Personal life stuff aside, It has been kind of a bummer watching Tiger just break down like he has. At this rate, I wonder if he’ll ever win another major.
Tag: golf
Lame.
Wow. That is crazy.
Why didn’t Poulter just quit like he did when did not like the conditions at the Wells Fargo? I thought being a quitter was his thing?
Rough day for Rory.[^fn1] Hopefully he can get it together and put on a good show tomorrow.
[^fn1]: No pun intended.
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British Open Weather Forecast
I am *not* someone who wants to see golfer “fight the elements” in the major championships. Therefore, I am okay with this relativity-calm weather forecast.
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Bubba Watson photobombs Webb Simpson
I hope *this* is the Bubba we see this week, not the [guy who yells at his caddy](https://johnkiv.us/2013/06/24/bubba-watson-goes-off-on-caddie-as-travelers-championship-slips-from-his-grasp-devil-ball-golf-yahoo-sports/).
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British Open TV times and schedule
My favorite part of the British Open is that the tournament is on *all* morning and is over by 2-3 pm on Sunday. I wish all televised, professional golf could be on that schedule.
Seriously, take a couple of minutes and go watch this.
Wow. I seriously did not think the PGA would adopt it.
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Rory McIlroy versus the Robot
This is just awesome. Seriously, take 4 minute and watch the whole thing.
This kind of outburst is why I used to think Bubba would never win a major. Then, leading up to his win in Augusta, he looked like he had evolved beyond them. Unsurprisingly, he won a green jacket. It would be disappointing if he fell back into old habits.
This is what the members of Quail Hollow are going to have to do next year if they want to start regaining their reputation as a top quality PGA tour stop.
Remember when everyone was upset about the condition of Quail Hollow for the Wells Fargo Championship? I *think* this *might* be a bigger deal.
This is exactly why I am such a big fan of the LPGA. The tour is just full of great, young, exciting talent. The Solheim Cup should be a blast to watch.
> Last November, after an extensive review, the USGA and The R&A proposed Rule 14-1b, a new entry to the Rules of Golf that prohibits anchoring the club in making a stroke. This morning, together with The R&A, we are announcing the adoption of Rule 14-1b for players at all levels of the game, effective January 1, 2016.
> Final approval of Rule 14-1b follows a comprehensive and unprecedented process for playing Rules in which comments and suggestions from across the golf community were collected and considered. In our best judgment and having considered all of the input that we received, both before and after the proposed Rule was announced, we concluded that Rule 14-1b was necessary to protect the essential nature of the traditional method of stroke and eliminate potential advantages that anchoring the club provides.
Your move PGA.
I hope, looking back, that Derek Ernst will be the story and not the quality of the greens. I was there, and they were terrible. Shane Ryan sums it up nicely:
> And Quail Hollow? The greens on the beautiful course were in terrifying shape. A new course superintendent, an upcoming shift to Bermuda grass, or poor maintenance due to “top-dressing” the greens with sand may have been responsible. Two of the greens were so bad that they had to be re-sodded just before the tournament, an extraordinary measure for a PGA stop. The rest looked like they’d come down with some sort of splotchy rash, and the discoloration was not purely cosmetic — rolls were uneven, putts were affected, players complained. But regardless of who or what was to blame, the poor conditions resulted in nine withdrawals in the week leading up to the tournament. The golfers all had their own excuses, but the circumstances went beyond “suspicious.” As CBS’s Kyle Porter reported, Ian Poulter actually tweeted about the horrid state of the greens, flew to Charlotte to check them out firsthand, and then flew back home citing “personal reasons.”
They better get that fixed before next year.
When you see videos like this, it is really tough to cheer against Bubba Watson.
The only thing surprising about this, is that it has taken this long.
There is no one better for on-the-course WTF moments than Mickelson, and this absolutely classic.