Golf: All purpose golf discussion (The PGA Tour’s 2019-20 schedule in post #1)

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Watching Tiger win in 97 and one of the biggest "What Ifs" in sports is What if Tiger never felt the need to tinker with his swing?
He probably never gets injured and passes Nicklaus.

 

[CHfan1]

 

[Elvis P]

More details > PGA Tour revises schedule, targets June 11 return

The PGA Tour announced an ambitious revised schedule on Thursday that would start mid-June in Texas, run past Thanksgiving and see at least its first four events played without spectators.

The Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, is the first rescheduled tournament, June 11-14. There are 28 events over 25 weeks, including three major championships, two World Golf Championship events and the FedEx Cup playoffs.

All of it is contingent upon government and health officials signing off on the resumption of play in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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As it is presented now, the schedule would have 36 events, including the three FedEx Cup playoff events, with the Tour Championship concluding on Labor Day, Sept. 7. That is three-quarters of the original 49-tournament schedule.

The 2020-21 season then would begin the following week at the Safeway Championship, Sept. 10-13, followed by the U.S. Open and the Ryder Cup.

That means the current season would see just one major championship played (the PGA Championship in August), with six scheduled in the 2020-21 season (the U.S. Open and the Masters with new dates in 2020 as part of this total). As of now, Pazder said, there will be no adjustment of FedEx Cup points, although the idea of reducing them at the first two playoff events -- the Northern Trust and BMW Championship -- is being considered.​

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Asian events get screwed with that schedule. Whose going to go all the way over to Asia with the Masters a few weeks away? The schedule starts very easy. The first five events aren’t big events. Players can ease back into golf. The schedule is also well spread out. There aren’t going to be many top players that have to play 4 or 5 weeks in a row at any point.

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

Watching Tiger win in 97 and one of the biggest "What Ifs" in sports is What if Tiger never felt the need to tinker with his swing?
He probably never gets injured and passes Nicklaus.

He’d probably have jacked his back up regardless. If you look at his left foot that thing stays planted on the ground throughout his downswing and follow through. That’s a recipe for knee/back pain.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Too bad we won’t have this storyline. If he had accomplished this, it would’ve been one of the greatest accomplishments in sporting history, given the circumstances surrounding it.

 

[John Price]

 

[evolutionbaby]

Manning is a much much better golfer than Brady. I can’t see how this ends up being close

 

[Elvis P]

I tried to come up with a list of the five highest ranked golfers who've never won a major. Will each player get one in his career? Tell me what you think. This is what I have:

• 1 Jon Rahm
• 2 Patrick Cantlay
• 3 Tommy Fleetwood
• 4 Xander Schauffele
• 5 Bryson DeChambeau

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I tried to come up with a list of the five highest ranked golfers who've never won a major. Will each player get one in his career? Tell me what you think. This is what I have:

• 1 Jon Rahm
• 2 Patrick Cantlay
• 3 Tommy Fleetwood
• 4 Xander Schauffele
• 5 Bryson DeChambeau

They'll all win one or more. Fleetwood is the one of the five with the worst chance.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Manning is a much much better golfer than Brady. I can’t see how this ends up being close

The way it started out I thought it would be a blowout too. Brady has a nice swing but the results makes it look like he has a Charles Barkley type swing. Anyhoo that was entertaining

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Rory said he and other players want the Ryder Cup postponed until 2021 and thinks players usually get their way. He’s trying to pull a power move to get the Ryder Cup moved back a year, but didn’t care to save a major for this year.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Golf returns this week!

Colonial is also one of the most underrated courses on the PGA Tour. Should be fun to watch a great field play that course.

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

Pumped to watch some golf this weekend!!

 

[DueDiligence]

Rory said he and other players want the Ryder Cup postponed until 2021 and thinks players usually get their way. He’s trying to pull a power move to get the Ryder Cup moved back a year, but didn’t care to save a major for this year.

I guess Rory doesn't care about the President's cup which is on in 2021.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I guess Rory doesn't care about the President's cup which is on in 2021.

Thats another thing I don't understand. It's not the Presidents Cup fault that the Ryder Cup might have to be played without fans. Can they play team major team competitions next year? If they can't, how can they make that decision without The International Team consenting to it it?

 

[Zibanejbread]

Feels good to have tournament golf back.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

TourCast is terrific. Great invention by the Tour. They copied with ANGC started last year, but it's a great idea.

I didn't even know about it until yesterday. Supposedly it started the first round of the Players, and I had no idea.

 

[CHfan1]

Not a lot of rust on these players. 16 players at -4 or better after the morning wave.

 

[PanthersPens62]

Welcome back J. Spieth! Hopefully the layoff helped him fix whatever issues he was having.

That said......what an incredible story it would be if Harold Varner III wins this thing! He has the 36 hole lead at -11.

 

[CHfan1]

Wow what a leaderboard. The last 5 groups include Varner, Spieth, Morikawa, Dechambeau, Rory, Schauffele, Brendan Grace, Thomas, Woodland, and Rose. 5 major winners there.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Bryson is going to crash so bad with his new physique. He’ll win a lot of tournaments though before that happens.

He said that he’s gained 40 pounds since last season ended and is now 240. He said he’s going to try to get as strong as possible, so I don’t see why he won’t try to eventually push 275+. He’s 6’3. He might be going for a defensive lineman build.