Rory McIlroy has gone and done the Mackenzie Hughes (TM NLU)! 66-66 over the weekend without winning.
I didn't see it, but I read about it. It reminded me of times when I'd get to 18 saying "ok, if I bogey this hole, I'll break 80". Hit a 3 wood to be safe, keep the ball in play... and snap hook it. As the Musical in the 60's would say--- "Bye Bye Birdie...or Bogey"That 18th hole that Cantlay played yesterday...ouch.
It wasn't just the tee shot, either - it was the decision-making and execution after that. I mean, he had to hole a 30-footer to make a triple bogey! (Which tied him with NeSmith for second, as it happens.)I didn't see it, but I read about it. It reminded me of times when I'd get to 18 saying "ok, if I bogey this hole, I'll break 80". Hit a 3 wood to be safe, keep the ball in play... and snap hook it. As the Musical in the 60's would say--- "Bye Bye Birdie...or Bogey"
Yep … so after that hypothetical snap hooked 3 wood would be my attempted hero shot which ends up behind me and even more tree-jailed . Hypothetically, of courseIt wasn't just the tee shot, either - it was the decision-making and execution after that. I mean, he had to hole a 30-footer to make a triple bogey! (Which tied him with NeSmith for second, as it happens.)
His decision making after the tee shot made total sense if he's trying to win the tournament and doesn't really care about solo 2nd.It wasn't just the tee shot, either - it was the decision-making and execution after that. I mean, he had to hole a 30-footer to make a triple bogey! (Which tied him with NeSmith for second, as it happens.)
I’m late to this, but based on what I’ve understood there were many golf professionals who turned down huge dollars from LIV because (at least in part) they believed that doing so would jeopardize their chances to participate in major tournaments.Bryce and Brooks not happy: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/07/dechambeau-hits-out-at-owgr-decision-golf-rankings
His second shot - his first attempt to get out of the bush - was a weirdly weak swing given how bad the lie was; that was probably the worst decision of the bunch, for me. Then he took his unplayable lie drop, and the ball seemed to roll into one of the half-holes he'd created in removing rocks from his drop area. I can't believe he could have held the green anywhere near the pin from that lie; I think he'd have had as much chance of holing a wedge for 5 from a good yardage in the fairway (and hoping Kim made bogey himself) as he would have if he'd landed on the green and rolled off the back. Plus that would have given him a much better chance of beating or tying NeSmith for 2nd. It just seemed like he was on tilt by that point.His decision making after the tee shot made total sense if he's trying to win the tournament and doesn't really care about solo 2nd.
Probably a combination of a) they were lied to by their agents and/or Norman and the Saudis themselves, b) they let themself believe everything would work out OK in the end, and/or c) a lot of them are in their mid-to-late 40s - or even older, in Phil's case - and probably figured their days of contending for the majors were pretty much over anyway, so why not take the payday?Did (at least some of) those that went to LIV just have a completely different idea of what was going to happen? And if so, why?
He needed to make par and he knew it. The only way to do so was to pitch it to the fairway and try to get up and down. Obviously it didn't work, but taking the unplayable and getting up and down from the rocks was basically impossible. Then once that didn't work, nothing else really mattered anyway and he kinda didn't care about 2nd or not. It's really an easy and no brainer decision to try to play it out of the bush, he just couldn't get the ball out. Taking the unplayable pretty much concedes the tournament, as his subsequent shot from the rocks ultimately showed. Unless you think counting on Tom Kim making his first bogey of the entire tournament from the middle of the fairway was a likely event.His second shot - his first attempt to get out of the bush - was a weirdly weak swing given how bad the lie was; that was probably the worst decision of the bunch, for me. Then he took his unplayable lie drop, and the ball seemed to roll into one of the half-holes he'd created in removing rocks from his drop area. I can't believe he could have held the green anywhere near the pin from that lie; I think he'd have had as much chance of holing a wedge for 5 from a good yardage in the fairway (and hoping Kim made bogey himself) as he would have if he'd landed on the green and rolled off the back. Plus that would have given him a much better chance of beating or tying NeSmith for 2nd. It just seemed like he was on tilt by that point.
I mean, stranger things have happened in the pressure cooker of the 72nd hole in a tied PGA Tour event...Unless you think counting on Tom Kim making his first bogey of the entire tournament from the middle of the fairway was a likely event.
I have no quibble with any of this at all. I do have an issue with the way he tried playing the punch through the bush - he kinda babied it rather than playing an aggressive swing at it. (Maybe that's because he was worried about injuring himself?) But whatever.He figured he had a better chance by trying to punch it through the bush and then getting up and down than taking an unplayable and getting up and down from the rocks.
Phil, who first said his comments about the Saudis were taken out of context, now says he never did an interview with Shipnuck in the first place
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34790004/phil-mickelson-says-liv-rise-pga-tour-trending-downward
And he picked this side:"I think going forward you have to pick a side.
Gee, imagine that: someone who claimed the Saudis were murderers and then took a bunch of Saudi money to play exhibition golf, now says he never said it. I wonder how many of his fingers they threatened to break."We know they killed [Washington Post reporter Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay.
I don't think he's changing his story. I think this is semantics and hair-splitting. He doesn't deny he didn't say it, he just said he never did an interview with Shipnuck. His claim from the beginning is that the conversation with Shipnuck was off the record.Phil, who first said his comments about the Saudis were taken out of context, now says he never did an interview with Shipnuck in the first place
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34790004/phil-mickelson-says-liv-rise-pga-tour-trending-downward
Most likely. I was never a huge fan but always enjoy a good comeback story in golf. Nowhere to hide when you start losing your game, especially someone of Fowler’s popularity.I think we all know where that ends up
Despite a disappointing finish to the Open, it's been one hell of a 2022 for Rory.Rory McIlroy, world #1
It's actually 12 holes. It just didn't go all the wayI don't like the 10-hole format for these things at all, but I understand its probably done to keep the time reasonable... still meh.
Can you explainThe upset of the year comes at the PNC where Charlie looks like the Woods family member in the most pain on the golf course.
Apparently Charlie rolled his ankle recently. They showed a few clips on the GC pre-game show where he was hunched over after hitting tee shots.Can you explain