Starshine Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Hold on Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Louis was very close to making it a one shot lead...... Phil just has to play sensibly, don’t force anything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Back to 3 up.......it’s destiny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 It's like cycling up hill in top gear. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Hasn't been great golf , but still tense to watch ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) Magical...great to see the crowds back to witness it...Congratulations Lefty. Edited May 23, 2021 by Starshine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) Congratulations Phil. Tied with Faldo and Trevino on all time list, never a bad thing. I AM against guys like Vijay and Love at 55+ taking away spots from younger golfers in PGA tournaments, but Phil just showed why he’s barely teed it up on the Champions Tour, where he won in his first 2 chances. As good as they are, this week shows that Phil would simply destroy the competition there. The way he’s playing he’d easily win 7 or 8 of every 10 events. Definitely deserves to play with the youngsters as long as he pleases Edited May 23, 2021 by Golfingboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Brilliant 555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Smooth Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Stillearly said: Brilliant 555 What a great moment in sports history, Phil achieving something that had never happened before in the sport of golf. I was rooting for him. Though he will never match the level of Tiger Woods when it comes to majors, can anyone deny the love he has from the fans, the connection he's built up and maintained for three decades, through his victories and defeats? Bravo Phil!! As with the young guns, since the rivalry of Tiger and Phil has pretty much graduated to one of mutual respect and admiration for one another, what golf needs is another rivalry with the younger generation, and these two lads seem to fit the bill beautifully. Lets hope that in future matches, these guys can be paired up and with any luck, each are in position to win on Sunday. Nothing stokes the passions of a sports fan, and that sports participants, like a good old fashioned rivalry. These two guys appear to be like a couple of lions each trying to establish their territory among the pride. Has the makings of great golf, and back stories, for years to come. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Was so curious about the above video, then it seemed to be taken down everywhere. Found it here: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/05/golf-ugly-brooks-koepka-bryson-dechambeau-rivalry-just-went-viral-at-pga-championship.html Yeah.....uh, Brooks & Bryson won’t be sharing a pint anytime soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mr. Smooth said: What a great moment in sports history, Phil achieving something that had never happened before in the sport of golf. I was rooting for him. Though he will never match the level of Tiger Woods when it comes to majors, can anyone deny the love he has from the fans, the connection he's built up and maintained for three decades, through his victories and defeats? Bravo Phil!! As with the young guns, since the rivalry of Tiger and Phil has pretty much graduated to one of mutual respect and admiration for one another, what golf needs is another rivalry with the younger generation, and these two lads seem to fit the bill beautifully. Lets hope that in future matches, these guys can be paired up and with any luck, each are in position to win on Sunday. Nothing stokes the passions of a sports fan, and that sports participants, like a good old fashioned rivalry. These two guys appear to be like a couple of lions each trying to establish their territory among the pride. Has the makings of great golf, and back stories, for years to come. I no think it’s simply a matter of dollars, these guys are paid so much compared to Jack & Annie’s day. Guys like Adam Scott with one major, Rickie Fowler with none, I could go on and on......these guys have tens, if not hundreds of millions of $ in the bank with decent careers, but who non-golfers have probably never even heard of. Once your very comfortable retirement/trust has already been funded by your mid-20’s in some cases, where does the motivation come from? I heard Anthony Kim took a sure $20m injury payout on the condition he never competes again, but he would have made ten times that or more, in endorsement deals had he kept performing the way he did in 2010. Some guys are child prodigies who fail to live up to the hype, AK was the real deal who basically chose to retire at 25. Loved this guy’s game and demeanour Edited May 25, 2021 by Golfingboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I miss this part of the Brooks-Bryson feud. Talk about a burn.......Brooks basically posed nude for a magazine, and Bryson said he didn’t even look like he had abs. Brooks responded like a BOSS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Another little fact......6 majors for Phil, but never ranked #1. What are the odds??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Just now, Golfingboy said: Another little fact......6 majors for Phil, but never ranked #1. What are the odds??? the Tiger effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Just now, Stillearly said: the Tiger effect Really? So that’s what it was 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Golfingboy said: Really? So that’s what it was 😂 Although VJ , Duval and Els made it whilst Tiger was in his prime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Although VJ , Duval and Els made it whilst Tiger was in his prime Yes which makes Phil very unlucky, but it’s only an arbitrary number. Almost 30 years without leaving the top 50 in the world......amazing stat and we will never see that again, maybe Rory if he has the motivation to keep working into his late 40’s, but I doubt it. Phil is truly a model of consistency Edit -OK 1,353 straight weeks in Top 50, so 26 years.....still mighty impressive Edited May 25, 2021 by Golfingboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondropkid Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Mr. Smooth said: What a great moment in sports history, Phil achieving something that had never happened before in the sport of golf. I was rooting for him. Though he will never match the level of Tiger Woods when it comes to majors, can anyone deny the love he has from the fans, the connection he's built up and maintained for three decades, through his victories and defeats? Bravo Phil!! As with the young guns, since the rivalry of Tiger and Phil has pretty much graduated to one of mutual respect and admiration for one another, what golf needs is another rivalry with the younger generation, and these two lads seem to fit the bill beautifully. Lets hope that in future matches, these guys can be paired up and with any luck, each are in position to win on Sunday. Nothing stokes the passions of a sports fan, and that sports participants, like a good old fashioned rivalry. These two guys appear to be like a couple of lions each trying to establish their territory among the pride. Has the makings of great golf, and back stories, for years to come. Great post. Mickelson's win has been hugely undersold- massive story. There's hope for us old Gits after all 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 38 minutes ago, Golfingboy said: Yes which makes Phil very unlucky, but it’s only an arbitrary number. Almost 30 years without leaving the top 50 in the world......amazing stat and we will never see that again, maybe Rory if he has the motivation to keep working into his late 40’s, but I doubt it. Phil is truly a model of consistency Edit -OK 1,353 straight weeks in Top 50, so 26 years.....still mighty impressive Tiger had a knee operation, took six months off to recover and still started his next tournament as World No 1 ... 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Stillearly said: Tiger had a knee operation, took six months off to recover and still started his next tournament as World No 1 ... 555 Yes there was more separation in ranking points between Tiger and No. 2, than #2 and # 1,000.....to which Tiger responded “I thought Poulter was #2” Funny thing is, Poulter did actually reach #5, and Patrick Reed after his stupid comment has never been higher than 6th......karma is a bitch. But I’d still be happy with a fraction of their bank accounts or car collections Edited May 26, 2021 by Golfingboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Lemondropkid said: Great post. Mickelson's win has been hugely undersold- massive story. There's hope for us old Gits after all 😁 Not me my drives are down 100 yards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Shit ... six shots ahead as well ... https://www.pgatour.com/news/2021/06/05/jon-rahm-withdraws-2021-the-memorial-tournament-presented-by-nationwide-covid-19-coronavirus.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stillearly said: Shit ... six shots ahead as well ... https://www.pgatour.com/news/2021/06/05/jon-rahm-withdraws-2021-the-memorial-tournament-presented-by-nationwide-covid-19-coronavirus.html Just saw this on my IPhone. I don’t have the leaderboard in my Favourites, so usually just type “le” in Safari and the leaderboard comes up, and if it’s a new week the same web address updates the new tournament . So I saw he had that amazing back 9 like 3 hours ago, and now I see Morikawa at -12....update 3 times and figure my phone is stuck at Friday’s round or WTF is going on? Then I Google Rahm.......and we know the rest. Truly heartbreaking, he doesn’t need the money, but a 6 stroke lead is pretty much another win guaranteed. F—k this pandemic Edited June 6, 2021 by Golfingboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, Golfingboy said: Just saw this on my IPhone. I don’t have the leaderboard in my Favourites, so usually just type “le” in Safari and the leaderboard comes up, and if it’s a new week the same web address updates the new tournament . So I saw he had that amazing back 9 like 3 hours ago, and now I see Morikawa at -12....update 3 times and figure my phone is stuck at Friday’s round or WTF is going on? Then I Google Rahm.......and we know the rest. Truly heartbreaking, he doesn’t need the money, but a 6 stroke lead is pretty much another win guaranteed. F—k this pandemic To tell him on the green of the 18th though , poor guy looked devastated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfingboy Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 26 minutes ago, Stillearly said: To tell him on the green of the 18th though , poor guy looked devastated Shoot......didn’t see that. Poor Rahmbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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