2016 Masters Toonamint Discussion Thread

[onthehunt526]

The Northwest wind is probably the toughest direction the wind can come from, if it has any kind of strength... I think we'll see some marginally better scoring today... 

Today will do one of two things it's "moving day", bunch everybody up, and keep between 20 and 25 players in it, Or Spieth and McIlroy create a bit of separation. The only thing that would've made this better, is if Day could've gotten to the house at 2 or 3 under Thursday... 

I think Day goes out relaxed and shoots say 68 or 69, you're going to one hell of a Masters Sunday.

[natureboy]

3 hours ago, b101 said:

http://www.pgatour.com/statsreport/2016/04/05/stats-formula-predictions-masters.html

lol...

Whoever came up with that formula, oy. Rankings instead of percentage difference or standard deviations from the field average? Driving distance only instead of SG driving because trees don't matter? Not including any iron category, because for some reason driving and short game are the only things that matter at Augusta?

Edited April 9, 2016 by natureboy

[b101]

 

9 minutes ago, natureboy said:

Whoever came up with that formula, oy. Rankings instead of percentage difference or standard deviations from the field average? Driving distance only instead of SG driving because trees don't matter? Not including any iron category, because for some reason driving and short game are the only things that matter at Augusta?

It is a little bit hilarious. Approaches just don't happen at Augusta, apparently.

[natureboy]

5 minutes ago, b101 said:

It is a little bit hilarious. Approaches just don't happen at Augusta, apparently.

It's such a magical place the ball just floats from the post-drive lie to a spot on or near the green.

I suspect that article was filler..."We need 22 new pages for ads for The Masters traffic spike, stat!"

Edited April 9, 2016 by natureboy

[ChrisP]

21 minutes ago, onthehunt526 said:

The Northwest wind is probably the toughest direction the wind can come from, if it has any kind of strength... I think we'll see some marginally better scoring today... 

Today will do one of two things it's "moving day", bunch everybody up, and keep between 20 and 25 players in it, Or Spieth and McIlroy create a bit of separation. The only thing that would've made this better, is if Day could've gotten to the house at 2 or 3 under Thursday... 

I think Day goes out relaxed and shoots say 68 or 69, you're going to one hell of a Masters Sunday.

 

Disagree about scoring. I think today's going to be the hardest by far. It's the "cold wind", which is more of a stronger and gusty wind that's going to hit these players, and the very low humidity is the worst part of the whole forecast. Low humidity means these greens are going to be so dry and so fast. Nothing's going to stick. I hope to God they watered these greens last night or it's going to get ugly. Even though the winds let up by the time the leaders get on the back 9, the greens are going to be like putting on ice.

By the way, the 4th hole is going to be brutal today. 240 yards with a back pin location straight into the teeth of the wind. Good luck with that.

 

 

Edited April 9, 2016 by ChrisP

[onthehunt526]

In a way the short game matters at Augusta, but your kidding, right?

Augusta is a 2nd shot golf course, always has been, even with the added length, Augusta is a second shot golf course, you figure GIR would be in the formula somewhere.

Just now, ChrisP said:

 

Disagree about scoring. I think today's going to be the hardest by far. It's the "cold wind", which is more of a stronger and gusty wind that's going to hit these players, and the low humidity is the worst part of the whole forecast. Low humidity means these greens are going to be so dry and so fast. Nothing's going to stick. I hope to God they watered these greens last night or it's going to get ugly. Even though the winds let up by the time the leaders get on the back 9, the greens are going to be like putting on ice.

 

 

 

I'll buy that, but the forecast I read said the winds were going to subside a bit late afternoon. The East wind will yield some lower scores tomorrow.

[pumaAttack]

4 hours ago, rolopolo said:

Hoping for a good round from Rory and would love to see a Spieth meltdown. Right now no one in golf irritates me as much as Spieth, dont really know why, just seems kind of fake 

Did we just become best friends?!

[natureboy]

17 minutes ago, onthehunt526 said:

you figure GIR would be in the formula somewhere.

But if you are coming up with a multi-category 'Total', be sure to mis-weight GIR by rank only and not magnitude of relative skill vs. the field like the others.

Edited April 9, 2016 by natureboy

[ChrisP]

14 minutes ago, onthehunt526 said:

In a way the short game matters at Augusta, but your kidding, right?

Augusta is a 2nd shot golf course, always has been, even with the added length, Augusta is a second shot golf course, you figure GIR would be in the formula somewhere.

I'll buy that, but the forecast I read said the winds were going to subside a bit late afternoon. The East wind will yield some lower scores tomorrow.

Yeah, but the greens are also gonna be so dry when the winds start dying down, and they're only gonna subside a little. It's still supposed to be pretty breezy Gonna be very tough out there, especially between 12-5pm. Leaders may have advantage on the par-5s on the back.

Edited April 9, 2016 by ChrisP

[onthehunt526]

7 minutes ago, natureboy said:

But if you are coming up with a multi-category column, be sure to mis-weight GIR by rank only and not relative skill vs. the field like the others.

Apparently whoever came up with the formula hasn't read LSW.

[natureboy]

1 minute ago, onthehunt526 said:

Apparently whoever came up with the formula hasn't read LSW.

Or Every Shot Counts.

[colin007]

11 hours ago, Chris E said:

They are not really comparable. I don't like Tom W for various reasons, but putting them in the same boat is out of whack. That's pretty rich coming from a TW fanboy.

They're not in the same boat because they've done the same thing. Bubba is more of a douche and Tom is disingenuous.

I am an unabashed TW fanboy. I'll even use your disparaging word. But that doesn't mean I'll make excuses for his transgressions. Anyways.

11 hours ago, natureboy said:

...And you're an un-sanctimonious one?

Yeah, hence the "IMHO" - sort of tongue in cheek, or "see what I did there"...

[natureboy]

18 minutes ago, colin007 said:

They're not in the same boat because they've done the same thing. Bubba is more of a douche and Tom is disingenuous.

I am an unabashed TW fanboy. I'll even use your disparaging word.

While I respect both their golfing skills, pre-'humility' Tiger and Bubba could have a douche-off (just differing styles) IMHO.

Don't know where you get Tom as disingenuous.

Edited April 9, 2016 by natureboy

[colin007]

4 minutes ago, natureboy said:

While I respect both their golfing skills, pre-'humility' Tiger and Bubba could have a douche-off (just differing styles) IMHO.

Don't know where you get Tom as disingenuous.

And it's funny, Tigs totally can be a douche, you're right. But Bubba is a whiny douche. Somehow it's different to me. Whatever. LOL…

Tom was/is deceitful, lying, cheating, hypocritical, etc...

Anyhoo...can't wait for play to start today!!!

[natureboy]

2 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Tom was/is deceitful, lying, cheating, hypocritical, etc...

And you know this because...?

[colin007]

2 minutes ago, natureboy said:

And you know this because...?

Um....you know about his history with his marriage past, right? Look it up.

[b101]

2 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Um....you know about his history with his marriage past, right? Look it up.

Yet you don't mind Tiger's marriage stuff? I don't follow...

[colin007]

Just now, b101 said:

Yet you don't mind Tiger's marriage stuff? I don't follow...

I said just a few posts up that I'll never make excuses for that. The difference is Tiger doesn't act like he's without fault, the way that Tom likes to behave. Tiger did incredibly reprehensible things. No bueno. But I still love him as a golfer.