple times on a daily basis. I could run a clinic on where you should hit I just can't do it myself - such is golf
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I've had eagles, and they're great on the scorecard. But there's a ton of luck in those.

But, having a shot 165 yards from the pin with a lie at the edge of some woods amidst leaves and pine needles requiring a 25 degree bend around the edge of the woods to reach the green and hitting a perfect hooded 4-iron hook to reach the green... that's the shot I replay in my head most often.

I could never duplicate it.
 
husky429 said:
I don't know why this kid and his dad play with me either. The mobility and power is insane. Drives it 300 yards down the pipe like it's nothing. I don't think he ever chips the ball because his approach shots are money. There's just levels to this stuff.

I coached him in basketball. Smart kid, humble, and super respectful. I yelled at him once for helping THE OTHER TEAM off the floor instead of getting back on defense.
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Good buddy’s dad has a golfing buddy that plays regularly with Ricky Fowler. My buddy’s dad is a -10 and his friend is scratch. Says the difference between the two of them is miles less than the difference between scratch and Fowler. And this is 2020’s Fowler.
 
storrsroars said:
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I've had eagles, and they're great on the scorecard. But there's a ton of luck in those.

But, having a shot 165 yards from the pin with a lie at the edge of some woods amidst leaves and pine needles requiring a 25 degree bend around the edge of the woods to reach the green and hitting a perfect hooded 4-iron hook to reach the green... that's the shot I replay in my head most often.

I could never duplicate it.
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The beauty of golf in some ways, are those shots. At 17 playing Manchester CC, I was in deep grass 20 yards behind a green next to a pond. Elevated green couldn't see a flag. Hit it, ran up the hill just in time to see it roll into the cup.

Eagles are fun. My favorite was 3 inches from being a double eagle. Sadly I'm too old now, just don't have the distance to get up in two on par 5s very often.
 
I've had two eagles. One was a very short par 5 that I barely got on in two and rolled in a no-brainer putt, probably 60 ft. The other one was another par 5 that I chipped in from about 90 yds out in the fairway. Both totally lucky.
 
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Deepster said:
I've had two eagles. One was a very short par 5 that I barely got on in two and rolled in a no-brainer putt, probably 60 ft. The other one was another par 5 that I chipped in from about 90 yds out in the fairway. Both totally lucky.
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My first wasn't even fun. It was an uphill par 4, like only 350 yds but played longer. Didn't hit a great tee shot and figured I needed a fairway wood to hit the green. Could see top of the flag, but there was a small hillock in front of the green, so couldn't see green at all. I knew I hit it well but when I got to top of the hill I didn't see the ball anywhere and I was pissed off, figuring I hit the green and bounced well over it. Probably spent 2-3 minutes looking for the damned thing, cursing the entire time before checking to see if it was in the cup.
 
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Friend of mine played in a pro-am at one of the tour sites. His group had a good, not great tour player. One guy in the group hit his drive between 2 trees coming from a single root. Ask the pro what he would do with a shot like that. Pro say,”Quit golf and take up tennis”. Then steep up and hits a shot from an impossible position to the green. Those guys are crazy good.
 
We were on the tee on a par 5 once and the guy in the fairway was waiting for the green to clear. My buddy, who's wicked impatient, was like "This guy is 250 away. What is he waiting for?" and proceeds to yell at him to get moving.

Yup. The green cleared and the guy holed out for a double eagle. It actually made the local papers....and they didn't include the part of my buddy being a jerk. LOL
 
One hole in one in my life. Playing Trump National in West Palm Beach. Short par 4 about 295 to hole, back then that meant I could reach so waited for the green to clear and hit my shot and it bounced in front of the green and rolled into the hole. Double eagle.
 
storrsroars said:
My first wasn't even fun. It was an uphill par 4, like only 350 yds but played longer. Didn't hit a great tee shot and figured I needed a fairway wood to hit the green. Could see top of the flag, but there was a small hillock in front of the green, so couldn't see green at all. I knew I hit it well but when I got to top of the hill I didn't see the ball anywhere and I was pissed off, figuring I hit the green and bounced well over it. Probably spent 2-3 minutes looking for the damned thing, cursing the entire time before checking to see if it was in the cup.
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You're lucky the golf gods left it there. Always look first, like you knew what you were doing.
 
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