Well the Artist GA DAWG came from behind to win it!! Congrats BUBBA!!!!!
Bubba & Bryson
I LOL at the commentary on BAD.....the bit about the protractor, and Ian BF at end before Bubba tapped in for bird on 18, says he's figured it out or figuring it out and Jim Nantz says figuratively. How original Jim you twat! It's getting a bit old.
Bend it like Bubba!
Bryson is being investigated by the tour for using a compass and was informed Saturday while on the practice tee. I guess the tour wants to see if it is legal to use. Bryson said he's used one for years and has something to do with calculating exactly where the pin placement is on the green. I'm confused.
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Seriously the usga is "investigating" him using a protractor? Lol, assuming he's just breaking down the yardage book to a new level.....do they think he's using it on the green or something, like a green size protractor with drawing device lol. This just illustrates my point. Folks on social media are saying he's using a "compass", lol, they likely don't know the difference.
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ode - Golf World - Golf Digest (linked) and Golf Channel both called it a compass this morning. A protractor is more complex than 'plumb bobbing'. Thanks for mentioning it isn't a compass, per se.
As Bryson stated, no one mentioned it until he's become more successful this year.
I jut hope Bryson paid close attention to Bubba this weekend, the polar opposite of how Bryson perceives the game.
Bryson doesn't need to be so analytical and technical. Although some will claim that it's working for him - I just wonder that if perhaps if he wasn't so wrapped up in details - he might be even better than he currently is?
Going into this week's tournament, had you asked me which player would use a compass, I would've automatically assumed it would be Bryson.
I think he could be even better if he wasn't so anal about the technical aspects.
And worked on his putting.
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At least as far as the photo in the golfdigest.com link goes, it looks like he (Bryson) is just using it to get a proportional perspective as to where one feature (perhaps the pin, but it could be anything I guess) is relative to other features on the scorecard hole layout. I would think someone with his skill and experience could do that innately, but I can't imagine it providing any advantage that others would find objectionable. He could use his thumb to mark a length on the side of a pencil or his forefinger and approximate the same thing if it comes down to it
You'd have to be a known distance away from the object being located, right? Some sort of triangulation? I'll have to look it up. Guy on GEA who knew said when used like that, it's a "divider".
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mikeintopeka no mention of the word compass in the article. The pic shows him with a protractor, not sure why having a protractor would be an issue. I'm sure the usga could invent some reason (or possible reason) why it's an issue....it will be interesting to see what is said, as damn sure TGC will report on it! And Bernhard Langer anchors in plain sight and BAD gets his balls busted for using a protractor
ode - "Compass" is used in the title of the article.
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My understanding is some use the term "compass" when referring to a protractor and pencil, I have never heard anyone use that term til now, quite possibly pre-magnetic compass folks referred to a protractor as a compass, but ??
Sounds like the issue is whether or not it can be used as a DMD (distance measuring device) or not and how he goes about it, etc. He is using it on an actual yardage book itself, not on the actual course, so it would seem he would be ok, but if he constructs a green size "compass" then he's prolly in trouble. I'm sure he'll be warned not to do that
And a point of clarification, I believe it's the PGA looking into it, not the usga. My bad on that!
Compass on the left protractor on the right.
"Knowing" Bryson, he prolly has a digital "compass" 
Yeah, a compass will help immensely if what you need to do is draw a circle. Not sure how it would be helpful on a golf course, lol.
On a side note, when I was in fellowship training at Vanderbilt I used to go play pool with the med students at lunch hour. One of them was famous for studying his shots for too long and from too many angles. One day one of the guys says to him, "What're you gonna do next? Get out a protractor?!? Just hit the damn shot!" From then on whenever anybody studied a shot for more than a few seconds somebody would mention a protractor. It was an ongoing joke. Never thought it would apply to a golf course!
Ok, so I just looked at the linked article, and, sure enough, he has a compass in his hand. Not a protractor.
Baffled.
For completeness. Dividers:
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He's been complaining about the pin location measurements being off vs. what is given to them, the reason for the compass.
I can sure understand his reasoning about that.
I'm not going to putt at the cup I see on the green in front of me, I want to putt at the cup as it is on the paper/in the book.
Guys a real crackpot. I personally don’t even believe in range finders. Golf a game of various skills including judgment, feel, imagination . Designers use many concepts to create illusions on a golf hole. The fun is to figure them out and defeat the hole design, not to use devices .