2019 Memorial Tournament

[Zeph]

Bryson DeChambeau is defending champion.

 

Featured Groups
Tiger Woods – Justin Rose – Bryson DeChambeau (WATCH: Exclusively Thursday on PGA TOUR LIVE)
Tee times: Round 1 (8:26 a.m. ET, No. 10); Round 2 (1:16 p.m. ET, No. 1)

 

Phil Mickelson – Rickie Fowler – Matt Kuchar
Tee times: Round 1 (1:16 p.m. ET, No. 1); Round 2 (8:26 p.m. ET, No. 10)

 

Rory McIlroy – Jordan Spieth – Justin Thomas
Tee times: Round 1 (8:15 a.m. ET, No. 10); Round 2 (1:05 p.m. ET, No. 1)

 

Hideki Matsuyama – Jason Day – Adam Scott
Tee times: Round 1 (1:05 p.m. ET, No. 1); Round 2 (8:15 a.m. ET, No. 10)

 

Rory McIlroy 8-1
Tiger Woods 12-1
Patrick Cantlay 16-1
Rickie Fowler 16-1
Matt Kuchar 16-1
Justin Rose 16-1
Jason Day 18-1 
Hideki Matsuyama 18-1
Justin Thomas 18-1
Jordan Spieth 20-1
Tony Finau 22-1
Adam Scott 25-1
Xander Schauffele 28-1
Gary Woodland 33-1
Bryson DeChambeau 35-1
Phil Mickelson 55-1
Kevin Na 55-1
Henrik Stenson 55-1

 

The Memorial Tournament odds, 2019: Surprising picks from advanced computer model that predicted five golf majors - CBSSports.com

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SportsLine simulated the 2019 Memorial Tournament 10,000 times and came up with some surprises

 

[klineka]

Spieth off to a great start, 2 chip ins and a long eagle putt and hes currently 7 under par through 14

[ChrisP]

Spieth going to be a popular pick at Pebble. He’s won there before and is going there in good form. Putter is working. Driver still needs work but he knows how to scramble.

Tiger doesn’t seem to be doing much today. Stuck in neutral while most everyone else seems to be hitting the gas.

Edited May 30, 2019 by ChrisP

[nevets88]

Phil: If your head were a touch softer, I'd be in the fairway. Ha!

 

[klineka]

18 minutes ago, ChrisP said:

Tiger doesn’t seem to be doing much today. Stuck in neutral while most everyone else seems to be hitting the gas.

He's T20 right now...

And most everyone else? Just from the featured groups alone, Rory has hit 1 ball O.B., lost another ball, and hit a lay up shot into a creek. Justin Rose isn't playing well, Bryson is hovering around even and just put one in a pond, and Justin Thomas is hovering around even too.

[ChrisP]

2 minutes ago, klineka said:

He's T20 right now...

And most everyone else? Just from the featured groups alone, Rory has hit 1 ball O.B., lost another ball, and hit a lay up shot into a creek. Justin Rose isn't playing well, Bryson is hovering around even and just put one in a pond, and Justin Thomas is hovering around even too.

He was Even when I posted it and looks like he may be heading back to Even. So like I said, he’s just kinda holding steady. Not doing great but not playing awful either.

[Vinsk]

You guys seeing this? Kuchar pretty much trying to cheat. Trying to claim his ball that’s in pitch mark (not his) made its own new pitch mark inside the existing pitch mark so he should get relief. Total bs.

[ChrisP]

Kuchar involved in a controversy? You don’t say. Where have I heard that before?

Edited May 30, 2019 by ChrisP

[Beastie]

21 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

You guys seeing this? Kuchar pretty much trying to cheat. Trying to claim his ball that’s in pitch mark (not his) made its own new pitch mark inside the existing pitch mark so he should get relief. Total bs.

He’s getting laid into big time on Sky Tv. That’s not helping his reputation any..

[iacas]

1 hour ago, Vinsk said:

You guys seeing this? Kuchar pretty much trying to cheat. Trying to claim his ball that’s in pitch mark (not his) made its own new pitch mark inside the existing pitch mark so he should get relief. Total bs.

Yup.

[Vinsk]

1 hour ago, Beastie said:

He’s getting laid into big time on Sky Tv. That’s not helping his reputation any..

Lol yeah? I mean....pretty ridiculous. Gets a second opinion ...then asks if he can get a third....

[Beastie]

30 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

Lol yeah? I mean....pretty ridiculous. Gets a second opinion ...then asks if he can get a third....

When he was interviewed afterwards Kuchar basically tried to say it might have been plugged from the second bounce and he thought he should  get relief. When asked if he was satisfied the officials had got the decision right he didn’t answer... 

I’ve got money on him this week, but that is trying too hard. 

[iacas]

If someone can find the good video of this, like on Twitter or something, I'll use it to post on RulesGeeks.

[nevets88]

 

[Hardspoon]

I’m surprised he didn’t try the old trick that children use:

”Actually, the first official said it’s OK, but I just had to ask you first.”

[Vinsk]

I’m not sure how it works regarding Kuchar wanting to mark his ball and ‘look’ but I wouldn’t have allowed him to do that. Kuchar admits his ball is in a pitch mark that’s not his...then says, ‘ can I just mark my ball and look...I think there are two pitch marks..there’s a smaller one then it widens where my ball is sitting.’ WTF? He thinks the small bounce his ball took created a new pitch mark within a previous pitch mark. I would’ve said play it as it lies Matt. No marking is necessary, there’s nothing to look for.

[leftybutnotPM]

Fact is, Kuchar is the phony that people think Mickelson is. He's a slimy jerk hiding between the grin and "Gooollyyy Matty!" BS. As long as dumb fans keep yelling out "KUUUUUUCH" people will be conned into thinking he's cool. He's a real Grade 1 dick and this was him trying to cheat. He cheated a caddy and now he's trying to cheat his fellow competitors.

Edited May 31, 2019 by leftybutnotPM

[hoselpalooza]

here's a view from another angle:

looks like the ball hopped to the right initially and then forward.