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How many times has some dumbass announcer said something like....Rory hasn't made a bogey on back nine all week.....as he stands over a 5 footer and misses...Nice to see Rory play well and win....Jon Rahm, with his hook it outta the bunker into a cross breeze while his caddie says don't do it....priceless.

 

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As soon as I heard that I thought, "There's your jinx!" Fleetwood just hit a bad shot there, Rahm's was a bonehead play! And let's not forget some of the breaks Rahm got like when he drilled that guy in the chest! Kind of a tough day for the gallery. I was kinda, sorta pulling for Furyk, he put together one heck of a round of golf. I like Feherty's description of his golf swing. 

Kind of OT, but it was on the telecast. Did anyone besides me think the "How fresh is your lobster?" one of the dumbest commercials ever? The damned things alive! How much fresher could it be?! 

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2 hours ago, Buckeyebowman said:

As soon as I heard that I thought, "There's your jinx!" Fleetwood just hit a bad shot there, Rahm's was a bonehead play! And let's not forget some of the breaks Rahm got like when he drilled that guy in the chest! Kind of a tough day for the gallery. I was kinda, sorta pulling for Furyk, he put together one heck of a round of golf. I like Feherty's description of his golf swing. 

Kind of OT, but it was on the telecast. Did anyone besides me think the "How fresh is your lobster?" one of the dumbest commercials ever? The damned things alive! How much fresher could it be?! 

I am sure the caddies are on salary so it would not affect the caddies pay but on the last day every stroke is worth 6 figures. Rahm should have listened to his caddie.  

The lobster commercial just makes me hungry. I dont even know what the commercial is for, I just want lobster and butter😊

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Great tournament. To have so many so close to the lead in the last couple of hours must have made the PGA Tour really happy. 

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15 hours ago, Shindig said:

Today's broadcast is looking good.  Settled into my newly-cleaned living room/dining room to watch.  

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9 hours ago, gjunkie57 said:

I am sure the caddies are on salary so it would not affect the caddies pay but on the last day every stroke is worth 6 figures. Rahm should have listened to his caddie.  

Most caddies make a percentage of the players' winnings. So yeah it affected the caddie too. 

That shot/decision cost Rahm roughly $150k, and probably cost his caddie quite a bit too since Rahm finished outside of the top 10, the caddie probably received a smaller percentage of the Rahm's paycheck since he finished T12 compared to T5/T8

 

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10 hours ago, gjunkie57 said:

I am sure the caddies are on salary so it would not affect the caddies pay but on the last day every stroke is worth 6 figures. Rahm should have listened to his caddie.

Caddies typically only make 3500-5000K a tourney for their "salary". In some cases the tour pro will pay that and cover travel/lodging expenses (usually more established pros and their caddies). The rest of their income comes from a percentage of the players earnings that week if they make the cut. Typically, that is 5% for making the cut, 7% for a top 10 finish, and the usual 10% for a win. 

 

36 minutes ago, klineka said:

That shot/decision cost Rahm roughly $150k, and probably cost his caddie quite a bit too since Rahm finished outside of the top 10, the caddie probably received a smaller percentage of the Rahm's paycheck since he finished T12 compared to T5/T8

If you figure a Top 5 Vs. a Top 12 finish then the caddie lost out on abut $20K (considering the average 5% and 7% payouts)

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18 hours ago, Shindig said:

Vegas with the longest putt ever made on that green.  13 feet longer than Langer's former record.  And he did it without anchoring! 

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I really don't understand what Rahm thought he was doing on that shot. Looking at it from above makes it look worse:

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Jon Rahm made a terrible mistake at the 2019 Players Championship. A new look at the costly shot, and what he can learn for next time.

He also was concerned about the lie for laying up. So why did he think he could pull off a 20+ yard hook shot from 220 from the same lie? I really don't get it.

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4 minutes ago, DeadMan said:

I really don't understand what Rahm thought he was doing on that shot. Looking at it from above makes it look worse:

hook-1024x1024-1.jpg

Jon Rahm made a terrible mistake at the 2019 Players Championship. A new look at the costly shot, and what he can learn for next time.

He also was concerned about the lie for laying up. So why did he think he could pull off a 20+ yard hook shot from 220 from the same lie? I really don't get it.

Maybe “Phil being Phil” can be replaced by “Rahm being Rahm.”

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Rahm and DeChambeau both just seem like the biggest pricks on Tour. Not sure if anyone has any insiders on these guys but from the outside, I just want to punch them. Oh, and Reed doesn’t seem the most pleasant either. Those three make for a good grouping.

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I turned on the tournament right before Rahm hit that shot and was baffled by the decision. Its like something somebody who's been playing the game for a week would do. That wasnt an impossible shot in a way that had a tiny sliver of success and heroism involved - it was just straight up impossible. I dont know if it ever comes up on TV or not, but i remember from playing the course that theres a little stream behind that green. So even if Rahm did somehow hit it, the overspin on the ball might have taken it into the drink over the back...

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1 hour ago, Missouri Swede said:

Maybe “Phil being Phil” can be replaced by “Rahm being Rahm.”

In Basque: Rahm bezalakoa da Rahm.

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2 hours ago, DeadMan said:

I really don't understand what Rahm thought he was doing on that shot. Looking at it from above makes it look worse:

hook-1024x1024-1.jpg

Jon Rahm made a terrible mistake at the 2019 Players Championship. A new look at the costly shot, and what he can learn for next time.

He also was concerned about the lie for laying up. So why did he think he could pull off a 20+ yard hook shot from 220 from the same lie? I really don't get it.

I'm not sure which was harder to watch, the conversation with his caddie or the shot. There is something to be said for being confident, and I'm not sure there is a word for that level of over confidence but if there is it's probably a 4 letter word.

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5 hours ago, ChrisP said:

Rahm and DeChambeau both just seem like the biggest pricks on Tour. Not sure if anyone has any insiders on these guys but from the outside, I just want to punch them. Oh, and Reed doesn’t seem the most pleasant either. Those three make for a good grouping.

It's their faces. They've got those dumb frat boy faces where they look like the types that pour queso dip in their bellybuttons and eat it with chips

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