DJ? So I am definitely a Rory fan/apologist, and I can see where his Olympics commentary and his equipment changes have been questionable, but I don't really understand the consternation over this one. Plenty of folks have suggested that JP was not getting the job done for Rory, and that he might need a stronger assist with the mental game than he has been getting. I wonder whether seeing Spieth's partnership with Greller made him decide that he could do better?With the possible exception of John Daly, Rory has made more questionable off-course decisions than any golfer I can remember.
Ummm....there's this fella Eldrick Woods you may have heard about.With the possible exception of John Daly, Rory has made more questionable off-course decisions than any golfer I can remember.
I mean, Tiger made a million romantic entanglement decisions that were ultimately his downfall. Combine that with his swing changes, workout approach, addiction to the military concept, and some caddy drama of his own. He cost himself the chance at the title of undisputed greatest golfer of all time and maybe greatest athlete of all time, having to settle for just being in the conversation.I considered Tiger, but Tiger made a few big horrible decisions, not the multiplicity of smaller bad decisions Rory has made - ill advised press statements, financial decisions, club switches, romantic entanglements, you name it. As for DJ, his bad decisions are mostly on course, no?
Excuse for what? Being an infallible person? Rory's made some mistakes but it's not like it's a giant personal implosion here. He's a person just like all of us and probably made some decisions he wishes he could have back. Lord knows I have the same.Perhaps a better way of saying what I was thinking is that the variety of Rory's bad decisions seems unmatched to me - and he's also only 28, with plenty of time to increase his range in this regard. At 28, Tiger seemed a model of stability, and regardless of what happened thereafter, he was always appropriately cagey with the press (after that one GQ interview), didn't have issues with his management company, and had a very stable caddie relationship for a very long time.
(FWIW, I think Tiger's upbringing was destined to screw him up to a greater or lesser extent - he did very well to make it seem lesser until it was unavoidably greater. What's Rory's excuse?)
But first he fired Fluff. Players fire caddies.Perhaps a better way of saying what I was thinking is that the variety of Rory's bad decisions seems unmatched to me - and he's also only 28, with plenty of time to increase his range in this regard. At 28, Tiger seemed a model of stability, and regardless of what happened thereafter, he was always appropriately cagey with the press (after that one GQ interview), didn't have issues with his management company, and had a very stable caddie relationship for a very long time.
(FWIW, I think Tiger's upbringing was destined to screw him up to a greater or lesser extent - he did very well to make it seem lesser until it was unavoidably greater. What's Rory's excuse?)
I'm not trying to harp on this, I promise. But in response to these points:I fear I'm making it sound like I have an axe to grind against Rory - I don't. He's incredibly talented and generally very likeable. I'm just staggered by the amount of dumb decisions and unforced errors he seems to make out in the open. Even if firing his caddie was justified, firing him days after publicly praising him for getting you back on track in a major championship just feels wrong to me. I guess it's the way that his errors seem to directly affect his performance which truly baffles me - signing a new club contract in the middle of a season? Talking about how the fairways at Erin Hills are so wide that nobody should ever miss them, thereby adding pressure on yourself when you start missing them? And now sacking your praiseworthy caddie days before a WGC event and a week-and-a-half before the final major of the season? And that's all just from the past three months. Tiger made mistakes in his life and even in his career, but in the long prime of his career he never, ever did any of this stupid, potentially game-affecting crap that Rory has made a habit of doing. I just hope Rory doesn't remain an immature twentysomething too much longer.
I tend to agree about Fluff and the reasons he was fired, but that was an unusual situation.Didn't Tiger fire Fluff in part because Fluff was becoming a distraction (e.g., featuring in SportsCenter ads)? Firing Fluff - and immediately hiring Stevie Williams - seemed part of a coherent plan, whereas Rory firing JP does not. Rory desperately needs some stability at the moment, doesn't he?
Spieth and his caddy tie those shoes together. As a team.Rory isn't Spieth, he doesn't need someone to tie his shoes. This is pretty 'meh' news.
Don't be so sure. Those non-pga pro events are not setup as difficult as you would think. They don't go out of their way to change the course for those events like they do for the PGA tour and most of the courses are fairly easy tracks. There are a few tough courses on the web.com tour, but most are nothing spectacular.Rob's off in the web.com event. 25th in the money list, $1,760 ahead of 26th (Jason Gore).
This is also the event Steph Curry is playing. I'm not so much interested in the "It's Steph Curry" aspect as much as I am in seeing how a 2 handicap does in a pro tournament. I'm guessing quiet poorly.
72-70 on the weekend for Rob ti finish T31. Couple of doubles on Sat killed him.
11:
Shot 6 from the green (in the hole)
Shot 5 from the green
Shot 4 from the native area
Shot 3 Penalty
Shot 2 from the native area
Shot 1 from the tee box
16:
Shot 5 from the green (in the hole)
Shot 4 from the green
Shot 3 from the green side bunker
Shot 2 from the green side bunker
Shot 1 from the tee box
Yep. That's the plan.I bet they move the Players back to March
Doubt it. They're going to have issues with northern states in May, but maybe they want that?It's going to be really interesting to see what the weather will be like here on LI for the PGA in May. We had a rough late winter this year getting a ton of snow in March. I hope they'll be able to get the course in perfect shape.
Golf Digest did a test run in May.It's going to be really interesting to see what the weather will be like here on LI for the PGA in May. We had a rough late winter this year getting a ton of snow in March. I hope they'll be able to get the course in perfect shape.
Current standings to give you an idea how close it's going to be.... again.Rob dropped to 27th. Only the top 2 from the week passed him.
It's on to Springfield.
This would suck, I'm assuming they'd make an attempt to reshuffle the deck, and still have it here at some point in the summerLocally, the Deutsche Bank/Dell Championship appears to be a casualty of this re-ordering of the schedule. They want to wrap up the Playoffs by Labor Day, which makes sense.
-3 today, still T16. Stop me if you've heard this before - big day tomorrow.After going even par in the first round (not good), he came out and shot a -6, 65 in the 2nd round to get into the weekend tied for 16th. Huge cut to make. He desperately needs at a least a top 10, if not a top 5 to get himself back into the top 25.