Golf Thread 2.0 - Jon Rahm sucks

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  1. fish

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    He's consistently hovered between 30-40th in driving distance over his career with a couple anomaly seasons. He's currently 19th in driving distance avg. 310 yards in the 21-22 season. Distance has never been an issue for him.
     
  2. Tommy Callahan

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    Ebay dropping their dollar amount for getting a tax form to 600 bucks sucks balls. I know it is congress fault but still
     
  3. Bert Handsome

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    It's not necessarily that him being short is the problem. It's that in previous generations his skill set would have won more. There was always a bomber that could put it together for a week.
     
  4. fish

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    At the range this afternoon, I'm feeling good about my session. The range just got a fresh supplement of new balls, it's warm and sunny and I'm squaring it up. We have a prevailing wind that blows in and to the left every afternoon. There's a blue flag marker at about 215 that usually requires my best 3-wood to carry it. Today I'm getting there with my 5-wood and feeling strong.

    Step back to change clubs and clean the face, look down about 4 stalls behind me and there's a high schooler hitting an iron a million miles in the air and dropping it on the same blue flag.

    Just a stark reminder how good those demons on the tour really are.
     
  5. steamengine

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  6. Fran Tarkenton

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    what rules are those leagues doing differently re: equipment/distance
     
  7. Bert Handsome

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    Nothing, it's more that he has a place to play which is by no means a guarantee at the clip he's on.
     
  8. PaulKemp

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    Just played a little Southern Hills on the sim from 7700 yards. At first, I was striking the ball amazingly and managed get out of the first 6 in even. Swing started wavering a bit and my goodness. It is not fun having slight misses result in being completely in jail 200+ out or having the ball roll back further than you started for misjudging a pitch. Shut it all down after going +10 on the next 7 and started drinking
     
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  9. NineteenNine

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    dude, it's stunning what the youngens are doing.
     
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  10. Upton^2

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    Was playing yesterday and completely topped my drive, literally went 70-80 yards, barely passing the woman’s tee. 275 away, grab the 3 wood and just aim in the general direction of the green hoping I can chip up from there. Ball bounces in front of the green and rolls all the way off into water behind the green. Best 3 wood of my life probably and it’s wet. Fucking golf
     
  11. JohnnyChimpo

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    I made a 10 on a fairly straightforward par 5 during league last night. Drive into the water, 2nd (3rd) shot from the drop zone I snap hooked the ball back into the same water, so was hitting 5th shot from the same drop zone with over 280 left to the pin.

    Had been feeling probably overly confident recently for someone who is a 14 handicap so needed a kick in the ass. Like the guy above said fucking golf man.
     
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  12. RalfBully

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    Some pics below of my trip to Scotland. Amazing trip. Ended up with less than ideal weather, but it was all good. Carnoustie started off the weather streak. Rained on and off all day there. Then we had four straight days of 30-35+ mph winds gusting above 40mph. When we got up to Dornoch we ran into a wedding party at a pub. Ended up they were there for Tom Hicks daughters wedding. Billionaire wedding that had Liam Neeson, Dwayne Johnson, etc., at this small ass town in northern Scotland. The cathedral where the wedding was held was across the street from our Air BnB. Security like crazy. We were playing during the ceremony, but still pretty cool

    Day 1 - St. Andrew's Jubilee (least favorite #7 rated)
    Day 2 - Kingsbarns - #2 rated
    Day 3 - Carnoustie - #5 rated (least favorite of the big names - went in every fairway bunker though)
    Day 4 - St. Andrew's New Course #6 rated - windy as hell
    Day 5 - St. Andrew's Old Course #4 rated - won the ballet which was great. Saw Tom Watson and the Claret Jug. Windier than hell again. Hit my best drive of the whole trip on the road hole and missed a 10' birdie putt which wouldve been unreal. Easy two putt par from 20' on 18 in front of people which was incredible as well.
    Day 6 - Castle Stuart - #3 rated. Visually this place is spectacular. 40+ mph and was too tough for me to play in though. Had a 330 yard par 4 that i drove past the green into a bunker and the next hole was a 170 yard par three that i barely made it on the green (hit driver on both holes)
    Day 7 - Royal Dornoch #1 rated. First day was tough as hell and didnt play well
    Day 8 - Royal Dornoch - Nicest day of the trip. 60 with little wind. Played well and good to end on a high note
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  13. pez

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  14. Jigga

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    Realistically saving himself for the Centurion
     
  15. CUAngler

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  16. Joystick Izzy

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    Did something very similar in a scramble on Monday. Was blasting my drive all day right down the middle. Scramble format allowed us to each hit a tee shot from a red tee, so we saved mine for our final hole, which is a long par five #1 hcp hole. I proceed to toe hook it into the water, so we had to use someone else’s drive, putting us 260 out from center green. Hit the purest 3w of my life, landed center green and rolled off the back. Thankfully we got up and down and still got the birdie.
     
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  17. tigr2ndbase

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    Might be going to play Waterlefe in Bradenton next month. Anybody know anything about the course? Supposedly pretty good.
     
  18. houtex716

    houtex716 let's have a beach party
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    i want to go to the driving range but it's so fucking hot in austin right now
     
  19. Bert Handsome

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  20. hudson

    hudson Oh, you know...stuff.
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    Played the Wynn today
     
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  21. Nole0515

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    Worth the money?
     
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  22. undrtow

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    Good luck this weekend Volholic16. Good group you’re in
     
  23. NineteenNine

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    Threw down a hundo on Tiger at +10600. Couldn’t help myself.
     
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  24. fish

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    Why not? What a story you'd be able to tell.

    I think he makes the cut by a couple shots. Very curious to see how he holds up on the weekend.
     
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  25. Corky Bucek

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    7 team snake draft and had the 6 pick

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  26. jac3672

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    Tell me you stayed directly beside the Bank of Scotland on High Street in Dornoch.
     
  27. Pokes

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    Anybody know the course well enough to recommend some spots to camp out tomorrow?
     
  28. EMAW FC

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    Randomly got paired while golfing with a banker from Tulsa while on vacation to Puerto Rico last summer. He recommended slightly behind and to the right of a green. I wrote down 11 at the time but that can’t be right, based on where he was pointing I think he meant #1. Take this with a grain of salt we’d both been drinking heavily

    edit: upon further review I think he was saying slightly behind and to the right of the 1st hole, higher up on the bleachers. From there you can see the approach shot on 1, drive on 2, approach shot on 3, drive on 4, approach shot on 8, drive on 9
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  29. hudson

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    I guess, I mean I’m always going to be team wish I’d payed less.
     

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  30. RalfBully

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    stayed at Cairnhill on High Street. Directly across from the cathedral. I don’t remember the bank, but it was a small street so had to be right there
     
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  31. bertwing

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    I think storms may delay things a little bit this morning
     
  32. tjosu

    tjosu This is kind of like the breakfast club, huh?
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    They’ve pretty much blown through at this point, I’d hope it’s early enough that it won’t be an issue
     
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  33. pez

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    you and everyone else but I saw this. I think the same as what EMAW FC is saying. I went to the 2002 Open there but for the life of me can’t remember the layout well enough. I’m old

     
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  34. tjosu

    tjosu This is kind of like the breakfast club, huh?
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    bertwing report from a friend volunteering is that it appears SH got barely any of the rain. I’m hitting the road now, should be at the parking lot in 50 minutes so I’m interested to see how long the shuttle takes
     
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  35. bertwing

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    I’m eating breakfast and should be there in about 40 mins myself
     
  36. pez

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    Tiger already ornery. He’s gonna go low
     
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  37. mal630

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    Love this golf course
     
  38. HoosDaMan

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    Do I need ESPN+ to watch this morning?
     
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    Lots of Tiger stingers this week

    :banderas:
     
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    My god Rory. His driver swing is so, so sexy.
     
  42. Bert Handsome

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    This tee shot on 13 is wild
     
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    This course looks awesome. Jealous of the T-MBers there this week. Looks to be a very pleasant walk and lots of good viewing points.
     
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  44. JohnnyChimpo

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    Sunday's final group looking like Tiger and John Daly as everyone expected
     
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  45. undrtow

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    Throw in flighted wedges to tap in range and you have a stew
     
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  46. ButchCassidy

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    Tiger needs a walking stick, but man it's great seeing him out there.
     
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  47. Bert Handsome

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    Seeing him hit a cut on 13 is like looking at an aging super model that isn't quite as perfect as they once were. A high draw there would be :quagmire:
     
  48. pez

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    him “old manning” his way around the course compared to spieth/Rory is pretty funny this first couple of holes

    edit: never mind after that wedge shot…
     
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  49. Bert Handsome

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    Have a lot of Zalatoris and Homa in DFS lineups