Are you really going to break our hearts again? Please get it together.
Rory Rory Rory
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Never seen a mixture of clutch and choke like this. Unbelievable.
Rory hit as few bad shots today, but he also hit a couple of clutch ones!
Glad to see him come back to win it!
Glad to see him come back to win it!
I figured if he wasn't able to win he'd still be fine, he could just crap diamonds instead, through the tight sphincter.
He made some awesome shots. A couple bad ones, a couple poor putts, some good putts. I think his caddy must not have read the putts very well, every time Rory had a short one and the announcers would say it has no break, he'd play it outside the hole and miss. Could tell he thought he made some of them. I figured he'd need to hit his approaches within two feet to win. He almost did a couple.
I wanted Rory, but how about Rose. Rough to stripe two perfect shots and lose on the extra hole.
Glad for Rory. He probably will win a couple more majors now with some pressure off.
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He made some awesome shots. A couple bad ones, a couple poor putts, some good putts. I think his caddy must not have read the putts very well, every time Rory had a short one and the announcers would say it has no break, he'd play it outside the hole and miss. Could tell he thought he made some of them. I figured he'd need to hit his approaches within two feet to win. He almost did a couple.
I wanted Rory, but how about Rose. Rough to stripe two perfect shots and lose on the extra hole.
Glad for Rory. He probably will win a couple more majors now with some pressure off.
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Most amazing great playing and choking back and forth 3/4 times today. I love that he got this win!
Absolutely ridiculous how far Rory hits it.
I didn't watch much but yesterday he hit one 347. That is almost video game numbers.
Bryson hit an iron today off the tee on a par 4 that is 450 yards long.
Should they make the ball deader? If that is a word!
I didn't watch much but yesterday he hit one 347. That is almost video game numbers.
Bryson hit an iron today off the tee on a par 4 that is 450 yards long.
Should they make the ball deader? If that is a word!
A ball deader is a ball less active, one less energize-able.
Put it on the golf board. On a serious note what a comeback. He could of folded but got it done.
I put a lot of Rory's problems yesterday squarely on DeChambeau. He's a crowd favorite and actually works very hard to grow his fan club. Loved seeing him stop on his way to the first tee (of the biggest round in his life) to sign a few autographs. Seemingly a good guy. But dang, does he squirrel around on the course taking sooooooooo long to play. I thought he had really gotten under Rory's skin by the second hole. Could have been that double on hole one, though. Either way, I think most players don't love being paired with him. Then when he started struggling, that takes a toll on the playing partner too. Rory overcame a lot.
one of my buddies said it was like watching a Greek tragedy, which is how it felt. Not surprising that emotional outburst on the green given that it's been building for 10+ years and then had all those highs/lows to deal with in the last round.
Not sure they were playing overly slow? They had to wait on the back nine on a couple holes, which is rare for the Masters, with only 50 ish players making the weekend.
I think Rory was battling the moment and his demons, all day long. It's one of the most fascinating days and events in all of sports I've ever witnessed.
To me, that was a guy that was 100% physically dialed in. And he's soooo much more talented than anyone else playing right now, that when he was able to keep the demons at bay, he showed that talent dominance. But he was fighting pushes all day long...nerves, body getting going too fast maybe... whatever it was.
I think Bryson was probably the perfect partner today for Rory. Someone that could mentally take his mind of his own demons for stretches. A more "boring" or less personal pairing, maybe like Rose, or even Scheffler, and Rory might have been overwhelmed by his own demons?
I was surprised at how many Rory chants I heard.
The support was more evenly split than I expected.
In the green jacket interview (I think) Rory said the double bogey on 1 actually forced him to focus in and he thought helped calm him. He seemed pretty locked in and I didn't feel like I ever saw him get frustrated with Bryson's play. He is very deliberate but there have been tons of guys on tour (Sergio, Kevin Na, etc....) who play that way and I think at this level players get good about blocking that out and focusing on their game.
Yeah, I thought the support for both Rory and Rose was pretty surprising, given that both are Euros and I think the Ryder Cup as polarized a lot of galleries. I heard one of them talking about Augusta and they said it's a pleasure to play in front of those crowds, so I think they sense something special about Augusta National too.
At actual golf tournaments, especially at a place like the Masters, Rory is the most popular golfer, by a wide margin, currently playing. I should say when Tiger isn't there. Scheffler has played his way in to that conversation as well. But Rory is the dude... actually at the tournaments.
Bryson is the most popular player, overall, when factoring in social media, in the world. Without question at this point. But for paying patrons, again especially at an exclusive and traditional place like Augusta... it should be no surprise that Rory was the most cheered for player. You could audibly hear the difference, all day long, in Rory cheers and everyone else's cheers, including Bryson's.
I wasn't trying to rate them, but I'd say a big part of that was Rory was winning most of the day so thats gonna generate lots of cheering too. The loudest roar I heard yesterday was when Rose made that putt on 18. I don't disagree Rory is now the most popular player worldwide I was just saying I thought both had great support yesterday when often I hear catcalls from US galleries for Euro Ryder Cup players. Just tipping my hat to the crowds yesterday.
Exactly, it would lessen the distance that the pros could hit it.
Nicklaus said it should be done years ago.
I think an awful lot of people were also cheering for Rory to get the Grand and because of how agonizingly close he has come before. It was great drama. I was so nervous I could barely watch! Great shot! Oh no… great shot! Not again!
Oh no, I get it. I was just throwing my limited knowledge in that Bryson is actually the most popular overall golfer in the world, right now. But that's because he brings in A LOT of more casual fans that follow him on social media, and view him favorably against the older "establishment" part of the golf world.
In person, at events, you tend to have more traditional golf fans. I'm sure those numbers are changing as younger fans are following it more. But at a place like Augusta, that will take a little longer to take over like it has elsewhere. From every account I've heard, and read, Rory's "roars" were markedly louder than anyone else's.
Rose's putt was a huge one too though, obviously. One of the accounts I heard was that no one has ever produced roars like Tiger has...but Rory's putts on 10, 15, 17...came about as close as they have heard.
People almost always want bigger, stronger, faster, farther, more, more, more. It’s what creates excitement, attention, and advertisers.
Meanwhile the three point line in college basketball needs greater length stretched. Maybe make a <6’ layup only 1 pt, the same as a slam dunk, only 1 pt. A shot made between 6’ and 22’-1 3/4” remains the traditional 2 pts. Perhaps it’s time to experiment with a 35’ line for 5 pts. Just keep tinkering with the rules until the game no longer looks the same. Then bring back peach baskets and see if anyone flinches.
I think more people are quitting the game than people starting it. One couldn’t help but notice the multiple Masters ads promoting the game of golf for kids. New blood is needed for vitality of the sport. Like everything else, it’s all about staying aboard the money train, otherwise it’s “Next stop, Willoughby!”
I gave up the game of golf, too, but only after the game gave up on me. Golf mocked me at the most inopportune times, times of embarrassing moments, like tee box #1, the most watched.
LiV vs PGA tours makes a huge difference to the Patrons.
Was there Saturday/Sunday and agree the crowd was very pro Rory particularly after Bryson came undone. You always knew where Rory was on the course after a great shot. Plus the chants—which I’m not a huge fan of tbh while other groups are getting ready to hit close by as was the case with 15/16. Watching the scores come up on the board and resulting cheers/groans having no idea what happened (like Rory on 13) is so cool and old school. Priceless.
So jealous. So so jealous. Had to be an amazing experience.
Though watch their every shot on TV was incredible too. Been a while since I felt that invested in a golfer. Tiger in 19 would be the last comparable time, for me.
Some day I’ll experience it in person…someday.
I personally hate tampering with any aspect of the game, but when guys are hitting 8 irons into a par 5 green as their second shot, something is a little off. 13 and 15 at Augusta have always been the greatest risk/rewards holes on tour. But that was when a player was weighing the risk of nailing a low iron (2-4) into those greens and hoping it can stay on.
Do tour players really use the same balls we weekend hackers purchase off the shelf from Dicks sporting goods? Or are they using jacked up golf balls designed for the professionals? I heard a couple stories about this, don't really believe any of it. But the distance these guys can hit the ball today is crazy. When I was younger I could occasionally get the driver out to 300-310 yrds. But I don't ever remember going driver-8 iron to the green in 2 on a par 5 that was 500+ yrds in length.
Have never been on a Sunday so that was special. But we have 2 badges in the family every year so have been many a time on Thursday/Friday. Which I prefer as you get to see everyone in the field and not as crowded as the weekend.
Dialing the ball back is so long overdue it's ridiculous. Equipment companies think that's the only way they'll sell new stuff, be able to advertise 'longer' .
Wouldn't harm the game's popularity at all, probably help it. Longer and crooked probably slows the game down more than shorter and crooked. Plus clubs are much more forgiving, and longer, anyway.
Manufacturers can still sell new model balls every couple years as they adjust the launch and spin rate between the driver and irons of the average duffer.
Club makers can sell new drivers and irons better optimized for the new ball.
Be less expensive to maintain nice shorter course that are still appropriately tricky. Easier to shorten than lengthen.
Watching the pros we won't even notice. Rory bombing it 300-310 will still be way longer than the amateur with the shorter ball and we'll still say "OOOOH!" like back when Nicklaus pounded one 290-300 and Player 'only' 270 .
Wouldn't harm the game's popularity at all, probably help it. Longer and crooked probably slows the game down more than shorter and crooked. Plus clubs are much more forgiving, and longer, anyway.
Manufacturers can still sell new model balls every couple years as they adjust the launch and spin rate between the driver and irons of the average duffer.
Club makers can sell new drivers and irons better optimized for the new ball.
Be less expensive to maintain nice shorter course that are still appropriately tricky. Easier to shorten than lengthen.
Watching the pros we won't even notice. Rory bombing it 300-310 will still be way longer than the amateur with the shorter ball and we'll still say "OOOOH!" like back when Nicklaus pounded one 290-300 and Player 'only' 270 .
