2017 PGA Tour

Time to Mo Vaughn

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Rob about 8-10 feet from the pin. Lindheim on the green 25-30 feet. Hadley in the bunker. Huge putt coming up for Rob after he sees what everyone else does.
 

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Looks like JT is gonna win the $10 million.

And he's won it. Schaufelle is in on 18 and birdie wins the tournament.
 
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Getting to watch Rob wrap it up was a lot of fun, even my wife was pulling for him. Tell him we said congratulations, and I hope to see him on TV a ton next year!
 

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I told Rob about this thread a few years back, and I'm not sure how much he really understood what I meant. He's definitely aware that a group of internet dorks from a baseball message board follow his career as closely as his own family though. I've said a few times that when he wins a PGA tournament, I'm going to print out these threads, and we're going to use them as the basis for the movie that needs to be made about his career.
 

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Getting to watch Rob wrap it up was a lot of fun, even my wife was pulling for him. Tell him we said congratulations, and I hope to see him on TV a ton next year!
You know what's funny about that? I couldn't even get my own wife to stop whatever she was doing and watch Rob yesterday. I honestly think I could be starting in a World Series game, and my wife would watch Ray Donovan or something else instead. She hates sports. When I told her he got his Card back, her response was "Oh, that's really nice. Good for him." And then it was back to yelling at the kids or whatever.
 

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I told Rob about this thread a few years back, and I'm not sure how much he really understood what I meant. He's definitely aware that a group of internet dorks from a baseball message board follow his career as closely as his own family though. I've said a few times that when he wins a PGA tournament, I'm going to print out these threads, and we're going to use them as the basis for the movie that needs to be made about his career.
Next season he's getting his own thread. I meant to break this all out this year but laziness kicked in.
 
Next season he's getting his own thread. I meant to break this all out this year but laziness kicked in.
I strongly endorse this idea.

In addition to being really happy for Rob and excited to watch him on the PGA Tour next year, I'd like to note just what a learning experience it's been for me over the past few years to have adopted and followed a player like him. Everyone interested in professional golf should track a similar golfer on the boundaries of the PGA and Web.com tours at some point in their viewing lives - it really gives you an extra perspective on just how tough the golfing grind can be, even for players who are supremely talented. Far more professional golfers are like Rob than Spieth or Rory or DJ, but that's incredibly easy for the casual fan to completely ignore.
 

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Next season he's getting his own thread. I meant to break this all out this year but laziness kicked in.
Yes, that's a pretty awesome idea, although him getting his own thread could be a jinx and we must be wary of the mush.
 

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The number of golfers I know who I have conveyed Rob's story too are just blown away by it. The back and forth, bubble every year, the ups and downs it has been one of my favorite golf stories over the last 3 years and I can't wait to watch him this year on the tour.

It truly is a lesson in how professional golf works and I love that I have had a reason to learn the ins and outs, as it is fascinating.

I hope to find myself at a tournament next year where I can follow the SoSH famous Rob Oppenheim for a day.
 

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Anyone else see this?

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/09/golf-webcom-tour-matthew-southgate-putt-leaf-rules-violation-pga-tour-card-video

Why can't common sense prevail here? He was already penalized a stroke by the leaf, why does he again have to be penalized for some dumb obscure rule? I get that it's their job to know the rules, but what dumb fucking luck that could ultimately ruin this guy's career. What if he misses this year and never gets another opportunity?

I hate the rules of golf. They need to figure out a way to let these guys know sooner so they don't get these stupid compounding penalties. Lexi Thompson all over again.
 

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The compounding penalties are really ridiculous. And then after assigning the penalty after the round, he gets nabbed for an illegal scorecard, making the entire thing feel like a prank.
 

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2nd week in a row that's happened on the Web. Ben Crane was originally assessed an 8 shot penalty, then eventually got DQ'd for non-conforming clubs. He left the tiny stickers that are used for Trackman on his driver and 6-iron. He didn't use either club on the first hole, noticed it on the 2nd brought it to the rules officials attention then. Brutal.

They really need to dig into the rule book and use common sense to simplify it.
 

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-4 (currently T22) opening round for Rob. Leader's at -9.
Looks like it's playing easy today with only 11 people in the clubhouse at even or worse.
 

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Rob finishes -4 and is tied for 34th. Playing easy is putting it mildly. Sam Saunders shot a 12 under 59, and he has a 3 shot lead. That's Arnold's grand son, right? Kind of wish they would have set it up harder than that for the Tour Championship. Anyway, Saunders comes into this event in 24th place in the playoffs, and Steve Wheatcroft is 23rd, and he shot a -9, and is tied for 2nd. To give you an idea of how strong Rob's position is right now, if the playoffs ended right now, he'd drop from 3rd to 4th in the overall standings. He's had an awesome three week stretch of golf, and unless he misses the cut, he's pretty much locked into a top 5 finish in the playoffs, which is incredible given the field that is in this thing.

Rob actually could have gone much lower today. He hit like 15 or 16 greens in regulation, but didn't get a lot of putts to fall. His putting average was 1.733. We all know that if he continues to hit greens like that, he'll start scoring eventually.
 

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Robs off to a great start. -5 through 8 and he didn’t birdie his first hole a par 5 starting on number 10. He could go -8/-9 today and put himself in contention for the weekend.
 

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Rob birdied 9 to finish the day at -7 (-11), currently T10. Still projected to drop to 4th in the standing but that's minor details at this point.
 

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I had a feeling after yesterday he was gong to go low today. He just finished with a -7, 64, which currently has him in a tie for 10th. Perfect. Interestingly, if it ended right now, Rob would still drop from 3rd to 4th in the playoff standings. However, Lindheim, who is currently #2 in the playoffs is only 1 shot ahead of him. Rob could theoretically get himself into one of the top 2 spots in the playoffs if he can climb into the top 5 over the weekend. He's only 2 shots out of a tie for 3rd right now. Saunders followed up his 59 yesterday with a 66 today, and he has a two shot lead at -17.
 

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-3 through 10 and -14 for the tourney which is T4. 4 shots behind the leader.

If he could figure out the damn par 5's, we'd be on to something. Parred 6 of 7 over the past 2 days.
 

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Just made another one -4 through 11. 3 shots back of the leader. He's tied for 3rd. Amazingly, if it ended now, he'd still drop from 3rd to 4th in the standings, because if Saunders wins, he would leapfrog everyone into 1st. Lindheim who is currently 2nd is having an awful day at +6, and is now down to 48th, but I think Rob needs at least a 2nd place finish to jump over him.
 

Time to Mo Vaughn

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Jonathan Byrd having a day and now in a tie for first with Saunders. Bad luck as a win might also jump him over Rob.

Actually looks like Saunders just got another birdie and since both Saunders and Byrd can't actually tie for first, only one should be able to jump Rob. Unfortunately, either of the two guys in front of him winning would appear to jump him.
 

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Rob makes birdie on 18 to shoot 66. Another great day. He'll probably need to go seriously low tomorrow to win, but it would be a lot of fun to see him make a run at it.
 

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Might need a new thread soon. Safeway Open next week, and Rob is going to be in it.
 
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-1 through 5, T2 for the tourney. 4 shots behind the leader, Jonathan Byrd. Has back-to-back par 5’s here to maybe sneak in some more birdies and make a move...
 

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Didn't realize this was a possibility but with Rob T-2 - he is now would end in the lead for the 4 week playoff, 9 more holes to go, -2/-3 on the back I think should get him a solo 2nd.
 

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I think we definitely need a new thread for Rob to get rid of the Web.com mojo, and start some new PGA mojo. Rough day today. He missed a two foot putt on #1 and made bogey, and then he 3 putted from inside 4 feet on #3, and it went downhill. Sitting at +6 through 16 right now. He won't sniff the cut. His brother said he's just exhausted after the recent grind. Might be better off missing the cut, and going home for some rest before heading back out, but someone start a new thread asap. I can't do it, because I'll never forgive myself if he doesn't play well. :)
 

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The thread was started days ago. Maybe that’s the problem.
 

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I think we definitely need a new thread for Rob to get rid of the Web.com mojo, and start some new PGA mojo. Rough day today. He missed a two foot putt on #1 and made bogey, and then he 3 putted from inside 4 feet on #3, and it went downhill. Sitting at +6 through 16 right now. He won't sniff the cut. His brother said he's just exhausted after the recent grind. Might be better off missing the cut, and going home for some rest before heading back out, but someone start a new thread asap. I can't do it, because I'll never forgive myself if he doesn't play well. :)
They really need to build in some sort of an offseason. The grind of the last 2-3 months has to be incredibly taxing.
 

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They'll get a break from mid-Nov to mid-Jan. If players are good enough to qualify for the Hero (very limited field) or the tournament of champions, then they have the luxury of taking a few weeks off in the fall schedule. Otherwise they play the full fall schedule and then get 2 months off until the Sony.
 

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We’re back, baby! Wooo!!! Masters here we come!!

Love the time of year when Eldrick posts videos of him practicing.