2016 The Barclays at Bethpage Discussion Thread

[Scotsclaff]

A decent field.

Tee times here.

http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html

[kpaulhus]

12 hours ago, Scotsclaff said:

A decent field.

Tee times here.

http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html

Well, yeah, it is the top guys in the Fedex cup haha.

I am very interested to watch this weekend having played the course last summer. Its always better when you know what the holes look like in person. 

[Shindig]

I missed a few years of following closely -- when did Bethpage replace Liberty National for the opening leg of the playoffs?  

[Chilli Dipper]

25 minutes ago, Shindig said:

I missed a few years of following closely -- when did Bethpage replace Liberty National for the opening leg of the playoffs?  

It hasn't. The Barclays rotates every year between Ridgewood, Liberty National, Plainfield, and Bethpage. It's Bethpage's turn in the order.

[Shindig]

3 hours ago, Chilli Dipper said:

It hasn't. The Barclays rotates every year between Ridgewood, Liberty National, Plainfield, and Bethpage. It's Bethpage's turn in the order.

Thank you!  I have (clearly) not been following it closely enough lately.

[nevets88]

Bookmarked the ticket purchase page and keep going to it with the intention to buy and life just keeps happening to me. And the weather is nice now too. Next year I guess. And the courses won't be open to the public for play until September if you're wondering when you can play. See you... in September. $65 for a practice day. Pfffft.

 

[kpaulhus]

I wonder if they use one of the courses as the driving range. From what I can recall, there is no way tour pros are hitting on the range normally used for the public. That thing was barely long enough for my 5 iron when I was there. 

[nevets88]

3 minutes ago, kpaulhus said:

I wonder if they use one of the courses as the driving range. From what I can recall, there is no way tour pros are hitting on the range normally used for the public. That thing was barely long enough for my 5 iron when I was there. 

The regular range is cr@p. IIRC, they use the Yellow course's first hole.

[RFKFREAK]

19 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Bookmarked the ticket purchase page and keep going to it with the intention to buy and life just keeps happening to me. And the weather is nice now too. Next year I guess. And the courses won't be open to the public for play until September if you're wondering when you can play. See you... in September. $65 for a practice day. Pfffft.

 

I'd **really** love to go to this but I'm not sure I'd be able to.

$65 or a practice round?  How much is a weekend ticket? 

[Scotsclaff]

3 balls.

Na,Mickelson,Reed

Day,DJ,Scott

Knox,Spieth,Snedeker

Fowler,Mcdowell,Kaufmann

 

Some odds.

Day 7/1,DJ 10/1,Mcilroy 11/1,Stenson 12/1,Spieth 14/1

Outside bets????

Furyk 50/1,Oousthuizen 50/1,Horschel 70/1,Knox 80/1

10 bucks each way on Russell I think.

Does any of the players have history at Bethpage????

 

[nevets88]

115 approach at 15th. Ya'll who played this course know how crazy that is.

 

[GolfLug]

1 hour ago, nevets88 said:

115 approach at 15th. Ya'll who played this course know how crazy that is.

 

DJ has a knack for finding sprinkler heads off the tee... lol!

[kpaulhus]

6 hours ago, nevets88 said:

115 approach at 15th. Ya'll who played this course know how crazy that is.

 

he must have hit the fairway. I got caught in the right rough and was 185 out....which took 2 shots to get on the green, because you cant hit much more than an 8 iron out of that stuff.

[jamo]

1 hour ago, kpaulhus said:

he must have hit the fairway. I got caught in the right rough and was 185 out....which took 2 shots to get on the green, because you cant hit much more than an 8 iron out of that stuff.

When I played it I had a 5-iron from the left rough but an insanely good lie so I was able to get it to the green (and 3-putt, of course). 

But yeah, if you're not sitting up like I was, that's some of the thickest rough on the golf course. 

[jamo]

4 hours ago, jamo said:

When I played it I had a 5-iron from the left rough but an insanely good lie so I was able to get it to the green (and 3-putt, of course). 

But yeah, if you're not sitting up like I was, that's some of the thickest rough on the golf course. 

I've watched the pros play a few other courses I've played in real life, but it's always a bit wild to see with the grandstands set up.

[nevets88]

First World Problems. Twitter exposes some of the little stuff people sweat.

 

[iacas]

13 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

First World Problems. Twitter exposes some of the little stuff people sweat.

 

She has a point…

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

She has a point…

Usually they will say the current years champs, Masters, US Open, Open and PGA. But they have been inconsistent this year.