And that shot was worse. Implosion.Wow, that shot by Matsy was a mess.
And that shot was worse. Implosion.Wow, that shot by Matsy was a mess.
A total mush.Jinx ... Graphic posted 53/53 in putts 7 feet and under.....miss
Idk. If the leader dunks one on 16-18 who knows what happens.That might be the winner for him
And looks like he wants to test that theoryThomas could card a 6 on 18 and he would still win.
Yea, he's overcooking a lot of shots. How many dips in the water for him the past two days? Four. Yikes.Kisner just cost himself like 500 grand on that shot.
Agreed. Huge putt to settle the nerves, and despite two lousy bunker shots, and great bogey.Biggest shot of the day for Thomas may have been his bogey on 1.
This is pure awesome. Great to see a player not take themselves too seriously.Forget Spieth, Oosty completed the runner up career grand slam today.
What an absolutely fantastic post by a great guy.Forget Spieth, Oosty completed the runner up career grand slam today.
I noticed it too - he must have been brushing away sand sprayed from bunker shots (or some other form of loose impediment).Question for those who can explain the rules of golf:
When lining up his putt on 16 (and somewhat again on 17), Thomas sort of straddled the line in front of his putt and brushed/wiped the turf. I always understood touching the green on the line of your putt to be against the rules, except for repairing ball marks (per Rule 16-a1, according to google). None of the commentators said anything, so I assume that I'm wrong and what Thomas did was perfectly legal. Can anyone explain why? Is it simply a matter of brushing away some sort of loose impediment I couldn't see rather than feeling the grain of the green or improving the line?
OK, so what CAN you do on a putting green on your line of putt? Here are six:
- You can remove loose impediments. Things such as sand, soil, stones, twigs, insects, and goose droppings. You can remove these things any way you want, provided you don't press anything down into the turf or test the surface.
- You can repair those little craters created when a ball hits the green.
- You can repair old hole plugs created when the superintendent's staff move the cup from location to another.
- You can place your putter down in front of your ball when you address it (remember, don't press down).
- You can touch the line in the process of measuring, lifting or replacing your ball or to remove a moveable obstruction such as a coin left on the green by the group in front of you.
- Once you putt out, provided you aren't aiding a fellow competitor with his or her putt, you can tap down spike marks, fix a damaged hole (sometimes a part of the circumference caves in) or push the hole liner back down (they sometimes get pulled up when the flagstick is removed.
This is a bit crazy - so what if you come up to the green and find that the hole liner has been pulled up so that it is creating a wall around the cup? In competition play, are you really not allowed to fix it before you hole out?Here's an excerpt from a Golf Digest article about line of putt to help:
- Once you putt out, provided you aren't aiding a fellow competitor with his or her putt, you can tap down spike marks, fix a damaged hole (sometimes a part of the circumference caves in) or push the hole liner back down (they sometimes get pulled up when the flagstick is removed.