2021 Players Championship

[Club Rat]

1 hour ago, khalespace said:

Who do think play best with strong wind?

Definitely not Rory or Shauffele and Tony. Their all +6
They goes my fantasy picks for this week, grrrrrr....
And of course I thought about starting Sergio, key word - thought!!!  
 

[HoganApexFan]

According to GC, playing the 18th hole down the 9th fairway was done by amateur Jeevan Sihota during all 3 rounds of last year's AJGA Junior Players in September.  Based on their last minute change, the tour is obviously responding to Bryson's comments and nipping this in the bud before he could try it in the practice rounds.

[pganapathy]

19 minutes ago, HoganApexFan said:

According to GC, playing the 18th hole down the 9th fairway was done by amateur Jeevan Sihota during all 3 rounds of last year's AJGA Junior Players in September.  Based on their last minute change, the tour is obviously responding to Bryson's comments and nipping this in the bud before he could try it in the practice rounds.

No doubt they reacted to Bryson stating it out loud, but I think they made the decision because of other factors.  Consider that in order to hit a shot like that, you would need to go directly over a grandstand and a whole bunch of fans standing near the 9th fairway/green. Plus, there are quite a few players who have the length to hit a shot like that, but it just takes one mishit to make a mess

[Double Mocha Man]

There's an exciting new aspect now to the PGA Tour... it's the included Long Drive contest.  Maybe, for drama's sake, and more TV eyes, they should clear that area left of 18 and let the boys have at it.  Unless it totally interferes with golfers on #9.

[Pretzel]

33 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Unless it totally interferes with golfers on #9.

Play is already slow enough on the Tour, having to wait for two different groups to clear the fairway (including one that has to make their way back around the lake through the crowds/grandstands somehow) would definitely only serve to make things worse. Plus now you need extra spotters with radios to tell people on the 18th if it's safe to hit to the 9th, since it's a blind shot for them, and they might themselves be waiting for that fairway to clear when the 18th fairway is wide open for them to play.

Even ignoring the safety aspect this ruling would make sense solely from the logistics of a group making their way around to the 9th fairway from the 18th tee, then from the 9th fairway to the 18th green. Those areas are usually packed with either grandstands or spectators already, so you'd have to change the whole setup of the tournament infrastructure to accommodate that one tee shot a single player may or may not make (or allow that one player to dramatically slow down play if he tries it).

[nevets88]

There are bits of conversation here and there on Every Shot Live that would definitely be censored if it were being monitored. Love hearing the everyday talk unfiltered.

I also see Craig Perks announcing. I wonder if many of the younger audience is like, who the hell is Craig Perks? 😁

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, Club Rat said:

Definitely not Rory or Shauffele and Tony. Their all +6
They goes my fantasy picks for this week, grrrrrr....
And of course I thought about starting Sergio, key word - thought!!!  
 

I had Rory and Xander too!

[HoganApexFan]

1 hour ago, pganapathy said:

Plus, there are quite a few players who have the length to hit a shot like that, but it just takes one mishit to make a mess

Good point.  I'm surprised there haven't been more disasters the way they let fans line up on each side of a tee box, like the 18th at The Masters.  It also blows my mind the way fans give a bomber a narrow chute when he is hitting a recovery shot after a huge miss; how do they think he got there in the first place?  There's a youtube video of Tom Kite hitting a fan twice in a row with what looks like a hard ground ball to third (I'm guessing practice round reload?)  A line drive could kill someone.

[nevets88]

Just saw Adam Scott do five fingers, AE.

These are not sparse crowds.

Some dude tried to pick up wayward drive, got yelled at by marshal.

This Every Shot Live would be awesome if I could easily switch between groups.

[Billy Z]

Sergio = 65 today (-7)

Sergio = 75 tomorrow (+3) I hope

[khalespace]

54 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Just saw Adam Scott do five fingers, AE.

These are not sparse crowds.

Some dude tried to pick up wayward drive, got yelled at by marshal.

This Every Shot Live would be awesome if I could easily switch between groups.

Is every shot live a paid subscription? I subscribed to PGA Live with Amazon Prime. I originally tried to sign up with NBC but unable due to bugs in their website.

[nevets88]

8 minutes ago, khalespace said:

Is every shot live a paid subscription? I subscribed to PGA Live with Amazon Prime. I originally tried to sign up with NBC but unable due to bugs in their website.

It's a feature with PGA Tour Live only for selected tournaments like this one. Unfortunately not with Amazon though. I've been reading about problems with the website and streaming, like it cut out completely for me at 1PM, so this stuff is undercooked.

It's free just for today if you have a PGA Tour Live account, but you have to pay for it afterwards.

[Vinsk]

2 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Just saw Adam Scott do five fingers, AE.

These are not sparse crowds.

Some dude tried to pick up wayward drive, got yelled at by marshal.

This Every Shot Live would be awesome if I could easily switch between groups.

Amazing how stupid some can be. The one thing for certain not to touch at a golf tournament is ...a golf ball. Unless it’s handed to you....

[Double Mocha Man]

51 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

Amazing how stupid some can be. The one thing for certain not to touch at a golf tournament is ...a golf ball. Unless it’s handed to you....

Amazingly stupid as well are the galleries locating themselves on either side of the fairway 300 yards off the tee. A marque group shows up, rip their drives off line a bit and these gallery members are diddling about not even watching. And they get hit by a stray golf ball.

[Golfingdad]

They just said that John Cook played 67 tournament rounds here and never once found the water at 17.  Based on what we saw today, that's pretty amazing!

[iacas]

What was the wet ball count for #17 today?

[SEMI_Duffer]

18 minutes ago, iacas said:

What was the wet ball count for #17 today?

Don't know, but it was reportedly at 31 as of about 5 p.m.

[Golfingdad]

24 minutes ago, iacas said:

What was the wet ball count for #17 today?

35 so far ... and the round isn't quite over.  (4 of them have Ben An's name on them)

The horror show that is TPC Sawgrass' 17th got uglier with every swing in the first round | Golf News and Tour Information | GolfDigest.com

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