Running 2024 golf thread

I watched about three minutes of it, enough to watch Lexi nearly kill some people in the gallery with a horrible duck hook drive. Who is this being marketed to? The casual fan? Because as a die-hard I have zero interest.

 

The strongest appeal of golf to any sportswriter has to be there aren't any night games. This was an atrocity. They tried, but golf courses are big and the lighting resembled that of a down at the heels town recreational baseball field.

 

I had no interest and didn’t watch.

However, I’d love to play a lighted golf course at night. Tho I the cost I’m sure prohibits it from ever becoming a common thing.

 

The impact of players looking for balls that didn't land on the fairway, or even some that did, would make the average round at night like about eight hours long. You'd be putting out on 18 at sunrise.

 

It's all laundry/celebrity and has been forever.

People don't watch to see the ultimate in competition. They watch to see their favorite brands --- or at least brands they're familiar with --- compete. Occasionally some out-of-nowhere player or team can grab someone's attention, such as an amateur winning on the PGA Tour. But you better give me Rory and Scottie and Jordan and Bubba at the top of the leaderboard next week.

That's why "who the fuck is going to watch if the Pacers meet the Jazz in the NBA Finals?!?!?" talk happens. Never mind that the actual competition may be scintillating. If the laundry isn't purple or blue and gold or green and white or the Knicks, people don't care. Doesn't make sense. But that's human nature.

 

I always thought having four holes lit for night golf could be cool. Put them in the center of the course away from any homes so neighbors won’t bitch. Charge a reduced rate with replay option, sells drinks and stay open until midnight.

 

Gooch had ample opportunity to play his way into the Masters like Niemann did: by playing DPWT and Asian Tour events (and playing well at them). Instead, he withdrew from the one DPWT event he played and tied for 42nd at the one Asian Tour event he played. He shouldn't expect Augusta National to reward him for beating small fields of mostly have-beens and never-weres on LIV.

 

Grew up playing night golf at Galloping Hill in NJ. High tension towers in the middle of one fairway. You could get a good pinball effect with your tee shot.