Golfers Thread

[peasy23]

16 hours ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:

Turns out it was 4 when I posted but he’s just racked up his 5th on the 17th. Absolutely wild stuff.

Was a decent effort to be +6 with 5 penalties on the card.

Germany's Hurly Long hit 45 on his back 9 as he ran up an 83.

[peasy23]

Bob started eagle-birdie today but has dropped two of those shots to be 1 under thru 9.

[peasy23]

I always enjoy watching the Nedbank, the scenery and wildlife is fantastic. It does look horrendously tough for mere mortals though, and they did mention on commentary today if you ever go to play there take plenty of balls.

Daniel Brown had a tough day today, with a triple bogey 8 and a sextuple bogey 10 on his card on his way to a birdie free 85.

[peasy23]

None of the Scots players at the Nedbank having great weeks. 2 that needed good ones were Calum Hill and Richie Ramsay who were both just outside the top 50 heading for Dubai next week.

Hill was 51st starting the week, but he's always been way down the leaderboard and is projected to slide to 54th.

Ramsay was 54th and was -7 after the first two rounds and well on his way to climb above 50th, but 76-75 on the weekend sees him finish on level par and projected to drop to 55th.

Edited November 12, 2023 by peasy23

[doulikefish]

On 10/11/2023 at 14:52, peasy23 said:

I always enjoy watching the Nedbank, the scenery and wildlife is fantastic. It does look horrendously tough for mere mortals though, and they did mention on commentary today if you ever go to play there take plenty of balls.

 

I lost 2 and the 9 s are the other way round so you finish on the par 5 with the water all around it 

The other course there "lost city" is also cracking and is playable from the back tees for us hackers , on the Gary player nedbank course a lot of the pro tees are only accessible when there's tournament golf there so you play the medals 

[lichtie23]

Is it just me that thinks Gary Player is an Odious wee p***k? 

[Florentine_Pogen]

5 minutes ago, lichtie23 said:

Is it just me that thinks Gary Player is an Odious wee p***k? 

Absolutely not.

He's also a fvcking cheat.

[Ro Sham Bo]

6 minutes ago, lichtie23 said:

Is it just me that thinks Gary Player is an Odious wee p***k? 

Nope. 

[Bring Back Paddy Flannery]

35 minutes ago, lichtie23 said:

Is it just me that thinks Gary Player is an Odious wee p***k? 

He is a grade A cock of a guy who waffles absolute nonsense relentlessly.

[peasy23]

39 minutes ago, lichtie23 said:

Is it just me that thinks Gary Player is an Odious wee p***k? 

Nope, and he should never have been allowed to set foot in Augusta again after his p***k of a son advertising golf balls a few years back.

[lichtie23]

Just read that McIlroy is already confirmed as the DP champion. He can’t be caught next week. 
 

Such an anticlimax 

[Distant Doonhamer]

4 hours ago, peasy23 said:

None of the Scots players at the Nedbank having great weeks. 2 that needed good ones were Calum Hill and Richie Ramsay who were both just outside the top 50 heading for Dubai next week.

Hill was 51st starting the week, but he's always been way down the leaderboard and is projected to slide to 54th.

Ramsay was 54th and was -7 after the first two rounds and well on his way to climb above 50th, but 76-75 on the weekend sees him finish on level par and projected to drop to 55th.

Ramsay had a disastrous back 9 of 41 today after a tidy 2 under front 9 had raised his hopes again.

Bob MacIntyre now outside the R2D top 10 after a poor showing this week.

MacIntyre 11th, Forrest 35th, Ferguson 42nd and Syme 45th all in the field for Dubai.

Loads for them to play for. Bob needs to edge into top 10 to get a PGA tour card. If it's the same as last year the top 30 in R2D get a place in next year's Open Championship.

[Ro Sham Bo]

3 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said:

Ramsay had a disastrous back 9 of 41 today after a tidy 2 under front 9 had raised his hopes again.

Bob MacIntyre now outside the R2D top 10 after a poor showing this week.

MacIntyre 11th, Forrest 35th, Ferguson 42nd and Syme 45th all in the field for Dubai.

Loads for them to play for. Bob needs to edge into top 10 to get a PGA tour card. If it's the same as last year the top 30 in R2D get a place in next year's Open Championship.

I read somewhere that it's the top 10 players not already exempt that get a card so Bob's still in a decent position. 

[Bring Back Paddy Flannery]

3 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said:

I read somewhere that it's the top 10 players not already exempt that get a card so Bob's still in a decent position. 

Aye, Bob is currently 7th.

[peasy23]

16 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said:

Ramsay had a disastrous back 9 of 41 today after a tidy 2 under front 9 had raised his hopes again.

Bob MacIntyre now outside the R2D top 10 after a poor showing this week.

MacIntyre 11th, Forrest 35th, Ferguson 42nd and Syme 45th all in the field for Dubai.

Loads for them to play for. Bob needs to edge into top 10 to get a PGA tour card. If it's the same as last year the top 30 in R2D get a place in next year's Open Championship.

 

12 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said:

I read somewhere that it's the top 10 players not already exempt that get a card so Bob's still in a decent position. 

 

7 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:

Aye, Bob is currently 7th.

Hopefully he can have a good result next week rather than falling over the finish line, but he should be OK for one of the PGA Tour cards.

[Distant Doonhamer]

22 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said:

I read somewhere that it's the top 10 players not already exempt that get a card so Bob's still in a decent position. 

18 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:

Aye, Bob is currently 7th.

Cheers for that. Hadn't realised that was the case.

[Frosty]

11 hours ago, lichtie23 said:

Is it just me that thinks Gary Player is an Odious wee p***k? 

Not just a cheat - the engraving on the Claret Jug shows the cut of his jib getting his name put on larger than everyone else.

Edited November 12, 2023 by Frosty

[funky_nomad]

Over on the DP Tour Qualifying School in Spain, only 2 Scots have made the 72-hole cut to play in rounds 5 and 6 for one of 25 full Tour cards.

Marc Warren seemed odds-on to miss out before hitting -7 for his last 8 holes (he shot 29 for his back 9 with a bogey at the 1st hole (his 10th)) to sneak in with a shot to spare. Some cojones, but he's still 4 shots behind the current number required to regain his Card.

Better placed is Kingsbarns pro Daniel Young, who at -9 is one off the mark as it stands.

5 other Scots failed to make the last 2 rounds, as did the likes of Alvaro Quiros, Gregory Havret and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.

[peasy23]

2 hours ago, funky_nomad said:

Over on the DP Tour Qualifying School in Spain, only 2 Scots have made the 72-hole cut to play in rounds 5 and 6 for one of 25 full Tour cards.

Marc Warren seemed odds-on to miss out before hitting -7 for his last 8 holes (he shot 29 for his back 9 with a bogey at the 1st hole (his 10th)) to sneak in with a shot to spare. Some cojones, but he's still 4 shots behind the current number required to regain his Card.

Better placed is Kingsbarns pro Daniel Young, who at -9 is one off the mark as it stands.

5 other Scots failed to make the last 2 rounds, as did the likes of Alvaro Quiros, Gregory Havret and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.

David Howell and Ollie Fisher were two of the other bigger names and former tour event winners to miss out. Howell made his 700th appearance on tour not that long ago and is obviously towards the end of his career. Fisher is only 35 though and has a couple of golfing firsts to his name. He was the first player to hit a 59 in a Euro/DWPT event, and was also one of the first players binned by LIV after playing in the first event last year.

[VictorOnopko]

Gaun yersel, Bob:

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/bob-macintyre-set-to-swap-oban-for-orlando-if-he-secures-his-pga-tour-card-4409563