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mariner4life

Accounts are that the weather has been pretty wet and the course is a bit soggy.

1kiwi

MajorPom

And he continues where he left off. -3 under 15, 1 off the leaders in round 1 of the PGA.

sparky

Ryan Fox shoots 4-. Tied for the club house lead. A great start.

booboo

@sparky said in PGA Championship:

Ryan Fox shoots 4-. Tied for the club house lead. A great start.

Four way tie for 2nd, one behind the leader.

A veritable "who's that? "of world golf, until you get to 15th...

Snowy

@booboo

A veritable "who's that? "of world golf, until you get to 15th...

A bit harsh on former world number one Luke Donald. Also top money winner on PGA tour and European tour in same year apparently.

I guess you’re always a nobody unless you win a major. Kind of fair.

JK

@Snowy said in Golf:

@booboo

A veritable "who's that? "of world golf, until you get to 15th...

A bit harsh on former world number one Luke Donald. Also top money winner on PGA tour and European tour in same year apparently.

I guess you’re always a nobody unless you win a major. Kind of fair.

yes, actually a few quite significant names in there. Quite an international flavoured leaderboard there

JK

Some really shite scores.

Cam Smith currently limping home and will have 40+ on the back 9.
DJ and Dufner both shot 78, Speith not much better with a 76.
6 players shooting 80 or more...

taniwharugby

@JK was it Speith who needed this to also pick up a career grand slam?

1kiwi

@booboo said in Golf:

A veritable "who's that? "of world golf, until you get to 15th...

Bit unfair on Keegan Bradley the current US Ryder Cup captain and former major winner, he won the PGA Championship back in 2011.
Matt Fitzpatrick is also a major champion, he won the US Open back in 2022.

booboo

I stand by my statement.

Fuck all real names in that lot. Seriously, only golf nuffys are going to know those guys you're trying to present as household names. And even you nuffys would have to agree with me.

Am still delighted Foxy is tied for two.

1kiwi

I imagine Foxy is playing with a bit less weight on his shoulders now since he won last week and has that exemption on the PGA Tour for the next couple of years so knows he doesn't have to worry about trying to keep his card and the freedom that comes with that.

MajorPom

@booboo said in Golf:

I stand by my statement.

Fuck all real names in that lot. Seriously, only golf nuffys are going to know those guys you're trying to present as household names. And even you nuffys would have to agree with me.

Am still delighted Foxy is tied for two.

The PGA quite often has a different looking leaderboard to other majors.

I can see where you are coming from. Sad reality is that the US pro's get pretty much so all the media attention. Way it always has been.

You'd certainly be aware of Matt Fitz, MacIntyre, Donald, Noren & Hojgaard if they were Yanks. They are genuine big names, but even if you take them out, there's quite a few in there not overly famous. I've never heard of 6 on that list. Mind you, my golf watching has fallen off a cliff since LIV.

Speaking of LIV .... where are the big name LIV golfers? Rahm & Bryson look in the hunt still ... as for the rest ...

taniwharugby

That's alot sitting in contention at -4

Hope Fox can stick with them in the lastb2 rounds.

1kiwi

Some big names missed the cut
Cam Smith, Jason Day, Jordan Speith, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Sepp Straka, Shane Lowry, Ludvig Aberg, Hideki Matsuyama, Min Woo Lee, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Rose, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson

McIlroy and Schauffele just made it inside the cut at +1

taniwharugby

Foxy -1 through 7, 2 back from Kim who is through 6.

Fan has a shot at Brooks...

taniwharugby

Looking likely Scheffler gonna pick up another major.

Foxy hanging in there, too far back now unless he shoots 60 and other players falter.

Good to see Adam Scott up there too.

sparky

Rory McIlroy and his fans after The Masters: "Rory is the greatest golfer on the planet."

Scottie Scheffler at the US PGA "Hold my beer!"

1kiwi

A Top 20 finish would be fairly decent for Foxy here to be honest. He said prior to the tournament this is 5 weeks in a row of playing and is feeling mentally and physically drained.

sparky

Scheffler three clear going into the last round. He's surely not going to do a Greg Norman and fuck it up from here?

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