The Golf Thread - 2016!
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PapaJohns said:
Did anybody have money on Willet pre tourne?
I had £5 E/W on westy @125-1,shame he didn't get closer on the 16th and give Danny a run for his money .
i had a tenner on him @ 85/1 on tuesday but cashed out for £720 with 3 holes to go last night. I use to know Danny as a kid when he first came through into the Sheffield/Yorkshire Boys teams. We also had the same coach although he was a few years younger than meI had £5 E/W on westy @125-1,shame he didn't get closer on the 16th and give Danny a run for his money .
Amazing that Speith and caddy made such terrible decisions on the 12th after the first shot in the water.
I hope he can lick his wounds and come back. His performance with a misfiring long game on THAT course shows he's probably the best putter since Woods in his prime.
Willett just played amazing golf and deserved it when other bigger names just couldn't do it.
I hope he can lick his wounds and come back. His performance with a misfiring long game on THAT course shows he's probably the best putter since Woods in his prime.
Willett just played amazing golf and deserved it when other bigger names just couldn't do it.
Regarding Oosthuizen's hole in one at 16. As far as I know running into JB Holmes' ball, means JB's ball gets replaced in its original position, but what if JB's ball had been punted into the hole as well, which was so close to happening? That would have been beyond epic.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/36011707
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/36011707
swisstoni said:
Amazing that Speith and caddy made such terrible decisions on the 12th after the first shot in the water.
Nothing to do with the caddy and everything to do with a poor swing from Speith - his bad shots have been leaking right all tournament, which is the one thing you don't want to do on 12, and the next shot was a massive 'chunk', again nothing to do with the caddy!sidicks said:
Nothing to do with the caddy and everything to do with a poor swing from Speith - his bad shots have been leaking right all tournament, which is the one thing you don't want to do on 12, and the next shot was a massive 'chunk', again nothing to do with the caddy!
Yes and no. As Spieth hinted at they'd have been better served taking it to the drop zone with a known yardage. That is a call which is as much for the caddy to influence as anything when his player is not thinking straight sidicks said:
Nothing to do with the caddy and everything to do with a poor swing from Speith - his bad shots have been leaking right all tournament, which is the one thing you don't want to do on 12, and the next shot was a massive 'chunk', again nothing to do with the caddy!
Spieth said something about how he should have gone to the designated drop zone, instead he and caddy made a decision not to. Next, duff shot that only just reached the water.mattyn1 said:
Spieth said something about how he should have gone to the designated drop zone, instead he and caddy made a decision not to. Next, duff shot that only just reached the water.
aspender said:
Yes and no. As Spieth hinted at they'd have been better served taking it to the drop zone with a known yardage. That is a call which is as much for the caddy to influence as anything when his player is not thinking straight
Ok, fair enough, I didn't hear that - was asleep by then!Having said that, it wasn't the yardage that was the problem - the yardage is somewhat irrelevant if you hit it that fat!
Digger said:
Regarding Oosthuizen's hole in one at 16. As far as I know running into JB Holmes' ball, means JB's ball gets replaced in its original position, but what if JB's ball had been punted into the hole as well, which was so close to happening? That would have been beyond epic.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/36011707
Placement of the hole on 16 reminded me of the plughole in my bath. Clearly positioned to generate spectator drama. And as long as they don't overdo it, why not. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/36011707
sidicks said:
mattyn1 said:
Spieth said something about how he should have gone to the designated drop zone, instead he and caddy made a decision not to. Next, duff shot that only just reached the water.
aspender said:
Yes and no. As Spieth hinted at they'd have been better served taking it to the drop zone with a known yardage. That is a call which is as much for the caddy to influence as anything when his player is not thinking straight
Ok, fair enough, I didn't hear that - was asleep by then!Having said that, it wasn't the yardage that was the problem - the yardage is somewhat irrelevant if you hit it that fat!
I think speith saad "I bailed" on the shot just after he hit it implying to me he didn't have faith in the shot and was half committed to it by the time he hit the ball.
That said pretty much all of his dropped shots have come as a result of wayward tee shots leaking right. boy can he putt though.
full marks to Danny terrific effort and he did so well on the 18th tee to restart his pre shot routine. I'd like to know what he was writing in his book...
I wonder if he was writing how he was feeling so he could visualise and control his thoughts and be mindful in the moment...what ever it was it worked he drove superbly pretty much all day....
Speith is young and brilliant and will come back from this, not a bad three year record at Augusta for him....rory will be back but I wonder if the masters will prove to be his "albatross" and never get the green jacket....
That said pretty much all of his dropped shots have come as a result of wayward tee shots leaking right. boy can he putt though.
full marks to Danny terrific effort and he did so well on the 18th tee to restart his pre shot routine. I'd like to know what he was writing in his book...
I wonder if he was writing how he was feeling so he could visualise and control his thoughts and be mindful in the moment...what ever it was it worked he drove superbly pretty much all day....
Speith is young and brilliant and will come back from this, not a bad three year record at Augusta for him....rory will be back but I wonder if the masters will prove to be his "albatross" and never get the green jacket....
Speith's putting got him through 65 holes he was wayward quite a lot but his putting is out of this world it really is. The pressure of that finally told on him everyone has their cracking point. Meanwhile Willet played an almost faultless round and when the time came he was ready . The only downside was Lee came so close but the right man won in the end and 5 English Golfers in the top 10..is that a record?.
It's quite amusing speaking to the people that switched off around 10:30 last night thinking Spieth would cruise home
edit: Also it made me laugh when Spieth asked the cameraman not to film his face and the next shot is Willet taking a selfie
edit: Also it made me laugh when Spieth asked the cameraman not to film his face and the next shot is Willet taking a selfie
Edited by 130R on Monday 11th April 16:15
Ken Brown on BBC mentioned the day had over run considerably so I wonder if the play off was going to be on Monday, hence Danny not keeping warm.
I did like his and his caddy's almost "WTF just happened" reaction when Jordan missed his birdie on 17. I have to say Danny and Shane Lowry come across as top blokes, really down to earth who just enjoy playing at the highest level.
A great tournament.
I did like his and his caddy's almost "WTF just happened" reaction when Jordan missed his birdie on 17. I have to say Danny and Shane Lowry come across as top blokes, really down to earth who just enjoy playing at the highest level.
A great tournament.
Deviating away from the Masters and back into the real world of the everyday golfer i have a query...
I'm getting fairly decent distance with a driver but it's prone to the regular slice right. It's improved massively over the last few months but i still find myself hitting the wayward drives too often.
I decided to treat myself to 4 baskets at the driving range today and have a good mess around with stances, angles, swing path, club face etc. While having a go at hitting draws (this would come in handy on my local course which has one hole with a slight dog leg left which leads into a downhill run) i found that if i didn't close the club face my drives were perfectly straight with a nice flight path and a decent distance with what feels like much more solid contact. My stance wasnt square, right foot about 3 inches behind my left, and felt a bit unorthodox but the result was some of the best drives ive hit.
I've tried googling to see if this approach is worth 'fixing' or just to run with it and put up with looking a bit odd at the tee but with a resulting straight drive. Anyone got any advice or criticism regarding this?
I'm getting fairly decent distance with a driver but it's prone to the regular slice right. It's improved massively over the last few months but i still find myself hitting the wayward drives too often.
I decided to treat myself to 4 baskets at the driving range today and have a good mess around with stances, angles, swing path, club face etc. While having a go at hitting draws (this would come in handy on my local course which has one hole with a slight dog leg left which leads into a downhill run) i found that if i didn't close the club face my drives were perfectly straight with a nice flight path and a decent distance with what feels like much more solid contact. My stance wasnt square, right foot about 3 inches behind my left, and felt a bit unorthodox but the result was some of the best drives ive hit.
I've tried googling to see if this approach is worth 'fixing' or just to run with it and put up with looking a bit odd at the tee but with a resulting straight drive. Anyone got any advice or criticism regarding this?
Noodle1982 said:
Deviating away from the Masters and back into the real world of the everyday golfer i have a query...
I'm getting fairly decent distance with a driver but it's prone to the regular slice right. It's improved massively over the last few months but i still find myself hitting the wayward drives too often.
I decided to treat myself to 4 baskets at the driving range today and have a good mess around with stances, angles, swing path, club face etc. While having a go at hitting draws (this would come in handy on my local course which has one hole with a slight dog leg left which leads into a downhill run) i found that if i didn't close the club face my drives were perfectly straight with a nice flight path and a decent distance with what feels like much more solid contact. My stance wasnt square, right foot about 3 inches behind my left, and felt a bit unorthodox but the result was some of the best drives ive hit.
I've tried googling to see if this approach is worth 'fixing' or just to run with it and put up with looking a bit odd at the tee but with a resulting straight drive. Anyone got any advice or criticism regarding this?
What you're doing is spot on, Google D plane, and check out Ben Hogan regarding stance with Driver v Irons I'm getting fairly decent distance with a driver but it's prone to the regular slice right. It's improved massively over the last few months but i still find myself hitting the wayward drives too often.
I decided to treat myself to 4 baskets at the driving range today and have a good mess around with stances, angles, swing path, club face etc. While having a go at hitting draws (this would come in handy on my local course which has one hole with a slight dog leg left which leads into a downhill run) i found that if i didn't close the club face my drives were perfectly straight with a nice flight path and a decent distance with what feels like much more solid contact. My stance wasnt square, right foot about 3 inches behind my left, and felt a bit unorthodox but the result was some of the best drives ive hit.
I've tried googling to see if this approach is worth 'fixing' or just to run with it and put up with looking a bit odd at the tee but with a resulting straight drive. Anyone got any advice or criticism regarding this?
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