2010 Bob Hope Classic

[bogeyhitter25]

Play suspended today. Probably ball-in-hand tomorrow, and in soggy conditions look for the best ballstrikers to go real low.

Solid fantasy points in Day 1. Too bad I had Bubba Watson on the bench.

[Tiger Spuds]

Play suspended today. Probably ball-in-hand tomorrow, and in soggy conditions look for the best ballstrikers to go real low.

While you're on that topic then, who do you think is the best ball striker in the field?

[iacas]

Play suspended today. Probably ball-in-hand tomorrow, and in soggy conditions look for the best ballstrikers to go real low.

I think ball-in-hand tightens the gap between the bad and the good ballstrikers, actually.

Think about it - if you got to put every ball on a tee would you play worse or better? I think ball-in-hand helps the poor ballstrikers more than the good ones.

[B Keller]

All 4 (or 5) rounds are Lift, Clean, Replace due to course conditions.

[lcfd42]

It will still be nasty. But the balls will check. -----Or Plug!

[Shindig]

Is play-by-play working for anyone? From here, it looks like it says "Waiting to tee off on hole i " until a score is posted, at which point it is "Waiting to tee off on hole i+1 "

[Zeph]

I think ball-in-hand tightens the gap between the bad and the good ballstrikers, actually.

Taking away most of the problem with a bad lie is definitely to the advantage of worse ballstrikers. It of course give the better ballstrikers the advantage of a perfect lie too, but I'll agree it's to the advantage of the less gifted.

Somewhat related to the tournament, I don't like the guy interviewing pros and celebrities on the range. Don't know his name, but he's too loud. Reminds me of a duck quacking. Edit: Michael Breed is his name...

[kpaulhus]

Michael Breed....he is on speed.

[iacas]

Michael Breed....he is on speed.

And his show (and the Grey Goose 19th Hole) is an hour this year: 7-8pm.

[Chilli Dipper]

Bubba Watson's flirting with 59 on the course right now: he's 9-under through 12 holes.

[bogeyhitter25]

I definitely agree with you Iacas, as no doubt it'll help out the poor ballstrikers very much so.

And to Tiger Spuds: I'd have to say that right now the best ballstriker in the field is Briny Baird, arguably. Alex Prugh is hitting the ball real well this week, though.

It's a good thing I started Bubba Watson today on my fantasy lineup.

edit: Of course. As I typed that he bogeys 14.

[DaSportsGuy]

Bubba Watson is playing some great golf. Nice 10 under performance today.

[Shindig]

The thought occurs to me: if Bubba wins this tournament, we could have a Palmer-Watson as back-to-back winners on the PGA Tour for the first time in ages.

Also, we might have two Watsons win in the same week. We had two Duvals a while back, although they are actually related.

[Shindig]

Watching the celebrity interviews at 16... what's with the huge bowl of runts? It's just sitting there. I haven't even seen anyone take refreshments from the table. I haven't had that candy in a while, and I'm wanting it now. It's probably some of the most effective advertising I've seen in a golf tournament in a while.

The announcer just called it M&Ms;, but it clearly isn't.

[bogeyhitter25]

The thought occurs to me: if Bubba wins this tournament, we could have a Palmer-Watson as back-to-back winners on the PGA Tour for the first time in ages.

Haha. That's awesome! Go Bubba!

[Alex B]

Paul Goydos rocked an 80 with a 9 (!) on the par-3 fifth? Wow -- worst score of the day by five shots. Does anyone know what he did on hole 5?

[DaSportsGuy]

Paul Goydos rocked an 80 with a 9 (!) on the par-3 fifth? Wow -- worst score of the day by five shots. Does anyone know what he did on hole 5?

That was Hole 5...

[Alex B]

That was Hole 5...

Huh? My question said that, twice. I'm just curious to see how Goydos went about tripling par.