The official 2024 PGA thread

[fan_since79]

Hideki does it, and Nick Dunlap slips into the top 50 with a par on 18. Tom Kim's season is over. Some high drama at playoff time.

[Tank]

i'm always surprised that billy horshel does so well in these end of year playoffs. he's a steady golfer but he doesn't win much at all, and he never really stands out as a top player from week to week. 

but yet, every year, he's in the playoffs. 

[Angel Oracle]

Congrats Hideki!

X-man rolling right along, ties for 2nd and matches best round of the day (63).

Scheffler finishes 4th.

Could be a great Fed Ex Cup.

[fan_since79]

Something is wrong with Rory. His game is falling off a cliff.

[Blarg]

10 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Something is wrong with Rory. His game is falling off a cliff.

He was always the 3rd place finisher in majors for nearly a decade and now with domestic difficulties he is fading away. He has hit that age 35 wall. But don't feel bad for him, he has banked about $170 million. 

[Tank]

6 hours ago, Blarg said:

he has banked about $170 million. 

that's close to my retirement package. 

[PattyD22]

15 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Something is wrong with Rory. His game is falling off a cliff.

It’s Amanda Balionis fault.  I blame her, but it was probably worth it.

[Tank]

12 hours ago, PattyD22 said:

It’s Amanda Balionis fault.  I blame her, but it was probably worth it.

wait, what? are they a couple? she just got married like a year or two ago.

she's smoking hot. 

[PattyD22]

On 8/20/2024 at 8:50 PM, Tank said:

wait, what? are they a couple? she just got married like a year or two ago.

she's smoking hot. 

Rumor is/was her and Rory hooked up prior to his divorce announcement before the US Open.  She then took a 2 week “vacation” before rejoining CBS Golf, but then announced she’s quitting the PGA and joining NFL on CBS.

And she’s now divorced.  Maybe all just a coincidence.  Who knows?

[Angel Oracle]

X-Man started slow today, +2 through 6 holes to fall to even par.    Then had 7 birdies in the final 12 holes to climb to a tie for 5th after 3 rounds.   He’s ready for the Tour Championship next weekend.

Meanwhile, Scheffler fell back to tie for 35th with a +2 round.

[Blarg]

Sheffler just dropped one in the water and ended up with a triple.  This is just not his weekend. 

[PattyD22]

Scottie Scheffler just shanked a shot out of the bunker on 8 that looked like a weekend hacker’s shot.

He is having some serious trouble right now and Morikawa is now only 4 shots back after starting 7 back.

 

[PattyD22]

Um now only 2 shots back is Morikawa.

[Blarg]

Morikawa is now back to 4 behind Scheffler that is going on a birdie run. 

[Blarg]

Make that 5 behind. Scheffler just sunk his 3rd birdie in a row. 

[PattyD22]

21 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Make that 5 behind. Scheffler just sunk his 3rd birdie in a row. 

The way Scheffler rebounded after the shank from the bunker is amazing.  He is mentally tough.

[Tank]

well, that was quite a display of golf talent. my goodness. gave off a lot of tiger vibes with how he regrouped and took care of business.

what a year. seven wins, an olympic gold medal, the fedex cup, another major, and the birth of his first child. this is about as good as it gets.

it was fun to watch scheffler this year, and i'm looking forward to see what he does next. 

[Angel Oracle]

Scheffler and X-man pretty much clinched 1-2 in the world GOTY voting?

[Blarg]

If that was a regular stroke play tourney, with no added strokes, Scheffler (-20) loses to Morikawa (-22) and Theegala (-21). This is about the dumbest idea on the PGA tour that you give strokes to the best players. It is the complete opposite of their handicapping rules for amatuers to create a level playing field. 

2024 Tour Championship Leaderboard without starting strokes
1: Collin Morikawa — 66-63-67-66 (-22)
2: Sahith Theegala — 67-66-66-64 (-21)
3: Scottie Scheffler — 65-66-66-67 (-20)
4: Russell Henley — 67-71-67-62 (-17)
5: Adam Scott — 66-67-68-67 (-16)
6: Sungjae Im — 69-68-68-64 (-15)
7: Justin Thomas — 66-69-70-65 (-14)
T8: Wyndham Clark — 67-67-68-69 (-13)
T8: Taylor Pendrith — 66-69-70-66 (-13)
T8: Viktor Hovland — 69-71-65-66 (-13)
T8: Shane Lowry — 69-69-65-68 (-13)
12: Rory McIlroy — 69-69-68-66 (-12)
T13: Xander Schauffele — 70-64-71-68 (-11)
T13: Sam Burns — 67-68-68-70 (-11)
15: Matthieu Pavon — 67-69-71-67 (-10)
T16: Hideki Matsuyama — 70-70-68-67 (-9)
T16: Robert MacIntyre — 67-71-71-64 (-9)
T16: Tommy Fleetwood — 70-67-71-67 (-9)
T19: Patrick Cantlay — 69-70-71-67 (-7)
T19: Ludvig Åberg — 71-68-68-70 (-7)
T21: Byeong Hun An — 69-71-69-69 (-6)
T21: Aaron Rai — 66-70-72-70 (-6)
23: Billy Horschel — 73-69-71-66 (-5)
T24: Akshay Bhatia — 70-69-71-71 (-3)
T24: Tony Finau — 70-66-74-71 (-3)
T27: Keegan Bradley — 69-74-71-68 (-2)
T27: Sepp Straka — 68-70-71-73 (-2)
T29: Christiaan Bezuidenhout — 71-69-73-74 (+3)
T29: Tom Hoge — 69-68-76-74 (+3)

[Tank]

i agree with you @Blarg about the starting scores. it's silly and unnecessary. 

i don't ever play for money so i hadn't considered the idea of handicapping and giving strokes, but i'm glad someone did.