2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow

[boogielicious]

43 minutes ago, Brock said:

Never could really grasp how people find happiness watching other people “fail” seems really weird. 

He’s a colossal douche and phony. I’d rather see players who represent the game better succeed. 

[Vinsk]

I have found Scheffler to be a bore as well but I watched him on YouTube with Grant Horvat and thought he was a cool dude and probably fun to play with. I think he’s just very focused in tournaments and not a large crowd kinda guy.

[Archie Bunker]

Congrats to Scottie by playing a great round. However, I find it pretty boring to watch a tournament where the rest of the field is playing for second place. I DVR all golf tournaments and watch them in the evening. My finger was on the FF button on this one.

[iacas]

13 hours ago, Brock said:

Never could really grasp how people find happiness watching other people “fail” seems really weird. 

It's… sports. Fandom. You root against teams or players almost as much as you root for your team/players.

[PatrickMurtha]

24 minutes ago, iacas said:

It's… sports. Fandom. You root against teams or players almost as much as you root for your team/players.

And there’s the thing. I can’t root AGAINST Scheffler, he’s a nice guy and supernaturally talented. Completely in possession of himself, unlike Spieth, who always has this psychological thing going on, and takes us all along for another ride on “The Jordan Spieth Experience”. 

But I can’t root FOR Scottie, either, especially when he laps the field. There is a robotic quality to his winning. There’s little EDGE. Tiger always had edge, he always (and to this day) forced you to take a stand. Scottie Scheffler doesn’t demand a damn thing of you - not to be liked, not to be hated, nada. He goes out there and wins and picks up his hefty paycheck and it’s satisfying for his family. Beyond that I just don’t know. 

Edited May 19, 2025 by PatrickMurtha

[GolfLug]

13 hours ago, Brock said:

Never could really grasp how people find happiness watching other people “fail” seems really weird. 

Oh jeez.. it's not like rooting for someone to fail life or anything. 

[saevel25]

I think Scottie isn't as enjoyable to watch play golf is because he doesn't have the "flashy" game. He doesn't take on more than he can handle. His misses are always way less most other golfers. He's just the ultimate steady golfer, but his floor is like stupidly high. 

Let's say Scottie was in Rory's position on Hole 15 on Sunday at Augusta this year. Is Scottie even attempting that sweeping draw around the tree? I don't, I think Scottie blasts it into the bunker right of the green and tries to get up and down. 

Rory is more fun to watch because of the highs and lows to his game. It's like, ah man he can crash and burn here or hit it to like an amazing shot. 

Tiger, we just didn't know what we had in the moment. His floor was so high that we were just like, this is awesome. Then he hit an amazing shot and it left us speechless. 

As for Rahm, I get why people have issue with him. I like his game. I like his attitude on the course. The passion is 100% and I a respect that even if he gets hot headed. I rather have human beings on the course playing golf, and that means they are fallible. 

I appreciate Scotties' game a lot. If you sit back and just think about how he plays it's really impressive. 

[GolfLug]

I don't care what others think, I like SS. I like everything about him. Very much appreciated his interview after the mudball incidence. His intensity is a certainly understated but its there and is  underrated. This has been a great year so far with both Rory and Scottie taking one (major) a piece.