2018 Valspar Golf Championship in Tampa, FL

[MrGolfguy67]

Yet another young, little known player announces his presence this week. This time it's 26 year old Corey Connors from Canada, ranked over #600 in the World. He shot an impressive 4 under 67 today to hold the solo lead as play winds down on day 1.

[nevets88]

Don't mess up the last hole, -1 is pretty darn good for the day.

[jbishop15]

a very nice round for Mr. Woods

[iacas]

31 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Yeow. Anyone remember that 4 iron he snapped in half? Don't remember which tournament.

The Masters.

[nevets88]

It is scary how close the spectators are to line of sight. Mickelson hit into them last week.

 

[onthehunt526]

31 minutes ago, iacas said:

The Masters.

Specifically Second Shot, 11th Hole, Final Round, 2007 Masters. It's funny, because he needed a 4-iron for his second shot at 13, which he hit a 5-iron close enough to make eagle. April 8, 2007 to be exact. I didn't look up the date either.

Great round today. If Tiger shoots say 67 or 68 tomorrow, He might be the leader... He played well, got a couple gusts that cost him, but overall... some vintage stuff.

[colin007]

I thought his swing looked awesome today...sequencing was on point, balanced, beautiful.

[onthehunt526]

8 minutes ago, colin007 said:

I thought his swing looked awesome today...sequencing was on point, balanced, beautiful.

He got 2 bad breaks with gusts that I saw, the second shot at 12 and the third shot at 14. He may of only hit 9 greens, but he made 5 birdies. 

If he hits it like this at Augusta... I think we're going to have a 1986 type buzz in 4 weeks. Scary thing is he could've shot 66 or so today... The driver is better.... @colin007 I offered to let Tiger borrow my driver for a month or so, but he politely declined.

[Buckeyebowman]

4 hours ago, MrGolfguy67 said:

Yet another young, little known player announces his presence this week. This time it's 26 year old Corey Connors from Canada, ranked over #600 in the World. He shot an impressive 4 under 67 today to hold the solo lead as play winds down on day 1.

Yeah, great! And we'll see where he winds up on Sunday. We all saw what happened to "Good karma" Sharma on Sunday at the WGC Mexico last week. It takes time to learn to win in the pros. d

4 hours ago, nevets88 said:

It is scary how close the spectators are to line of sight. Mickelson hit into them last week.

 

I think some of the folks in Mexico might not be all that "golf savvy". Having said that, I see folks in America who seem to be very trusting of  a pro's abilities to hit the ball where they want to! It seems that some people enjoy putting themselves in danger!

[onthehunt526]

It was nice to see Bill Haas out there after the tragedy that happened in LA back in February. He played okay, shot 73, though.

The other group they were showing a lot of was the Watney, Knox group. They showed a lot of those two today. It was also nice to see Jimmy Walker playing well. 

I know this is just the Valspar Championship thread. Tiger hasn't shot that one 65 or 66 yet in this comeback. Is it just me, or does this comeback seem different than all the other ones? 

[MrGolfguy67]

What?

[skydog]

5 hours ago, nevets88 said:

It is scary how close the spectators are to line of sight. Mickelson hit into them last week.

 

Mickelson hits into the spectators most every week 

But yes I agree, they have been scary close at times.

[colin007]

2 hours ago, onthehunt526 said:

He got 2 bad breaks with gusts that I saw, the second shot at 12 and the third shot at 14. He may of only hit 9 greens, but he made 5 birdies. 

If he hits it like this at Augusta... I think we're going to have a 1986 type buzz in 4 weeks. Scary thing is he could've shot 66 or so today... The driver is better.... @colin007 I offered to let Tiger borrow my driver for a month or so, but he politely declined.

Hehehe, is that the secret?

[onthehunt526]

9 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Hehehe, is that the secret?

He hits his 3-wood and 2-iron fairly well... He doesn't need that 44.5" shaft in his M3, he needs a driver that plays at 43.875", I'm telling you he goes to that length... MARK MY WORDS... He wins the Masters.

[colin007]

Just a side note, but nothing, NOTHING, grinds my gears more than when he takes iron off the tee and hits a skanky shit shot.

[onthehunt526]

7 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Just a side note, but nothing, NOTHING, grinds my gears more than when he takes iron off the tee and hits a skanky shit shot.

Oh you mean that tee shot into the trees on 16? That was one hell of a recovery, from that shitty tee shot. 

That cut 5-iron on 17 was Vintage Artistic Tiger. 

Oh and for the record, Tiger completed the "No Sixes Challenge" today @iacas.

[onthehunt526]

6 hours ago, MrGolfguy67 said:

Yet another young, little known player announces his presence this week. This time it's 26 year old Corey Connors from Canada, ranked over #600 in the World. He shot an impressive 4 under 67 today to hold the solo lead as play winds down on day 1.

He posted that early, too. Isn't he a Web.com Tour grad from last year?

[Zeph]

Tiger is about to tee off. The winds has calmed today, starting off at 6-8 mph and going down to almost 0 towards the evening. We might see lower scores today.