⛳ The Masters week: Rahm wins his first green jacket.

[PurlJam]

Phil finishes with a birdie and a 65... 8 under for the tournament.

 

[bama alum]

Phil finishes with a birdie and a 65... 8 under for the tournament.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM! Currently tied for second. Great Masters for Phil!

 

[PurlJam]

Yeah...stick a fork in Koepka....he's done.

 

[SnakeDoc]

Two more birdies from Henley would make this really interesting.

 

[SnakeDoc]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM! Currently tied for second. Great Masters for Phil!

In the clubhouse at -8? Nice.

 

[PurlJam]

Reed in the bunker on 16...may want to check him for a foot wedge.

 

[TerryP]

It's wild to look at the top 10 and see six of them have previously won a major—five of the top five.

 

[bama alum]

It's wild to look at the top 10 and see six of them have previously won a major—five of the top five.

Conversely, I wouldn't have minded seeing Bennett finish better than he did this weekend. Never mind that he's a tamu product; he'll be a candidate for future Ryder and President Cup teams.

 

[TerryP]

In round two and three we were talking about the weather and you made an obvious, but definitely accurate, statement ...

How much it affects them depends on the golfer

Koepka shooting birdshot, think the venue is rattling him,

The venue will rattle the best golfers. I've seen the "choke" label thrown on Brooks. I'm not seeing his tournament in the same light and I'm not saying others are in the dark.

My gut tells me we wouldn't have seen the Brooks/Rahm weekend pairings if Brooks would have played the late portion of the second round versus getting off early. When the weather hit, his results stagnated.

Here's how I see his tourney:

He gets off early in round two where he also ends up at the top of the leaderboard. The biggest thing of note for that second round? Brooks hit 93% of the fairways.

He's only +1 for the 18 played in the third round, but, here's where his game had the hiccup: he only hit 57% of the fairways in this round.

He did better on Sunday hitting 10/14 fairways but he's still having trouble off the box. His first two bogeys—six on the day—came on 3 pars on the front nine. After a bogey on nine (missed fairway) he adds his fourth of the day on his card on #12: his third 3 par.

65-67-Mother Nature-73-75.

Is that a choke, or just a couple of rounds where you're not sharp in those conditions? Sure, he missed a couple of putts he shouldn't have. On the other hand, but that out of sync off the box and still finishing the round +3?

 

[PurlJam]

In round two and three we were talking about the weather where you made an obvious, but definitely accurate, statement ...



The venue will rattle the best golfers. I've seen the "choke" label thrown on Brooks. I'm not seeing his tournament in the same light and I'm not saying others are in the dark.

My gut tells me we wouldn't have seen the Brooks/Rahm weekend pairings if Brooks would have played the late portion of the second round versus getting off early. When the weather hit, his results stagnated.

Here's how I see his tourney:

He gets off early in round two where he also ends up at the top of the leaderboard. The biggest thing of note for that second round? Brooks hit 93% of the fairways.

He's only +1 at the end of round three, but, here's where his game had the hiccup: he only hit 57% of the fairways in round three.

He did better on Sunday hitting 10/14 fairways but he's still having trouble off the box. His first two bogeys—six on the day—came on 3 pars on the front nine. After a bogey on nine (missed fairway) he adds his fourth of the day on his card on #12: his third 3 par.

65-67-Mother Nature-73-75.

Is that a choke, or just a couple of rounds where you're not sharp in those conditions? Sure, he missed a couple of putts he shouldn't have. On the other hand, but that out of sync off the box and still finishing the round +3?

There for a little bit, I thought Hovland was going to make a run and of course, what Phil did is what Phil does, showing he can still play at a high level when he's "on".

 

[TerryP]

There for a little bit, I thought Hovland was going to make a run and of course, what Phil did is what Phil does, showing he can still play at a high level when he's "on".

For where he was on the leaderboard and with his jackets hanging in his locker in the clubhouse I thought the amount of coverage wasn't as much as we'd have normally seen in years past. Maybe someone will break down "air time."

It was a "you are welcome, but sit at the end of the table and don't say anything" weekend for Phil (and the other LIV guys.) It was no coincidence they had all the LIV guys grouped together for the par 3 tournament. And, if you didn't catch the story, Phil really did that: sat at the end of the table at the Champion's dinner and didn't say anything.

 

[PurlJam]

For where he was on the leaderboard and with his jackets hanging in his locker in the clubhouse I thought the amount of coverage wasn't as much as we'd have normally seen in years past. Maybe someone will break down "air time."

It was a "you are welcome, but sit at the end of the table and don't say anything" weekend for Phil (and the other LIV guys.) It was no coincidence they had all the LIV guys grouped together for the par 3 tournament. And, if you didn't catch the story, Phil really did that: sat at the end of the table at the Champion's dinner and didn't say anything.

PGA has a short memory and major butt hurt, imo, for all Phil has done for the sport along with Tiger. More people started playing the sport back in the days of their prime.

 

[TerryP]

PGA has a short memory and major butt hurt, imo, for all Phil has done for the sport along with Tiger. More people started playing the sport back in the days of their prime.

I'd proffer they have a long memory. They remember players complaints/reasons for leaving now have seen the contracts they signed.

On a side note: Brooks was the only guy from the LIV I didn't see wearing LIV gear. IF he'd won, he would have had to forfeit a 1 million dollar bonus, from the LIV, because he wasn't wearing his required (by contract) gear.

One might argue the LIV treats golfers like they do their wives: Wear this. Go there. And don't say a word that's critical. Hell, the restrictions on their speech make me laugh: "Players are not permitted to make any appearances in the media, or grant any exclusive interviews, without obtaining prior approval from the league."

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I'd proffer they have a long memory. They remember players complaints/reasons for leaving now have seen the contracts they signed.

On a side note: Brooks was the only guy from the LIV I didn't see wearing LIV gear. IF he'd won, he would have had to forfeit a 1 million dollar bonus, from the LIV, because he wasn't wearing his required (by contract) gear.

One might argue the LIV treats golfers like they do their wives: Wear this. Go there. And don't say a word that's critical. Hell, the restrictions on their speech make me laugh: "Players are not permitted to make any appearances in the media, or grant any exclusive interviews, without obtaining prior approval from the league."

They're treating them like their employees, and at that level of compensation you'd expect a conduct/endorsement language.

 

[BamaFan334]

I'd proffer they have a long memory. They remember players complaints/reasons for leaving now have seen the contracts they signed.

On a side note: Brooks was the only guy from the LIV I didn't see wearing LIV gear. IF he'd won, he would have had to forfeit a 1 million dollar bonus, from the LIV, because he wasn't wearing his required (by contract) gear.

One might argue the LIV treats golfers like they do their wives: Wear this. Go there. And don't say a word that's critical. Hell, the restrictions on their speech make me laugh: "Players are not permitted to make any appearances in the media, or grant any exclusive interviews, without obtaining prior approval from the league."

Except they were paid very handsomly to sign on to those rules. If they don't like it, they shouldn't have signed.

 

[TerryP]

They're treating them like their employees, and at that level of compensation you'd expect a conduct/endorsement language.

Of course.

It's another matter to point to the lack of ability to build your brand outside of the sphere of the PGA Tour and then move to a tour that restricts it to the same degree; if not worse.

 

[TerryP]

Except they were paid very handsomly to sign on to those rules. If they don't like it, they shouldn't have signed.

"We are not going to the LIV because of the money."

 

[PurlJam]

I'd proffer they have a long memory. They remember players complaints/reasons for leaving now have seen the contracts they signed.

On a side note: Brooks was the only guy from the LIV I didn't see wearing LIV gear. IF he'd won, he would have had to forfeit a 1 million dollar bonus, from the LIV, because he wasn't wearing his required (by contract) gear.

One might argue the LIV treats golfers like they do their wives: Wear this. Go there. And don't say a word that's critical. Hell, the restrictions on their speech make me laugh: "Players are not permitted to make any appearances in the media, or grant any exclusive interviews, without obtaining prior approval from the league."

Spot on in that 1st sentence.
Last paragraph, I wouldn't expect anything different from anything the Saudi's back .
LIV Golf is financed by the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia.

 

[BamaFan334]

"We are not going to the LIV because of the money."

WellI think we all know that is a lie. I have zero issues with that being their reason and then better schedule and such. I don't believe for one second the other reasons were ahead of the money though. After all, it finally got the PGA to pony up and pay those guys more of what they should have been making. Rory and Justin Thomas outta be thanking Phil, Dustin Johnson, DeChambeau etc for making the PGA realize they can lose talent.

 

[BamaFan334]

Of course.

It's another matter to point to the lack of ability to build your brand outside of the sphere of the PGA Tour and then move to a tour that restricts it to the same degree; if not worse.

My question here is why does it matter to build your brand when you're making ten times what your brand would make you on the PGA tour? Your brand is to make money, which you are getting because of "your brand". They are effectively paying them for their brand. And then paying them handsomely at every tournament. There is only one Tiger. One Arnie. One Golden Bear. Guys shouldn't hold their brand to those guys and those possibilities. Ralph Lauren tried to mess up Justin Thomas' brand.