Him taking off all this time between the Masters feels like a really bad idea.Weird week for Tiger ends in a MC. We’re on to Pebble.
I know you were saying this is jest, but I've heard this a bunch today and it misunderstands the 10 shot rule.Image if the cut was 10 off the lead.
I like watching him play, but I'm a bigger fan of other players. Brooks just shows up, does his thing quietly, and is on his way to yet another major. Seems like he doesn't get the credit he deserves.A serious question: are there any Brooks Koepka fans as such? I'm in awe of the way he's playing at the moment - this is Tiger-at-his-best crazy good - but he seems a bit personality-free and rather difficult to love.
He's definitely unassuming and that limits the talk about him. But if he runs through this tourney, for his 4th major won in less than 3 years, he'll get an abundance of credit.I like watching him play, but I'm a bigger fan of other players. Brooks just shows up, does his thing quietly, and is on his way to yet another major. Seems like he doesn't get the credit he deserves.
Huh. I just looked up how the Masters cut works and you are exactly right. It’s top 50, plus anyone within 10. I honestly never knew this. Maybe because edges cases like this hardly come up.I know you were saying this is jest, but I've heard this a bunch today and it misunderstands the 10 shot rule.
The 10 shot rule doesn't eliminate players - it keeps them in. Meaning, if the rule was in force here, the cut would be top 70 and ties or 10 shots from the lead, depending on whichever includes more players. (At least that's the only way I've heard it.)
I think that's well put. He'll get an abundance of credit, but maybe not an abundance of love.He's definitely unassuming and that limits the talk about him. But if he runs through this tourney, for his 4th major won in less than 3 years, he'll get an abundance of credit.
No. That's Patrick ReedIs Brooks the dude that everyone was kinda anti a couple years ago when he won because he got kicked off his college team and had some weird brouhaha with his family?
Brooks is the guy Joe Buck misidentified his girlfriend on air after winning the 17 US Open.Is Brooks the dude that everyone was kinda anti a couple years ago when he won because he got kicked off his college team and had some weird brouhaha with his family?
He was on Pardon My Take this week and it was a great interview. It’s hard to articulate this but I find that instead of just being a guy that has no personality that his personality is that he actually doesn’t have a personality. I’m well aware that statement makes no sense but it also kind of fits him. I like the guy a lot after that interview.A serious question: are there any Brooks Koepka fans as such? I'm in awe of the way he's playing at the moment - this is Tiger-at-his-best crazy good - but he seems a bit personality-free and rather difficult to love.
This is rich coming from the same guy that asked why everyone loved Tiger.A serious question: are there any Brooks Koepka fans as such? I'm in awe of the way he's playing at the moment - this is Tiger-at-his-best crazy good - but he seems a bit personality-free and rather difficult to love.
How so?This is rich coming from the same guy that asked why everyone loved Tiger.
Isn't that how Keith Foulke was with baseball? His true love was hockey but he was just good at baseball?I actually really like that he doesn’t like golf. I think it’s hysterical. I also think that is something that will bother a lot of people for reasons that I don’t understand which makes it funnier.
One of the main reasons I asked the question is that Koepka is playing so well - so much like Tiger when he was destroying fields at Augusta and Pebble and elsewhere - and yet instead of exulting in the greatness that Koepka is displaying, some idiot fans at Bethpage seem to be cheering his mistakes, and I think the average fan is probably hoping he comes back to the pack somehow rather than hoping he wins by 12 and sets records. That's interesting at some level, isn't it?I wouldn't pay that question any mind.
I think the fans were rooting against him mostly because he was playing with Tiger. And destroying him.One of the main reasons I asked the question is that Koepka is playing so well - so much like Tiger when he was destroying fields at Augusta and Pebble and elsewhere - and yet instead of exulting in the greatness that Koepka is displaying, some idiot fans at Bethpage seem to be cheering his mistakes, and I think the average fan is probably hoping he comes back to the pack somehow rather than hoping he wins by 12 and sets records. That's interesting at some level, isn't it?
(My own thoughts about Tiger are immaterial to the question I asked.)
That's almost always my attitude as well. But this is my point in asking the question: when Tiger destroyed the field at Augusta in 1997 or at Pebble in 2000, everyone went crazy and thought it *was* that compelling. (The final round at the Masters in 1997 got a 15.8 Nielsen rating and a 32 share.) And now Koepka is playing Tiger-like golf and almost certainly establishing himself as the best, most talented and most consistent golfer in the world...and there's no chance in hell CBS wants him to carry a huge lead into the final round.And I'm rooting for him to come back to the pack because while greatness can be admired, it doesn't make for a compelling weekend watch. At least not for me.
Well, the most consistent Major Championship player in the world. There’s a reason why he’s not ranked #1, and it’s because at age 29, he still only has 5 PGA tour wins. And up until now, he’s probably not had one of the best 7 or 8 seasons on tour.And now Koepka is playing Tiger-like golf and almost certainly establishing himself as the best, most talented and most consistent golfer in the world...and there's no chance in hell CBS wants him to carry a huge lead into the final round.
Eh, it's not really, anymore. The current generation of long hitters are all max effort swing guys.I was listening on PGA radio earlier. Brooks was on 4. Second shot 7i 210 into the green. That’s just incredible.
There don't seem to be many. He's a bit boring on the course. Hitting the ball a mile is great and all but if you see one long drive you've seen them all. I don't think people dislike him, just they don't really care about him. I'll take him over DJ in the long hitter division, fwiw.A serious question: are there any Brooks Koepka fans as such? I'm in awe of the way he's playing at the moment - this is Tiger-at-his-best crazy good - but he seems a bit personality-free and rather difficult to love.
Needler hit the nail on the head, too. Koepka has come out of nowhere to win a few majors. He was basically unknown in 2017, so building up the reputation takes some time. And he has a way about him that isn't that compelling when he's on the course. He's just looks like an aloof robot. I am not saying he is aloof, but that's the way it looks.There don't seem to be many. He's a bit boring on the course. Hitting the ball a mile is great and all but if you see one long drive you've seen them all. I don't think people dislike him, just they don't really care about him. I'll take him over DJ in the long hitter division, fwiw.
And then air balls his puttBrooks botches a pretty easy birdie putt at 1, so he sticks it even closer on 2
What’s scary is that he’s leaving strokes out there too.This is ridiculous
You can't put a price tag on thatTomorrow I'm not really sure what the point is of going to Bethpage other than to purchase overpriced beers.
It's the stuff of MasterCard commercials.You can't put a price tag on that
I don't think folks understand how good 5 wins before 30 is -- 10 wins and a major is a HoF career. Brooks is already a HoF player with his multiple majors.Well, the most consistent Major Championship player in the world. There’s a reason why he’s not ranked #1, and it’s because at age 29, he still only has 5 PGA tour wins. And up until now, he’s probably not had one of the best 7 or 8 seasons on tour.
If he keeps this up, and he probably will, because he’s certainly one of the 2 or 3 most talented players out there, he’ll get plenty of fans. He just hasn’t been doing it for as long or as frequently as the other top guys, so the fans haven’t has any reason or opportunity to build that affinity for him.
It’s not really that. I think people understand how great his run has been... it’s that they don’t care much and are trying to understand why that’s the case.I don't think folks understand how good 5 wins before 30 is -- 10 wins and a major is a HoF career. Brooks is already a HoF player with his multiple majors.
I hope he keeps winning just to piss everyone off. So many people love the crybaby Spieth, but not Brooks. Blows my mind.It’s not really that. I think people understand how great his run has been... it’s that they don’t care much and are trying to understand why that’s the case.
It's hard to imagine they will move away from CBS. But it's scheduled to finish at 7pm, no?Do we expect this to stay on CBS the rest of the day? I would assume so, I can't imagine it ending by 6 though. I have to run out to coach in a few and want to tape the rest to watch later