2017 Presidents Cup Thread

[skydog]

Alright alright, I know the Presidents Cup doesn't stoke a ton of interest around here but it's team match play golf being played right outside NYC so I'm moderately excited about this weekend. I've been boycotting the NFL since way before it was cool (I just don't like football ), so I'm looking forward to having some more good golf to watch this Fall.

Tiger, Freddie, DL3 will be helping Stricker out  and the US team is looking stacked. My guess would be we see another US blowout performance but who knows. What say yall?

 

[iacas]

Probably.

I'll be in Rochester, NY this weekend with the men's golf team, so my ability to watch will be quite limited. I'll record it, but I doubt I'll even choose to watch after I get back. Tournament on Monday, too.

[RiddleMeThis]

Making a weekend trip to the big apple.  Looking forward to it

[iacas]

This was entertaining.

[Groucho Valentine]

I might pop in on saturday if the weather is alright. I got free tickets for that day. Liberty national isn't really a great place to watch golf. As far as watching golf live goes anyway.. I heard from a friend that the course was re-rerouted to take the finishing holes into grandstands, so i guess that might help. 

[DeadMan]

I just can't get that excited for this. I'll probably throw it on if I'm bored, but it's sort of a meh event. The US team should stomp the internationals. The top to bottom firepower the US has is crazy.

Plus, I've read that the course is not great. The only selling point is its proximity to New York.

[iacas]

I think the reports of the course not being good are over-rated. I think it has some really good holes, and the site forced some really not great holes on there, too.

But the first tee is SURROUNDED by grandstands, the routing is improved for crowd flow, etc. vs. the PGA Tour event it hosted, and the views are really quite good. The greens are good, the fairways feel a bit awkward.

[iacas]

 

Translate from Dutch, ha ha. (Offered on the website for this Tweet.)

 

[skydog]

3 hours ago, iacas said:

I think the reports of the course not being good are over-rated. I think it has some really good holes, and the site forced some really not great holes on there, too.

Agreed. I also think that some design flaws that guys gripe about in stroke play golf will be less relevant or apparent in match play.

I don't see any clear landslides coming out of those matches other than probably the Spieth/Reed match which I'm guessing could be ugly for the internationals. All in all though I wouldn't be surprised if things were pretty even at the end of the day tomorrow.

Edited September 27, 2017 by skydog

[iacas]

15 minutes ago, skydog said:

Agreed. I also think that some design flaws that guys gripe about in stroke play golf will be less relevant or apparent in match play.

Very true. Some of the goofiest things in stroke play make for quite good match play holes.

Really random stuff never plays well, but high risk/reward holes where everyone plays safely in stroke play can be genius in match play. Thin sections jutting out into water hazards, that sort of thing.

15 minutes ago, skydog said:

I don't see any clear landslides coming out of those matches other than probably the Spieth/Reed match which I'm guessing could be ugly for the internationals. All in all though I wouldn't be surprised if things were pretty even at the end of the day tomorrow.

The U.S. will just slowly pull away, as usual, overall. That's what I would predict.

[nevets88]

Was thinking, hmmm, maybe I'll go watch it on Friday. Fuhgeddaboudit. I'll pay those prices for Ryder Cup maybe, PC, nope.

Don't be anywhere near PC if you're driving in the area on Thursday!

 

[skydog]

This event may be over before the weekend ever gets here....hopefully things stay a bit more competitive.

[rehmwa]

course looks pretty sweet IMO.  I think I can always watch the match play - it's fun

 

US 1, Int 0  so far

[rehmwa]

and........a tight short chip that will clearly be hard to stop and the commentator notes

"strange he left the flagstick in"

no, it's not strange

US 3, Int 0....so far

[dennyjones]

I've been impressed with the golf in the coverage.   Fowler and Thomas were amazing but Phil, whom I thought should not have been chosen is playing well. 

[iacas]

Watching the second half now, though I know the U.S. did at least earn 3 points.

[David in FL]

One of the better PC's I've seen.  I hope it continues!

[nevets88]

What is that, 3, 4 former POTUSes? Security must have been insane.

Literally, PRESIDENT'S CUP.