2017 Valero Texas Open

[boogielicious]

Back in Texas. We'll see if Charlie Hoffman can regroup where he won last year and Patrick Reed can get back on track.

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/valero-texas-open.html

 

 

[rehmwa]

Sweet - what's the call in number for the rules violation claims?

anyone?

[Ernest Jones]

7 minutes ago, rehmwa said:

Sweet - what's the call in number for the rules violation claims?

anyone?

911-5656

[kpaulhus]

I'm only interested this week to see if Poulter can make that $45K he needs to keep his card.

[Divot Master]

Anyone besides me miss the course they used to play this tournament on, the one with the roller coaster behind the 6th hole? I played there once and thought the course was a lot of fun.

[Hardspoon]

4 minutes ago, Divot Master said:

Anyone besides me miss the course they used to play this tournament on, the one with the roller coaster behind the 6th hole? I played there once and thought the course was a lot of fun.

La Cantera:

...and yes, it was cool.

[406pat]

Anybody else catch Charley Hoffman working his drop to be able to place when he was taking relief from a cart path yesterday? He marked out the nearest point of relief and his caddie started handing him the driver to mark out a club-length. He said "That's okay I'm going to drop it right here." He dropped it almost on top of the marked nearest point of relief on a clump of grass. The way the slope was, the ball would either stay on the clump of grass, roll closer to the hole, or closer to the path he was taking relief from. He was almost assured of being able to hit off the grass and not the dirt! Sure enough, he takes two drops that roll out and then gets to place on the grass. I thought it was a pretty good example of using the rules to the players advantage. That knowledge is power!

[iacas]

4 hours ago, 406pat said:

Anybody else catch Charley Hoffman working his drop to be able to place when he was taking relief from a cart path yesterday? He marked out the nearest point of relief and his caddie started handing him the driver to mark out a club-length. He said "That's okay I'm going to drop it right here." He dropped it almost on top of the marked nearest point of relief on a clump of grass. The way the slope was, the ball would either stay on the clump of grass, roll closer to the hole, or closer to the path he was taking relief from. He was almost assured of being able to hit off the grass and not the dirt! Sure enough, he takes two drops that roll out and then gets to place on the grass. I thought it was a pretty good example of using the rules to the players advantage. That knowledge is power!

And in 2019, maybe he'll just be able to drop it from 2" and get the lie he wanted.

Especially since he'll have to drop within 20" or so anyway.

[ChrisP]

Congrats to Dustin Johns...errr.....I mean Kevin Chappell. First win. Very deserving.

[Buckeyebowman]

Yes! Nothing like a leaderboard full of household names! Still, I was glad to see Chappell get his first.