Golf - classic or dud

Would like to know how much of the prize money for the Open comes from the TV rights, because now that the R&A runs the British Open for women it should sell the rights as a package with the men's and split the prize money equally, but I would guess they would argue that the prize fund comes from additional sources too.

wife and i were sitting at a bar eating lunch and caught the last two holes by chance. we were both chuckling at shibuno's (very charming) goofiness, like literally joking about how she was acting like she had never been in a big tournament before i googled her and found out....she had never been in a big tournament. then she turned out to be a stone cold assassin on that winning 20-footer. what an awesome story.

hideki has p much eliminated the pause at the top of his backswing...my world is all askew.

jordan's swing is looking way better with the driver compared to the last 2 years.

brooks on his 'rivalry' with rory - "there is no rivalry. rory hasn't won a major since i've been on tour". Ouch.

at pga tour event in japan tiger starts with 3 straight bogeys, reels off 9 birdies in next 15 to lead at -6.

his iron swing is a thing of beauty.

exciting finish at the presidents cup

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/rory-mcilroy-criticizes-trump-1.5571639

Thinking of that game Trump had with Nicklaus and Tiger, most welcome.

Golf now good.

Wow, that was a wild few minutes where the actual President of the USA was following me on Twitter and even sent me a message. Shame it ended so badly 😭 pic.twitter.com/KejDKTleNu

— Liam Bennett (@ljkbennett) June 11, 2020

Watching Dechambeau win in Detroit today was amazing. Averaging 350.6 yards off the tee, hitting an 8 iron 2nd shot from the rough on a par 5 230 yards onto the green. Just ridiculous. P funny when they put his swing side by side with Chris Kirk's and started them at the same time which shows that Bryson swings it so fast that he had hit the ball before Chris Kirk had even got to the top of his back swing.

He on the juice or what

how cynical!!!

Golf sucks

350? Fuuuuuxk
Any N.Y. ilxors down for a round ?

these bracing times are emboldening the drive to eradicate disliked culture

I've never met a non-anglo who was into golf (not judging btw, and I don't mean this sarcastically).

Sucks to be you I guess ?

golf rules but is evil. I’m a yankees fan too so I have long made my peace

'golf rules but is evil' otm

isn't there a reorganised major soon?

uspga 2nd week in august. brooks going for 3 in a row.

tiger back playing on thurs in the memorial at muirfield village, 9 of the top 10 taking part should be good.

lol bryson first round of memorial, starting at 10th tee

10- 353 yard drive
11- 362 yard drive
13- 359 yard drive
17- 407 yard drive
1- 423 yard drive

i only saw the first 2 both of which were in the fairway so it's not like he's long and crooked. seriously think if he played st andrews in the summer time he'd drive 6 or 7 of the par 4s. ridiculous.

women's british open superb from start to finish. brutal conditions first 2 days followed by some great playing at the weekend. fantastic job from sophia popov to outplay the field and win a major. she's world number 304 and a symmetra tour grinder so a life changing victory. kudos.

I've been playing for 45 years--almost daily for a couple of years in my teens, regularly and semi-regularly at other times, and I mostly stopped through my 20s. The game remains a complete mystery.

I had one of my best 9s a couple of weeks ago. Only 43, but I parred 6 of 9 holes (one with a long putt and one with a chip-in off the green, so there was some luck). Also took an 8 and a 7, and then on the back I was 52.

Last week, I played 15 holes in 78--I could have and should have come in about 93 or 94. But the other three pushed me over 100. I drove great, putted pretty well, and was a nightmare chipping and pitching within 100 yards.

Before I die, or before I physically break down, I want to be able to go out there and shoot in the mid-80s with some consistency. I've been trying forever, and it just never happens. (I'm going to try a few lessons next spring.)

work strictly on chipping and putting imo

Unless you have a terrible slice or hook problem I agree that putting and dropping your approach shots onto the green make the difference between par or not par. This is not my wisdom, but my dad was a HS golf coach whose teams always placed high in the state tournament, a low-handicapper, and had five attested lifetime holes-in-one. He loved to talk golf. I listened in order to be able to converse with him sensibly.

lol at pga throwing finau, dj and bryson d all in the same group

Had no idea this was going on till it was on the TV in a restaurant tonight. I wasn't sure if they were replaying an old Open.

watched 10+ hours of this yesterday. beautifully brutal with only 3 players breaking par on the day - bryson, bubba, and hideki.

villain patrick reed by one shot over villain bryson dechambeau at the halfway point.

has there every been a great player (4 majors is unquestionably great imo) who has failed so consistently and completely whenever he has had to play around a difficult golf course in firm conditions as mcilroy has? especially if it's windy as well? paul mcginley likes to pull out the stat that rory has never won a tournament where the winning score is worse than -12, and watching rory play that doesn't surprise me. but you'd figure he'd get it done at least once.

in other news jordan spieth now officially dead.

boo. not quite as difficult today. greens look softer.
rory -2 front nine which is good playing.

man with the coolest trigger move in golf matt wolff leads by 2 from bryson.
man with swing of my dreams louis o. another 2 back. rory still in it at 1 over.
will be rooting,as ever, for hideki. turn on the sub air and let the carnage commence.

I have never actually seen Bryson and his new swing this year. Cyborg.

Wolff has more hitches in his swing than I don't know what! Even his little pre-swing address has a hitch.

hard to play a more impressive rd than bryson just did tbqh

Loved watching Wolff hope he can sustain a long and competent career cos I love weird swings. That pre swing move is hilarious and I kinda want to try It to kick my motion and tempo in gear.

45 years, almost made my first-ever eagle today. Short par 4 (305 yards), hit a decent drive, pushed it a little right. Hit a 9 into the green and caught it perfect; I could see it rolling on and right towards the pin, but couldn't tell how close. Six inches--weirdly, though, above the hole, like it somehow curled around.

^^^someone's been reading bryson's aiming charts

True...305 yards--what's that, a 5-iron for him?

I suspect we all know that this is the only good spectator

Mooving day at the @DDFIrishOpen 🐮#DDFIrishOpen pic.twitter.com/qJPj8F4uxp

— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) September 26, 2020

So happy to watch Sei Young Kim win her first major today, the Women's PGA. Was probably the best currently active player without one. Put on an absolute clinic today with a 63 in the final group holding off a charging Inbee Park ( a legend herself). Love her aggressive flag hunting game.

From pond to pin! Rahm skips to a hole-in-one on No. 16 at #themasters pic.twitter.com/JNNPWgW9OP

— The Masters (@TheMasters) November 10, 2020

insane

um, what the fuck

He had a hole in one at #4 the day before as well!

boo. featured group coverage at masters for first time ever, looking fwd to ten hours of golf and play gets suspended after 5 mins and may not restart for another 4 hours.

Westwood 4 under thru 8 and leading! lol just birdied the 9th as well. get em LJ!!

tiger about to go 3 under. course really soft, scores v low. prefer it when the greens are fast but with no fans some.of the camera angles and shots are new to me and great.

Oh Lee. You tease

Very shocking to update the golf leaderboard and see those scores. Imagine if he has a consistent tournament!

Rickie tee update: 7:26 GMT

Everyone did a nice job today. A v low-scoring round. I've got to wonder how the silence could be positively impacting the psychological game. Casey sounding sort of rapturous when he was describing the atmosphere to one interviewer. Rickie on -3.

yah. excellent day's play. rickie has been terrible all year so nice to see him turn it around. if anywhere could revitalise a player I thought it would be Augusta and spieth but not so far, jordy now #80 in the world!

matthew wolff played a couple of exquisite chip shots and his major record so far is played 2 finished 4th and 2nd.

as always rooting for hideki who has really upped his fashion game in 2020 with his shoes/shirt combos.

hoping hideki does it this time. or finau. couple guys who havent broken through yet.

larry mize! -2!

greatest swing of all time