Rory gonna miss the cut. Disappointing.
I keep waiting for Ramey to implode. Hasn't happened yet but early days.
Here it is.Rory gonna miss the cut. Disappointing.
I keep waiting for Ramey to implode. Hasn't happened yet but early days.
Last summer I watched 3 guys in a row do that on 4. They were terrible golfers and only 1 guy actually hit one on the green (after dunking a couple first). The others just dropped where he was. I warned them it could happen and then all 3 did it anyway. At least they were good guys and just enjoying the experience so they thought it was pretty funny.Ridiculous:
Also, Twitter video in bizarre brain damaged upright camera mode with the edges of the TV feed cut off is brutal.
Correct. New this year a player can replace a broken club mid-round, provided it wasn't damaged through abuse. If it broke there it's an obvious abuse case.I assume he can’t replace the broken club until after the round is completed?
Probably won't be but what a run.Probably won’t be enough but a preposterous back 9 from Hatton
I've gotten the impression from various interviews some (many?) of the tour players are in favor of dialing the ball in moreso than say reworking or limiting clubs. Tigers definitely been vocal about this in the past.The tour and manufacturers really need to get together and just put out their own rules. Why they're still beholden to these self-appointed rules creators is baffling.
They're more than welcome to make their own rules and clubs. However, the "self-appointed rules creators" have both been around longer than the PGA Tour and OEMs, put on 50% of the major championship tournaments (plus the hundreds of qualifying events) and run the majority of the nationwide amateur events as well. If the Tour ignores this, they'll even further diminish their product in comparison to the majors.Why they're still beholden to these self-appointed rules creators is baffling.
I wonder how much the manufacturers have talked to the players about this. It really has to be the ball. Selling $700+ drivers that are simply worse than what is available today isn't going to work. You'll have guys on YouTube comparing nerfed equipment to current equipment and it will be clear everything new is worse. That's not going to help club sales to the average golfer. Meanwhile golf balls are perishable and bought constantly.I've gotten the impression from various interviews some (many?) of the tour players are in favor of dialing the ball in moreso than say reworking or limiting clubs. Tigers definitely been vocal about this in the past.
The pros already play with a bunch of weird and quirky compliant but different balls like the various ProV1 dash/star combinations I dont see this being terribly different.
Lol it's a new ball, not a new sport. Elite players change balls literally all the time, I'm sure they can figure it out in like a week.Does the NCAA adopt the new balls or does everyone coming out need to learn a new game when they go pro?
In their view, the ball goes too far, which has all sorts of downstream effects on courses and the game as a whole. They released a whole giant report on it and everything explaining all of this. It has nothing to do with scoring or protecting par.Finally, what's the problem being "solved"?
The problem being solved is some old guys with power don't like the game they see on TV. That's it. And you know that's it because literally no one cares if some guy at the local course hits the ball 300+ yards.Finally, what's the problem being "solved"?
Then why do it? Players don't change balls to ones that fly 10% shorter. And elite players pretty much only change balls when paid to do so. They change clubs much more often, but that's not the change being made. Why not (yeah, I know why not)?Lol it's a new ball, not a new sport. Elite players change balls literally all the time, I'm sure they can figure it out in like a week.
I've read the whole giant report and talked extensively with people whose job it is to analyze the report. The report says basically nothing. Nothing will change as a result of this. Based on your own statements, this won't make a difference to elite players, so I ask again, why do it?In their view, the ball goes too far, which has all sorts of downstream effects on courses and the game as a whole. They released a whole giant report on it and everything explaining all of this. It has nothing to do with scoring or protecting par.
What's amusing to me about the people whining about this is that it's like barely a change. They're slightly restricting the balls for elite tournament play. The balls are already bifurcated - tour players are often playing different balls than most amateurs. Nothing is gonna change about the balls people currently play. It's a small reduction in distance for elite swing speeds which imo doesn't do much. I wish they had done more.
Sure players play shorter balls all the time. Maybe not 10%, but they all balance distance with other characteristics. Rory changed balls last year mid-year from the new TP5 to the old 2019 TP5x, which he said helped his wedge game immensely. He also did it the week of a major (Then why do it? Players don't change balls to ones that fly 10% shorter. And elite players pretty much only change balls when paid to do so.
It won't do much, but after listening to Mike Whan directly today, what it does is stop/re-set the progression of distance. It goes up about a yard a year (roughly), so this is just as much about 20 years from now as it is today. Why are these standards, created in 2004, the perfect ones? Do we think that distance won't KEEP increasing? It's just changing the standards slightly to basically bring it back 20 years and start the distance clock all over again and re-assess in 20 years basically.Based on your own statements, this won't make a difference to elite players, so I ask again, why do it?
Why do you wish they had done more? What are you hoping to see that you don't see now?
I think it's obvious: the USGA and many golfers simply are living in different worlds. The USGA is backward looking, conservative, and bastion of the a world that is long gone. The game has changed dramatically over last 20+ years and many of the players are younger and don't care at all about golf's history or the old guard. It's a clash of civilizations.Every other sport changes their equipment rules often, including golf over the years. Yet somehow this one change has people up in arms and I can't understand why.