2014 PGA Golf

[gotbeer]

Would be a shame if they stopped play.  This is such a great match so far.

[Tank]

Wow, what a save.

[nate]

Rickie!  What a save.

[Tank]

Rory in the lead alone.

[Tank]

Rory just hit his 9 iron from 184. Lol.

[nate]

McIlroy is going to have to wait until tomorrow morning to win another major.

[Lou]

They're going to finish this in the dark

[Lou]

Was hoping Rory would only have a 1 shot lead going into 18

Edited August 11, 2014 by Lou

[nate]

Rory has definitely entered superstar status.

[Tank]

Three straight wins - the British Open, the WGC, and the PGA.

Not bad for a 25 yr old.

[stevestevens]

Man that was fun but it sucked at the same time. I was pulling for fowler so bad. My 6 and 8 year old were chanting for rory to lose. Great golf.

Take notice us open, fans like to watch scoring. No one likes watching you make great courses into concrete dirtways that are ugly to look at. It was fun when you started to do that a while ago but now it is getting tired. Fans like the roars on the courses.

Edited August 11, 2014 by Stevestevens

[Tank]

couldn't agree with you more about the US open, SS. it's extremely frustrating to watch them make those courses so difficult.

 

i get that they don't want the winning score to be -15, but come on. make it reasonable.

[nate]

That was an amazing Sunday of golf. Totally agree SS.

only thing that killed it was then finishing in the dark and seemingly lowering the quality of play on the final hole

[stevestevens]

it's extremely frustrating to watch them make those courses so difficult.

My main issue is that they don't water the course and then the fairways start to look like shore cliffs

[nate]

Ridiculously firm greens and super long rough.  Requires conservative play off the tee because if you miss a fairway you are done but if you are conservative off the tee you have a long approach shot onto an impossibly firm green.  I never enjoy the US open unless it is at Pebble, and that is just because of how great Pebble looks.

 

Augusta is still my favorite.  Amazing scenery, excellent layout with a great mix of scoring and difficult holes.

[Adam]

I hit Del Mar on Saturday so had a lot to do yesterday. Scrambled a bit to watch, follow online, listen to PGA radio, etc. Did get to see 18. Phil's pitch up to the hole was awesome. What a great finish. I think sports are best when there is one dominant entity. Will be fun to see guys make runs at Rory in the future. That dude is so good at golf. 

[xboom28x]

I think Valhalla would have played much tougher if they didn't have the rain they did this weekend. Made it easier for these guys to throw darts on the green. I agree that Augusta seems to have the perfect mix of scoring and difficult shot making.

 

As for this particular PGA, it might have been the most exciting PGA Championship ever. At least that I can remember. 4 guys duking it out in 3 different groups. I forgot that Rory was playing with Weisberger. Did he really shoot 74 on Sunday? He must have been caught up in watching Phil, Rickie and Rory.

[nate]

Only his second time making the cut in a major.  That is a lot of pressure to deal with.

 

I just hate on the last two holes the quality of play went to crap.  You knew there was no way Phil or Rickie could eagle 18.  Impossible to read a long putt in the dark.  Would have rather they stopped play and finished in the morning.

[xboom28x]

Only his second time making the cut in a major.  That is a lot of pressure to deal with.

 

I just hate on the last two holes the quality of play went to crap.  You knew there was no way Phil or Rickie could eagle 18.  Impossible to read a long putt in the dark.  Would have rather they stopped play and finished in the morning.

 

I read that no golfer wants to stay another night and finish the next morning. Especially for only 2 holes.

[Homebrewer]

That.. and the PGA doesn't want to end a tournament on Monday morning when there would be nobody watching it..

[nate]

Yeah, I know why.  It just sucks that it sucked a little bit of the life out of an amazing tournament.

[fan_since79]

Kevin Sutherland shot a 59 today at the Champions Tour event. He needed just a par on the 18th hole to card a 58, but bogeyed it. Seven birdies and an eagle on the front nine, then five more birdies on the back nine.

 

A dream day on the course.

Edited August 16, 2014 by fan_since79

[Tank]

first 59 on the senior tour. been done on the pga tour 7 times, and has never been done on the european tour.

 

wow, imagine shooting a 58. well, i mean, the rest of you can imagine it . . .

[Tank]

the week after the pga is often a tough week to watch, but today has been a good day to watch golf.

[fan_since79]

first 59 on the senior tour. been done on the pga tour 7 times, and has never been done on the european tour.

 

wow, imagine shooting a 58. well, i mean, the rest of you can imagine it . . .

 

What a difference a day makes. Sutherland carded a 74 on Sunday and finished in a tie for 7th.