Golf's Greatest Hope

Toulon · 2021-02-14T11:32:29+00:00

I was thinking of the state of golf and wondered who you think is golf's greatest hope? When I look at the tour I don't see anyone to rally around personali...

garyt1957

SMT Seriously? Once the media took to Tiger he was in your face 24/7. You don't think that had an effect on his popularity?

SMT

garyt1957 I said, it did

PA-PLAYA

DJ won in Dubai and what did he do? He took the following week off. Same with Koepka. Same with all of them, it's become more the norm than the exception.

Fat cats aren't interested in chasing mice, and there are quite a few fat cats on the PGA Tour.

Bryson is the most interesting person on tour today imo. How many Super Bowl commercials were any of the rest of the pga tour players in a few Sunday's back?

He's polarizing. Like him or loath him, people tune in to watch him either do well or to fail. In some respects, the same it went with Tiger. Outside of Bryson, very few of them give me a reason to watch the coverage like I used to. There are few storylines in golf today that are compelling.

sdandrea1

PA-PLAYA He's polarizing. Like him or loath him, people tune in to watch him either do well or to fail

That day he chastised the cameraman for (following him in/out of the bunker) "hurting his brand" was a ruse. He was creating more stir and infamy.😉

Par4QC

PA-PLAYA Bryson is the most interesting person on tour today imo.

He's polarizing. Like him or loath him, people tune in to watch him either do well or to fail.

He's forgotten the reason he became a golfer, let alone a Pro golfer. Winning. Or, maybe he's another Rickie Fowler; all hype, small peanuts, on Tour.
I don't care for him or to watch him, yet without 'loathing' him. He just does not do much for tourneys I've been watching, when he's been in. But, at least he is still making most cuts, unlike Rickie. Who???

Bryson better get back to 'playing golf', real soon. He has numbered his own days. He reminds much of a mudslide. Slow & sloppy.

SMT

PA-PLAYA I agree. When he won his first Masters I thought he was going to write him a fat check and send him on his way.

Eguller

SMT

My impression is that Tiger was hyped since the Bob Hope time. Then 3 straight Junior Championships followed
by 3 straight Amateur Championship. So, when he hit Milwaukee, it was signed, sealed and delivered. 24/7.
They had the product to sell.

As far as Jordan Speith, he was red hot winning 11 tourneys and Majors. The boy next door straight from
Father Knows Best and Andy Griffith. Aw Shucks.... And, then it happened. Brand failure. JMO....

Toulon

Par4QC

I concur. That guy does nothing for me. Well, all guys do nothing for me, but you know what I mean.

Will not turn on or off a tourney because of him. I like Hovland but he's not a draw at this point.

garyt1957

Other than majors, Bryson is the only reason I'd watch a tournament nowadays, especially with Koepka out. Or if I have money on it. Like him or not he's interesting, at least to me

PA-PLAYA

garyt1957

I found him to be a bit of a bore just starting out... much too analytical and a slow poke. And at times he can still be overly calculating, although I think he's made strides in speeding things up.

But I can't remember any player in recent memory who has made a wholesale change in strategy the way he has.

In the end it always comes down to getting the ball in the cup in the fewest strokes possible, and I guess that's what has surprised me the most - his putting and short game in general have improved. Of course, the argument could definitely be made that his new strategy indeed puts more pressure on his short game, because no matter how far he hits it - his swing isn't going to be on-point every week.

He's different, and that's not a bad thing for golf at the moment.

mikeintopeka

PA-PLAYA his swing isn't going to be on-point every week.

I agree but with the single length Cobras, he's going to have as close to a consistent, grooved swing as anyone on Tour.

darpar

DeChambeau thinks way outside the box, something I can relate to and I find him pretty
entertaining on so many levels.....he has that 'what's he gonna do next' factor.
And if Tony Finau (Utah native) ever figures out how to finish the deal come Sunday,
he'll be in the mix for years to come....hard to root against TF.
A LOT of good young talent on the tour, probably more parity than ever.

LBlack14

darpar 2 of my favorites.

garyt1957

darpar And from what I've seen BD is not a choker like so many of these guys. He makes clutch putts time after time. If Rory could putt like BD he'd challenge Jack.

darpar

O' yeah, throw in Harry "One Button" Higgs, that guy is pretty entertaining.

Spuzz

darpar Harry "One Button" Higgs, that guy is pretty entertaining.

He is but he can't be all entertainment and missed cut to be noticed on the course.
Otherwise, he is a poor man's Feherty.

johnnydoom

garyt1957 And from what I've seen BD is not a choker like so many of these guys.

He seemed to have had a couple of breakdowns early on, but appears to be in good command emotionally and mentally now. Had Westwood clinging to him last week and still finished strong and it seems like he had some strong chasers in the U.S. Open and did the same.

Walterjn

He will be one to keep an eye on going forward. It will be interesting to see what he does this week seeing as how the PGA has added a rule aimed more at him and that drive of his...

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