2014 PGA Championship Discussion Thread

[RJH999]

Rory just confirmed his 284yd 3 wood on 10 was lucky. Was 30 feet lower and 15 yards left of where he intended. "It was lucky- it really was. You need a little bit of luck to win a major and that was my lucky break."

Well god damn.

[Bird E3]

-8,-9,-17,-16 the majors need to be harder.

[jbishop15]

-8,-9,-17,-16 the majors need to be harder.

They are hard. Ask the players.

[RJH999]

-8,-9,-17,-16 the majors need to be harder.

The masters was fine. The US Open wasn't extremely difficult, but it was hard. One guy just thrashed it. The British Open usually has high scoring unless it's at Hoylake or St Andrews. PGA is usually right around the -12-16 mark...

[FarawayFairways]

what a great fun round of golf to veiw, it was fun since Saturday.

Friday's coverage (if thats what you could call it) was ruined by a Tiger festish

Rory just confirmed his 284yd 3 wood on 10 was lucky. Was 30 feet lower and 15 yards left of where he intended. "It was lucky- it really was. You need a little bit of luck to win a major and that was my lucky break."

I can think of a few pros (in all sorts of sports) who would try and claim it as deliberate. We do have a phrase called "the luck of the Irish", but then I've never really understood it given how unlucky Ireland has been historically

Rory must be starting to move into George Best territory before long

[Grndslmhttr3]

-8,-9,-17,-16 the majors need to be harder.

Only three people finished under par at the US Open. I agree with the British Open and PGA Championship, though. The winning score that the Masters was the highest it's been in six years.

[0ldblu3]

This looked plenty hard. Hit 300 yard drive onto the fairway and then a 230 yard shot onto the green. That's plenty hard, if players do that then that's what the course is playing that day. Short of bear traps or flaming pits in the fairway I don't know what you can do. It rained everyday, greens were soft, but so were the fairways.

[jamo]

Haven't seen a commercial for a watch in over an hour now and I'm completely lost.

[mvmac]

Haven't seen a commercial for a watch in over an hour and now I'm completely lost.

[zipazoid]

This looked plenty hard. Hit 300 yard drive onto the fairway and then a 230 yard shot onto the green. That's plenty hard, if players do that then that's what the course is playing that day. Short of bear traps or flaming pits in the fairway I don't know what you can do. It rained everyday, greens were soft, but so were the fairways.

Soft conditions. It's dart-throwing for those guys.

[RJH999]

Haven't seen a commercial for a watch in over an hour now and I'm completely lost.

STANDING IN THE HALL OF FAME. WHERE THE WORLDS GON KNOW YOUR NAME.

[Abu3baid]

Congrats to Rory.. I am very happy for him!!  This is so much better than having Phil win..

It is too bad I only got to see him play the first 7 holes or so.. all the fun was on the back nine it seems!  It really looks like we will be seeing a lot more of this guy!

[BruceMGF]

Not sure I understand about the players themselves deciding when to quit due to darkness.  There must be some sort of trigger.  Otherwise a player with, say, a medical problem could decide at 3PM on a sunny afternoon to say "it's too dark", go in for medical treatment and come back tomorrow.

Now suppose Phil had decided on the 18th tee or even on the fairway that it was too dark to play.  Could Ricky have finished on his own?  Would Phil's decision be binding on Rory and Wiesberger behind him?  How does this all work?

[jamo]

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[quote name="RJH999" url="/t/76282/2014-pga-championship-discussion-thread/1650_30#post_1038406"] STANDING IN THE HALL OF FAME. WHERE THE WORLDS GON KNOW YOUR NAME.[/quote] Thanks guys, that'll hold me over. I only pray these Omega commercials aren't a gateway. If I'm looking for Tag Heuer print ads and Rolex billboards tomorrow, you'll have lost me.

[Bird E3]

This looked plenty hard. Hit 300 yard drive onto the fairway and then a 230 yard shot onto the green. That's plenty hard, if players do that then that's what the course is playing that day. Short of bear traps or flaming pits in the fairway I don't know what you can do. It rained everyday, greens were soft, but so were the fairways.

The majors, except for the Masters felt like any other tournement. I think the courses should reward good shots, but bad shots should be almost impossible to make par. It's nice to see them suffer like us once in a while. How about not raking bunkers ever. They are supposed to hazards! It's annoying when guys hit a bad shot and they are praying it goes into a hazard. Bring on the haters.

[Chris223]

Now seems like a good time to post this

http://www.theonion.com/articles/phil-mickelson-laughs-off-2ndplace-finish-blows-br,20984/

It'd be pretty hard to call it a choke job when he was down 3 entering the day, and shot a 66...

[RJH999]

It is a satirical website sir.

[MS256]

I want to see Rory at his best (like right now I presume) against Tiger at his best (which hasn't been seen in a long time). I don't know who wins that hypothetical matchup. The Tiger fan in me says Tiger. My eyeballs tell me Rory.