Van de Velde Alert (or 2012 Golf thread)

....and Watson had less than 60 yards in, smack assed in the middle.

Hole was like 410 or something like that.

I just remember Poulter playing his second from a fairway trap from 110 or something.

 

Watching The Golf Channel's Round 1 Replay.

Hole 3: 554 yards.

Woodland hits it 356; Has 198 left..

And is out driven.

One of my best friends played a group behind him in the Kansas Amateur several years ago, and he said it was bizarre to see where he was hitting from.

(From Greenbrier last year.)

Driver......Iron ....Putt.....Eagle........608 yards

Stop it.

 

Daly finishes with 67 to finish in 4th in Qatar.

Oh, I have now added attending the shenanigans at the 16th hole on Saturday at Phoenix to my bucket list.

 

Got to say, I'm damn impressed that Kyle Stanley is in the hunt on Sunday again this week. That would seem to be a sign of a real pro.

 

Levin on the verge on pulling a Kyle Stanley.

 

Go if you wish, but don't look for me. It's the worst thing in golf.

 

Levin is one of those guys -- so far -- who's very good at leading Friday and Saturday but not so much on Sunday. He's also a chippy little twerp.

 

Very happy for Stanley. His emotion in the interview with Kostis at the end was moving. Levin has the worst swing of a contender, so quick on the transition from backswing, he looks like he's bailing out. Bad attitude as well.

 

Explain.

 

I don't mind the grandstands and hospitality tents surrounding the hole, although it would be better if it were a natural amphitheater surrounding the hole, but the setting is different enough that it's OK one time a year. The yelling and screaming has never done anything for me. I spent half a day at the 16th hole a few years ago; couldn't wait to get out of there.

 

What was cool was on Sat. I saw someone ask for the cheering and he hit during the cheers. A great contrast to the everyday quiet required. Wish I could remember who it was.