2015 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Discussion Thread

[newtogolf]

Gary Mule Deer is the 2015 winner of the Danny Gans Memorial Award for the least funny Vegas comedian the Golf Channel inexplicably insists on giving airtime to.

I had never heard of him until Friday when GC wasted five minutes of my life giving him air time.  I don't know what kind of comedian he is supposed to be, but he didn't win a fan on Friday.  That had to be the most unfunny and uncomfortable interview I've ever seen.  His delivery and jokes were painful to watch along with his insistence at close talking to the camera.

[Wally Fairway]

Ryuji Imada had some fun at #7 today it seems.

Perfect example of you don't have to tell them how, only how many

[RayG]

Muledeer was part of a class of comics that all emerged around the same time. Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Tim Thomerson, Rich Hall and Gary Muledeer. Rich Hall and Muledeer were broadly similar in style but neither one could seem to maintain any real momentum in the states. For whatever reason, Rich Hall became very popular in the UK. Tim Thomerson had a funny act back in the day, but certainly didn't catch on as well as Williams or Martin. He did some acting and kind of faded away as well. I actually thought that I heard that Gary Muledeer had died years ago... Maybe that's why he made it to the show- he was resurrected by TIger's Coach... And wound up with the same quality material as Tigers new 'game'. "rimshot.wav"

[b101]

The seventh just seems a waste of time at 98 yards... Just give them the birdie and move on.

[David in FL]

The seventh just seems a waste of time at 98 yards... Just give them the birdie and move on.

Not even close, especially when the wind is up, as it almost always is. A lot of pressure too, when you feel that you almost have to make 2....

[iacas]

She was/is a kid, and because of her looks and propensity towards the alcohol, she was labeled incorrectly.

I disagree. I think she was labeled correctly.

As for the actual topic… I'm recording and may watch later if I hear it's interesting.

Disc golf has a term - a "deuce or die" hole. It's a hole where if you don't make a 2 you're losing strokes to the field. No problem with that in golf, because as has been noted, the 7th is normally difficult enough on its own…

[b101]

Not even close, especially when the wind is up, as it almost always is.

A lot of pressure too, when you feel that you almost have to make 2....

As for the actual topic… I'm recording and may watch later if I hear it's interesting.

Disc golf has a term - a "deuce or die" hole. It's a hole where if you don't make a 2 you're losing strokes to the field. No problem with that in golf, because as has been noted, the 7th is normally difficult enough on its own…

Fair enough, only been watching the last 15 minutes and it's seemed a piece of cake!

[newtogolf]

The seventh just seems a waste of time at 98 yards... Just give them the birdie and move on.

I kind of like it actually.  It's cool to see how close the pro's can get to the flag off a perfect lie from 98 yards out.  It gives the good short wedge players a chance to cut a stroke off their score against the big hitters that don't hit their wedges as well.

[Shorty]

I had to tweet the Golf Channel to start showing Daly more often,

[Crim]

hahahaha.

Poor Furyk, looks like a not-so-great start.

[newtogolf]

I've seen Matt Jones use a pre shot routine where he swings the club with just his bottom hand.  I'm curious what he's trying to work on and if that's a good drill to incorporate into my practice.

[RandallT]

Lets go Jason Day!! -6 after 12, 2 strokes behind Snedeker.

[Crim]

Wow, ouch Furyk....

[saevel25]

Furyk was enjoying the view

Great job at advancing the ball.

[Aguirre]

How does Phil Simm's mother dying make it into the broadcast?  Not only is she not a part of golf, but Phil Simm's is a football announcer.  A shitty one, at that.

I like CBS's coverage but it's just so soft sometimes.  What with Nantz (who is increasingly annoying) doing his Jim Huber routine and all the "good friends" sponsors who lie through their teeth about the charitable donations.

[newtogolf]

Nantz is friends with Simms and they do broadcasts for the NFL so I guess CBS and Nantz felt it was appropriate to pay their respects to the Simms family on air.  I didn't have an issue with it but was shocked in these PC days that Nantz got away with saying "God bless..."

[MrFlipper]

So the guy who won the pro-am with Pat Perez at -42 is an 8 handicap who shot even par on his own ball they said at Monterey Penisula? Helped Perez 25 shots for the tournament?

I call bulls**t. Ain't no 8 handicap can shoot par, especially on a tough course set up for tournament conditions. Guy has to be a huge sandbagger and ought be DQ'ed right here and now

[David in FL]

Congratulations Sneds!