The Open Championship- Royal Birkdale
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Spieth with little bitty balls on the 5th playing the layup on a 260 yard hole. (and people wonder why we hate him)
Kutcher with a classic 2 more yards on his blind shot to the green, which yes came up about 12 feet short of the hole
At least Spieth's lack of balls ends up with a par, which is a functional bogey on that hole
Kutcher with a classic 2 more yards on his blind shot to the green, which yes came up about 12 feet short of the hole
At least Spieth's lack of balls ends up with a par, which is a functional bogey on that hole
Acht Rory, i expect him to get up and down from there. Momentum killer.
Edit: he gets one back at the 9th.
Edit: he gets one back at the 9th.
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Rory does everything wrong at the tenth without breaking a sweat and gets an easy double bogey. Well played.
Kuch with a brilliant shot on 18, he's got a short birdie putt. Spieth gets away with a poor wedge, and will have what appears to be an awkward birdie putt, but at least it managed to avoid the bunker
And Ugh Spieth makes it, and Kuch misses a short birdie putt. So he'll have a 3 stroke lead entering Sunday.
And Ugh Spieth makes it, and Kuch misses a short birdie putt. So he'll have a 3 stroke lead entering Sunday.
man, playing Spieth is like playing the old guy at the club. you out drive him and you think you have an advantage then he gets a good bunce and makes a putt out of nowhere and you somehow lose
I have nothing against Spieth, but this is probably going to be a boring as shit Sunday at the Open.
The Spieth haters remind me of the Tiger haters back in the day. They are just missing out on some pretty damn incredible golf.
Meanwhile, Rory heads into another Major Sunday 9 shots back. Three years since he went into a Sunday with a chance to win.
Meanwhile, Rory heads into another Major Sunday 9 shots back. Three years since he went into a Sunday with a chance to win.
I enjoy watching him but he has about as much personality as a cardboard box. He's like a corporate marketing committee's version of a golfer. That's fine and all but there's not much there. Great player though and I love seeing a plus plus putter among the elite.
95% of the PGA Tour is a cardboard box. It might be closer to 100%.
He is learning from the best corporate robots in sports and probably offended many of them with his chest bump at The Travelers.
yeah, seriously. that chest bump was probably the most dynamic non-ryder cup moment in golf in like 20 years...lol
i'm not hater, the guy isn't a greeat driver ball of the ball at a time when the other top ranked guys can hit it 330 in their sleep, but he's basically elite in every other aspect of the game, especially putting, and is a really good course manager
i'm not hater, the guy isn't a greeat driver ball of the ball at a time when the other top ranked guys can hit it 330 in their sleep, but he's basically elite in every other aspect of the game, especially putting, and is a really good course manager
If you read the last couple dozen posts, we get two opposite ends of the spectrum. People think he has no personality, and others think he shows too much personality on the course (or the personality he does show, they don't like). Frankly, I'm not sure he can win when no matter what he does, he's going to get criticized for it.
In my mind, he's not much different than Tiger, who was literally the ultimate corporate shill during his career. The guy was in as many advertisements as Peyton Manning. And on course, people thought he was too methodical and robotic early in his career, and then he would get pissed, and people hated it about him too. If we could go back and pull posts from around here during Tiger's peak, you could swap out the names, and the criticisms would be the same.
As far as the golf goes, today's round reminded me of many of Tiger's rounds during his peak. Spieth literally never came close to making bogey today. I used to write about it with Tiger on this site a decade ago. Tiger would always be putting for birdie or eagle, while the rest of the field was having to make a 10 footer to save par every couple holes. Spieth was just like that today. He may not be a great driver of the ball, but for my money, he's the best player in the world from 150 yards in.
The 18th hole was a perfect synopsis of the difference between him and most of the field right now. Walking up to that green, Kuchar had to be thinking if he makes and Jordan misses, they go into tomorrow one shot apart. Spieth knew it too, and when he dropped that putt, it added about 10 feet to Kuchar's putt, and that one shot lead turned into a 3 shot lead. That's the shit Tiger did back in the day. He was in everyone's head, and I think Spieth is slowly putting himself in that same spot. People were in here posting about how great the leaderboard looked when Spieth teed off today because everyone was making a move in the easy conditions, and then he went out and basically put even more distance between himself and everyone else than he had going into today's round. So impressive.
The only question now is whether or not Spieth can finish tournaments off like Tiger did. When Tiger had a 54 hole lead, shit was over. He never, ever blew a lead in a Major after 3 days, until maybe the very end of his career. Spieth has blown leads in a couple majors already. If he comes out tomorrow, and laps the field again like he did today and wins by 4-5 shots, I think it could be the start of a pretty epic run for him. If he blows it like he did at the Masters, then who knows where things go from there. There is certainly plenty of reasons to get up early tomorrow and tune in (or sleep in and DVR it like i'll probably do
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In my mind, he's not much different than Tiger, who was literally the ultimate corporate shill during his career. The guy was in as many advertisements as Peyton Manning. And on course, people thought he was too methodical and robotic early in his career, and then he would get pissed, and people hated it about him too. If we could go back and pull posts from around here during Tiger's peak, you could swap out the names, and the criticisms would be the same.
As far as the golf goes, today's round reminded me of many of Tiger's rounds during his peak. Spieth literally never came close to making bogey today. I used to write about it with Tiger on this site a decade ago. Tiger would always be putting for birdie or eagle, while the rest of the field was having to make a 10 footer to save par every couple holes. Spieth was just like that today. He may not be a great driver of the ball, but for my money, he's the best player in the world from 150 yards in.
The 18th hole was a perfect synopsis of the difference between him and most of the field right now. Walking up to that green, Kuchar had to be thinking if he makes and Jordan misses, they go into tomorrow one shot apart. Spieth knew it too, and when he dropped that putt, it added about 10 feet to Kuchar's putt, and that one shot lead turned into a 3 shot lead. That's the shit Tiger did back in the day. He was in everyone's head, and I think Spieth is slowly putting himself in that same spot. People were in here posting about how great the leaderboard looked when Spieth teed off today because everyone was making a move in the easy conditions, and then he went out and basically put even more distance between himself and everyone else than he had going into today's round. So impressive.
The only question now is whether or not Spieth can finish tournaments off like Tiger did. When Tiger had a 54 hole lead, shit was over. He never, ever blew a lead in a Major after 3 days, until maybe the very end of his career. Spieth has blown leads in a couple majors already. If he comes out tomorrow, and laps the field again like he did today and wins by 4-5 shots, I think it could be the start of a pretty epic run for him. If he blows it like he did at the Masters, then who knows where things go from there. There is certainly plenty of reasons to get up early tomorrow and tune in (or sleep in and DVR it like i'll probably do
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Rory hits is 330 in his sleep. He hasn't been involved in a major on a Sunday since 2014. Drive for show, putt for dough. People get annoyed because players are making course length worthless and Spieth, without the same length, is hated for, ummm, not making length worthless. It is all so very hypocritical. And he's out there with the chance to have 3 majors under his belt before the age of 24, something even Tiger didn't do.
All golfers are corporate. Saying Spieth is like a robot, which he is most certainly not, as he's pretty animated and thoughtful, doesn't make any sense. Unless you're just looking to mock him for something. Anything. Is Justin Rose not corporate? Adam Scott? Dustin Johnson? Rory McIlroy has the largest money deals in the game. What does "too corporate" mean anyway? Nothing. It's a worthless complaint.
All of this seems petty. Spieth is an amazing golfer with close to a hall of fame resume (2 majors, one fed ex championship, 13 tour wins) at the age of 23. He's awesome. And he's honest about himself and his family and his life. I don't get a robot vibe at all. He'll give an interview after the round. He'll talk about things. He's out there. And he wins.
Team Spieth.
edit - I should add I'm hoping Spieth blows up early in the round, with a few guys charging, so tomorrow is fun to watch. Close finishes are always the best. Team Spieth and all, assuming he makes it close and compelling.
Jeez, I like Spieth. If it wasn't clear I was admiring the fact that he's not a great driver of the ball when the others in the top-5 are. And that's actually easier to improve than 150 yards in. Or making 10 foot putts
Looks like wind will be up some today. Supposedly 20mph peak winds
Edit: so far this morning conditions are same as yesterday but pins are in harder spots supposedly
Looks like wind will be up some today. Supposedly 20mph peak winds
Edit: so far this morning conditions are same as yesterday but pins are in harder spots supposedly
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DJ doubles 1, Hideki blows his opening tee shot OOB. Tough start for those 2. DJ apparently said his target was to shoot 61.
Edit: Love seeing the promos for Pats/Chiefs
Edit: Love seeing the promos for Pats/Chiefs
They are awesome.
Speaking of commonalities, in broadcasting -- amusing how announcers are wish-casting an improbable run by one of the earlier starters, only to see them soil themselves like this.
Be patient, gents, Kuchar is there and there may be other challengers as well.
Spieth in some trouble on 1. Chance for Kooch to maybe pick up a shot or 2 here. Everyone around them dropped shots at 1 so seems it's match play at this point.
I love the side by side coverage with commercials. This is the future of commercials during sporting events.
Koepka has one hell of a bunker shot coming up
EDIT--or not. He played out sideways.
Jordan seems to have found his sea legs.
EDIT--or not. He played out sideways.
Jordan seems to have found his sea legs.
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he needs to see a putt actually go in. he's a mess
there ya go
both gusy playing horribly. Kooch has been in bunkers the last four holes
there ya go
both gusy playing horribly. Kooch has been in bunkers the last four holes
And Speith had a chance to step on the neck of Kooch with that putt, but no dice. This has been pretty good thus far.