Ro Sham Bo Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, Stringer Bell said: Yeah, you'd have think at least the Scottish will be one of them, with Genesis being such a key PGA sponsor. The only problem I can see is that it's the week before the Open, some of the top guys like playing the week before a major, but some don't. It might get moved to a week earlier in future which wouldn't be great tbh. Or they might rotate the Scottish and Irish as the elevated event. Having the Irish when the Open is in England. I think the Open might be the exception to the rule just because I think most of the American based players probably don't want to be away for any more than a couple of weeks. I'm not sure the prospect of them having 10 days to kill over here between the end of the Scottish and the start of the Open would go down that well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfCutNinja Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Have it on good authority Matsuyama has been offered 350 million from Liv. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky_nomad Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 11 hours ago, Stringer Bell said: Tiger and Rory's new venture. Virtual golf with pros and celebs for 2 hours on a Monday night. 2 hours for 18 holes? Good luck with that - earlier this year I booked a hitting studio for me and 3 of my mates to play a "virtual" round. Even with the putting option turned off we only managed 8 holes (although the booze might have played a small part...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Tiger has developed a sense of humour in his old age, I would have warmed to him more if he had been like this when he was younger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlo Stanfield Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 hour ago, funky_nomad said: 2 hours for 18 holes? Good luck with that - earlier this year I booked a hitting studio for me and 3 of my mates to play a "virtual" round. Even with the putting option turned off we only managed 8 holes (although the booze might have played a small part...) I don't think it's a full round, just short game stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky_nomad Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Stringer Bell said: I don't think it's a full round, just short game stuff. Serves me right for not noticing the key phrase "short from" in all the corporate bumpf! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 2 hours for 18 holes? Good luck with that - earlier this year I booked a hitting studio for me and 3 of my mates to play a "virtual" round. Even with the putting option turned off we only managed 8 holes (although the booze might have played a small part...)Me and my mate completed 9 in an hour on one of those virtual bays, and that was with me as not only not a very big hitter, but also grubbing about the trees a few times. These boys a 2 shots to every 4 and a fair number of 5s these days, so if its set to auto putt based on green position, it will take them about 3 minutes to play a hole. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 46 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: 9 hours ago, funky_nomad said: 2 hours for 18 holes? Good luck with that - earlier this year I booked a hitting studio for me and 3 of my mates to play a "virtual" round. Even with the putting option turned off we only managed 8 holes (although the booze might have played a small part...) Me and my mate completed 9 in an hour on one of those virtual bays, and that was with me as not only not a very big hitter, but also grubbing about the trees a few times. These boys a 2 shots to every 4 and a fair number of 5s these days, so if its set to auto putt based on green position, it will take them about 3 minutes to play a hole. I seen a big green in the artists impression of the studio. Maybe they still have to putt and do it there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Virtual golf is massive in Asia.Pubs have full blown tournaments and the locals all come fully dressed because getting a tee time is expensive and hard to get. I entered a few when I was working in South Korea but crash helmets required after beer no 10 top notch day out for about 30quid (alcohol extra) but nibbles provided and soft drinks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Rory starts off the Tour Championship with a triple bogey and pretty much plays himself out of contention after 1 hole. Classic Rory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Ro Sham Bo said: Rory starts off the Tour Championship with a triple bogey and pretty much plays himself out of contention after 1 hole. Classic Rory. A quite incredible round. Back to even par with 4 to play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, The Moonster said: A quite incredible round. Back to even par with 4 to play. Now -1 after 15 after being +4 after 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Rory in for a 3 under round of 67. Incredible round with only 4 pars in it. Unfortunately it is already looking like a procession for Scheffler who is 5 ahead with one to play. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Quite remarkable how the original 10 million prize was structured. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 22 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Quite remarkable how the original 10 million prize was structured. Yes but according to the Liv jobbers the uspga doesn't look after those at the top.Westwood having a rant yesterday about the changes forgetting he had made $24mill on it Rory's round was nuts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Box office stuff from Rory. I really hate this daft handicap scoring. It’s practically over already 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlo Stanfield Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Crans is an incredible venue. Bucket list stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Nightmare start for Bob as he double bogeys his first hole to drop back to level par. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignoramus Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 4 hours ago, peasy23 said: Nightmare start for Bob as he double bogeys his first hole to drop back to level par. He’s been pretty average this season tbh. It’s understandable with the money and the ranking points boost you get, but I wonder if heading on to the PGA Tour for a few events so quickly after coming through was the best idea. He seemed to lose some momentum that he had been building up and never really got the tournament wins behind him that he should have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, Ignoramus said: He’s been pretty average this season tbh. It’s understandable with the money and the ranking points boost you get, but I wonder if heading on to the PGA Tour for a few events so quickly after coming through was the best idea. He seemed to lose some momentum that he had been building up and never really got the tournament wins behind him that he should have. If you look at his performances in run of the mill events he's been no better, and in a some cases worse, than his Scottish contemporaries over the last 18 months. The thing that set him apart was his performance in the majors but he now has a load of work to do to qualify for any of those now so he needs to concentrate on the DP Tour and string some results together. Unlikely to be this week though as he looks set to miss the cut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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