2024 Golf Discussion - Playoff Time -- East Lake
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gps_3
Head of Alabama Department of Decision-Making
He has almost no shot to qualify, but still kind of cool to see him try. Hope the course that's holding it is prepared for a few more fans than a typical Monday-Q
Excited for updates from the Monday Q Twitter.
Guy golfed with Phil in the rain this week.
KJ
Bump. Set. Shuma!
Hoffman or Woods?
chipnotized
Bigger Slapper Than Al MacInnis
Shotgun approach for this tequila-soaked affair
2u
Tournament matchup. Tony Finau, Nicolai Hojgaard, Emiliano Grillo, Stephan Jaeger, Thomas Detry, Taylor Pendrith, Thorbjorn Olesen, Keith Mitchell, Patrick Rodgers, Erik van Rooyen and Ryan Fox vs The Field. All 11 named players must start for action. +140
1u each
Tournament / Will there be a Hole in One -- No +139
Tourney Matchup
Knapp +102 Fox
0.5u
Taylor Pendrith & Keith Mitchell both to Finish in the Top 5 (Incl. Ties) +4000
Swing it easy amigos.
2u
Tournament matchup. Tony Finau, Nicolai Hojgaard, Emiliano Grillo, Stephan Jaeger, Thomas Detry, Taylor Pendrith, Thorbjorn Olesen, Keith Mitchell, Patrick Rodgers, Erik van Rooyen and Ryan Fox vs The Field. All 11 named players must start for action. +140
1u each
Tournament / Will there be a Hole in One -- No +139
Tourney Matchup
Knapp +102 Fox
0.5u
Taylor Pendrith & Keith Mitchell both to Finish in the Top 5 (Incl. Ties) +4000
Swing it easy amigos.
KJ
Bump. Set. Shuma!
chipnotized
Bigger Slapper Than Al MacInnis
1u each
Rd2 Tosti +121 Rai
Rd2 Trainer +137 Hall
Bramlett Rd2 Score O 69.5 +110
Rd2 Tosti +121 Rai
Rd2 Trainer +137 Hall
Bramlett Rd2 Score O 69.5 +110
chipnotized
Bigger Slapper Than Al MacInnis
Nice hit on the Tony eagle. Did they offer odds on 2?
chipnotized
Bigger Slapper Than Al MacInnis
1u each
Rd3 Merritt +117 Coody
Rd3 Harrington +125 Springer
Rd3 Olesen +149 Finau
Rd3 Merritt +117 Coody
Rd3 Harrington +125 Springer
Rd3 Olesen +149 Finau
GL Chip
RBTrojan
A Child of Aliens
My local doesn’t have under over wagers round by round… but if it was available I’d bet it. Thanks for the heads up
RBTrojan
A Child of Aliens
Well played sir. Great round 4 for you…
I'm assuming AK is with the other few guys that don't have teams?
gps_3
Head of Alabama Department of Decision-Making
Yeah he's one of the "wild card" players. Have to imagine he gets picked up by a team though. He might be the biggest draw for LIV possible, at least for a few events. If he plays halfway decent, LIV may actually have a bargaining chip on their hands. Though I guess AK is only interesting for the golf nerds that were following the sport 12-15 years ago
I have a feeling he'll struggle mightily.
With that being said, the bottom ten there on that circuit struggle pretty bad as well, so he'll kinda blend into the bottom of the individual standings.
Hopefully someone offers an over/under on scores for him.
gps_3
Head of Alabama Department of Decision-Making
It's certainly a softer landing than the PGA Tour would have been.
gps_3
Head of Alabama Department of Decision-Making
Reportedly AK shot an 82 in the practice round
chipnotized
Bigger Slapper Than Al MacInnis
Left 2u south of the border. Haven't found a lot to wager on for this week pre-flop.
Cognizant Classic
Tourney Matchups
1u each
Pavon +108 Straka
Jaeger -115 Straka
0.2u
Bhatia, Conners, Hoge, Fitz, Tom Kim, Berger, Novak, Lowry, Jaeger, Svensson -- all to make the cut +5000
Swing it easy fellas.
Cognizant Classic
Tourney Matchups
1u each
Pavon +108 Straka
Jaeger -115 Straka
0.2u
Bhatia, Conners, Hoge, Fitz, Tom Kim, Berger, Novak, Lowry, Jaeger, Svensson -- all to make the cut +5000
Swing it easy fellas.
That checks out
Canes1
Pretty much a regular
We have lost the plot in terms of the coddling of PGA Tour pros, and its actually become completely counter-intuitive to what they should want too.
The Tour made a concerted effort to make PGA National easier this year, meddling with one of the few PGA Tour courses that has a distinctive identity.
This event has marketed the "Bear Trap" as one of the hardest three hole stretches in golf, yet instead of leaning into this uniquely challenging aspect of the course, they have been making continual changes to make this stretch easier (shorter tee box on 15, wider mowing lines on 16)
The US Open faced a similar problem when LACC wasn't set up as hard as fans' expectations. I have no problem with a US Open being won at -9, but if you are going to sell hats with "GRIT" in big block letters and market your event as the toughest test in golf, then you cannot fault fans for being dissapointed when the course is set up counter-intuitively to its branding.
The Cognizant is in an even more precarious spot. It was just stated on the broadcast that tournament organizers felt PGA National - Bay Hill - TPC Sawgrass is too "grueling" of a stretch, so they are changing the identity of the event to make it easier. This is senseless & problematic for a number of a reasons. There has never been a larger gap between the average PGA Tour setup and the average major championship setup, and with the Tour unwilling to acknowledge the problem with driver face technology, we are effectively trending towards a Tour that literally in *no way* prepares players for what they will see in major championships.
The fracturing of the golf world and so many great players leaving for LIV has already de-valued non-major championship golf, the PGA Tour making an active effort to widen the gap between their courses and majors from a set-up standpoint (especially when they have effectively marketed the event differently for years) is beyond confounding to me.
The Tour made a concerted effort to make PGA National easier this year, meddling with one of the few PGA Tour courses that has a distinctive identity.
This event has marketed the "Bear Trap" as one of the hardest three hole stretches in golf, yet instead of leaning into this uniquely challenging aspect of the course, they have been making continual changes to make this stretch easier (shorter tee box on 15, wider mowing lines on 16)
The US Open faced a similar problem when LACC wasn't set up as hard as fans' expectations. I have no problem with a US Open being won at -9, but if you are going to sell hats with "GRIT" in big block letters and market your event as the toughest test in golf, then you cannot fault fans for being dissapointed when the course is set up counter-intuitively to its branding.
The Cognizant is in an even more precarious spot. It was just stated on the broadcast that tournament organizers felt PGA National - Bay Hill - TPC Sawgrass is too "grueling" of a stretch, so they are changing the identity of the event to make it easier. This is senseless & problematic for a number of a reasons. There has never been a larger gap between the average PGA Tour setup and the average major championship setup, and with the Tour unwilling to acknowledge the problem with driver face technology, we are effectively trending towards a Tour that literally in *no way* prepares players for what they will see in major championships.
The fracturing of the golf world and so many great players leaving for LIV has already de-valued non-major championship golf, the PGA Tour making an active effort to widen the gap between their courses and majors from a set-up standpoint (especially when they have effectively marketed the event differently for years) is beyond confounding to me.
chipnotized
Bigger Slapper Than Al MacInnis
1u
Rd2 3-ball
Skinns +250 over Gotterup/Olesen
Rd2 3-ball
Skinns +250 over Gotterup/Olesen
gps_3
Head of Alabama Department of Decision-Making
The PGA Tour is the only major professional sports league where the membership thinks, no expects, the bottom tier guys to have the same opportunity as the top tier. On no planet does the last guy on the bench for the Lakers expect to get the same minutes as Lebron. I get that it is somewhat of a closed system, but that's life. I don't think it's some kind of injustice or tragedy that Rory McIlroy gets to play in the Signature Events, and Vince Whaley and Hayden Buckley don't.
I think the problem of the "mules" and the course setup issues are somewhat related, and it's because of the equipment. The improvements in the clubs and the balls have not only increased the number of guys who can play high-level golf, but it's made a lot of the course setups obsolete. And with Trackman these guys grow up thinking that if they make a perfect swing, they should get a perfect result. So when they get bad bounces, or there's wind, or whatever variable they can't control and Trackman can't replicate, they think it's unfair and should be changed. Golf isn't supposed to be fair. It's about managing your round in the face of unfairness
/rant
I think the problem of the "mules" and the course setup issues are somewhat related, and it's because of the equipment. The improvements in the clubs and the balls have not only increased the number of guys who can play high-level golf, but it's made a lot of the course setups obsolete. And with Trackman these guys grow up thinking that if they make a perfect swing, they should get a perfect result. So when they get bad bounces, or there's wind, or whatever variable they can't control and Trackman can't replicate, they think it's unfair and should be changed. Golf isn't supposed to be fair. It's about managing your round in the face of unfairness
/rant
gps_3
Head of Alabama Department of Decision-Making
Back to my previous knack for fading the guy at the top of the leaderboard. Lowry still can catch Min Woo obviously, but I liked it better when the guys I faded MC lol
chipnotized
Bigger Slapper Than Al MacInnis
chipnotized
Bigger Slapper Than Al MacInnis
Dead-heated the Rd2 matchups, quite a few for moving day:
1u each
Rd3 Eckroat -120 Cauley
Rd3 Noren +110 Fitz
Rd3 Sigg +100 Carson Young
Rd3 CT Pan +107 Novak
Rd3 Lowry +117 Tom Kim
Rd3 Noren +100 Kirk
1u each
Rd3 Eckroat -120 Cauley
Rd3 Noren +110 Fitz
Rd3 Sigg +100 Carson Young
Rd3 CT Pan +107 Novak
Rd3 Lowry +117 Tom Kim
Rd3 Noren +100 Kirk
Good luck Chip!
laopadak
Pretty much a regular
2-0 Rd.3, +4.5u for the tourney. Some tough 3 hole stretches on both front and back nine, anything can happen but really think it’s a 2 horse race between Lowry and Eckroat.
Getting these in now as price may change or bets no longer available.
Eckroat under 70.5 -125 5u (FD)
Eckroat top American +100 6u (Betrivers)
Alot riding on Eckroat so gonna need a play or two to add in the morning.
Rd.4 add- Pan under 69.5 +120 3u (FD)
GL on your Sunday plays
Getting these in now as price may change or bets no longer available.
Eckroat under 70.5 -125 5u (FD)
Eckroat top American +100 6u (Betrivers)
Alot riding on Eckroat so gonna need a play or two to add in the morning.
Rd.4 add- Pan under 69.5 +120 3u (FD)
GL on your Sunday plays
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