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

[Rainmaker]

4 hours ago, Missouri Swede said:

Tuned in to see what's going on with the women.  The leaders are at -5 (Ariya Jutanugarn and Inbee Park).

Tom Abbott says "But Lydia Ko is giving chase!"  She's at -2. 

I'm pulling for Lydia but that's a scary bunch of names ahead of her.  I tuned in to see that she was -2 and a few back but then I checked the leader board . .gulp . . .she's going to have to get on it tomorrow to have a chance. 

[natureboy]

7 hours ago, Missouri Swede said:

Tuned in to see what's going on with the women.  The leaders are at -5 (Ariya Jutanugarn and Inbee Park).

Tom Abbott says "But Lydia Ko is giving chase!"  She's at -2. 

They mostly want to mention her name, but 3 shots isn't a chasm for the first round.

[Rainmaker]

1 hour ago, natureboy said:

They mostly want to mention her name, but 3 shots isn't a chasm for the first round.

It's actually 4 . .and I'd agree with you except the top of the leader board is absolutely stacked - there are so many *great* players ahead of her . . it's going to become a chasm if tomorrow is not a much better day for Lydia. 

[boogielicious]

Stacy Lewis with 10 birdies so far with one hole to play. Leading at -8.

[boogielicious]

11 birdies. Shot a 63 and in the lead at -9.

[natureboy]

58 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

11 birdies. Shot a 63 and in the lead at -9.

Wow! Great round.

[nevets88]

Rose Gold.

 

[nevets88]

Hey, those are my headcovers too! They look like Jan Craig headcovers, red, white and blue. I got them in US flag colors a long time ago. Don't mean to be a shill but her headcovers last forever, made in the US of A.

 

[natureboy]

I heard one of the golf channel commentators mention strokes gained ranks / stats for the women at Rio. Has SG been part of the broadcasts of the men and women's events? If so, how are they collecting the data?

[Chilli Dipper]

The final group tomorrow will feature the best player in the world right now, versus the best player in women's golf over the last decade, versus a player who has never won a top-level tournament before.

[Papa Steve 55]

So the players get a medal. What do the caddies get? I bet cash would be a bit of a let down in this case. Hopefully the players will have a jeweler put something together for them. 

Edited August 19, 2016 by Papa Steve 55

[nevets88]

35 minutes ago, Papa Steve 55 said:

So the players get a medal. What do the caddies get? I bet cash would be a bit of a let down in this case. Hopefully the players will have a jeweler put something together for them. 

The Olympic experience would be plenty enough for me. I'm sure the IOC put something together.

[iacas]

44 minutes ago, Papa Steve 55 said:

So the players get a medal. What do the caddies get? I bet cash would be a bit of a let down in this case. Hopefully the players will have a jeweler put something together for them. 

Nothing. Why should they? Otherwise the trainers, the swing instructors, the support staff, etc. for ALL athletes would get stuff.

[Golfingdad]

I read somewhere that this is allegedly Lydia Ko's first ever hole-in-one.  Nice timing.

[Papa Steve 55]

2 hours ago, iacas said:

Nothing. Why should they? Otherwise the trainers, the swing instructors, the support staff, etc. for ALL athletes would get stuff.

The only difference is the caddy is giving real time advise. For some players I'm sure he just carries the bag, for others he plays an integral part of the players success. The team sport coaches do get a team medal.

I assume the player is paying travel etc expenses to have their caddy on the bag. 

If you were there and won, what would you do?

Edited August 20, 2016 by Papa Steve 55

[iacas]

1 minute ago, Papa Steve 55 said:

The only difference is the caddy is giving real time advise. For some players I'm sure he just carries the bag, for others he plays an integral part of the players success. The team sport coaches do get a team medal.

So do other coaches (real-time advice).

The caddie does less to help the player than lots of other people that support Olympic athletes. Trainers. Instructors. Doctors. Psychologists. Etc.

1 minute ago, Papa Steve 55 said:

If you were there and won, what would you do?

Depends on who my caddie was. I might just say "Thanks. See you in two weeks." I pay him, after all.

[Rainmaker]

7 hours ago, Chilli Dipper said:

The final group tomorrow will feature the best player in the world right now, versus the best player in women's golf over the last decade, versus a player who has never won a top-level tournament before.

I know - how great is that? 

This has been an amazing tournament so far - one of the most enjoyable to watch, men's included, of the season for me. 

[natureboy]

On 8/17/2016 at 11:41 PM, Rainmaker said:

It's actually 4 . .and I'd agree with you except the top of the leader board is absolutely stacked - there are so many *great* players ahead of her . . it's going to become a chasm if tomorrow is not a much better day for Lydia. 

Or the third. It seems she's very patient for waiting until she's 'dialed in'. By not trying to 'force' a score she probably doesn't over-correct on her strokes much helping her overall consistency.