CBS not having Romo commentate is criminal

JUburton wrote:Morikawa might already be the best iron player in the world. When he putts like he did this weekend he's going to win a lot of goddamn tournaments.

His putting is so solid. He always hits it on the line he chooses, and as he gets more experience he'll pick the right line more consistently. Could have easily made the birdie putts on 17 and 18, too.

Jumps from 12th in the world to fifth.

The question is how much longer can he get off the tee to compete with the big boys in the longer tournaments?

heyeaglefn wrote:The question is how much longer can he get off the tee to compete with the big boys in the longer tournaments?

He hit it about 300 yds to the green on 16 with a fade. That seems long enough.

heyeaglefn wrote:The question is how much longer can he get off the tee to compete with the big boys in the longer tournaments?

This course played longer than the scorecard because it was so cold/windy. He can compete on any course. Look at the rest of the leaderboard: DJ/Bryson/Scheffler/Wolff/Finau and even Day/Rose/Xander all smoke the ball.

JUburton wrote:

heyeaglefn wrote:The question is how much longer can he get off the tee to compete with the big boys in the longer tournaments?

This course played longer than the scorecard because it was so cold/windy. He can compete on any course. Look at the rest of the leaderboard: DJ/Bryson/Scheffler/Wolff/Finau and even Day/Rose/Xander all smoke the ball.

He can compete on any course because of how good the rest of his game is, but I was thinking more about becoming an all time great and he probably needs to be better than 107th in driving if he wants to get close to a Tiger level at some point.

Probably unfair to compare anyone to Tiger at age 23 but with what he has done that has already started. Speith is probably a better comparison and we know what has happened to him over the past few years.

With golf courses adding length as much as they can going forward it will benefit the big hitters like Rory, Bryson, Brooks etc while hurting guys like Webb Simpson, Rose etc. I think Morikawa can continue to win but that is probably the only question with his game.

Obviously more distance = good and basically every great golfer of the last 10 years but Spieth (Rory, DJ, Brooks, JT, etc.) has had it in spades. I think it's a little more nuanced than driving it far makes you very good because generally if you're good/mechanically sound at all levels, you're going to hit it farther too. I'm sure Collin would love to just add 10 yards to his driver but he's also 16th in SG off the tee this year so he's doing great with the distance he has. I don't think they're going to be Bryson proofing courses to 8000 yards anytime soon...if they do that then yeah, I can see him falling back. But he's arguably the best iron player since Tiger (little hyperbole here but his iron play is so good it's made him make something like 24/25 cuts despite driving it only 295 or whatever).

"driving it only 295 or whatever"

I can't believe "only" is modifying "295" these days. Amazing how far these guys consistently hit the ball!!

As mentioned, he's 16th in shots gained off the tee, that'll get him some more majors if the rest if his game holds up. It's probably better for him to spend his time and intellectual energy on his game around the greens, which tends to pay off more strokes in less invested time than increasing distance.

No fans at the Masters.

us amateur final is pretty wild. heavy fog for the final 18. can't see anything off the tees. looks like it'll be tied going to the 36th.

That 4i on 18 was sick...especially after he dumped 3 balls in the penalty areas in 2 holes previous.

Scheffler shot a 59 today.

DJ is 10 under after 10 holes today so far 6 birdies, 2 eagles, 2 pars

Morikawa, Spieth, Day, Rory all flirting with the cut line.

Ace Rothstein wrote:DJ is 10 under after 10 holes today so far 6 birdies, 2 eagles, 2 pars

Was 11 under after 11 but then shot 7 straight pars to “settle” for a 60

Ace Rothstein wrote:

Ace Rothstein wrote:DJ is 10 under after 10 holes today so far 6 birdies, 2 eagles, 2 pars

Was 11 under after 11 but then shot 7 straight pars to “settle” for a 60

he's no scheffler

dj finished 30-under. won by 11.

Seems like a course they should not go back to

CalvinBall wrote:Seems like a course they should not go back to

They need to put some teeth into the course when the pros play it. It's much more challenging in the wind, but that's obviously variable from year to year. The greens were really true and seemed easy for them to read.