2023 Masters

[boogielicious]

1 minute ago, iacas said:

"Rahm wins the Masters marathon"? That's what we get, Jim?

Well Jim is getting n in years. 

[Zeph]

1 minute ago, iacas said:

"Rahm wins the Masters marathon"? That's what we get, Jim?

Maybe because it felt like a marathon for Koepka, having to play 72 holes. Phil hadn’t forgotten how to at least.

[phillyk]

Fun tourney to watch. Glad Rahm got it, dude has been playing really well.

[Zeph]

• 40 years since Seve won his last Masters
• Seve’s birthday today
• Fourth Spaniard to win it

I enjoyed this tournament. The weather added some extra drama, though it made for very different playing conditions for players, and made Tiger WD, so I’d do with a bit less weather. A day or two with winds up is fine.

Edited April 9, 2023 by Zeph

[iacas]

1 minute ago, Zeph said:

• 40 years since Seve won his last Masters
• Seve’s birthday today
• Fourth Spaniard to win it

First European to win the U.S. Open and the Masters.

Sergio won on April 9, 2017, too.

[boogielicious]

It was a good tournament.  The weather made it very exciting and good TV. Glad Rahm won even though my son had money on Scottie!

Other observations:

Firecracker shrimp. The bomb!

 Steak, Mac & Cheese Creamed Corn and Brussel sprouts, excellent!

I wish Scottie won again so we could do that again next year. 

Not sure if the Basque Country serves it, but I do love paella!

[jmanbooyaa]

Keopka will LiV to play again. 

[Vinsk]

Brooks said, ‘ Well…I just played kinda average.’ You shot 75 bro.😉

[boogielicious]

15 minutes ago, jmanbooyaa said:

Keopka will LiV to play again. 

I’m thinking maybe there was a little regret in his demeanor in the interview after.  

[woodzie264]

[JetFan1983]

4 minutes ago, woodzie264 said:

Are we sure he didn't use a bone saw?

[pganapathy]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

Same reason they backstop for each other. It's a "you-scratch-my-back-I'll-scratch-yours" situation.

Some guys do it, most guys from what I understand, some don't.

I think it's all bullshit. Play by the Rules.

I don't understand this, but interesting.  When I am playing a tournament, I definitely would rather not have my friends do well because I want to win.  For me getting beaten by anybody hurts and I want to be at the top.  On the other hand, in a fun round I don't mind my playing partners and opponents doing well though I would still like to beat them.  A money round for me qualifies as a tournament in my mind.  Only a practice round where there is nothing at stake and is more designed for me to figure out a new course or get ready for an upcoming tournament is one where I am OK to be flexible with the rules.  Otherwise I tend to be fussy about it because a bad rules break for an opponent will be good for me.  The only time I want another player to do well is when we play match play in our money rounds.  Then it should be my playing partner does well.

I guess as they say, "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing".

[Vinsk]

26 minutes ago, pganapathy said:

I don't understand this, but interesting

Well Like Erik said, maybe most guys do it. Imagine being the guy that says, ‘ let me mark that before you hit.’ Now you’re that guy. One of the reasons Erik said it’s all bs. They should all be that guy.

[pganapathy]

I wonder if Koepka winning the Masters would have led to some kind of rapprochement between the LIV and PGA tours or would just have exacerbated tensions between them.  I guess we can hope it would help but possibly Norman's ego would get in the way and worsen issues.

[DeadMan]

3 hours ago, pganapathy said:

I wonder if Koepka winning the Masters would have led to some kind of rapprochement between the LIV and PGA tours or would just have exacerbated tensions between them.  I guess we can hope it would help but possibly Norman's ego would get in the way and worsen issues.

I don't think it would have changed much, except that Norman and other LIV people would have been insufferable about it. I don't think Brooks cares that much about LIV vs. PGA Tour. Brooks said things like he missed competing on the PGA Tour. Brooks would not have gone to a press conference and talked about how great LIV is. But you bet Greg Norman would have been flooding every golf publication with quotes about how great LIV is and how great he is for the ideas behind LIV, etc.

Edited April 10, 2023 by DeadMan

[Elmer]

18 minutes ago, DeadMan said:

I don't think it would have changed much, except that Norman and other LIV people would have been insufferable about it. I don't think Brooks cares that much about LIV vs. PGA Tour. Brooks said things like he missed competing on the PGA Tour. Brooks would not have gone to a press conference and talked about how great LIV is. But you bet Greg Norman would have been flooding every golf publication with quotes about how great LIV is and how great he is for the ideas behind LIV, etc.

I think Norman would have made it a talking point and publicity campaign. He would have promoted it during every CW broadcast.
There is a reason the Masters didnt invite him!

[JetFan1983]

On 4/7/2023 at 4:40 PM, JetFan1983 said:

Re: Rory, looks like his driver showed up this week but everything else didn't. Pretty pathetic IMO.

The strokes gained data for the Masters is up if anyone wanted to see it. Looks like my Rory observation was correct.

Here's how the top ten did:

 

And here's the full data set:

Live Tournament Stats - Masters Tournament

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Live strokes gained and traditional statistics from every round of this week’s PGA Tour event in a customizable table.

 

[StuM]

26 minutes ago, JetFan1983 said:

The strokes gained data for the Masters is up if anyone wanted to see it. Looks like my Rory observation was correct.

Here's how the top ten did:

 

And here's the full data set:

Live Tournament Stats - Masters Tournament

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Live strokes gained and traditional statistics from every round of this week’s PGA Tour event in a customizable table.

 

Stats do not lie.....Phil was better SG Putting but John was better SG Off the Tee.  Goes to show "Drive for show, putt for dough" is flat out wrong.