OT: PGA at Kiawah

[storrsroars]

Whenever it comes out, I'm buying Phil's book on meditation and visualization.

 

[storrsroars]

Brooks and Louis keep this up, Harry Higgs could be looking at 2nd place.

 

[Jaker]

Keopka's putting has been a disaster

 

[Jaker]

They are making way too much out of Phils age. The guy is in great shape, probably better then in some years past. It's not like he has one foot in the grave already.

 

[jleves]

I'm never predicting a golf match again.

 

[storrsroars]

They are making way too much out of Phils age. The guy is in great shape, probably better then in some years past. It's not like he has one foot in the grave already.

All one needs to understand that 50 in 2021 is not the same as 50 in the 1980s is to watch a rerun of Golden Girls, then watch Hot in Cleveland.

 

[Dove]

Whenever it comes out, I'm buying Phil's book on meditation and visualization.

Post/avatar?

 

[Dove]

Oosterhouzen with double bogie. It's happening for Phil...who then bogied.

-7 to -3

 

[storrsroars]

Hold your breath. Phil drives left into the gallery on 18. Should be OK, but it's Phil.

 

[M.S.G.]

What a story, great day of golf - great weekend of golf. My wife is anxiety ridden but I think Phil's got this. In levels of epicness (not an official measure) this comes i just behind Tiger's Masters victory a few years ago.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

Remind me to never take betting advice from you guys.

 

[alphasigko]

Who is eating crow this evening?

 

[storrsroars]

$20 on Phil would've got you $6K.

 

[McLovin]

I like watching golf but have no idea how to bet it. It kind of feels like you need to handicap and bet it like horse racing, but I can’t create an exacta & trifecta box to supplement my win/place/show bets in golf.

So I bet on Mickelson +9000 to win.

Figured it was worth a shot.

to win? Yeah should absolutely not bet golf.

I did it for @polycom .

thank you for being wrong time and time again.

 

[LIuconn]

2 days of “this can’t really happen...”
happened. Wow!

 

[jleves]

Who is eating crow this evening?

Crow for breakfast lunch and dinner for me for sure.

I was never a big Phil fan, but my respect for him went up a lot today. Dude hung in there and got it done.

Really loved the course. Great place for a major.

 

[alphasigko]

Crow for breakfast lunch and dinner for me for sure.

I was never a big Phil fan, but my respect for him went up a lot today. Dude hung in there and got it done.

Really loved the course. Great place for a major.

I am the opposite having been a Phil fan forever as not only being a 2x UConn grad, but also received my MSE at ASU. I am also proud to have 2 Hurleys as coaches of my Alma Maters' hoops teams!

 

[Deepster]

Crow for breakfast lunch and dinner for me for sure.

I was never a big Phil fan, but my respect for him went up a lot today. Dude hung in there and got it done.

Really loved the course. Great place for a major.

Don’t beat yourself up. Every major this thread comes up and no one is ever right.

 

[polycom]

I did it for @polycom .

thank you for being wrong time and time again.

Lmao so this means what you beat a meaningless amount of money on a lotto ticket. Cool, I was wrong and you were right. Keep betting on Phil.

 

[mauconnfan]

Would’ve never guessed +1 could do the job for Phil. The course just took it to everyone on Sunday that makes for a great major. Brooks pretty much putted like a blind man and couldn’t keep it together.

Good for Phil and the old guys!!!

 

[Umami Zen]

Interesting dialogue between Phil and his brother on Sunday.. They're a good team --seems like he is the voice of reason and talks Phil out of doing the crazy stuff. Phil seemed to defer to his advice a lot on Sunday.

Thought Phil was dialed in on playing the wind for most of the round. Amazing how pros can work with the elements during Tournament week.

Glad he could harness his immense talent and bring it home. Showed a lot of discipline and was committed to his pre-shot routine through out the day..

 

[Conndog]

Absolutely loved this course! Would be fantastic if this held PGA tournaments more often (yearly would be ideal).

 

[Exit 4]

Absolutely loved this course! Would be fantastic if this held PGA tournaments more often (yearly would be ideal).

This course needs more pga events. It was far more interesting than the avg tour stop.

 

[storrsroars]

This course needs more pga events. It was far more interesting than the avg tour stop.

It's the Carnoustie of the USA.

Of course the downside to links-like courses is that if there's no wind at play, pros will have field day if they're accurate at all (see Ancer's -7 yesterday morning before the wind kicked up). Dye's design makes Kiawah somewhat more difficult than a typical links course, but still, you need that wind to really make it interesting. To the main point though, I think many of us are sick of the overly manicured carpets that make up most US tour stops.

 

[Chin Diesel]

It's the Carnoustie of the USA.

Of course the downside to links-like courses is that if there's no wind at play, pros will have field day if they're accurate at all (see Ancer's -7 yesterday morning before the wind kicked up). Dye's design makes Kiawah somewhat more difficult than a typical links course, but still, you need that wind to really make it interesting. To the main point though, I think many of us are sick of the overly manicured carpets that make up most US tour stops.

Same thing with Pebble Beach when they do the Pro Am there in the spring compared to when they play it in June for the US Open. The difference between calm winds and 15-20 mph are massive for those older courses.

Pros showed they can shoot 70-74 no problem at Kiawah regardless of wind direction. It was only when it was calm they could shoot in the 60s.

Great course which held up well. It could easily host a US Open in mid-June. Being a coastal course it won't get the unbearable heat and humidity of inland South Carolina.