Golf - Classic or Dud?

To watch it is tres boring, to play, I should suspect it would be entertaining for an afternoon.

And loathe as I am to disagree with Mark S, Caddyshack's greatness is surely despite the golf stuff, not because of it. (This is also true of the qualities of Updike and Wodehouse on the subject.)

I've always associated it with appalingly-dressed middle-aged upper- middle-class white racists not letting Jews or black people into their stupid fucking clubs. How much dudder could anything get?

Crazy golf=Classic, however. Despite Andrew L injuring me once while playing it!

spencer levin just dropkicked his hat after a bogey on pga tour

finally managed to break 80

78 on my local par 70 course. worked it out too: I only took 28 (!!) putts. if I had any game from tee to green I would've torn it up

shot 85 (11+) at a par 74/6500 yd course in troon today in the howling wind. jack nicklaus shot 82 here at the height of his powers in 1966 so I'm chuffed with that - especially considering it included a horrendous 6 at a par 3 (hit from bunker to bunker) and two careless doubles

There are occasional links courses in the States, sort of as a novelty -- are there many US style parkland courses in the British Isles?

the types of courses you tend to get are: links, parkland, heathland/moorland, hillside

imagine the parkland courses we have here aren't quite as ~lush~ but they are still green, with soily turf. much prefer links. hate hillside courses

my local course (inland, just out of the city) is a typical parkland course

there are no desert courses in britain iirc ;)

That would be a novelty course. It wouldn't be hard to simulate the terrain, though! Just the temperatures.

I played Lake Shastina once in far northern California, a bit north of Mount Shasta. The front was parkland, with a lot of changes in elevation, but the back nine was links-ish, very flat, few trees, and with a neverending wind blowing down from Shasta. A real test of club selection, with long holes into the wind, short holes with the wind behind you, and vice versa. A really really fun course.

played the work's golf day today... 3rd out of 12, playing off 12. gutted though, out in +4 (39) but junked it on the second nine carding a 47 (+12)

not fussed about winning but annoyed about shitting up my card on the back 9, especially when the back 9 was quite a bit easier all-told. lost concentration/energy or something. was playing with the CEO and getting no chat... all game-face. not ideal, sometimes you want a bit of banter to take your mind off the golf in-between shots

p crazy mahan vs jay haas in a playoff - winner gets tour champ title & fed ex cup ($10 mil)

loser prob also does p ok for themselves so not as wildly dramatic as it perhaps could be

runner up in the fed ex cup "only gets" $700k!

both make great pars on 18

unbelievable par save out of shallow water by haas on 17

lol @ me calling him jay; bill haas obv, & he won; that water shot was f'in crazy

first round of the year

anyone seen my shoes

let's do this

Henrik Stenson hacking up the 18th was horrifying/amusing y'day.

i *wish* id've seen that

phil having like 50 ppl help try to find his wayward drive on 10 (i think) was a trip. good on him to get back to +2 after all that

Stenson's 18th hole
1- 3W duck hook into trees left and short of fairway.
2- Half topped attempted 40 yard bump under and through trees back to fairway (ended up 5 yards short of fairway in woodchip spectator walkway
3-Long iron to the green topped about 120 yards
4-Straight at pin but overshoots the green maybe 10 yards
5-Chip fails to make the green
6- Putt from the fringe 6 feet beyond cup
7-Miss
8-Holed

Some of the driving y'day was just appalling, like 40-50 yards off line (I'm looking at you Phil/Tiger)

damn wanted 2 see tiger hit there & fall into the creek on #13

faldo "i think we can officially say tiger has lost his game......and his mind"

faldo otm

yeah he's just straight casting right now, it's bizarre

loving the woods meltdown

hope he bogeys every hole for the next two days

god, he just left a 7 iron 20 yards short

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12277
nantz gets so worked up & self important here its ridic

I find it incredible that Woods got around in 75 y'day. He was so terrible an 85 seemed more fitting.

my dad has 20 quid on dufner at 150-1.

To win? Or top 5? I guess 150-1 must be to win. Dufner seems like a chill dude, kinda completely unassuming.

In order of preference I'd like to see Sergio, Freddie, Rory, Miguel win.

don't think he has it ew, not sure though. he texts me his bets during every major golf tournament, love it!

sergio & rory **hugglez**

every time i see bubba watson i feel a little uncomfortable

this back 9 for phil could be insane, already is great

i just turned it on and they were talking about phil making the shot of the tournament so far?

fehrety wents nuts abt it yea - hit a v hi pitch flop shot on the last hole facing the water & landed it 5 ft from the pin

phil was even on his rd @ the turn, now -5

Another anaemic putt by Scott - at least not the meltdown of last year.

wow! Mickelson misses the bunker - great bounce but hes played great!

lol @ drop in the bunker for Tiger - this man provides joy in awful times.

Your Tiger hate is intense.

Birdie for Mickelson!!

yeah i know, ws gonna say sorry clemenza but...y'know..

Mickelson winning this would be incredible

that was some immaculate sunday golf

And Westwood misses by a whisker. three behind, another major slips by!

yea 66 not bad

66 on a Sunday in an Open (either one) to come from behind, I wonder how many times that's been done. Fewer than 10, I bet.

Especially after the disappointment of the US open, its pretty special.

next yrs us open is @ pinehurst, where phil has 1 of his 2nds (99 to payne stewart)

career grand slam would be p. sick

Lee Westwood just makes me sad.

Breaks me up everytime.. :-(

For the record: a *deep breath* first-time kind of gem from Peter Alliss: *ball hits the fairway and pulls back*..."oh that's bad"...*pulls back* "oh that's horrid"...*pulls back some more*"oh that's 'write-your-letter-to-the-Times' bad".

I didn't want to smash my TV anyway..

I know Tiger usually owns this course but he's two pars away from a 59 right now

oops that isn't accurate - he needs to birdie 18

crazy round. that par on 18 was amazing.

hot take: golf is a lot more exciting when tiger is playing

he is imploding rn tho :(

smh tiger

wow he was -3 when I last checked

YOOOO

matsuyama balling. tiger balling.

matsuyama is -71 over his past 4 tournaments

tiger sucking now

When you give no fucks

John Daly is 56-years-old and currently tied for the lead at the PGA Championship. Legend. pic.twitter.com/6T4RFVj2me

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) May 19, 2022

John Daly was at +100000 to win the PGA Championship — that means a $10 bet would pay $10,000 😂

And yes, I know he's only through 7 holes. It's still awesome.

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) May 19, 2022

wonder how much money he's got on himself :)

Amazing piece, especially as the UK and parts of the US state attack and deny trans and abortion rights.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2022/jun/11/in-their-naked-self-interest-liv-golfers-are-being-refreshingly-true-to-the-sports-roots

* not the UK for abortion but certainly The Guardian UK publishes anti-trans rhetoric day and night. I wouldn't be all high and mighty about Saudi's crimes without a hint of reflection as to where that's coming from.

Looks like an exciting finish at the US open

huge fucking DUD, at least croquet has flamingos

that

was a great finish. so happy for Matt Fitzpatrick. Only missing 1 green in reg in the final round is some playing. scheffler and zalatoris were good. rahm was terrible.

i thought wills put on 18 was good as soon as it left the putter. matts shot out of the sand is an all timer

that 60 foot putt that fitzpatrick made earlier on was also pretty spectacular

*48 foot

yea crazy to put himself in that position in the sand on 18…. in his interview after winning he said the shot he had to least confidence in overall was a bunker long iron shot… good on him to pull it off

also hat tip to schlefflers front nine especially the approach to #1 out of the divot, great attitude and execution.

felt like the whole tournament was scotties to lose and he lost it on holes 10-14 on sat/sun. especially Saturday.

i thought wills put on 18 was good as soon as it left the putter.

Couldn't believe when it didn't go in...I didn't watch much, but the last few holes were great.

bye bye brooksy

rumors that xander and (gasp) morikawa are next

lets keep the golf chat to one thread

Golf - classic or dud

Agree--maybe a moderator could lock this one.