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2018 John Deere Classic

Wally Fairway

By Wally Fairway
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Wally Fairway Great Member

Wally Fairway

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Steven Bowditch goes to twitter to find a caddie for the week

And he picks a kid who is turning 17 on Friday (look at his timeline for the storyline)

If this kid can get Bowditch playing the weekend then he deserves a bonus.
Here is his OWGR summary

bowditch OWGR 7-11-18.JPG

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Players play, tough players win!

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MrGolfguy67 Dedicated Member

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Great, classic tournament; I've always liked the 'Quad Cities Open', a staple on the Tour since the early 70s. They've historically had a tough spot on the schedule, the week before the Open Championship.

Scores after the first round are certainly low, looks like you'll need to go 20 under or better to win if that keeps up.

Carry on my wayward drive

There'll be pars when you are done

Lay your weary wedge to rest

Don't you shank no more 

 

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MrGolfguy67 Dedicated Member

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Disappointed to see that DeChambeau had to withdraw with a shoulder injury and won't get to defend his title. Hopefully he is not out of commission very long.

Carry on my wayward drive

There'll be pars when you are done

Lay your weary wedge to rest

Don't you shank no more 

 

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MrGolfguy67 Dedicated Member

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Round 2 and the low scores keep on keeping on. John Huh just posted a sweet little 8 under 63 to get within shouting distance of the lead. Canadian David Hearn posted a 64 today and currently leads at -12.

Carry on my wayward drive

There'll be pars when you are done

Lay your weary wedge to rest

Don't you shank no more 

 

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MrGolfguy67 Dedicated Member

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Steve Wheatcroft & Michael Kim have pushed the lead to -13. And its good to see Harold Varner III having another good week, he's at -8 with a few holes to play. Last week at the Greenbriar he was tied for the lead going to Sunday looking for his first win (which would have accomplished something not done in 32 years on Tour). Maybe HV3 will make another run and this will be the week.

Carry on my wayward drive

There'll be pars when you are done

Lay your weary wedge to rest

Don't you shank no more 

 

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12 minutes ago, MrGolfguy67 said:

Steve Wheatcroft & Michael Kim have pushed the lead to -13. And its good to see Harold Varner III having another good week, he's at -8 with a few holes to play. Last week at the Greenbriar he was tied for the lead going to Sunday looking for his first win (which would have accomplished something not done in 32 years on Tour). Maybe HV3 will make another run and this will be the week.

What did I miss that he could have done that hasn't been done since '86?

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MrGolfguy67 Dedicated Member

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First African American to win a Tour event since 1986, both Jim Thorpe & Calvin Peete won that year.

 

 

Meanwhile Michael Kim is making a statement, getting it to 16 under, 4 shots clear of 2nd place.

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Carry on my wayward drive

There'll be pars when you are done

Lay your weary wedge to rest

Don't you shank no more 

 

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17 minutes ago, MrGolfguy67 said:

First African American to win a Tour event since 1986, both Jim Thorpe & Calvin Peete won that year.

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From the land of perpetual cloudiness.   I'm Denny

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MrGolfguy67 Dedicated Member

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Tiger Woods is multi-racial. His mother is Thai and Indian while his father is mixed race of African American and Caucasian. After he won the Masters in 1997 he was asked if it bothered him that people were referring to him as African American, his reply was "Yes".  Shortly afterwards Woods made up a term to describe his ethnicity - Cablinasian. That is still what Woods answers when someone asks him what is race is.

Ca - for Caucasian

bl - for Black

in - for Indian

asian - for Asian (Thai)

 

 

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Lay your weary wedge to rest

Don't you shank no more 

 

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MrGolfguy67 Dedicated Member

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Back on topic

Play has been suspended in round 2 with just a few players finishing the final 3 or so holes. Kim (still -16 and 4 shots clear) is on the 18th green with a 27 foot putt for birdie waiting to be hit when play resumes.

Carry on my wayward drive

There'll be pars when you are done

Lay your weary wedge to rest

Don't you shank no more 

 

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Missouri Swede Great Member

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8 hours ago, MacDutch said:

I see Danny Lee got dqed after the second round. Qué pasa?

Evidently he switched golf ball style mid round:

 

 

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What's in the :ogio: Silencer bag (on the :clicgear: cart)
Driver: :callaway: Razr Fit 10.5°  
5 Wood: :tmade: Burner  
Hybrid: :cobra: Baffler DWS 20°
Irons: :ping: G400 
Wedge: :ping: Glide 2.0 54° ES grind 
Putter: :heavyputter:  midweight CX2
:aimpoint:,  :bushnell: Tour V4

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Bowditch has trimmed down quite a bit.

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Shindig Incredible Member

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1 hour ago, Wally Fairway said:

I'm not making a Scottish Open thread - so I'll put here

Patrick Reed needs three swings to get out of a pot bunker
https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/reed-needs-three-swings-pot-bunker-scotland/

Discussion thread here (misleading thread title): 

 

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MrGolfguy67 Dedicated Member

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2 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

I'm not making a Scottish Open thread - so I'll put here

Patrick Reed needs three swings to get out of a pot bunker
https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/reed-needs-three-swings-pot-bunker-scotland/

Bunkers are supposed to be penal; most of the bunkers in the US are too easy for the PGA pros to get up & down from - not much penalty at all.

Carry on my wayward drive

There'll be pars when you are done

Lay your weary wedge to rest

Don't you shank no more 

 

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15 hours ago, MrGolfguy67 said:

 Kim (still -16 and 4 shots clear) is on the 18th green with a 27 foot putt for birdie waiting to be hit when play resumes.

He ended up 3 putting for bogey on 18 so he's at -15 headed to the weekend. He has a 3 shot lead over a foursome in 2nd (-12) - Wheatcroft, Hearn, Wagner, and Burgoon.

Carry on my wayward drive

There'll be pars when you are done

Lay your weary wedge to rest

Don't you shank no more 

 

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ChrisP Great Member

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Is anchoring allowed at the John Deere? Watching Hearn putt yesterday, he looked to me to be anchoring the putter. I thought that was not allowed.


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