2021 PGA Championship

rsvman2

sdandrea1 Dude can roll the rock, even with an increasingly old school version of the old Wilson putter that Crenshaw used to use.
For a long time he moved to an Odyssey version with an insert but it looks like he is back to the classic all metal putter now.

sdandrea1

rsvman2 Dude can roll the rock,

He puts his drives out there with the best of them, too. He had the longest drive of the week on #16 (I think) at 366 yards!

garyt1957

sdandrea1 Hey @Spuzz, how do you like Lefty's golf bag?
😈😉

Even my wife said that kooks like a women's bag.

sdandrea1

garyt1957 Even my wife said that kooks like a women's bag.

LMAO! SWMBO was shopping online for his bag and headcovers in a smaller profile. She loved it. Couldn't find one tho.

MartinD

A question - how does Mickelson's win compare to other unexpected late-career majors?

In my mind, it's not up there with Nicklaus in the 1986 Masters or Woods in the 2019 Masters, but it's not far behind, and probably ahead of others (Ernie Els - 2012 Open, Hale Irwin - 1990 US Open are a couple of examples that come to mind).

sdandrea1

MartinD

I'd consider Watson's "almost" at the OC right up there as well. Talk about riveting TV!

But as wins go, I'm ranking Phil's at the top because of how he performed at his age. His distance is not diminished. He's actually beating Father Time.

garyt1957

MartinD I think it's at least the equal of those. Phil was literally rock bottom and older to boot.

azgreg

sdandrea1 His distance is not diminished.

No shit! He hit one 366 yards.

garyt1957

sdandrea1 I'd consider Watson's "almost" at the OC right up there as well. Talk about riveting TV!

Especially since he struck a beautiful 7 iron on the 17th? hole that just rolled off, then nerves got him on the putt. That would've been the one to beat for sure.

ode

I thought he was "slow playing" Brooks a little....i.e. gamesmanship!

Eguller

garyt1957 Especially since he struck a beautiful 7 iron on the 17th? hole that just rolled off, then nerves got him on the putt. That would've been the one to beat for sure.

So did Phil mention Watson in his post win interview. He said that Watson hit a perfect 8 iron and basically
just got unlucky it wasn't stone dead. Watson's loss was the most disappointing moment I can think of
in watching TV golf.

shokosugi

Par4QC If Phil can drive this well for 4 days, maybe we should all be getting the latest Callaway head. Gotta be the driver

Its funny how there does not seem to be much talk of Phil's 6 deg driver at 47.9". When Bryson was just talking about this setup, there seemed to be tons of talk about the "mad scientist"

sdandrea1

shokosugi Its funny how there does not seem to be much talk of Phil's 6 deg driver at 47.9". When Bryson was just talking about this setup, there seemed to be tons of talk about the "mad scientist"

Bryson could take a lesson from Phil about being less talkative and letting his results speak.

sdandrea1

Eguller Watson's loss was the most disappointing moment I can think of
in watching TV golf.

Amen.

Dufferman

I thought the sea of people Phil and Brooks had to wade through was both ridiculous and fantastic! Great to see people on the course, but MAKE WAY for the players. Brooks took a while to get out of the seas of bodies.

Par4QC

🤣

Mattyv

My buddy just seme this. Too funny.

EDIT: I just now saw @azgreg put this in the other thread. Funny enough for both threads I guess.

Walterjn

Mattyv ok, I just gotta ask, what's up with Brooks and Dechambeau??

golf_bhoy

Mattyv EDIT: I just now saw @azgreg put this in the other thread. Funny enough for both threads I guess.

"This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner." - I still haven't seen this clip 🤷

Mattyv

Walterjn

I think Brooks is a bit annoyed with the scientific breakdown of every inch of the golf swing talk. He is not alone.

Dufferman

The PGA is in my home state next year, so I registered to buy tickets. We should be out of school and I should be able to actually go. Question, what kind of price tag are you looking at for a ticket? Should I just get a Sunday ticket for all the excitement, or would I have more fun with less crowd on Thur/Fri?

BTW, I've never been to any PGA event.

KCee

Dufferman I went to the PGA in 2019 at Bethpage on a Friday and I want to say tickets were $150 for a day? I think Thurs and Friday are less than Sunday. Had a great time and finally saw Tiger live. It was pretty crowded for us but that was pre-Covid.

I'm more of a less crowded is good guy, but I could see Sunday being exciting obviously. It was easier to get in and out during the week although the PGA didn't do the best job shuttling people around (then again Long Island is not the easiest place) .

ode

Dufferman depends on what you want to do as well as who will be with you. When I went at The Straights I went on Friday and spent the whole day there. Followed a lesser known group in the a.m. (Freddie Jacobsen was in the group), while scouting out some good spots to see some action in the afternoon, camping out at 3-4 different locations where it was good to see shots into the green, from the approach vantage point. Cool to see, hear the shots as well as land on the green.

azgreg

Dufferman
I'm a Thu/Fri guy so I can see everybody. If you wait until Sat/Sun someone you might want to see might miss the cut.

garyt1957

Dufferman Personally, I'd much rather watch Sunday from the comfort of my living room and go to the course on Thursday or even Weds for the pro am. I went to the Rocket Mortgage classic here 2 years ago on a Weds and besides the pros saw celebs like Kid Rock, Barry Sanders, Larry Fitzgerald and lots of local Red Wings, and Lions. Oh, and of course I may have followed Paige Spiranac for a few holes. Until they "asked " me to leave.

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