2023 Masters

[smwhorn 482]

27 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Cantlay claims they had to wait to hit on most holes, starting on No. 2 tee.  Wasn't there.  Don't know.  But he sure looked pokey when they had the camera on him.

[C-Man 27183]

Tech cheerleader, not Pom. (Unless they’re the same thing.)

[Deej 76750]

2 hours ago, smwhorn said:

Used to root for Lefty in most events. 

 

Something was always sketchy about Phil. Never liked him, but couldn't put my finger on why. 

Thanks for proving my instincts right, Phil.

[Deej 76750]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

They were just trying to give Koepka time to recover since he's no longer used to playing 72 holes. 

[sdm 847]

Bennett hugs looch and brags about being the fan favorite

Sam Bennett - "I was definitely the fan favorite, I would say"

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

I was only on this thread for the weekend, but I don’t think I even saw Phil referred to as figjam at all. 

[Deej 76750]

5 minutes ago, sdm said:

Bennett hugs looch and brags about being the fan favorite

Sam Bennett - "I was definitely the fan favorite, I would say"

[ConferenceRoom 6141]

21 hours ago, Stringer said:

This is a very generous sentence:

"The balance of the estate went to charities that had as their goal controlling the growth of population that he saw as the preponderant threat to the world." 

The more truthful way to say it would be:

"Roberts hated children and while he was a very conservative man, he was a strong advocate for abortion.  As such, the balance of his estate went to Planned Parenthood."

 

You can always tell a Milford Man. 

[TonyTexas 10504]

Good news for the Houston Open

 

[Wulaw Horn 19063]

8 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Good news for the Houston Open

 

So weird that we lost that date. 

[PittsburghTiger 6174]

8 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Good news for the Houston Open

 

Do they play that at a different course each year?

[TonyTexas 10504]

Just now, PittsburghTiger said:

Do they play that at a different course each year?

No. They play at a totally revamped Memorial Park, a public course right in the middle of the city. 

[HouTex 1866]

16 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

So weird that we lost that date. 

The HGA fucked it up.  Shell pulled out as the sponsor and the HGA didn’t have the right stuff to find another sponsor.  Thus, the slot was lost.  Pity because the pros loved the course set up at the Golf Club of Houston and we had a great field being the week before the Masters.  Then Crane came along.  He gets it done.  

[Wulaw Horn 19063]

13 minutes ago, HouTex said:

The HGA fucked it up.  Shell pulled out as the sponsor and the HGA didn’t have the right stuff to find another sponsor.  Thus, the slot was lost.  Pity because the pros loved the course set up at the Golf Club of Houston and we had a great field being the week before the Masters.  Then Crane came along.  He gets it done.  

sure. I just guess I mean it was weird that the HGA fucked it up and a city as big as Houston had a hard time finding a title sponsor for a slightly better than mid tier event.  

[C-Man 27183]

17 minutes ago, HouTex said:

The HGA fucked it up.  Shell pulled out as the sponsor and the HGA didn’t have the right stuff to find another sponsor.  Thus, the slot was lost.  Pity because the pros loved the course set up at the Golf Club of Houston and we had a great field being the week before the Masters.  Then Crane came along.  He gets it done.  

Usually, the week immediately before the Masters doesn’t get the best of fields. Not many top players played the week before this year’s.

[HouTex 1866]

37 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Usually, the week immediately before the Masters doesn’t get the best of fields. Not many top players played the week before this year’s.

That's been the case recently and perhaps before the Shell Houston Open moved from The Woodlands to what is now the Golf Club of Houston in Humble.  When it was at the GCH and it was scheduled the week before the Masters they were able to set up the green complexes similar to Augusta National--this was widely discussed during the telecasts--and many pros who would otherwise take the week off before the Masters would come to the Shell Houston Open.  The tournament had an excellent field before Shell pulled out.  Lefty, Spieth, DJ, Reed, Rose, JT, Garcia and many other top pros would usually play.  Check out the leaderboards from 2015-2018 (the last year it was played the week before the Masters).  Of course, Tiger never plays the week before a major--I believe with no exceptions.  

[tx 3 putt 76862]

1 hour ago, C-Man said:

Usually, the week immediately before the Masters doesn’t get the best of fields. Not many top players played the week before this year’s.

back in the day, the Houston open all the top euro players, for sure

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

50 minutes ago, HouTex said:

That's been the case recently and perhaps before the Shell Houston Open moved from The Woodlands to what is now the Golf Club of Houston in Humble.  When it was at the GCH and it was scheduled the week before the Masters they were able to set up the green complexes similar to Augusta National--this was widely discussed during the telecasts--and many pros who would otherwise take the week off before the Masters would come to the Shell Houston Open.  The tournament had an excellent field before Shell pulled out.  Lefty, Spieth, DJ, Reed, Rose, JT, Garcia and many other top pros would usually play.  Check out the leaderboards from 2015-2018 (the last year it was played the week before the Masters).  Of course, Tiger never plays the week before a major--I believe with no exceptions.  

Tiger also had a beef with the HGA.  When he was an amateur,  they wouldn't offer him an exemption into the field.  Really stupid since he was working with Butch out at Lochinvar at the time.  Good call, Steve Timms.

[HouTex 1866]

21 hours ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

Tiger also had a beef with the HGA.  When he was an amateur,  they wouldn't offer him an exemption into the field.  Really stupid since he was working with Butch out at Lochinvar at the time.  Good call, Steve Timms.

Monumentally stupid if that happened after his second or third US Am title.  After he won his second US Am I had floor tickets to a Rockets game and he was sitting a couple of seats away.  I said to my wife that this guy is the next Jack Nicklaus.  It was obvious to any fan of golf that he was destined for greatness.  

[TonyTexas 10504]

On 4/9/2023 at 5:54 PM, Pato del Muerto said:

Next year’s dinner- tapas, paella, and Iberian ham?

 

On 4/9/2023 at 6:00 PM, Mo Horn said:

Bring in Jose Andres to make it