2018 Golf Thread

wildcats20 In ROY I Trust!!
29,653 posts 76 reps Joined Nov 2009
Mon, Jan 29, 2018 4:19 AM
posted by Ironman92

Pretty ho hum tournament but that was awesome knowing the conditions.

Wish I could watch tomorrow.

They aren’t allowing fans on the course tomorrow. Makes zero sense. They also didn’t allow fans on the course for Monday and Tuesday practice rounds. 

Ironman92 Administrator
56,729 posts 168 reps Joined Nov 2009
Mon, Jan 29, 2018 7:01 AM
posted by wildcats20

They aren’t allowing fans on the course tomorrow. Makes zero sense. They also didn’t allow fans on the course for Monday and Tuesday practice rounds. 

Why? Course damage control? So dumb.

kizer permanente Senior Member
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Mon, Jan 29, 2018 9:35 AM

That course looks like it played brutal yesterday.

TBone14 Senior Member
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Mon, Jan 29, 2018 10:31 AM
posted by kizer permanente

That course looks like it played brutal yesterday.

A US Open broke out yesterday. Fun to watch. Holmes was absolutley ridiculous. 

QuakerOats Senior Member
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Mon, Jan 29, 2018 12:02 PM

Day wins it on first hole today

Ironman92 Administrator
56,729 posts 168 reps Joined Nov 2009
Sun, Feb 4, 2018 4:19 PM

This Waste Management in Phoenix is tight!

wildcats20 In ROY I Trust!!
29,653 posts 76 reps Joined Nov 2009
Sun, Feb 4, 2018 6:20 PM

Woodland wins on the first playoff hole. Given his recent off course “issues”, I couldn’t be happier for him. 

http://www.golfchannel.com/article/rex-hoggard/woodland-toughest-year-my-life-far/

Ironman92 Administrator
56,729 posts 168 reps Joined Nov 2009
Sun, Feb 4, 2018 11:00 PM

I saw it get sent to extras...but SB time came for me

Ironman92 Administrator
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Sun, Feb 18, 2018 5:52 PM

Bubba looking strong. That bunker shot was sick.

Ironman92 Administrator
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Sun, Feb 18, 2018 5:54 PM

Laley....the putting line lines, is that new? Is it you guys?

I’m not sure I like them but need more time watching. My wife knows little about golf definitely likes them.

wildcats20 In ROY I Trust!!
29,653 posts 76 reps Joined Nov 2009
Mon, Feb 19, 2018 12:34 PM
posted by Ironman92

Laley....the putting line lines, is that new? Is it you guys?

I’m not sure I like them but need more time watching. My wife knows little about golf definitely likes them.

Golf Channel uses them on their Euro coverage. I don’t mind them, but I could do without them. They aren’t too accurate either. I can’t remember who it was, but they had the line showing a big right to left break and he it the putt to the left of the graphic and it broke to the right and into the cup. It was bad. 

33,369 posts 133 reps Joined Nov 2009
Mon, Feb 19, 2018 12:46 PM

No, not us, and yes new to coverage in US.

We used to do the “putt path” that showed the optimal line in a video game style. But it got outdated and GC/NBC didn’t want to invest resources to modernize it. Only thing we do for golf (aside from the actual scoring of the event...lol) is the Drive Grid. Onsite we power almost all the video boards and digital scoring boards.

I kinda like the lines for the putt, but they should ease into it more. Take them out before the putt happens until people are more used to them. Every so often they won’t be accurate, and you can almost ALWAYS find a different way to make a putt on some of those greens. But, for the most part, they are pretty dead nuts. The program takes into consideration elevation, x/y/z of the entire route, and the time of day (and someone manually tells the program the speed of them at start of day) allowing it to adjust to grass growing opposite from morning (following sun) and how much faster it will be at a given hour. 

Ironman92 Administrator
56,729 posts 168 reps Joined Nov 2009
Mon, Feb 19, 2018 1:13 PM

Thanks

Ironman92 Administrator
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Mon, Feb 19, 2018 1:14 PM

I would like them if the went away 3 seconds before the putt

Classyposter58 Senior Member
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Tue, Feb 20, 2018 6:38 PM

Good point on the greens Laley. Playing on these difficult tour greens have some very very complex breaks to them. You see that at Highland Meadows in Sylvania where the LPGA plays, not a long course but Jesus those greens eat people up

33,369 posts 133 reps Joined Nov 2009
Sun, Feb 25, 2018 7:20 PM

JT gets another win. Tiger looked REAL good this week.

Ironman92 Administrator
56,729 posts 168 reps Joined Nov 2009
Sun, Feb 25, 2018 7:22 PM
posted by Laley23

JT gets another win. Tiger looked REAL good this week.

He’s pretty close

wildcats20 In ROY I Trust!!
29,653 posts 76 reps Joined Nov 2009
Sun, Feb 25, 2018 7:29 PM
posted by Laley23

JT gets another win. Tiger looked REAL good this week.

The shots in the water on 15 weren’t a big deal. Yesterday was just a bad shot, today he was going for it. He’s so damn close. And honestly, the greens were horrible. Like worse than muni horrible. Many of his near makes, arguably go in on better surfaces. If that happens, he shoots 65ish yesterday. 

He was 2nd in driving distance. He’s 42, has had 4 back surgeries. He led the field in proximity, at one point yesterday it was by over 10 feet. 

vball10set paying it forward
26,788 posts 121 reps Joined Nov 2009
Mon, Feb 26, 2018 12:54 PM

jesus christ, JT, you're such a pussy...

 

http://thecomeback.com/golf/live-mic-picks-justin-thomas-fan-ejected-cheering.html

 

kizer permanente Senior Member
1,309 posts 18 reps Joined Aug 2017
Mon, Feb 26, 2018 3:37 PM
posted by vball10set

jesus christ, JT, you're such a pussy...

 

http://thecomeback.com/golf/live-mic-picks-justin-thomas-fan-ejected-cheering.html

 

Lol great look for a sport that’s dying. Kick out fans bc you’re a snowflake. 

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