|
Well I got my committee assignment, so if LIV is still around, I'll be volunteering
|
#
?
Feb 24, 2023 02:19
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 25, 2024 12:28 |
|
|
Something has clicked for real in my back yard twilight sessions. As I've started to use my lower body better, I always felt like I was crowding the ball and I would get these annoyingly consistent nasty sounding hits a lot like a skulled cut. Lo and behold, I was still doing the muscling the club at impact bit from so many years of going over the top. I finally, for what feels like the first time ever, kept both arms straight at impact and proceeded to wear a dime on my 5 iron  I hit balls till past dark and I'm gonna have to go find all of them before I go to work in the morning, but holy poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Feb 24, 2023 02:48
|
|
|
LIV is a joke at best, and it took half a season for one of the players to come clean about why they signed. They gave so many bullshit reasons - more time off or better events or stronger fields, and everybody knew from the jump that it was only about money. The source of the money is the real issue. It's an especially tough look for Americans who were alive during 9/11. All that being said, if somebody is going to the LIV event, I absolutely must have that ridiculous Season 1 Smash GC logo that looks like a fart.
|
|
#
?
Feb 24, 2023 14:05
|
|
|
Do we even know that all of them got all the cash up front? They seem to have a lot of ongoing promotional requirements, etc as well. I wouldn't be surprised if explosive chips were implanted in all their mee-maws to keep the players in line.
|
|
#
?
Feb 24, 2023 17:57
|
|
|
Farking Bastage posted:Saudi blood money mainly. Saudi blood money, the playing format (shotgun start, no cut, 54 holes), and the fact that with the exception of Cam Smith, all the players are either past their prime, lost their edge due to injuries, or were not-top-tier talent to start with.
|
|
#
?
Feb 24, 2023 21:39
|
|
|
Furnaceface posted:So forgive my ignorance (I kind of dropped golf when covid hit) but what changed with regards to LIV? I thought a lot of posters here loved the idea of a competing league and that they were way ahead of the PGA in terms of streaming and technology.
|
|
#
?
Feb 24, 2023 22:09
|
|
|
As it becomes more clear through lawsuit discovery, etc. that the PIF is the owning and controlling entity and Greg Norman and all the management structure is just a sham, they'll keep taking the blows. It's hard to say where things go from here.
|
|
#
?
Feb 24, 2023 22:20
|
|
|
First 9 holes after a different ADHD treatment. 6 pars 3 bogeys and a lot of fun. I'm actually able to enjoy golf again!
|
|
#
?
Feb 25, 2023 21:59
|
|
|
Played a nine-hole par 3 today and made par on four holes, with a few good one-putts. Way exceeded my expectations. I wish I could drive farther than 180 yards(when it's not in the woods completely), so aside from practicing smooth swings without tension I'm looking at exercises I could do. WorldIndustries fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Feb 26, 2023 |
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2023 01:11
|
|
|
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2023 01:21
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/jnucci23/status/1629547910047178752?s=46&t=MKrv4cpUj9WMdfqCaOTM1g Hilarious and fitting for so many golfers who went to LIV because the pressure of the Tour was just too much.
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2023 03:56
|
|
|
Honda classic finish is amazing lol
|
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2023 23:47
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1629895774870855680?s=20 Lmfaooooo
|
|
#
?
Feb 26, 2023 23:48
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/JoelMBeall/status/1629912935295320066 That said, I think 0.2 is about the rating of an LPGA tournament on Golf Channel.
|
|
#
?
Feb 27, 2023 17:03
|
|
|
Furnaceface posted:So forgive my ignorance (I kind of dropped golf when covid hit) but what changed with regards to LIV? I thought a lot of posters here loved the idea of a competing league and that they were way ahead of the PGA in terms of streaming and technology. The idea of it is good (streaming, easy access to a younger audience, etc, etc) but the product they made with it is loving awful. Also Saudi sportswashing stuff.
|
|
#
?
Feb 27, 2023 18:38
|
|
|
just rename it Trump Golf Tour
|
|
#
?
Feb 27, 2023 18:55
|
|
|
Josh Lyman posted:https://twitter.com/JoelMBeall/status/1629912935295320066 Worlds Dumbest Sharks Imagine coming up with an exhibition tour and then only getting the shittiest players and hosting it at second rate venues
|
|
#
?
Feb 28, 2023 00:41
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/JNucci23/status/1629547944411111424?s=20 This one seems wild. Prior sponsors?
|
|
#
?
Feb 28, 2023 01:28
|
|
|
I haven't played in a couple of weeks and I'm starting to get antsy. I should really get a good home simulator.
|
|
#
?
Feb 28, 2023 01:32
|
|
|
Wife & I played Saturday. Winds steady at 40 mph with gusts up to 70. A nearby town had a wind gust of 117 that day. As we’re pulling cart out of the garage, we’re like, ‘we’ll just play nine.’ We turned around at the #5 tee box & drove home.
|
|
#
?
Feb 28, 2023 12:44
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/SportsTVRatings/status/1630585244716789761Awful Announcing posted:Of course, some of that is about carriage. The eight CBS-owned CW affiliates all chose not to air LIV Golf this weekend, as did several other affiliates. So with markets including Chicago, Philadelphia, and Atlanta not airing the event, that’s a lot of potential viewers lost. But even with that in mind, the viewership numbers here follow the pattern set by those low overnights, and they’re certainly not promising for LIV Golf. They’re below most of the sports that aired anywhere this weekend, including Golf Channel early-day Honda Classic coverage Saturday and Sunday (555,000 and 631,000 viewers respectively), two XFL games, five different women’s college basketball games (and 32 men’s college basketball games), and every soccer match except a Friday Premier League one. So that’s not exactly a great result for them.
|
|
#
?
Feb 28, 2023 19:50
|
|
|
Just found out one of my favorite local courses is being restored. 36 holes of Donald Ross golf at a municipal course. It was built in a floodplain and went probably 30 years without any kind of maintenance. I can’t wait to see what they’ve done with it. https://www.pressandguide.com/2023/01/24/progress-continues-at-warren-valley-golf-course-in-dearborn-heights-as-spring-approaches/
|
|
#
?
Feb 28, 2023 20:54
|
|
|
xsf421 posted:Just found out one of my favorite local courses is being restored. 36 holes of Donald Ross golf at a municipal course. It was built in a floodplain and went probably 30 years without any kind of maintenance. I can’t wait to see what they’ve done with it. oh poo poo Dearborn Heights? I'll have to get up there when it's done.
|
|
#
?
Feb 28, 2023 21:23
|
|
|
DJExile posted:oh poo poo Dearborn Heights? I'll have to get up there when it's done. You let me know when!
|
|
#
?
Mar 1, 2023 11:49
|
|
|
Good read on the (significant) changes coming to the tour next year. Don’t love everything but by and large think it’s the right direction. https://twitter.com/eamonlynch/status/1630945619694047233?s=46&t=IW0MSOWK0Lh4VsB3wVLoOA
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 00:18
|
|
|
I don't really know why the "no cuts" is necessary but as a golf watcher I'm very keen on the smaller fields. While not every tournament can be a major this is a way of making it clear which are really worth tuning into.
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 00:32
|
|
|
Yeah I do wish they cut at least some. I wonder if this was like a requirement of a lot of the sponsors in order to agree to these huge changes.
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 01:18
|
|
|
I don't see the part where the hole is made 1" larger, rounds cut down to 12 holes with a 15 second shot clock. 
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 01:19
|
|
|
Shotgun start but everyone starts on the same hole. You get free strokes if you knock another players ball out of the air.
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 02:01
|
|
|
Started working as a caddie at a local club when I was like 12-13 and eventually worked my way into the pro-shop. One of the drills the pro would use was 'the hula hoop drill'. It helps with shot alignment (mostly slices). If you all know this one then feel free to ignore. If you're newish to golf and don't know what it is, you duct tape a hula hoop to a club and practice your rotation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pDQKHgU4Z4 This is TERRIBLE quality on the video but illustrates what it is BigBeefCity fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Mar 2, 2023 |
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 02:59
|
|
|
DJExile posted:oh poo poo Dearborn Heights? I'll have to get up there when it's done. I moved out to ypsi, but i'm always down to play somewhere in southeast michigan.
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 03:00
|
|
|
I was watching a Shell Wonderful World of Golf with Snead and Nicklaus at Pebble Beach in 1963 and the course looks a tiny bit ragged (in a good way, really) and those greens are running about 5 and are really bumpy. All their chips from the fringe are always pitching wedge or even 8 irons. To no surprise, Nicklaus is an absolute bomber and Snead has a dirty old man game making pars from awful places. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMnrQYyxOho
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 03:11
|
|
|
I remember watching golf with my grandpa (who was crazed for it) and playing cribbage at the same time and that footage made me think of the first time he took me on a course, just the nicest turf and conditions I'd ever seen  he was fanatical about it and took me golfing for the first time when I was pretty young (9 maybe) and we were in WI but I couldn't believe how NICE the turf on the course was, I'd never seen anything like it...
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 03:28
|
|
|
Keyser_Soze posted:I was watching a Shell Wonderful World of Golf with Snead and Nicklaus at Pebble Beach in 1963 and the course looks a tiny bit ragged (in a good way, really) and those greens are running about 5 and are really bumpy. All their chips from the fringe are always pitching wedge or even 8 irons. To no surprise, Nicklaus is an absolute bomber and Snead has a dirty old man game making pars from awful places. That's how I learned to play, bump and run with a 7 iron, nothing more lofted than my PW at like 47*. The clinic I attended with Nicklaus in the early 80s was formative for me, taught me how to hit off of odd slopes. I still suck but it was amazing. Now with my modern iron set I'm still getting used to my sand and lob wedges. Its kind of fun to see what stupid poo poo I can do with them though
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 06:53
|
|
|
open your swing and the face? e: with modern stuff 'keep it closed and let it open up"? ee: I was thinking of playing off the side of a steep bunker BigBeefCity fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Mar 2, 2023 |
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 07:53
|
|
|
Rahm -3 through 3 holes 
|
|
#
?
Mar 2, 2023 19:23
|
|
|
My old rear end Cleveland carry bag was getting heavy as hell on my home course in addition to rattling like a skeleton jacking off into a washpan full of metal spoons with every step. I paid like 100 bucks for that thing off some slickdeals poo poo (think 2007 wish) way back when. My club has some very nice ping hoofers for ~$220 that I was considering. My buddy let me borrow one of his and drat it's nice. Comfy straps and quiet...so quiet. I really got some nice stuff in there nowadays. Feels good I'm starting to find more and more GiR's y'all. The first hole at my course is a nasty bastard. Dogleg right roller coaster with a nastier green. I nutted an 8-iron from 135 yards+25 feet of uphill and got it close to a tucked top tier location. If you run it more than 2-3 feet past that hole location, it will end up off the front of the green. I GRACIOUSLY walked away with a tap in par 
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2023 01:47
|
|
|
Rahm is a monster
|
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2023 02:31
|
|
|
 Finally replacing my F9 I bought off the shelf years ago with something fit to me. Fitter quote: “I don’t get many requests for extra slicey drivers” xsf421 fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Mar 3, 2023 |
|
#
?
Mar 3, 2023 17:50
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 25, 2024 12:28 |
|
|
Rahm shot a 76 WHAT?! wow
|
|
#
?
Mar 4, 2023 01:01
|
|