Running 2024 golf thread

That double on 14 par 5 with zero penalty strokes and only what 30 yds away for 3rd was absolutely hard to stomach, that’s how I hack it

 

The conditions the women faced all four days were brutal. Strong winds every day, with mist and rain mixed in a few times.

Seven under over four days on that course in those conditions is one hell of a score.

 

Ko has had a fantastic career. The gold medal in Paris put her in the Hall of Fame. That’s after winning silver in Rio and bronze in Tokyo. She’s won three of the five majors with a second at the LPGA and a T-3 at the Women’s Open, albeit both came eight years ago. She was also the youngest player to be ranked No. 1 in the world.

 

I feel sorry for the people that get stuck playing with Bradley.
Just brutal.
All the twirling and fidgeting and just generally slow. I’m sure he’s a delightful guy…..but if they ever put him, Cantlay and Harman in the same 3-ball, they’d be on the clock on hole 1.

 

Cantlay and Bradley should be the final pairing every day this week at East Lake. Last one done, salute to Mr. Jones’ portrait in the clubhouse and lock the gates.

 

It's not usually an indictment of the Tour. When they leave a tournament site, it's usually because local sponsorships have dried up, or a new title sponsor wants the tournament in their market. It's all about the money and that's simply the way it goes. If The International had maintained local support and had a strong title sponsor it would still be there.

 

Jack Vickers, founder of Castle Pines and The International, killed it because the PGA Tour wouldn’t move it off a date adjacent to the PGA Championship, which hurt the field, and didn’t want the tournament to have a $10 million purse when the Players was offering about $5 million. Vickers had the sponsors but the Tour was bullheaded (where have we heard that before?) so he pulled the plug.

 

Precisely why the LPGA left Kingsmill. The players loved that stop. It didn't have a big purse but it still drew most of the top 50 players on an annual basis. But there was very little corporate support in Williamsburg, and once Anheuser Busch pulled it, the tournament didn't have a chance. The LPGA event found a tournament sponsor in Pure Silk to keep it alive for two years while the resort desperately tried to find someone to keep the event going. Then Escalante bought the property and they decided they wanted nothing to do with tournament golf and poof, it was gone.