Fore Please. 2019 Golf Running Thread

[playthrough]

No chance Rick wins a major this year. Hearing he'll be playing a new golf ball this season (a TaylorMade ripoff of the Callaway soccer ball), which will hurt his chances, in addition to his propensity for fading in big moments.

Fun fact: Notah Begay has as many Tour wins as Fowler.

I cannot stand the soccer balls. And I think it's heresy that Titleist is making a yellow ProV1.

I'm kind of a traditionalist.

 

[Chef2]

I cannot stand the soccer balls. And I think it's heresy that Titleist is making a yellow ProV1.

I'm kind of a traditionalist.

I'm the same way.
As soon as we get the 8 inches of snow off the ground here, I'm going to try out the Titleist AVX.
Heard a lot of good things about them.

 

[qtlaw]

I drove that to my senior prom!

 

[qtlaw]

Heard recent interview with Sergio; sounds like really good guy
Husband, father, teammate; I’m rooting for him in 2019

 

[Tarheel316]

We have a winner!

 

[DanOregon]

It's going to be weird with the season (for all intents and purposes) reduced to just over three months.

 

[Cosmo]

It's going to be weird with the season (for all intents and purposes) reduced to just over three months.

It's really six months .... I guess if you ONLY care about the majors, it's still four. But I like it. Players, Masters, PGA, U.S. Open, Open, Tour Championship. One a month. The Tour Championship scoring is dumb as can be, but it's still compelling golf.

And I'm all about some Xander Schauffele. His shotmaking last Sunday was fantastic. He could easily have a big year.

 

[Chef2]

And I'm all about some Xander Schauffele. His shotmaking last Sunday was fantastic. He could easily have a big year.

If him and Spieth got paired together, they would be on the clock before the first hole was over.
Holy Moly, hit the ball.

 

[playthrough]

Anyone else follow the tale of Kuchar allegedly paying his local Mayakoba caddie $3k after winning and pocketing $1.2 million? Went nuts on Twitter on Saturday and then Kuchar didn't do much to put it to rest on Sunday at Sony (where he then won, with his regular looper). Maybe it's not completely accurate, but cheapskate stories often get legs for a reason.

I'm also already tired of new-rules stories (OMG he's leaving the flagstick in!), so I'm hooking onto anything that's juicy.

 

[hondo]

Kuchar said he paid the guy more than 3K but wouldn't divulge the amount. 10% is the standard for caddies when a guy wins but only if it's his regular guy or another Tour caddie. The guy in Mexico was a regular caddie at that resort. In those cases it's standard to pay 5% because there were no travel expenses. But 5% is still still around 60K for that tournament. So somewhere between 3K and that lies the truth. My moles tell me Kuchar is extremely tight with a buck, for what it's worth.

 

[playthrough]

Kuchar said he paid the guy more than 3K but wouldn't divulge the amount. 10% is the standard for caddies when a guy wins but only if it's his regular guy or another Tour caddie. The guy in Mexico was a regular caddie at that resort. In those cases it's standard to pay 5% because there were no travel expenses. But 5% is still still around 60K for that tournament. So somewhere between 3K and that lies the truth. My moles tell me Kuchar is extremely tight with a buck, for what it's worth.

Kuchar said it wasn't $3k and it wasn't 10 percent, leaving open an ocean of interpretation. He also said "it's not a story," which never comes across very well. That's not your call, Kooch.

Sheesh, $46 million in official Tour earnings plus piles of endorsement cash (from being that smiley good guy and all), yet he's a skinflint. Just uncool.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Maybe he left him a couple of free pairs of Sketchers.

 

[John B. Foster]

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Woods waited forever, but he was always going to play Torrey.

So he’s committed to six now. Torrey, Genesis and the four majors. The Players and Bay Hill are locks, probably.

 

[MileHigh]

Woods waited forever, but he was always going to play Torrey.

So he’s committed to six now. Torrey, Genesis and the four majors. The Players and Bay Hill are locks, probably.

Bay Hill and the Players are back-to-back. He'll probably do Match Play and there's a WGC in Mexico after Genesis. Probably plays Quail Hollow as his PGA tuneup and the Memorial ahead of the U.S. Open and the new Minnesota event ahead of The Open.

 

[Chef2]

Woods waited forever, but he was always going to play Torrey.

So he’s committed to six now. Torrey, Genesis and the four majors. The Players and Bay Hill are locks, probably.

My educated guess at his schedule.

1/24-27: Farmers Insurance Open
2/14-17: Genesis Open
2/28-3/3: Honda Classic
3/7-10: Bay Hill
3/14-17: The Players Championship
3/27-31: Match Play
4/11-14: The Masters
5/2-5/5: Wells Fargo
5/16-19: PGA Championship
5/30-6/2: Memorial
6/13-16: US Open
7/4-7: 3M Open
7/18-21: The Open
7/25-28: WGC-St. Jude

Could be a tossup between 3M and Rocket Challenge.
Valspar won't happen this year.

 

[playthrough]

Woods waited forever, but he was always going to play Torrey.

So he’s committed to six now. Torrey, Genesis and the four majors. The Players and Bay Hill are locks, probably.

Being sandwiched between the home-game Honda and The Fifth Major, I wouldn't call Bay Hill a mortal lock. But I hope he always plays at Arnie's place; time marches on and when Tiger decides it's not a must-play, that's going to be a sad day for the Tour.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

He has said he’s going to play less to stay fresh. No question he was gassed by the time the Tour Championship was over last year.

 

[ChrisLong]

Just wondering: Mickelson and his daughter are in a commercial for a drug that helps his condition. They never show the girl's face in the commercial.

 

[hondo]

Just wondering: Mickelson and his daughter are in a commercial for a drug that helps his condition. They never show the girl's face in the commercial.

There's a drug that stops him from being an insufferable know=it-all?
It's not working.