The Masters 2022 edition

azgreg · 2022-03-31T01:40:08+00:00

Never to early for a Masters thread.

HybridWood

ode I think it is Charles Coody (not that I knew right away, just from a search of images it's my best guess).

Eguller

HybridWood

Correct.

Let's see who knows their stuff -----> Who is between Zack and Bernhard ? 🤔

HybridWood

Eguller As Google is my friend, it's Tommy Aaron.

Sorry, I'll stay out of the rest of these, but the guy above Ian Woosnam has been fairly anonymous lately and might not be readily known...

MartinD

My best guess, starting with the back row, and working left to right:

Woods, Lyle, Bubba Watson, Faldo, Scott, Zoeller, O'Meara
Reed, Olazabal, Garcia, Mize (skip to far right) Dustin Johnson, Schwarzel
Singh, Speith, Nicklaus, Willett, Langer, Aaron, Zack Johnson, Immelman, Stadler, Woosnam, Couples
Weir, Coody, Player, Matsuyama, Crenshaw, Ridley, Floyd, Tom Watson

Eguller

Watching Tiger prep, it appears his swing is in very nice shape, but his physical condition is not.

Walterjn

Par4QC https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/33683807/augusta-chairman-phil-mickelson-was-invited-pulled-out

ode

Walterjn glad they acknowledged that. Confirmed Phil's choice!

MartinD

Something a little bit different:

SMT

MartinD Turns my stomach

azgreg

Reports are they got about 2 inches of rain yesterday.

ode

Interesting the debate re: "modest" rollback if equipment on TGC with Brandel and McGinley in response to Chairman Ridley's comments. What does that even mean, modest.....that must mean the ball, but ?? Chairman Ridley then stated he did not think it would change the distance of courses🤔. I get that it will bring some of the skill, that these guys are referring to, back! But....the longer hitters will still have the advantage, possibly moreso. These guys talk about the not so long hitters having no chance, but in this scenario of a modest equipment roll back and same/similar length courses, the shorter hitters might fair worse. I dunno, but I'm all for more working the ball and more mid and long irons in on par 4's,etc, but will it really make much of a difference?

Mattyv

ode

I say don't change the course length or equipment. Just change par on the course and make the rough more penal. Lets take #13 at Agusta for instance at 510 yards. Sure sounds like a US Open par 4 to me. Maybe for the pro players they change par on some of the holes at various courses. Maybe we see mor par 70 or even par 69 courses if that's what they call for. Also tighten up some of the fairways(not applicable at Agusta) on the regular PGA tour spots. Put a premium on hitting fairways. Just my 2 pennies.

garyt1957

ode
What if they went to a more balata like ball that had more spin.? Big hitters would also be much wilder and it might not be worth the extra distance to go hard at it?

ode

Mattyv that was one of my immediate thoughts.....change it (#13) to a par 4 because that is what it is to the modern pro. It might* make a difference on how they approach that hole. I'm kw they can lengthen it, but could they change the angle of the tee shot?

pellmell

Mattyv In addition, perhaps soften the fairways to limit the amount of role.

SMT

Mattyv All you would have to do is move tee boxes left or right from current locations if possible.
Imagine #13 if the tee box (somehow) was 15 yards left.

golf_bhoy

Mattyv Just change par on the course

If it wasn't for TV having to describe who's challenging and who's not, I'd do away with par and just count the shots hit ...

From last year's Open presentation - "With a score of 265, winner of the gold medal, and the champion golfer of the year ... Collin Morikawa"

azgreg

MartinD

garyt1957 A change to equipment that makes bad shots worse would seem to be an obvious avenue to explore - would put more emphasis on the quality of a player's ballstriking. The long hitters would still have an advantage when it comes to distance, but would they take the risk of maximising distance if a bad swing put them 60 yards off line instead of 20?

darpar

You can watch every shot by every player here:
https://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/index.html
Just click on the name and hole:
https://www.masters.com/en_US/players/player_20766.html?promo=bio_lb

garyt1957

darpar I wonder who will get the most views?

Eguller

Watch live on CBSSports.com -------- cool. Following Tiger now.

johnnydoom

Looking like they've gone with some pretty nasty pin placements on the front nine to start the tournament. Just watched two guys on number 5 (actually I think it may have been 6 - not sure as I walked in from the room I'm working in for a brief look). One putts from the bottom of the hill and watches his putt make a u-turn 15 feet short of the hole and come right back to him. The other putts from the top of the hill, runs his putt a bit past the hole and it rolls all the way down to the bottom of the hill 60 feet away. Watching that happen to pros is interesting. ESPN+ has holes 4, 5, and 6 showing live.

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