2019 US Open @ Pebble Beach

[hookem48 4703]

like someone else said, Rose stinking up the place had to help Woodland

[Tailgate 3024]

Awesome

[Jive Turkey 12644]

when was the last time Wilson got this much pub?  seriously.  i hadn't thought of that company in decades.

[Jive Turkey 12644]

props to Fox for that last hour plus with no commercials.

[hookem48 4703]

1 hour ago, hookem48 said:

-13

thought -13 would be it but I thought Koepka was the guy

[hookem48 4703]

2 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

when was the last time Wilson got this much pub?  seriously.  i hadn't thought of that company in decades.

best round of golf I ever played was with my brother's Wilson blades

[Mileslong 4728]

Great win for a good dude

[Updawg 2286]

props to Fox for that last hour plus with no commercials.

Seems like the whole tourament didn't have too many commercials. I'll take joe buck instead of being blasted by commercial s

[Updawg 2286]

Great win by they way, glad he pulled it off

[LTtxfan 49358]

Somebody knock out that "sweep the leg" guy...

[Updawg 2286]

Username doesn’t check out...

That woodland shot off the putting surface was as clutch as I’ve seen in a long time

Agreed, very impressive.

[Dewey 3294]

Guy made some shots coming home, that's how you win.

[phdhorn 6224]

This is my favorite golf tournament, and today was just another example of why.

There's nothing like the U.S. Open.

[tbone_ 14166]

The 3 wood on the par 5, the chip on the green, then the birdie putt. Stone cold.

[deadshank 24653]

13 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

when was the last time Wilson got this much pub?  seriously.  i hadn't thought of that company in decades.

Uh, Castaway?

[Deej 76935]

when was the last time Wilson got this much pub? 

.

[dcar00 14374]

it was feeling like -11 the whole round.  everyone coming in was losing strokes to par.  Woodland was stone cold clutch

[Surly Bevo 25161]

29 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

when was the last time Wilson got this much pub?  seriously.  i hadn't thought of that company in decades.

They make a pretty badass baseball glove (A2K or A2000 that guys like Kershaw, Miggy, and Altuve among many many others have sported) but yea other than that not too much Wilson product out there that anybody is pining over.

[conVINCEd 21469]

My first set of golf clubs were Wilson staff blades, so this hits close to home.

[tbone_ 14166]

Tough set to learn with

[Dewey 3294]

Tom Hanks was in a movie with a Wilson volleyball. And in another.movie with one red Wilson shoe

[tx 3 putt 77450]

Wilson Golf winning a major is the biggest story here 

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 minute ago, tbone_ said:

Tough set to learn with

Grandfather gave them to me and told if I learned how to hit those, I’d be able to hit anything.  He upgraded me to some Hogan musclebacks a few years later when I showed serious interest in playing.  I still have the Hogan’s in the garage somewhere. 

[The Original CaliHorn 68]

Interesting comment just recently on the Golf Channel regarding total under par: Tiger was number on the same track. Tiger smoked that field as I personally witnessed and on Sunday at the 6th playing with Ells I was 300 off the tee box. The sound off his club I’ll never forget: His ball was around 320 off the box and Ernie who had honors was 25-30 yards short.

[tx 3 putt 77450]

Old school Wilson staff blades were a good set of clubs 

[pops 7007]

7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Old school Wilson staff blades were a good set of clubs 

Still are 

[The Original CaliHorn 68]

Slight Bourbon issue from previous past. Intention was to indicate that he won by 15 and was the only player under par. Pretty dominate and I”m not a Tiger at all?

[conVINCEd 21469]

Bourbon issue persists.

[housious 468]

1 hour ago, conVINCEd said:

My first set of golf clubs were Wilson staff blades, so this hits close to home.

I had the old school Wilson progressive set. 8-pw were blades

[babysdaddy 2728]

Pebble

Going to PB with my Dad this year and this story just made it a little dusty in my office

[ztejas 43541]

20 hours ago, pops said:

Still are 

Don't you start trying to pawn off clubs in this thread too. 

[ztejas 43541]

20 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Tough set to learn with

Learning with blades is a good way to immediately despise the game of golf. 

[Sbbruin 21894]

20 hours ago, The Original CaliHorn said:

Slight Bourbon issue from previous past. Intention was to indicate that he won by 15 and was the only player under par. Pretty dominate and I”m not a Tiger at all?

Koepka the first to play all four rounds under par and NOT win the US Open.

[ztejas 43541]

1 minute ago, Sbbruin said:

Koepka the first to play all four rounds under par and NOT win the US Open.

Dominate but not dominate enough. 

[Revolution512 1495]

18 minutes ago, babysdaddy said:

Pebble

Going to PB with my Dad this year and this story just made it a little dusty in my office

For a son, doesn’t get much better than playing golf with your dad at Pebble

[smwhorn 483]

19 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

For a son, doesn’t get much better than playing golf with your dad at Pebble

Humblebrag.

For my dad's 75th birthday, I took him to Scotland for a golf trip.  We played The Old Course, Carnoustie, Kingsbarns, Gleneagles (Kings Course), Turnberry (Ailsa) and Royal Troon.  He's 85 now and talks about it regularly.  I've got a picture framed in my office of the two of us on the Swilcan Bridge.

Edited June 17, 2019 by smwhorn

[torre 1286]

On 6/16/2019 at 8:36 PM, Mileslong said:

Great win for a good dude

Great story from NYT.   Lengthy,  but worth the read.   "I've got this"

 

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Gary Woodland grew up a serial monogamist, in love, depending on the season, with basketball, baseball and golf. He bonded with his father on the golf course, aspired to be like the Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett and had shooting-guard dreams of glory until they were crushed in college by a future first-round pick of the Chicago Bulls, Kirk Hinrich.

Woodland, 35, was tasked with guarding Hinrich in his first game for Division II Washburn University against Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse. It did not go well. He can remember thinking, “O.K., I need to find something else, because this ain’t going to work.”

The next year, at roughly the same age that the three-time major champion Jordan Spieth won for the first time on the PGA Tour, Woodland transferred to Kansas and fully committed himself to golf. Sixteen years later, Woodland became the first Kansas alumnus to win one of the four major golf championships.

“I’ve just always believed in myself,” Woodland said. “No matter what I’ve done, from when I was a young kid, I always believed I would be successful.”

Woodland’s road to Sunday’s United States Open title at Pebble Beach was not the route anyone would have mapped out. Not in a world where Tiger Woods left college after two years, Rory McIlroy turned pro before finishing high school and the leader boards are lousy with players whose childhoods were sawed-down versions of their pro careers, replete with world rankings, nonstop travel and adult entourages.

But a funny thing happened to Woodland as he was supposedly wasting his time on other sports instead of focusing all of his attention on golf. He learned many transferable skills and life lessons that made him a better player and, he believes, a more grounded and well-rounded person.

“It’s been a process,” said Woodland, whose experience in baseball made him grateful that he didn’t specialize in golf early.

At 16, Woodland played shortstop for a youth team that won the American Amateur Baseball Congress national title in Georgia. Shortly thereafter, he quit the sport.

“We just played so much as a kid, especially that summer, I got burned out,” Woodland said.

From basketball, Woodland learned toughness. In high school, he took a charge from an opponent who was attempting to dunk over him, and was badly injured. He was rushed to the hospital emergency room, where he was treated for an injured trachea. Three days later, he returned to the court.

“I came back, scored 20,” Woodland said proudly.

On Sunday, Woodland held off a charging Brooks Koepka, who closed with a three-under 68. Koepka, the world’s top player, could not intimidate Woodland, who posted a 69 to beat Koepka, the world No. 1, by three strokes.

Woodland also learned breathing techniques in basketball that he has transferred to the golf course. Before shooting free throws, he took several deep, calming breaths and counted to three in his head to help block out the crowd noise. Between golf shots, he does the same thing. He takes deep breaths and, particularly on putts, he counts to three in his head before starting his stroke.

On Sunday, Woodland said, those techniques kept him “in the moment.”

He added, “I think from a mental standpoint I was as good as I’ve ever been. I never let myself get ahead of myself, I never thought about what would happen if I won.”

Being at the plate or on the free-throw line with the game on the line taught Woodland how to embrace the pressure and discomfort instead of succumbing to it. So when Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Louis Oosthuizen and Koepka, who have a combined seven major titles, took turns making runs at him on Sunday, Woodland didn’t panic. He told himself, “Enjoy the stress. Enjoy being uncomfortable.”

Team sports also made Woodland coachable. When his instructor, Pete Cowen, suggested a few tweaks to his chipping stroke at the start of the week, Woodland didn’t question it or complain. He did as he was told, and his execution around the greens during the week was nearly perfect.

“He sent me an unbelievable text this morning that had nothing to do with my golf swing or technique,” Woodland said, referring to Cowen. “He said, ‘Every man dies, but not every man lives, and you live for this moment.’ I thought about that a lot today.”

And in the end, he got his first major victory in 30 attempts. Woodland doesn’t anticipate as long a wait before the next one. Employing the first-person plural to reflect the team effort that is any sport, Woodland said, “I think we’re trending in the right direction.”

Woodland also thought a lot Sunday about Amy Bockerstette, a golfer with Down syndrome whom he came to know during a meet-and-greet arranged by the Special Olympics and the tour before the Waste Management Open in Phoenix in January.

With Woodland looking on, Bockerstette stepped up to the tee on the par-3 16th, a party hole known for attracting thousands of raucous spectators, and dumped her tee shot into a greenside bunker. Woodland offered to hit the bunker shot but was rebuffed by Bockerstette, who said, “I’ve got this.”

She then earned Woodland’s everlasting admiration by pulling out the sand save. “You’re amazing!” Woodland repeatedly told Bockerstette as they hugged. Their interaction was preserved for posterity on a video, which attracted more than five million social media views. Woodland and Bockerstette have kept in touch, and after his victory Sunday night, they talked briefly on FaceTime.

Bockerstette reinforced a lesson that Woodland learned on the baseball diamond, the basketball court and especially on the golf course all those years he spent trying to catch up to the game’s wunderkinds.

“Her attitude, her love for life, love for the game and positive energy is so contagious,” Woodland said, adding, “There are going to be bad things in your life, a lot of ups and downs, but the only thing you can control is your attitude. And if you do that, in the end good things will happen.”

Throughout the final round, Woodland said, he told himself a million times, “I’ve got this.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/sports/how-basketball-and-baseball-helped-gary-woodland-master-golf.html

 

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2019 by torre

[Trey3216 15360]

2 hours ago, torre said:

Great story from NYT.   Lengthy,  but worth the read.   "I've got this"

 

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Gary Woodland grew up a serial monogamist, in love, depending on the season, with basketball, baseball and golf. He bonded with his father on the golf course, aspired to be like the Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett and had shooting-guard dreams of glory until they were crushed in college by a future first-round pick of the Chicago Bulls, Kirk Hinrich.

Woodland, 35, was tasked with guarding Hinrich in his first game for Division II Washburn University against Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse. It did not go well. He can remember thinking, “O.K., I need to find something else, because this ain’t going to work.”

The next year, at roughly the same age that the three-time major champion Jordan Spieth won for the first time on the PGA Tour, Woodland transferred to Kansas and fully committed himself to golf. Sixteen years later, Woodland became the first Kansas alumnus to win one of the four major golf championships.

“I’ve just always believed in myself,” Woodland said. “No matter what I’ve done, from when I was a young kid, I always believed I would be successful.”

Woodland’s road to Sunday’s United States Open title at Pebble Beach was not the route anyone would have mapped out. Not in a world where Tiger Woods left college after two years, Rory McIlroy turned pro before finishing high school and the leader boards are lousy with players whose childhoods were sawed-down versions of their pro careers, replete with world rankings, nonstop travel and adult entourages.

But a funny thing happened to Woodland as he was supposedly wasting his time on other sports instead of focusing all of his attention on golf. He learned many transferable skills and life lessons that made him a better player and, he believes, a more grounded and well-rounded person.

“It’s been a process,” said Woodland, whose experience in baseball made him grateful that he didn’t specialize in golf early.

At 16, Woodland played shortstop for a youth team that won the American Amateur Baseball Congress national title in Georgia. Shortly thereafter, he quit the sport.

“We just played so much as a kid, especially that summer, I got burned out,” Woodland said.

From basketball, Woodland learned toughness. In high school, he took a charge from an opponent who was attempting to dunk over him, and was badly injured. He was rushed to the hospital emergency room, where he was treated for an injured trachea. Three days later, he returned to the court.

“I came back, scored 20,” Woodland said proudly.

On Sunday, Woodland held off a charging Brooks Koepka, who closed with a three-under 68. Koepka, the world’s top player, could not intimidate Woodland, who posted a 69 to beat Koepka, the world No. 1, by three strokes.

Woodland also learned breathing techniques in basketball that he has transferred to the golf course. Before shooting free throws, he took several deep, calming breaths and counted to three in his head to help block out the crowd noise. Between golf shots, he does the same thing. He takes deep breaths and, particularly on putts, he counts to three in his head before starting his stroke.

On Sunday, Woodland said, those techniques kept him “in the moment.”

He added, “I think from a mental standpoint I was as good as I’ve ever been. I never let myself get ahead of myself, I never thought about what would happen if I won.”

Being at the plate or on the free-throw line with the game on the line taught Woodland how to embrace the pressure and discomfort instead of succumbing to it. So when Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Louis Oosthuizen and Koepka, who have a combined seven major titles, took turns making runs at him on Sunday, Woodland didn’t panic. He told himself, “Enjoy the stress. Enjoy being uncomfortable.”

Team sports also made Woodland coachable. When his instructor, Pete Cowen, suggested a few tweaks to his chipping stroke at the start of the week, Woodland didn’t question it or complain. He did as he was told, and his execution around the greens during the week was nearly perfect.

“He sent me an unbelievable text this morning that had nothing to do with my golf swing or technique,” Woodland said, referring to Cowen. “He said, ‘Every man dies, but not every man lives, and you live for this moment.’ I thought about that a lot today.”

And in the end, he got his first major victory in 30 attempts. Woodland doesn’t anticipate as long a wait before the next one. Employing the first-person plural to reflect the team effort that is any sport, Woodland said, “I think we’re trending in the right direction.”

Woodland also thought a lot Sunday about Amy Bockerstette, a golfer with Down syndrome whom he came to know during a meet-and-greet arranged by the Special Olympics and the tour before the Waste Management Open in Phoenix in January.

With Woodland looking on, Bockerstette stepped up to the tee on the par-3 16th, a party hole known for attracting thousands of raucous spectators, and dumped her tee shot into a greenside bunker. Woodland offered to hit the bunker shot but was rebuffed by Bockerstette, who said, “I’ve got this.”

She then earned Woodland’s everlasting admiration by pulling out the sand save. “You’re amazing!” Woodland repeatedly told Bockerstette as they hugged. Their interaction was preserved for posterity on a video, which attracted more than five million social media views. Woodland and Bockerstette have kept in touch, and after his victory Sunday night, they talked briefly on FaceTime.

Bockerstette reinforced a lesson that Woodland learned on the baseball diamond, the basketball court and especially on the golf course all those years he spent trying to catch up to the game’s wunderkinds.

“Her attitude, her love for life, love for the game and positive energy is so contagious,” Woodland said, adding, “There are going to be bad things in your life, a lot of ups and downs, but the only thing you can control is your attitude. And if you do that, in the end good things will happen.”

Throughout the final round, Woodland said, he told himself a million times, “I’ve got this.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/sports/how-basketball-and-baseball-helped-gary-woodland-master-golf.html

 

 

 

 

I saw that phone call the other day.  Pretty damn cool moment.  I mean, he clearly hadn't even changed out of the outfit he wore during his round.  A pro taking the time to do that is highly impressive, more especially on the most important day in his career.  It shows he truly is a humble, grounded guy.  I like Gary Woodland.  I'll be cheering for him going forward.