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canefan

@sparky said in Golf:

On the flipside of that, I have a trivia question for the Fern.

How many winning Ryder Cup teams has Tiger Woods played on? He's played in eight cups, total.

Not many I'd guess

JK

Yeah maybe 1? 1999?

Its been european dominance for a while with the US only picking up the odd one of every 3 or so.

barbarian

Yep. Tiger is 1/8. Which I find staggering.

taniwharugby

Pretty cool news.

1kiwi

JK

@taniwharugby said in Golf:

Pretty cool news.

Very cool.

The quality of some of those players will tear up these twos courses unless its super windy, or they really wind up the green speeds (which I suspect they will have to).

Watched quite a bit of the latest APAC in Dubai over the past week. It's a massive event.

1kiwi

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/golf/abu-dhabi-championship-daniel-hillier-in-the-hunt-as-aaron-rai-takes-outright-lead/XQIZRB2JEJFJFCGGSAMQ2K7NKA/

1kiwi

Daniel Hillier currently in the outright lead at -24 through 11 holes.
Fleetwood, McIlroy behind him in 2nd and fourth respectively

JK

Hillier seems to have a few issues closing it out. A couple of weeks back he blew up big time when he had the lead in the final round. Last night didnt go too well down the homestretch either. Still another decent finish from him T5

Kobori looked decent early in the tournament but couldnt keep up with some pretty hot scoring.

1kiwi

@JK said in Golf:

Hillier seems to have a few issues closing it out. A couple of weeks back he blew up big time when he had the lead in the final round. Last night didnt go too well down the homestretch either. Still another decent finish from him T5

Kobori looked decent early in the tournament but couldnt keep up with some pretty hot scoring.

Yeah and I think that is the difference between the best players and the next group when the pressure is on. The double bogey on the back nine shook his confidence. Still he pocketed $600k for his T5, Hopefully he can get a good result in the Tour Championship starting Thursday.

mikedogz

https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360890015/kiwi-champion-golfer-returns-scene-his-greatest-triumph

1kiwi

@mikedogz said in Golf:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360890015/kiwi-champion-golfer-returns-scene-his-greatest-triumph

All these years since his win at Pinehurst and still amazing that he beat Tiger Woods in his prime.

sparky

Jordie Barrett has posted on YouTube a 40 minute video of him playing a round of golf:

Canes4life

@sparky said in Golf:

Jordie Barrett has posted on YouTube a 40 minute video of him playing a round of golf:

This isn't his first video, he's been posting for a while now.

I also saw on his socials that he was playing a round of golf the other day with Glen Maxwell and Ryan Papenhuyzen so expect to see a video of this in the near future.

taniwharugby

@Canes4life his youtube page is reasonably new, well compared to his IG content (for golf)

JK

Yeah followed his stuff for a while. Decent golfer.

His insta stuffs quite good too when ABs are on tour. He and a number of lads play a ton of golf

JK

Aus open this week. Loved the Aus PGA last week (as I do every year). Good bunch of kiwis representing, and performing well.

And with Rory and a few more names in to the mix for this week, it should be even better.

Pro Am today and Jordie is playing in it, along with Stuart Broard and a few others.

sparky

@Canes4life A decent media career lies ahead when he hangs up his boots.

JK

@sparky said in Golf:

@Canes4life A decent media career lies ahead when he hangs up his boots.

Really? What's that based on?

Doesn't seem too different to most other wannabe youtube golfers. Or are you saying as a commentator/analyst or something?

sparky

@JK He's reasonably confident in front of the camera. Something for his future producers to work with.

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