Houston Open - Spectators Allowed! Nov 2 - 8, 2020

[Uncle Boobs 1248]

Looks like it's going to have a pretty good field.  Dustin, Brooks, Ricky, Jason Day have already committed and I'm sure there will be more.

Also:  A limited number of tickets (2,000 per day) are being sold.  Tickets go on sale to public tomorrow.  Looks like there is a pre-sale today.

https://houstonopengolf.com/tickets

I will be there (provided I get tickets) Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

Cheers.

[Uncle Boobs 1248]

Great field. Weather looking good as well.

https://houstonopengolf.com/tournament/field-list

Ryan Armour

Keegan Bradley

Scott Brown

Sam Burns

Greg Chalmers

Kevin Chappell

K.J. Choi

Stewart Cink

Wyndham Clark

Corey Connors

Austin Cook

Cameron Davis

Jason Day

Graham DeLaet

Luke Donald

Jason Dufner

Tyler Duncan

Tony Finau

Dylan Frittelli

Sergio Garcia

Brice Garnett

Brian Gay

Lucas Glover

Talor Gooch

Will Gordon

Branden Grace

Lanto Griffin

Emiliano Grillo

James Hahn

Justin Harding

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington

Scott Harrington

Tyrrell Hatton

Russell Henley

Harry Higgs

Bo Hoag

Charley Hoffman

Kyle Hogan

Tom Hoge

Max Homa

Beau Hossler

Victor Hovland

Mark Hubbard

Mackenzie Hughes

John Huh

Sungjae Im

Dustin Johnson

Zach Johnson

Matt Jones

Sung Kang

Michael Kim

Si Woo Kim

Chris Kirk

Patton Kizzire

Russell Knox

Satoshi Kodaira

Brooks Koepka

Kelly Kraft

Martin Laird

Andrew Landry

Nate Lashley

Danny Lee

Kyoung-Hoon Lee

Tom Lewis

Luke List

Adam Long

Jamie Lovemark

Shane Lowry

Hunter Mahan

Hideki Matsuyama

Denny McCarthy

Graeme McDowell

Maverick McNealy

Troy Merritt

Phil Mickelson

Keith Mitchell

Francesco Molinari

Grayson Murray

Matthew NeSmith

Alex Noren

Henrik Norlander

Sean O'Hair

Carlos Ortiz

C.T. Pan

Pat Perez

Scott Piercy

D.A. Points

J.T. Poston

Ted Potter, Jr

Ian Poulter

Andrew Putnam

Doc Redman

Patrick Rodgers

Sam Ryder

Rory Sabbatini

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Charl Schwartzel

Adam Scott

Robby Shelton

Brandt Snedeker

Jordan Spieth

Kevin Stadler

Scott Stallings

Henrik Stenson

Sepp Straka

Kevin Streelman

Brian Stuard

Hudson Swafford

Vaughn Taylor

Michael Thompson

Martin Trainer

Cameron Tringale

Kevin Tway

Dawie Van Der Walt

Bo Van Pelt

Erik van Rooyen

Harold Varner III

Jhonattan Vegas

Kristoffer Ventura

Camilo Villegas

Jimmy Walker

Lee Westwood

Danny Willett

Ben Willman

Aaron Wise

Xinjun Zhang

[Wally Fairway 5607]

Tee times are up https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/houston-open/tee-times.html

Jordan with Brooks and Lanto Griffin 7:25/12:05

 

I used to play Memorial 20+ years ago, will I recognize it at all?

 

[HouTex 1902]

Tee times are up https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/houston-open/tee-times.html
Jordan with Brooks and Lanto Griffin 7:25/12:05
 
I used to play Memorial 20+ years ago, will I recognize it at all?
 

Not much. Jim Crane completely renovated it to get the tournament venue inside the loop. I haven’t played it but I know many who have. It’s supposed to be a very good course.

[4th&Five 41710]

 

[Wally Fairway 5607]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

 

I'm curious about which shot tracker is more accurate (I have no idea) 
as they portray very different stories

[Wally Fairway 5607]

I clicked on the 3D icon - and you can watch every shot

https://www.pgatour.com/competition/2021/houston-open/tourcast.html#/hole-view?pid=34046&round=1&cid=897&hole=1&group=5&gv=no

[HouTex 1902]

Still early, but they are not tearing up Memorial Park. Many of the early starters are finished. -3 is leading. Jordan went bogey, bogey, double and is now +1 and four back.

[4th&Five 41710]

Just now, HouTex said:

Still early, but they are not tearing up Memorial Park. Many of the early starters are finished. -3 is leading. Jordan went bogey, bogey, double and is now +1 and four back.

finished par, double, par for a cool back nine 40 and score of +3

Edited November 5, 2020 by 4th&Five

[TonyTexas 10572]

29 minutes ago, HouTex said:

Still early, but they are not tearing up Memorial Park. Many of the early starters are finished. -3 is leading. Jordan went bogey, bogey, double and is now +1 and four back.

Yeah. I was way off on this one. I thought they would crush this course.  Must be a lot of changes from when I played it prior to the redo. 

[UTexasFight 9658]

Just getting a chance to check the scores...

I see Spieth’s front nine. maybe he is starting to figure it out!!!

 

 

 

Nope...

Edited November 5, 2020 by UTexasFight

[4th&Five 41710]

Scheffler is leading.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4808]

6 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Scheffler is leading.

Much more interesting and enjoyable to follow than the head case ...

[mycox 582]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

Yeah. I was way off on this one. I thought they would crush this course.  Must be a lot of changes from when I played it prior to the redo. 

It's a totally different course from what I hear. A lot longer too.

[HouTex 1902]

It's a totally different course from what I hear. A lot longer too.

It is. Crane is proud of it. He knows a little about golf courses. His Floridian is top notch.

[htown85 159]

1 hour ago, mycox said:

It's a totally different course from what I hear. A lot longer too.

They actually didn't make it longer.  The green complexes are pretty challenging with small target areas (despite being relatively large).  Barley any bunkers...which pros usually have no issue with.

[tx 3 putt 77955]

does anyone have a free ticket ?

[Scraps 13600]

25 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

does anyone have a free ticket ?

biatch i was trying to get you to go today thats why I asked if you had any plans on going to it 

[tx 3 putt 77955]

14 minutes ago, Scraps said:

biatch i was trying to get you to go today thats why I asked if you had any plans on going to it 

 

when did you ask me that ?  

[Scraps 13600]

 
when did you ask me that ?  

Like a week or so ago

[Wally Fairway 5607]

18 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Just getting a chance to check the scores...

I see Spieth’s front nine. maybe he is starting to figure it out!!!

Nope...

Yeah, I was surprised (but not shocked) as he was 1 shot out of the lead after the front 9 (maybe tied after #10) and then fell to 73 by the end of the day, and he will likely need to be 70 or better to play the weekend at Memorial Park

For what it's worth, I'm likely to blame for his performance as I put him on my fantasy team this week - for the first time in over a year.

Edited November 6, 2020 by Wally Fairway

[HouTex 1902]

Post round interviews yesterday were interesting. The bermuda rough didn’t look that bad but it was thick enough to prevent a good shot to the green. And the green complexes were very difficult if you missed the green in the wrong spot. Doak and Koepka did a good job with the course. As of a few minutes ago there were only 31 players under par.

[HouTex 1902]

Love watching the tour pros deal with the bermuda rough along the fairways and around the greens. Memorial Park is holding up very well.

[Jive Turkey 12740]

yep.  leaders still in single digits at the end of 3 rounds.  

nice little leaderboard, too.

[hookem48 4718]

damn, I kept thinking  Carlos Ortiz was Speith until I saw he was in the fairway.

[DCA_HORN 725]

Well yeah that and he was actually playing on the weekend.