He's an incredible player with a unique approach to the game. It works for him. He is also a physicist/scientist, so I completely understand the obsessing with details (having worked with and around scientists and engineers for decades). He's one of a kind and I am enjoying watching his career. The meltdown was epic - I think he might have cried. Love the whole package!
GolfBuzz needs a Bryson thread!
Doesn’t seem to be the Palmer, Chi Chi, Travino, Couples personalities out there today.
He's wound tighter than a two dollar watch. I predict a short PGA career.
DC300 that sounds like my buddies and I after we get a few beers in us and start talking sports and the bets start to fly. We had some fun ones this year. The last go around was the bears being 1 and done in the playoffs and who would be the AFC championship, picked before the playoffs started. I won them both and two 6 packs of my choice!
I root for him. But I was put off by the clip of him and his caddie at Dubai, calculating the wedge shot. Every player knows the effects of wind, temperature, altitude, without consulting tables. Come on.
I enjoy watching Bryson play. Is he slow or is he determined to get as much information as possible before he visualizes his shot? I don't really see him wasting time. He seems to be busy in preparation. The one player I see that I think that is slow because of indecision is JB Holmes. Imo if JB took more of the approach of Bryson he would be more decisive on the course.
Imo Bryson's approach of seeking as many details as possible for every shot provides him a basis to improve and refine his game. Will it provide a constant upward spiral? I doubt that because he is not a machine. However, I believe with his dedication, talent and approach he will continue to improve and exceed what he has accomplished to this point, barring injury.
Spuzz I thing they continue to show it as people.discuss it so much. I may be wring but that's my hunch. Personally they need.to show more golf. When he has his club out switch back. I don't get why they don't show more shots. This goes for every pre shot situation. I don't care if it's 1m20s or 30s.
ode they need.to show more golf.
I agree, however, when you are in the last group and last to play, and take forever to choose between a GW and a SW (as Brooks Koepka was quoted on) it's hard to show other shots.
He is in the spotlight more due to his excellent play but his ugly slow play is also in the spotlight.
I don't believe he is being "picked on" due to his slow play, it's just that more people are becoming aware of it.
His quote on being "technically| not slow due to the PGA policy of no penalties being enforced is not helping things. He is apparently not going to be part of the solution.
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Spuzz my personal feeling.on slow play on pga tour is I've come not to care, I'm watching it to watch golf, my gripe is more to do with the coverage, show more golf dammit. And only on the last whole with BD does it prevent the broadcast from showing any other golf, as their are still guys on the course every other hole, even putting out before his approach on 18, so IMO it's a non issue or it should be a non issue!
Now as it relates to slow play in real life, yeah we are fubar and have been for a while now. packed courses will be 4.5 - 5+ hour rds. The answer is be first off or play a course thats not packed or go private. 4 should be the max it takes to play a round, but we are so far past that its past the point of reasonably fixing. If I can get around in 4.5 or less on a busy day I'm tickled pink and that is still SLOW. My dad, bro, and I with a friend can get around in 3.5 easy if no one in front of us. And these are golfers shooting 85-100+!