Someone just screamed, "hold dee door," after Fowler hit his shot. That's probably the best one I've heard.
Not really. They were calling him out for the concentration loss and it was casually mentioned by McCord I think that people were yelling in his backswing. Tripping up over themselves?And then Rickie promptly rifles and iron into the tall grass. Announcers trip over themselves to make excuses for him.
Apparently it's still just a rumor, but Deutsche Bank and the Tiger Woods Foundation are both moving on, so it sounds like our tour stop could be trouble. The Boston area had a tough time maintaining a tour stop - Pleasant Valley never had the strongest fields or a real big time sponsor and disappeared from the calendar in the late 90's. The Deutsche Bank has been blessed with its playoff spot and thus great fields, but still a difficult date in terms of catching a ton of attention. Labor Day Weekend is certainly not ideal for my ability to attend - I have never made it and once again will miss out this year. I really do want to make it happen and would be extremely disappointed if I missed my last chance - hopefully a new sponsor can be found.I heard a rumor that this is the last year for the tournament? Is that true?
Thanks!There are a lot of nice vantage points. I'm not a fan of following one group and since you're going on Saturday it will be the whole field so that will be nice.
Some of my favorite spots are:
#2 tee. Get there early but its fun to see everyone hit driver up close
#16 green. There are bleachers there to watch the par 3 tee shots. Depending on the pin it could make for dramatic viewing.
#13 fairway. This is an underrated spot in my opinion. Its a very difficult tee shot so a lot of times they get sprayed all over so you'll have a chance of a player hitting his approach out of the rough right next to you. its also shaded and secluded so bring a chair in and have a good time.
I heard a rumor that this is the last year for the tournament? Is that true?
I'm sure I'll head up 1 or 2 days.
67, but yeah unfortunately you are correct in your conclusion.Ho hum 64 for Furyk. Hazeltine, here he comes!
PGA Tour Live has featured holes, but nothing else. Tape delayed coverage on Golf Channel starts at 11:30. I just spoilered myself and saw a leaderboard.Since they moved the tee times up is this on TV anywhere?
Guess he got himself straightened out. What a round today and nice comeback for Rory. Great to see him winning again, though it is bad news on the Ryder Cup front if he's got the putter dialed in and hot.Rory is a mess. Par, bogey, triple to start his day.
I've got good money on he and Rory going PXG. Parsons is exactly the spendthrift nutbag that would throw tons of money at them to make a big splash.It'll be interesting to see what clubs he's playing when he comes back. Chances that Nike clubs will still be in his bag are around 0%.
Haha. Well people think PXG because of exactly what you say in your last sentence. Parsons is a bored, eccentric, billionaire spendthrift trying to sell clubs for $500 a piece with his big players being Zach Johnson and Billy Horschel. I see little dispute he'd offer the most and I don't think PXG is "hot and popular" enough to deter him from taking he check and returning to being a company's alpha dog.I think there's close to a 0% chance he goes to PXG, I have no idea why people think this will happen. Tiger likes to go to the beat of his own drummer and I don't see him going with what's hot and popular right now.
I've seen the Miura rumors out there, but Miura is a family company that even touts on their website that they do not sponsor anybody. Tiger has not been one to turn down money, I don't think he's playing clubs for free.
Once you get to the level these guys are at, the clubs become important more from a psychological standpoint than a physical one because all the clubs are outstanding. But to the player, do they look right? Do they fell right? Is there confidence holding the club?Seems like TIger is (or at least should be) at a point in his career where he shouldn't care less about sponsorship money, and actually go out and pick the clubs that might help him play the best.
Of course that makes an assumption that somehow there is a difference for these guys, and one set of clubs is better than the others
Agree with all of this, but I'm also reminded that Tiger is a guy who - in terms of their equipment - was essentially the "founding endorser" of Nike Golf. And he thrived using their clubs. So I would think he understands that that he can work with the engineers at any of the major companies to create clubs that work with his game.Once you get to the level these guys are at, the clubs become important more from a psychological standpoint than a physical one because all the clubs are outstanding. But to the player, do they look right? Do they fell right? Is there confidence holding the club?
All of that is very player specific.
I would agree that Tiger should care less about the money, but that doesn't jive with his recent announcement he'll play in Turkey. Why play in Turkey if not for the sponsorship/appearance money?Seems like TIger is (or at least should be) at a point in his career where he shouldn't care less about sponsorship money, and actually go out and pick the clubs that might help him play the best.
Of course that makes an assumption that somehow there is a difference for these guys, and one set of clubs is better than the others
Maybe just get some work in without all the fuss that would accompany Tiger in the United States?I would agree that Tiger should care less about the money, but that doesn't jive with his recent announcement he'll play in Turkey. Why play in Turkey if not for the sponsorship/appearance money?
I was thinking that a bit at first, also gives him a chance against what I am guessing is a pretty substandard field.Maybe just get some work in without all the fuss that would accompany Tiger in the United States?