The Golf Thread

[LeSoupeKitchen]

BBC live text finally using golfing terms I can relate to:

 

[spurs mental]

Michael Block

What a story.

 

[Yantino]

Michael Block, that is absolutely insane!

 

[spurs mental]

Scheffler is going to run this close

 

[Yantino]

Koepka looks really composed to me. Hope Hovland runs him close as he deserves to win one. He’s in contention a lot.

 

[spurs mental]

Hovland really impressing me tonight. Looks so focused.

 

[spurs mental]

Devastated for Hovland there

 

[jazz15c]

Huge step forward for Hovland, properly in the mix and went toe to toe with the most decorated golfer of the last decade. Distanced himself from other 'should win one' guys like Homa and Finau.
Brooks was sensational, top 5 driving distance and 6th in driving accuracy, and when he was offline he manhandled the rough.
Scheffler couldn't buy a putt (AGAIN!).
Rory - fuck knows. Looked like he'd rather have been anywhere else Thursday and Friday. Despite his obvious talent, genuine chance he doesn't win another major.

 

[spurs mental]

Rory - fuck knows. Looked like he'd rather have been anywhere else Thursday and Friday. Despite his obvious talent, genuine chance he doesn't win another major.

He was so great last year and at the start of this one too.

Don't know where his game lies now. When he's on it theres genuinely nobody better I believe than him. It just doesn't show enough.

US Open 25 days away

 

[jazz15c]

When he's on it there's genuinely nobody better I believe than him.

100% agree, and I think the rest of the field know it. Baffling how he hasn't won a major since 2014, and the longer that goes on, the more he seems (at least, from the outside looking in) to be getting in his own way, and have this mental block in majors, particularly at somewhere like Augusta, which SHOULD fit him like a glove.

 

[hughy]

Was this completely out of the blue?

PGA Tour and LIV Golf agree shock merger

The PGA Tour agrees a deal to merge with Saudi Arabian-backed rival circuit LIV Golf in a compromise that will end the split in the sport.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Yantino]

Out of the blue is an understatement! I am stunned, had no idea that was happening.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

A sad day for global sports and the world in general.

Saudi continue to take over every sport. They’re taking over the world via sports.

Football is next, make no mistake about.

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

Wow. Not sure how I feel about this. The way things were it had potentially bad ramifications for a large portion of my current career, and now, this news woukd seem to alleviate the chance of the worst case scenario happening on that front. However, I’m not a fan of sports washing at all and have moral issues with LIV/Saudi money so am now left in a position of accepting that that’s where my money will be coming from, or simply getting out of the game and concentrating on other things that I do.

Confused

 

[spurs mental]

So strange. So disheartening. Especially for those who fought hard against LIV. Can't imagine what Rory feels right now, he was basically used by the PGA in the fight against it.

 

[Marty]

 

[Teemu]

Professional sport is basically just horrible

 

[theShiznit]

Rory was the poster boy for Anti LIV golf, so what now for him...

Become a good good athlete

 

[Lo Amo Speroni]

PGA players will be told that they will earn a lot more money. That will be the sell to them.
Some players are going to be very angry but no where else for them to go to earn a living. Horrible situation.

 

[Rocksuperstar]

I'm not a golfer, I'm just here to giggle childishly at DP. SO MUCH fun on the radio.