Running 2020 PGA Tour thread

It's 100 percent about confidence for him. The answer is whatever makes him believe.

 

If their agreement is a standard eat what you kill deal, Geller may fire Spieth first.

I remember when Spieth was playing well, there was a fair bit of chatter that his swing was held together with several bandaids. He may have to do a rebuild from the ground up.

 

Was out of pocket all day yesterday. Logged on this morning very surprised to find no chatter about DJ absolutely obliterating the course (30-under!) and the field (11-shot margin!) in the playoff opener.

Also, this is a cool story -- Sophia Popov, whose only previous pro victories had been on something called the Cactus Tour and who three weeks earlier was caddying at an LPGA tournament, wins the Women's British Open.

From no status to full status, Sophia Popov shocks golf world with epic Women’s Open win

How Sophia Popov went from caddying to winning the Women’s Open

One story I read noted that three months ago, she won a Cactus Tour event at Troon North in Scottsdale (Ariz.). Now she has won the Open at Royal Troon in Scotland.

 

Odd how the golf media differentiates between the women's and men's game. Popov's victory is being universally hailed. But let Shaun Micheel win a PGA or Ben Curtis win a British, and they get all grumpy because a star didn't win.

 

John Daly's 1991 PGA Championship was pretty well received.

 

I thought Curtis was much better received than Micheel. He was a young kid, qualified at the last minute, snuck out of the pack to win it. He did go on to have a couple of more wins and play on an RC team I believe.

Micheel won it with an amazing shot but he was just an incredibly low charisma journeyman pro. There wasn’t any hook in his backstory.

 

Wait, these are the playoffs?
You mean the playoffs in which they give you the standings in February when Bubba Watson is taking his third shot on the fourth hole at Riviera?

Those playoffs?

The WNBA playoffs have more oomph.

 

The FedEx Cup is artificial in any year, although it does give September a little oomph in non-Ryder Cup years. But THIS year, with the US Open and Masters still to happen, it's just completely superfluous. Whoever wins it will get the ten mill, but if he happens to finish up the track in the two majors, no one will remember his name by Christmas, no matter how many times the Golf Channel pounds it into its viewers' heads.

 

THE TOP 70 ADVANCE TO NEXT WEEK

 

So I guess Micheel should have bogeyed the last hole at Oak Hill just so the media wouldn't be burdened by his incredibly low charisma (by the way, if he doesn't hit that shot, Chad Campbell wins ... and he barely has a pulse). New flash: the stars are free to make birdies.

 

Phil shoots 61 with a bogey on a par-5 in his first PGA Tour Champions round.
Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks National - 2020 Leaderboard - PGA TOUR Champions

 

I don't get this argument. Micheel won. He has a major. Nobody who follows golf will forget the shot that won it for him. That's pretty good by me. I don't think it's been ignored or downplayed, but it was a one-off, which means there have been less opportunities for media and others to discuss Micheel since. So what? He's still a part of golf history forever.