2021 PGA Championship

CallMeAl

Congrats Phil! One for the "Older" guys!!!

braveheart

Tremendous win. The excitement and theater he provides us is truly something special.

sdandrea1

Just finished watching the recording of the final 5 holes (we had to go out for a few hours). Clutch finish for the record books!

azgreg

ode

Phil outclassed the rest. Brooks and Louis were the only ones who had a realistic chance to test him. Brooks had a brief glimpse but faltered quickly. His play on the par 5s was abysmal. Louis could not get hot with the putter. Gonna be interesting to see what Phil can do at Torrey.

Par4QC

ode Louis could not get hot with the putter.

He never will 'get hot with the putter'. He's been trying since coming to the PGA. It's why he has never won here; a fact I did not realize until this week.

azgreg

Walterjn

Par4QC are you sure it's not the putter??

sdandrea1

I noticed Lefty has some kind of zen-focus routine (on the greens) that's new. He stands there and just moves his head from ball to the hole and back a few times.

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!

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