2011 John Deere Classic

[motteler621]

Thought people might want to discuss the john deere classic here. I went to day 1 yesterday of the tournament, it was my first pro tournament and it was fun to watch. I got to the grounds at 8 am and charlie wi, some guy, and ricky barnes were teeing off. I stood right behind their drives and they were all extremely accurate. After that I followed steve sticker, david toms (who dropped out after a few holes because of his hip), and mark wilson. Steve Stricker was impressive and deadly accurate with scoring clubs. After the morning groups I went to the range and watched Faxon, Vegas, Daly, Day amongst other hit balls. Daly had a cig hanging out of his mouth while he was hitting balls most of the time, lol. All these guys were impressive. Followed most of these guys during their rounds and john dalys wife was walking with us too. Honestly, Daly has game but it just seems like he doesnt have that intense focus that guys like Stricker and Day have who are going after the win. The Daly, Duval and Hamilton group had alot of followers, all were previous british open champions. Watch out for Jason Day, the guy just bombs the ball and is really going after a win.

[Double Bogey]

ESPN is showing that John Daly took an 18 on the 4th hole?  Anyone have any info on this?

[sacm3bill]

I wonder if that's a mistake - the leaderboard shows him at +1 for the tournament (and +1 for today's round), which means he would've had a bogie on that hole (assuming the scores for all his other holes are correct.)

Btw, there's already a John Deere thread - mods, can we merge this?

[Double Bogey]

Sorry about the new thread.  Missed the JDC one.  It is posted here as well.

[sacm3bill]

I was looking at the leaderboard at golf.com - when I posted he was at +1 but now he's at +14. They must have been slow to update.

So yeah, what the heck happened?!

[Kieran123]

Quote:

After making a mess of the fourth hole, John Daly’s score on the par-4 was revised from an 18 to an 11.

Apparently Daly had jokingly told his playing partner, Todd Hamilton, to put him down for an 18. No cameras were on scene to record the action, however, and it’s possible the score may again be revised.

The trouble began for Daly when he hit his tee shot well to the right and into the rough. From there, he struggled to advance the ball, hitting it no more than a few feet until eventually taking a drop. After that, he hit into a greenside bunker before reaching the green and two-putting.

The 11 dropped Daly from 2 under on his round to 5 over before he bogeyed three of his next four holes.

Friday was not the first time Daly recorded a high number — he had an 18 in 1998 at Bay Hill.

It’s also not the single-highest score on a hole on the PGA TOUR this season. That honor goes to Kevin Na, who recorded a 16 on a hole during the Valero Texas Open.

Source: Pgatour.com

[BigAl5150]

Daly cards an 11 (or 18?) and Chez Reavie is closing in on a 59. Good stuff!

[sacm3bill]

ShotTracker currently has him at a 13. Apparently he took 7 whacks at the ball without advancing it more than a few feet before taking the drop. Very similar to Na's situation.

http://www.pgatour.com/shottracker/#/current/r030/2/player/01249/

[sacm3bill]

  BigAl5150 said:

Originally Posted by BigAl5150

Daly cards an 11 (or 18?)...

Or 13, according to ShotTracker: http://www.pgatour.com/shottracker/#/current/r030/2/player/01249/

[motteler621]

  Kieran123 said:

Originally Posted by Kieran123

After making a mess of the fourth hole, John Daly’s score on the par-4 was revised from an 18 to an 11.

Apparently Daly had jokingly told his playing partner, Todd Hamilton, to put him down for an 18. No cameras were on scene to record the action, however, and it’s possible the score may again be revised.

The trouble began for Daly when he hit his tee shot well to the right and into the rough. From there, he struggled to advance the ball, hitting it no more than a few feet until eventually taking a drop. After that, he hit into a greenside bunker before reaching the green and two-putting.

The 11 dropped Daly from 2 under on his round to 5 over before he bogeyed three of his next four holes.

Friday was not the first time Daly recorded a high number — he had an 18 in 1998 at Bay Hill.

It’s also not the single-highest score on a hole on the PGA TOUR this season. That honor goes to Kevin Na, who recorded a 16 on a hole during the Valero Texas Open.

geez, glad I wasnt there to see that mess

[motteler621]

While I was at there yesterday, On the last hole Hamilton pulled his drive a bit to the left into a bunker. He walked back and shoved his driver into the cooler with all the players and caddies drinks in it,lol. I should of asked him for the driver, he probably would of given it to me

[Shorty]

  Kieran123 said:

After making a mess of the fourth hole, John Daly’s score on the par-4 was revised from an 18 to an 11.

Apparently Daly had jokingly told his playing partner, Todd Hamilton, to put him down for an 18. No cameras were on scene to record the action, however, and it’s possible the score may again be revised.

The trouble began for Daly when he hit his tee shot well to the right and into the rough. From there, he struggled to advance the ball, hitting it no more than a few feet until eventually taking a drop. After that, he hit into a greenside bunker before reaching the green and two-putting.

The 11 dropped Daly from 2 under on his round to 5 over before he bogeyed three of his next four holes.

Friday was not the first time Daly recorded a high number — he had an 18 in 1998 at Bay Hill.

It’s also not the single-highest score on a hole on the PGA TOUR this season. That honor goes to Kevin Na, who recorded a 16 on a hole during the Valero Texas Open.

You didn't feel the need to acknowledge the source of this, Kieran? You don't just copy a slab of someone else's writing and pass it off as your own.

[golfismyworld]

Best quote of the day from Jason Sobel on twitter about this "John Daly's score sounds like auction: "Do I hear 11? Yes! 13? To the man in the loud pants! 18? Anyone? Going once, twice.. sold for 13!""

[shades9323]

  sacm3bill said:

Originally Posted by sacm3bill

Or 13, according to ShotTracker: http://www.pgatour.com/shottracker/#/current/r030/2/player/01249/

I like Daly's comments about it.

JasonSobelGC Jason Sobel

Question: "So how did you make 13?" John Daly: "Two-putted a 20-footer for 12." At least he didn't lose his sense of humor looking for ball.

[sacm3bill]

Full story from Daly here: http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/the-daly-18-er-13-at-the-deere/

Interesting quote: "I really was hoping they wouldn't find it so I'd have to go back to the tee..." At first that puzzled me since there was nothing stopping him from doing so (by declaring his tee shot unplayable). But I think what he meant was that he didn't want to be tempted into trying to hit out of the native area. Sure enough, that was his undoing. :-)

[motteler621]

  golfismyworld said:

Originally Posted by golfismyworld

Best quote of the day from Jason Sobel on twitter about this "John Daly's score sounds like auction: "Do I hear 11? Yes! 13? To the man in the loud pants! 18? Anyone? Going once, twice.. sold for 13!""

That's what I mean about john, hes got game but doesn't have the focus. He probably didn't want to have to walk back to the tee, get a rules official or whatever was necessary to do the correct thing. Probably would of had a Bogey instead of a 13.

[Kieran123]

  Shorty said:

Originally Posted by Shorty

You didn't feel the need to acknowledge the source of this, Kieran?

You don't just copy a slab of someone else's writing and pass it off as your own.

LOL

Seriously? I was in no way trying to 'pass it off as my own'

Relax.

Anyway, I fixed it as to avoid any 'confusion'

[8.5_Drive]

Looks like you've found a new friend Kieran

  Kieran123 said:

Originally Posted by Kieran123

LOL

Seriously? I was in no way trying to 'pass it off as my own'

Relax.

Anyway, I fixed it as to avoid any 'confusion'