THWACK! The Golf Thread

[ashstralia]

Is there any real advantage in a fat ass grip on your putter?

most definitely bro, especially if you have bigger hands!

i played one of our best local courses today in gusty overcast weather, magnificent testing layout. played with a really cool canadian bloke off 18; he won the $$..

i had 41-45 against a 72 par. woohoo sticky!!

edit, this joint.http://www.oceanshorescc.com.au/golf.html

[ashstralia]

lost it midway through the round today. how the fuck does this happen?

1 over through 6 holes, then finish 6 5 6. fuuucccckkk!!!!

i hate/love this game.

i was going left and long all day, the correction got me a 4 4 finish. i'll get the $$ next week, i'm out to 13.

[chefcraig]

lost it midway through the round today. how the fuck does this happen?

1 over through 6 holes, then finish 6 5 6. fuuucccckkk!!!!

i hate/love this game.

It could be worse. Your username could be Jim Furyk. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory on a by-now regular basis.

[ashstralia]

he's got a few more wins and bucks than me craig...

i'm sure it's a mental thing, sticking to a gameplan when you're going really well is much harder than scrambling when you aint i've found.

[Whorehey]

Either way I'm laying off Furyk and Adam Scott this weekend. Time to start tooting the Matty Kuchar horn again.
Hasn't missed a cut this year in 18 starts.
Louie O had a nice run going last week at Firestone. Plus he got pimped at Augusta.
Should be an awesome weekend.

[ashstralia]

i'm really gonna try to watch some golf this weekend.

[chefcraig]

Either way I'm laying off Furyk and Adam Scott this weekend. Time to start tooting the Matty Kuchar horn again.
Hasn't missed a cut this year in 18 starts.

I've given up on naming a favorite. It's nearly impossible to pick a winner with the parity of the field as of late. You'll have the Golf Channel talking up Luke Donald as the hot hand for 4 days prior to the tournament, and he ends up barely (if at all) making the cut. Which is why, other than seeing the weather conditions and course layout for things like pin placement, I rarely even bother with pre-event shows anymore. It's all a bunch of hot air prognostication, as none of these so-called experts know any more than you or I do.

[Whorehey]

Most of the low rounds today came off the
early pairings. Calling for 30 MPH winds tomorrow
with some rain. My Yahoo fantasy team took a beating
today. Left 46 points sitting on my bench. Not
sure who to play tomorrow.

[chefcraig]

I was tied up with work all day and only caught a few brief bits. However...

One Great Thing: Thank God ESPN isn't involved and are up to their eyeballs with NFL coverage. That spares us Chris Bermann's boorish presence,

One Not-So-Great Thing: TNT's Ernie Johnson, Jr and CBS's Gary McCord are there. Johnson never wants to shut the fuck up, even interrupting people to insert stupid details read off of a computer screen. The jerk must be a Google wizard. McCord on the other hand, is insightful as can be, he just tries to be a funny guy to the point of distraction. That's how he managed to get banned from broadcasting at the Masters seventeen years ago.

[Whorehey]

Kuchar is gonna miss the cut.

[gbranton]

Tiger is out, seven shots back. For him to win now he would have to skip a couple of holes..............and we all know Tiger has never skipped a hole.

[ashstralia]

holy hell, rory!!

flatstick genius..

[chefcraig]

holy hell, rory!!

flatstick genius..

Jesus, what a display. Even the announcers were saying that this is what Woods used to do: Essentially kicking the crap the field, then stomping on their carcasses with glee. Unbelievably, and I don't think the little bastard missed a single put the entire time I was watching!

And the name Rory has always been simply bad-assed...

[Whorehey]

SUHWEET!!! My 'in' at Medinah just called to ask me what day I'd like to go to the Ryder Cup. AS HIS GUEST!!!

Told him to make sure they pour plenty of water on the greens, after watching Tiger putt at Bethpage last weekend.

[ashstralia]

Awesome whorehey! Wear a ROTHARMY shirt live on tv golf.

That'd be a first ay?