Running 2021 Golf Thread

Oops.

 

The one time I don’t bet on Rahm.

 

DeChambeau got caught in the classic golf doom loop. The more he tried to punish the ball for its supposed sins, the more it punished him.

 

Lost in the playoff at Augusta when Bubba carved that wedge out of the woods at No. 10.

 

That shank from the rough at 17 was a thing of beauty.

 

They showed a graphic even before the finale that he's had second place finishes in all four majors.

 

I was just going to post this; even Bryson can do it!! That shank was dead on "WTF???"

To be fair, Morikawa dead skulled one over the green on 18(?) too.

Happy for Rahm, seems like a really good dude and he can say "I didn't need the Memorial" now.

 

Yes midway through the back 9 it was shaping up as a great finish, there were about 6 plus players tied at -4 and -3, then splat, everyone started dropping leaving only Rahm and Loooooie. There was such a lack of drama they were showing Matthew Wolff at +2, seven shots off the lead.

The whole week the announcers and writers were describing the premium on driving and yet it seemed guys were scoring out of the bunkers and off the fairways. Then the back 9 on Sunday and if you missed the fairway, you were toast, players were even having a hard time laying up on the par 5 13. Rahm drove it the best on the back 9 and won it there (and the greens on 17 & 18.)

On the putting side, jeez Morikawa missed several makeable putts midway; Rory made a bomb then was missing all over; and finally Xander's new left arm lock looked anything but smooth.

 

A whole bunch of guys suddenly realized they could win the U.S. Open and couldn’t handle it. Rahm’s had a lot more to deal with lately.