Running 2024 golf thread

We have satellites tracking their shots. Enough with the faux-gentility of signing scorecards.

It’s like a defense lawyer invented a sport where you can win on technicalities. I played golf in high school. I understand the reasons why you sign cards. It makes no sense on Tour.

 

Remember the philosophy where all golfers play by (virtually) the same set of rules. There aren't leaderboards set up every three holes at the Podunk City Championship and there isn't electronic scoring and there aren't walking scorers and there isn't wall-to-wall TV coverage to go back and try to verify what players did. There are more than a few rules in golf where it's reasonable to question why they exist; I don't think this is one of them.

 

It’s the equivalent of making ATP players judge whether a shot was in or not; There’s a reason for it at every level except that level.

 

From the first time you play competitive golf as like an 8-year-old, you learn to go into the tent with your playing partners, go over the scorecard, make sure everything is right, then sign and go. Talk to any competitive player, even at the elite amateur level, and they'll have a photographic memory of every shot they took in a given round.

Take me through your birdie on 13: Driver, pitching wedge from 113 out, 12 feet, made the putt.

I have zero sympathy for Spieth here, and it sounds like he doesn't want any. He fucked up. He's done this his entire life. The people who are raging about this almost certainly had money on Spieth in some way. They should be pissed at him, not the Tour. It's an inexcusable error for a pro.

The problem was that he signed for a four when he made a five. Per Rule 3.3b(2), that's an automatic DQ. Had he accidentally signed for a five when he made a four, the five would have stood and he would have still been playing.

 

I’m fine if they do away with the rule. But the rule is the rule.

There’s probably nine journalists and or players on Twitter really upset about it who have a following. They’ll live.

 

It’s ridiculous.
If you’re going to keep score, have the other player do it.
Go through it after the round.
Not very complicated.

 

Load management!

 

The parrots are insanely loud at Riviera this morning

 

CBS crew: How many ways can we say Cantlay is playing slower than shit without directly saying he is playing slower than shit?

 

There’s one word to describe the pace of play between Cantlay and Schauffele.
Glacial.
List and Zalatoris are penultimate. They could play 27 in the time it takes them to play 18.

 

Hell of a finish shaping up at Riv. I took Willy at +500 about an hour ago figuring List was going to crumble. He’s now the betting favorite but that could change in a minute.