Golf: 2023 PGA Championship - Big 2 Edition

[misterchainsaw]

Holes 1-6 have been sort of a joke all day. I think we won't know til 10-11 if this is over. Many guys have been starting off stupid good only to find themselves even by the end

I'm not sure that's true. 6 is absolutely the toughest hole on the golf course. And 3's no cake walk either. The easiest span on the course is 12-15 without a doubt by scoring average. But then 16-18 is a bear coming in.

However, there's no doubt the course is playing easier today in the sunshine after yesterday's rain softened everything up. Cameron Smith has a shot at the course record (63 - he's -6 through 16) and Sepp Straka's -5 would be better than any round of the first three days as well if he plays the last 4 at even.

And on cue Kopecka in trouble on 6.

 

[BMOK33]

Both guys might bogey 7, if they do Scottie is back in this

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

Rose will regret some putts this week, he could easily be two shots back right now.

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

Bad bogey for Bryson

 

[BMOK33]

this is a 3 man race probably unless Scottie falls out...Hovland is gonna need some help though. Brooks can eagle or birdie 14 and probably 10 and 12 too

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

Conners has been on TV for like 5 seconds today. Somewhere Stephen Ames is nodding.

 

[misterchainsaw]

Brutal lie in the bunker at 11 for Koepka. Likely to give one back here.

 

[GKJ]

Rory is coming

 

[misterchainsaw]

McIlroy/Scheffler/DeChambeau/Conners probably need to get to -5 or even -6 after 15 to give Koepka/Hovland something to think about as they reach the easier stretch of holes.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Block hole in one?????

 

[Michelangelo]

holy hell Michael Block

hole in 1!

 

[John Price]

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Morikawa-esque drive on 14 for Brooks. Nails!

 

[BMOK33]

Viktor needs a 3 or 4 and has to hope Brooks does not eagle

 

[Canes]

I really don't like Koepka but winning major #5, damn...

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Viktor in the same spot as Conners!

 

[GKJ]

Hovland is in a bad way right now

 

[Canes]

Michael Block is an everyman's legend. What a chip.

And the putt! Epic.

 

[GKJ]

Hovland doubles, Koepka birdies. This is over.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Hovland doubles, Koepka birdies. This is over.

Hovland is good for one of those somewhere in the last six holes of a major - a double or two straight bogeys. He’ll make a birdie coming in to make the score look like he pressed the champion but that’s not how it will have felt at the time.

A couple summers ago I felt like I should pick a few young players to support. At least Hovland is competing - the others were Mackenzie Hughes and Matthew Wolff - but I’ve seen this in majors for like three seasons now.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

I've said since he turned pro that Hovland is a generational driver of the golf ball and it's held true so far. Didn't hold up so well today.

But this is his third straight major right in the thick of it, and it was his most convincing effort yet.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Kepkake did it

King of NY: Shinnecock, Bethpage and now Oak Hill

 

[Our Lady Peace]

Koepka won and his wife wasn't there lmao

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

You can tell by the people hugging him that Brooks has the same type of friends as Vincent Chase

 

[Our Lady Peace]

I eat my words about Brooks and how that Netflix documentary showed how mentally down he was on his golf game + injuries. I think it was last December or 2021 when he said "you haven't seen peak majors Koepka" I'm like "yeah, okay... You haven't been winning for a few years now."

Now, failing at The Masters only fueled his fire. Healthy body, healthy mind; I can see him winning another major this year.

This course ate so many great golfers alive and he stuck with it. That plugged bunker shot was unbelievable...