59 for Stuart Appleby

[hondo]

Wow ... nothing posted so far. Are 59s getting too routine now (all five of them in PGA Tour history)?
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy, who's endured his share of adversity. And only the second of the five 59s in the final round, to win.

 

[slappy4428]

He had to pick this week? When I had Jeff Overton in my fantasy pool? F-tard.

 

[pressboxer]

****, what would he have done on the course where the Alabama kid shot 57? Low 50s, 40s?

 

[Dick Whitman]

****, what would he have done on the course where the Alabama kid shot 57? Low 50s, 40s?

I've thought about this while hacking my way around my own local cow pastures, and I suspect that there's probably a limit to how low the pros can go on even an easy course.

 

[Starman]

I was about to guess 54, but some Googling reveals that the lowest score ever in an 18-hole round of golf played under reasonably official circumstances on a "regulation" course is 55:

http://golf.about.com/od/faqs/f/lowestscore.htm

 

[MileHigh]

That course made the Bob Hope courses look like the U.S. Open.

A 59, 60, 61, 62 and 10(!) 63s shot there. Including a 63 shot by someone who didn't make the cut.

Still, congrats to Stuart. Good guy.

 

[John]

Did the players get to stay in the old nuclear bunker at the Greenbrier?

 

[slappy4428]

He never would have shot that at Warwick Hills...

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

That course made the Bob Hope courses look like the U.S. Open.

A 59, 60, 61, 62 and 10(!) 63s shot there. Including a 63 shot by someone who didn't make the cut.

Still, congrats to Stuart. Good guy.

This ...

 

[Football_Bat]

It was a par-70 course. Does that merit an asterisk?

Everyone who made the cut finished under par for the tournament except John Daly, who was even par.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Once Appleby got his timing down for the big windmill on No. 18, it was a piece of cake.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Woody Austin pissed off a few folks when he called it (correctly) a putting contest.

 

[hondo]

It was a par-70 course. Does that merit an asterisk?

Everyone who made the cut finished under par for the tournament except John Daly, who was even par.

For Tour players, it's harder to shoot 59 on a par-70 because there are two less par-5s to attack.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

The thing is, I've played that course, multiple times. It is beautiful, and for the average player, it's not easy, but it's too short to slow down the pros. Add soft conditions, and it does become a putting contest for them. There's another course at the resort, the Greenbrier course, where they held the 1979 Ryder Cup, and it's longer, more modern and scores would have been higher. I really don't understand why they held the tourney on the Old White unless it was better suited for galleries, corporate tents, etc.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

The thing is, I've played that course, multiple times. It is beautiful, and for the average player, it's not easy, but it's too short to slow down the pros. Add soft conditions, and it does become a putting contest for them. There's another course at the resort, the Greenbrier course, where they held the 1979 Ryder Cup, and it's longer, more modern and scores would have been higher. I really don't understand why they held the tourney on the Old White unless it was better suited for galleries, corporate tents, etc.

The resort has four courses; Old White, The Greenbrier, The Meadows and the private course - for homeowners - The Snead.

 

[JC]

It was a par-70 course. Does that merit an asterisk?

Everyone who made the cut finished under par for the tournament except John Daly, who was even par.

For Tour players, it's harder to shoot 59 on a par-70 because there are two less par-5s to attack.

Are you really that stunned?

Using that logic it would be harder to shoot 59 on a par 63 executive

 

[JC]

Sorry, that's what we call them up here.

 

[BB Bobcat]

Yeah, I don't get how a 59 on a par 70 is harder, or even equivalent, to a 59 on a par 72.

I'll say this, it's harder to shoot 11-under on a par 70 than 11-under on a par 72, but that's not what we're talking about.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Evil, the Snead was built since my last visit to the Greenbrier.

 

[hondo]

Yeah, I don't get how a 59 on a par 70 is harder, or even equivalent, to a 59 on a par 72.

I'll say this, it's harder to shoot 11-under on a par 70 than 11-under on a par 72, but that's not what we're talking about.

Because most par-70 courses have only two par-5s. Most par-72 courses have four par-5s. PGA Tour players make most of their hay on the par-5s. Therefore, there are two less "birdie holes" on par-70 courses than par-72 courses.

End of lesson.