Golf thread

[Derwood]

I love that his putter is so short that he's bent in half

[Tryptamine]

As someone who lived on a golf course between caddying/playing probably 500 rounds a year for nearly all my youth, I have never seen anything like the way he finishes his putting stroke. It's like he's trying to put top spin on the ball. Also, he hits several of those putts so far off flush it's amazing. One of them is is a solid 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch towards the toe of the putter. 

[Tryptamine]

Just based on putting stroke alone, there's no way he's under an 18 handicap

[imb]

4 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

As someone who lived on a golf course between caddying/playing probably 500 rounds a year for nearly all my youth, I have never seen anything like the way he finishes his putting stroke. It's like he's trying to put top spin on the ball. Also, he hits several of those putts so far off flush it's amazing. One of them is is a solid 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch towards the toe of the putter. 

i love that his shoulders are completely still and he breaks his wrist immediately lol. that's a self taught putting stance if i've ever seen one

[Wilson A2000]

This is Rory’s year to win the Masters and complete the Career Grand Slam. Two shot lead heading into Sunday and paired with DeChambeau should make for an exciting final round. 

[BigbadB]

11 hours ago, Wilson A2000 said:

This is Rory’s year to win the Masters and complete the Career Grand Slam. Two shot lead heading into Sunday and paired with DeChambeau should make for an exciting final round. 

Some amazing golf yesterday. This pairing should be fun. Especially while Rory ignores the crowd and DeChambeau makes sure he touches hands with every person in the crowd. I still hope Rory wins.

[Wilson A2000]

2 hours ago, BigbadB said:

Some amazing golf yesterday. This pairing should be fun. Especially while Rory ignores the crowd and DeChambeau makes sure he touches hands with every person in the crowd. I still hope Rory wins.

Rory is the crowd favorite, so I hope he gets off to a hot start and leans into them. But I think he might block all that out for as long as he can. 

[SpongeWorthy]

i think bryson won the tournament when he made that put on 18 yesterday, hope i'm wrong

[Derwood]

McIlroy is choking mightily

[Wilson A2000]

Rory, yes!

Rory, no!

Rory, yes! 

[Wilson A2000]

Par 18, Rory, and the Masters and the career grand slam is yours

[Derwood]

Start of day:

McIlroy: -12
Rose: -5

Now:

McIlory: -11
Rose: -11

 

[soccer10k]

Poor Rory. Just can’t seem to get it done, though he still could today. But not going to get a much better chance than a short putt to win.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

18 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

Poor Rory. Just can’t seem to get it done, though he still could today. But not going to get a much better chance than a short putt to win.

18 made the playoff win even cooler. That was fun to watch. 

[imb]

what a tournament. dont look now but rory has won 3 tournaments this year and he's got 2 wins at quail hollow. we might have a majors run on our hands

[Hot Sauce]

I don't watch much golf but I like Rory. Happy to see him win.  

[soccer10k]

At the end of the 2015 season, Rory was 26 with 4 majors and 6 other top-10. Jordan Speith was 22 and coming off a year where he went 1-1-4-2 in the majors and then finished T2 at the Masters the next year. Those two have won two majors since. Rory's been much closer (21 top-10's before today in 10 years) than Speith (7 top 10's in the last 7 years) but man it seemed like those two were going to dominate golf for a decade. No idea what happened to Speith since I only pay attention to the majors.

[bddavidson]

12 hours ago, soccer10k said:

At the end of the 2015 season, Rory was 26 with 4 majors and 6 other top-10. Jordan Speith was 22 and coming off a year where he went 1-1-4-2 in the majors and then finished T2 at the Masters the next year. Those two have won two majors since. Rory's been much closer (21 top-10's before today in 10 years) than Speith (7 top 10's in the last 7 years) but man it seemed like those two were going to dominate golf for a decade. No idea what happened to Speith since I only pay attention to the majors.

Most recently for Speith is wrist surgery.  But he went through some swing changes chasing distance as most have which really seemed to affect his wizardry around and on the greens

[Wilson A2000]

14 hours ago, soccer10k said:

At the end of the 2015 season, Rory was 26 with 4 majors and 6 other top-10. Jordan Speith was 22 and coming off a year where he went 1-1-4-2 in the majors and then finished T2 at the Masters the next year. Those two have won two majors since. Rory's been much closer (21 top-10's before today in 10 years) than Speith (7 top 10's in the last 7 years) but man it seemed like those two were going to dominate golf for a decade. No idea what happened to Speith since I only pay attention to the majors.

Chased distance, couldn’t drive it on the map for a while, had an incredible hot putting stretch in 2015 that can’t be reduplicated, has been injured, and golf is just hard

Edited April 14, 2025 by Wilson A2000

[Wilson A2000]

Anyone watching the Ryder Cup? Talk about an absolute European drubbing on American soil. Ouch!

Edited September 28, 2025 by Wilson A2000

[Wilson A2000]

The US looking for nearly double the biggest Sunday come from behind win of all-time

[Banedon]

Tiger should probably just start getting an uber.

Tiger Woods involved in rollover crash on Jupiter Island

[Derwood]

41 minutes ago, Banedon said:

Tiger should probably just start getting an uber.

Tiger Woods involved in rollover crash on Jupiter Island

Arrested for DUI

[Wilson A2000]

No Tiger and Phil at the Masters for the first time since 1994

[soccer10k]

Long way to go but it would be funny if Rory waited so long for that first Masters last year and then won it again.

Edited April 11 by soccer10k