2017 PGA Championship
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OhCaptainMyCaptain
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They don't have to go on at 7 am but I don't see why 10 am can't happen so we don't miss the entire rounds of the 830 guys
John Price
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Dr John Carlson
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#TeamSpieth
History will be made on Sunday & CBS will continue to rightfully slobber all over my man J.Spieth!
History will be made on Sunday & CBS will continue to rightfully slobber all over my man J.Spieth!
Pavel Buchnevich
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Putting's gonna have to improve from last week. If Jordan would've putted well last week, he would've won, but it was atrocious on Saturday and Sunday. It had shown some improvements from the US Open to the Open, but still not at a good level. The rest of the game looks pretty sharp from what I've seen. Should be in with a chance, depends how well he putts.
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Just look it up and, goodness, rain is definitely a possibility. Wow, pretty much every day this week has like a 40-60% chance of rain/showers. Course is going to end up being pretty soft, methinks.
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MrFunnyWobbl
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Thank God. The span between Augusta and the US Open is too large, and the stretch of tournaments from The Open to the end of the playoffs is too tightly-packed.
Pavel Buchnevich
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Pavel Buchnevich
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This schedule change makes no sense to me.
They claim its to not compete with American Football for TV ratings, but American football is a dying sport, should wait it out. It won't be around in 20 years. Are they going to change it back when American football is gone?
Besides, you are limiting your venues. I have a hard time believing you can properly set up a mid-may PGA in the North East or Northern Mid-West. 2019, 2022 and 2023 are now going to be iffy, those could be really poor set-ups those years, if those are cold winters.
The Players becomes even less relevant. Its now just a tune up for the Masters. The PGA Tour is going to bill it as a marquee event in March, but for the players it'll just be a Masters tune up event. I wouldn't even be surprised if some don't turn up due to it not going well with their pre-Augusta schedule.
And I also don't like the idea of Majors being four consecutive months. Majors are set up for the best players to play the best. Its not for average Joe who's having a good second third of the year. Does anyone remember how poor the form of the top players this year was in May and June? I think having them as spread out as possible is good for getting the best results in majors. Much more likely that over the course of a spread out time the best players will play the best than a confined amount of time. If anything, I'd spread it out even more, move the Open to August and PGA to October. I'm sure the average player on the PGA Tour likes this change. Most of them have been campaigning for a shorter season and this also favors their chances in majors, but these guys are getting so lazy. You aren't forced to play any event, now you want an extra month off when you only work 1/2 the year anyway.
They claim its to not compete with American Football for TV ratings, but American football is a dying sport, should wait it out. It won't be around in 20 years. Are they going to change it back when American football is gone?
Besides, you are limiting your venues. I have a hard time believing you can properly set up a mid-may PGA in the North East or Northern Mid-West. 2019, 2022 and 2023 are now going to be iffy, those could be really poor set-ups those years, if those are cold winters.
The Players becomes even less relevant. Its now just a tune up for the Masters. The PGA Tour is going to bill it as a marquee event in March, but for the players it'll just be a Masters tune up event. I wouldn't even be surprised if some don't turn up due to it not going well with their pre-Augusta schedule.
And I also don't like the idea of Majors being four consecutive months. Majors are set up for the best players to play the best. Its not for average Joe who's having a good second third of the year. Does anyone remember how poor the form of the top players this year was in May and June? I think having them as spread out as possible is good for getting the best results in majors. Much more likely that over the course of a spread out time the best players will play the best than a confined amount of time. If anything, I'd spread it out even more, move the Open to August and PGA to October. I'm sure the average player on the PGA Tour likes this change. Most of them have been campaigning for a shorter season and this also favors their chances in majors, but these guys are getting so lazy. You aren't forced to play any event, now you want an extra month off when you only work 1/2 the year anyway.
MrFunnyWobbl
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Pavel Buchnevich
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What?
Any evidence?
Its gonna go. Too much violence. Parents don't want their children paralyzed. Even hockey's losing a lot of its violence. NFL ratings are way down, participation way down, early retirements.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ntinuing-drop-in-high-school-football-players
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I didn't realize how much I missed being able to watch golf (and sports, and anything in general really) after being unable to do much of anything over the past month or so.
Time for Rors to tear up one of his favorite tracks and banish any and all Spieth headlines (for a short period of time, at least
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Time for Rors to tear up one of his favorite tracks and banish any and all Spieth headlines (for a short period of time, at least
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Soliloquy of a Dogge
I love you, Boots
And no, American Football is not dying.
That's a ludicrous proclamation, Pavel. If the "NFL is dying", then so is every other single major American professional sport. The league may never consistently hit the highs it did in the beginning and middle of this decade, but it is still healthier than probably every other American sport combined. There will always be an appetite and other leagues would kill for the ratio of female viewership the league commands.
That's a ludicrous proclamation, Pavel. If the "NFL is dying", then so is every other single major American professional sport. The league may never consistently hit the highs it did in the beginning and middle of this decade, but it is still healthier than probably every other American sport combined. There will always be an appetite and other leagues would kill for the ratio of female viewership the league commands.
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I like the PGA Championship were it was. August is pretty dead sports wise. May is jammed, plus it's spring so there's a ton of things to do outside. Personally, I don't see myself dedicating much time to watch it.
Hire Sather
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I like the move actually..pga always feels a bit underwhelming, I think it fits better in May. Just opinion really.
Also a shame about the rain, it totally ruined last years tournament which was beyond saving anyway with Jimmy Walker winning
Also a shame about the rain, it totally ruined last years tournament which was beyond saving anyway with Jimmy Walker winning
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