The Golf Thread

[jakez4ut]

Koepka might be in the midst of the least talked about run of dominance ever. The dude has won 3 out of the last 8 majors, for crying out loud (and he only personally played in 7 of them), but it seems like only really serious golf fans know how well he's played.

His ascendancy last year was pretty clearly overshadowed by Tiger's improvement, but he played really well in 2017 as well and it seems like very few people noticed.

Another thing you mentioned that I'm surprised people aren't talking about is the weather. Forecast seems to indicate it absolutely is going to be a factor.

yep. koepka is legit........dude has ice in his veins.

 

[jakez4ut]

Tiger's gonna have to prove he can take advantage of the par 5's before he's got a shot to win this weekend....

Koepka and Johnson, moreso koepka, i think have good shots. Justin Thomas if he can get some puts to fall. this course still favors guys that can get the ball in postion in the fairways. and the big hitters that can do that, have a leg up.

trouble with that is the consistency...copule errant drives can be round killers....looking forward to it, though the forecast is sketchy.

Just saying... If Thomas doesn't start making those birdie putts... He's not gonna last long.

Abd if this course gets wet it's gonna get real long...

 

[YankeeVol]

Not all heroes wear capes

 

[GAVol]

Not all heroes wear capes

The most John Daly thing ever is that he's living in that RV this week and that's the Hooters parking lot about 3/4 mile from Augusta National.

 

[95 Vol Alum]

And he got pub for signing a woman’s ass this week in the parking lot.

 

[Matt2496]

70 might be the winning score with the 20+ mile an hour winds forecast for tomorrow.

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[YankeeVol]

May check out the NGO this weekend

 

[peaygolf]

May check out the NGO this weekend

Fun event at a crappy trac!

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[OrangeSticks]

Interesting....

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I'm a casual golf fan but I do watch all the majors and most of the more prominent tournaments. Even with the move to May it seems like The PGA Championship is still not really that popular. Maybe that's a Captian Obvious observation. I understood why it was seemingly overlooked in August since NFL Preseason is in full swing and in general everyone is getting hyped for football. But it still feels like it snuck up and May seems like a much better month with less going on. And especially coming off the Woods Masters win.

 

[Rishvol]

I'm a casual golf fan but I do watch all the majors and most of the more prominent tournaments. Even with the move to May it seems like The PGA Championship is still not really that popular. Maybe that's a Captian Obvious observation. I understood why it was seemingly overlooked in August since NFL Preseason is in full swing and in general everyone is getting hyped for football. But it still feels like it snuck up and May seems like a much better month with less going on. And especially coming off the Woods Masters win.

Probably because TNT/BR are broadcasting it

 

[SGMVols]

Interesting....

Welp. A whopping 9 shots back. Already out of contention after day one.

 

[GAVol]

Welp. A whopping 9 shots back. Already out of contention after day one.

I wouldn't go quite that far but he's definitely going to need to shoot a couple of 65-68s the next couple of days and hope Koepka doesn't go low again.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Welp. A whopping 9 shots back. Already out of contention after day one.

I wouldn't say that. He's in a deep hole no doubt but it's not over. But he'll need to have a big day tomorrow and hope the leaders don't go off.

 

[golfballs]

A true champion

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Yeah I'd say Tiger is out of contention now.

 

[Rishvol]

Yeah I'd say Tiger is out of contention now.

I get really annoyed with his drunk galleries

 

[eVOLve]

Yeah I'd say Tiger is out of contention now.

Yeah, looks rusty. Should have competed between the masters and pga.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

He now needs 2 birdies in the final 6 holes to even make the cut.

 

[1972 Grad]

I get really annoyed with his drunk galleries

It's New York. They don't have to be drunk to be obnoxious.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Lol, they just moved the cut line to +4, so now Woods just needs 1 birdie to make the cut.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

And Woods misses the cut.

Koepka looks like he's running away with this.