2016 Olympic Golf Tournament (Men's and Women's) Discussion Thread

[Rainmaker]

14 minutes ago, RandallT said:

I heard Fowler 4-putted the first to start with double-bogey, and just saw him miss a short-ish putt a moment ago. No Americans in the 25 players who are under par right now.

Reviewing the pics on the Olympics site, they seem like mugshots:

http://results.nbcolympics.com/golf/event/men/phase=gom001101/index.html

 

Byeong Hun An looks like the kid who made the fake id's, lol. 

[Elmer]

50 minutes ago, Rainmaker said:

Byeong Hun An looks like the kid who made the fake id's, lol. 

Seriously though, I am still laughing at that!!!!!

 

Alexander Cejka, looks the the guy who participates in a "hey mister" outside of a 7-11.

Edited August 11, 2016 by Elmer

[nevets88]

I bet Fowler and company have been partying hard, I've yet to check his Snapchat. Maybe he's running on fumes, lol. 

[boogielicious]

8 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

I bet Fowler and company have been partying hard, I've yet to check his Snapchat. Maybe he's running on fumes, lol. 

Caipirinha fumes!  

[natureboy]

57 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

I bet Fowler and company have been partying hard, I've yet to check his Snapchat. Maybe he's running on fumes, lol. 

Possibly. If they are on board with 'the program' what they realize is that a dramatic win from one of the lower ranked players over the 'establishment' top players will generate more interest. So they may as well enjoy the holiday. 

[natureboy]

Field average .02 under par for the first round.

[ChrisP]

5 hours ago, nevets88 said:

I bet Fowler and company have been partying hard, I've yet to check his Snapchat. Maybe he's running on fumes, lol. 

I've actually got a friend down in Rio and he texted me last night saying he saw Fowler having a good time with some hot lady (his girlfriend I would imagine), so I think it's safe to say he's been enjoying the nightlife in Rio. And really, that's been Rickie's story. A lot of people have said he could be better if he devoted more time to golf and less time partying and having fun. But I'm not going to fault him for that. It's his life. He can do with it what he wants.

 

 

[Natural Patrick]

On 8/10/2016 at 10:52 AM, nevets88 said:

Justin Rose gives us a glimpse of his Rio digs. Check out the Trackman on the chair. Someone commented it's pretty... "basic". Well, what did you expect?

 

A brief bio of all the players

Check out the Hemp protein.

 

8 minutes ago, ChrisP said:

I've actually got a friend down in Rio and he texted me last night saying he saw Fowler having a good time with some hot lady (his girlfriend I would imagine), so I think it's safe to say he's been enjoying the nightlife in Rio. And really, that's been Rickie's story. A lot of people have said he could be better if he devoted more time to golf and less time partying and having fun. But I'm not going to fault him for that. It's his life. He can do with it what he wants.

 

 

Yeah obviously there is room for improvement in Rickie's game. On the other hand, he is making a hell of a good living doing what he wants.

[nevets88]

This is the only video I could find on social media, Rose's hole in one. Comcast is clamping down.

 

[Steviestuboy]

Forgetting about zeka,  if these Olympics were in the states do you think all of the missing players would have went?  I think mcilroy and Co would have played in the states due to the bigger galleries and there would have been more exposure. 

[Wansteadimp]

So on the Olympics website, are they really only giving the top 4 as cumulative under par? The rest of the round 2 leaderboard seems to be the round 2 score only? They can't be this bad, can they?

https://www.rio2016.com/en/golf-mens-round-2

Any better leaderboards out there? The european tour leaderboard links to the BBC which just gives the round 2 scores and the round 1 leaderboard and sends you to the link above for in play scores. The PGA tour leaderboard is showing nothing.

Okay found one, courtesy of the International Golf Federation: -

http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/scores/

[disaster]

I am watching right now, and there was quite a strange ruling IMO. Has anyone seen it?

 

Thongchai Jaidee and Rafa Cabrera-Bello both hit into a greenside bunker and did so in such a way, that their balls touched each other. So what did they do? Rafa, whose ball was closer to the hole, marked his ball with a tee and then moved it two clubhead-lengths to the side, so that Jaidee was able to hit his shot without blasting the marker out. So far, nothing special. But then, after Jaidee's shot, Cabrera-Bello raked the part of the bunker, where the balls lied, himself, before putting the ball back into the bunker. All of course while a referee was watching them.

So the marking and all is imho pretty basic, but he did rake the bunker himself before playing. Why didn't the let Jaidee (or his caddy) do the raking? The way they proceeded, Rafa was obviously testing the bunker.

 

 

Best part of this whole coincidence: While the two were discussing the ruling with the referee, Henrik Stenson simply holed a 20+ yard putt :D

Edited August 12, 2016 by disaster

[Groucho Valentine]

I have no idea about the bunker thing. I guess because Jaidee splashed the area, perhaps Cabrera-Belllo is allowed to rake in order most closely re-create his original lie.

[DaveP043]

26 minutes ago, Groucho Valentine said:

I have no idea about the bunker thing. I guess because Jaidee splashed the area, perhaps Cabrera-Belllo is allowed to rake in order most closely re-create his original lie.

After a quick read of the applicable rule (20-3.,(iii)) I don't see anything that specifies who should rake.  It simply says that the lie must be recreated and the ball placed.  Since the player must lift the ball, and must place the ball, I'd suggest that its the player's responsibility to recreate the lie, not his Fellow Competitor's.

[zero]

What's up with the USA men's team? C'mon guys!

[Rainmaker]

1 hour ago, zero said:

What's up with the USA men's team? C'mon guys!

We're getting whooped up on, lol.  The biggest surprise is Rickie Fowler . .which I only say because I really expected him to have the best chance of the US players to win.  The whole leader board is a surprise to me - the only player really playing the way I thought they would is Henrik Stenson - that guy's a beast!  

[DeadMan]

This bodes well for the Ryder Cup...

[nevets88]

Patrick Reed NSFW, not sure what he said after WTF.

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