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Now it's not too early. Strong US start - 5 pairings out now. Is it just me? or does Tony Finau's clubs look just too short for him?

and N2 😉

You guys NAILED it. my god. What a dumb thing. I'd have played pretty good both rounds. the first clue was the great big "M" 🤣 and also playing a hole where I knew what the distance "should" have been and for some reason hitting a club shorter Erik - "Humid the ball flies farther" - Oh my gosh, that makes sense, it "Feels" heavy, but vapor is less dense..... I'll go do some research. THANKS

It's been awhile and I do enjoy this community. Here's one -Funny after the fact. So last weekend I was greatly frustrated throughout my entire round, consistently coming up short about 10-15 yards on all my shots. I chalked it up to the really humid, thick day and maybe not quite 'getting' the course I was on. I only play it about once a year. But seriously, my distance spread has always been a strength. Friday this weekend - it's overcast, so we find a course up in the same area, and AGAIN - LW 90 yards - no issue - lean on it. Short of the green like 10 yards, or short in the trap, 3 or 4 times. 8 iron, same thing but more like 15 short, 7 iron perfect contact (crap it's going long, and it comes up short like 15 yard), oh cool, an easy 110 gap wedge - 10 yards short - CRAP........ nearly every hole On hole 11 (a really hard hole for me - long to the dog leg, always leave a long approach and I hit the perfect drive over the corner and I'm 90 out and leave the LW 10 yards short again and in the bunker - and I SO would love to get a birdie chance on that one - I don't get that good a drive very often. 12 - scope the drive to 235 being long and go with a normal 3H and still just barely get to the dogleg there also with a pure hit - which normally would be a scare of hitting through. I finally figured it out on the very next apporach - would anyone like to guess?

Throwing the flag man under the bus. Appears it's not gonna be a Rory vs Bryson tourney.....

Rory and Bryson are two of my favorites for some time. This was a great watch. Poor Rory looked gutted and (heat?) exhausted at the end there. Bryson play US Open golf - Captain Scramble. Avoid the blowups and accidentally find a birdie on occasion and it goes far,

So they gave Tiger's group a clock warning......and now it's backed up on the Par 3. Brilliant.

only 4 guys under -2 it's difficult enough Xander always seems to be lurking

ricky's on Pacific central time - he'll finish before the comment arrives.....

Go get it Rickie. Maybe this is the year. 3-1/2 more days.......

out in a few weeks - gonna try Puakalua and the Ocean Course

Non-story. I can find a dissenting quote on every topic. Golf journalism is sad and will construct a conflict and issue for anything to get clicks. I suspect people triggered by this are very few. Hard to tell though - people are weird. But even one really loud person in a mass of thousands of people just quietly going about life is still enough to write a story and manufacture something to chat about.

Lucky you. We're out end of April. Let me know where you play and what you think. Definitely playing at least once. Makai last year - super nice. I'm looking for the next one or two.

AGREE - Seems pretty apparent, but there a still the slow play grumblers that won't care. Once the cut happens, they could space the start times more to align the pace since there isnt really a need to load the course up after that. Tiger.....he's not really limping more than his regular gait. He looks so much better. Too bad he's just not playing well this weekend. I'm still rooting for Rory - but one day doesn't make a tournament. watching from work. glad it's streaming.

Really enjoyed Sunday. Scottie starting weak and recovering when Cam looked like he'd run hot. Rory's ENTIRE FREAKING ROUND and with Colin with the paired eagles and the paired sand holeouts. Scottie's nerves trying to putt out on 18 brought a ton of 'real' to the tournament - these amazing players are very human. Tiger finishing up a cool comeback with smiles, but also plenty early enough in the day for us to enjoy rest of the show. Tiger limping and the obvious pain in his gait and stance was another 'reality' of poignant moments. It was a very riveting broadcast. ..... YMMV (bonus - I think the "Golf Shot" and the "of the ball" commentary was a lot less than typical, even with Nick on the mic. So I got that going for me)

So the near impossible hope of Tiger and Rory with a big lead playing together in the last group on Sunday at the Masters is still alive. I wouldn't have thought that even today's status was possible. As for rolling that random number generator of who I think will win.......I'm still thinking Cam and Colin are likely contenders this time.

Found this thread again and we are finally going to Kauai. Anyone have any “recent” advice. I’ve narrowed down to these 3 courses…..

Thanks a ton - It was operator error. I've been here longer than I thought and was under a really old e-mail. I should have tried that out. my bad

it's been so long that I had to select a new name - Or just mucked up my signon (requires an e-mail now instead of username?). (I figure 50/50 operator error) Let me know if I can update my previous profile with my e-mail. How has the group been? Couldn't stay away after that Ryder Cup

1 - I agree - Rory is classy and it sounded more like Rory is wondering about it. Not belittling it. Rory also has gone the long hitter/fitness route and has made a #1 in the world type of career out of it. 2 - BCD has done a great job and is doing some cool things that make a lot of sense. So what? 3 - Most of the crap is the horrible reporting. the media plays it up and also plays it out in left field. They are so desparate for things to talk about and they are happy to poke at him for the sake of ratings. I find the constant 'scientist' and "protein shakes" comments absolutely tedious. And that includes the nervous little giggles from Sir Nick every time he cracks one those lame jokes along those lines. Get new material guys, maybe talk about golf.

I enjoyed that Reed and BAD were in the lead after 36 - must've really torqued off the old crotchety types. Fun tourney. BAD's putter got hot and he did better out of the rough than most. Solid major win. Good for him. I like that he's trying to think through the approach to the game. Happy that he's very slightly marginally starting to get a little quicker at it. Almost there. Kid still needs some coaching in his interviews - He doesn't need to prove himself in those, just thank the team and let your wins speak for themselves.... If you're gonna be long, you better be accurate. It's pretty amazing what the long hitters in the game are accomplishing with needing a tighter distribution. I'm pretty sure I'd rather be 150 from the fairway rather than 80 from 3-6 inch rough. That takes some serious (insert whatever here) to make that tradeoff flip to the rough.

if you don't compete, or carry a handicap, and don't mind the heavy bag, keep them all - add a few more whoops, then you already have it solved - carry the 14 that make the most sense for whatever course you are 'officially' playing on. like you are already doing

You need three things. a hammer, a nail, and a passing goose

yup - I'm one of them. venting is good thing. glad we have places to do it. (Oh, I have 'better' things to do, but I like you people. And the 'better' things don't feed my lazy crapulence tendencies as well as posting with online buds.)