2015-16 PGA Tour Season

[fan_since79]

If his 7-ft putt for birdie on 15 hadn't lipped out...

That putt on 16 was gorgeous. 

 

 

[Homebrewer]

Shoots 58.

Still doesn't win.

I remember watching David Duval shoot 59 at the Hope, and that was a pretty big deal.

[gotbeer]

Golf industry must be reeling.  First Nike, seems Addidas is also leaving.

Nike and Adidas are getting out of the golf business at exactly the wrong time

And I think of the 35 years playing, I have never purchased a product from either brand for golf.

[Homebrewer]

I've had Nike visors and gloves.

[nate]

I like Nike gloves and golf shoes and I have a couple TaylorMade clubs and a whole set of Adams clubs.  I prefer my Callaway set though.

[Homebrewer]

I don't think I've ever had anything but Foot Joys...loyal since high school.

[gotbeer]

16 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

I don't think I've ever had anything but Foot Joys...loyal since high school.

Shoes wise.  Foot Joys, till this year.  Switched to spikeless Oakleys since they were cheap.  My god, they are so comfortable.  They are like playing golf in slippers.  The feel is that nice.  I bought a pair of spiked Oakleys for carts, and they aren't at slipper level, but the only thing that doesn't hurt after I play golf is my feet.

[Tank]

i've had a couple of taylor drivers and they were so-so for me. my favorite set of clubs was a knockoff set of ping 2 irons that are now gathering dust in @Adam's garage.

my favorite driver was a lynx, and my favorite three-wood was a hallway big bertha strong 3.

since i have big, wide feet, i buy whatever golf shoes i can find that fit, and i haven't used a golf glove in more than a decade. i don't have blister problems without one, either.

[gotbeer]

I've never worn gloves either.  I even have half cords (used to be full cords).  Never had problems with blisters.

And if you guys are in the market for clubs.  I would highly recommend the XR series from Callaway for the hybrids and woods.  So easy to hit.  I'm actually thinking of changing my driver from a Taylor Made R15 to a Callaway XR.  My weak weak spot right now is the drives, and it's getting frustrating. 

I seem to change my driver and putter the most.  Although my Ping Isopur B60 has been good for a while.

[Homebrewer]

21 year old Si Woo Kim posts a 10 under par 60 today at the Wyndham.

[meat]

On 8/9/2016 at 10:43 AM, gotbeer said:

Golf industry must be reeling.  First Nike, seems Addidas is also leaving.

Nike and Adidas are getting out of the golf business at exactly the wrong time

And I think of the 35 years playing, I have never purchased a product from either brand for golf.

I hit a Nike driver and 2 hybrids(18 and 22 degree).  Love them!  The driver is the Vapor Speed and it's the best I've owned.  Forgiving and long.  I'm seeing some solid deals on them right now.  I couldn't recommend a club more.

[Homebrewer]

Good field at Bethpage this weekend. Big names are there vying for Fed-Ex points. Great course, one of my favorites to watch.

3some of Day DJ and Adam Scott today.

Stenson WD yesterday ..haven't found out the reason yet (other than being +3 or 4)

[Tank]

the espn ticker said stenson withdrew because of a knee problem.

[Tank]

So what in the world happened to Fowler on the back nine? I left to run some errands and he was leading by one at -10. I come back and he's not even on the first page of the leaderboard. 

Reed is your new leader for the FedEx Cup and guaranteed himself a spot on the Ryder Cup team.

[Homebrewer]

17 hours ago, Tank said:

So what in the world happened to Fowler on the back nine? I left to run some errands and he was leading by one at -10. I come back and he's not even on the first page of the leaderboard. 

Reed is your new leader for the FedEx Cup and guaranteed himself a spot on the Ryder Cup team.

I missed the entire round yesterday, but watched quite a bit the other days. That course was biting people the whole time. It whittled down to who could recover from bad holes, because everyone seemed to have a few. 

[Homebrewer]

On Fowler's back 9 Sunday..

He'll now need to rely on Davis Love III to choose him as one of the four captain's picks.

Fowler opened The Barclays 12th in American Ryder Cup standings, and he didn't even need to win to crack the top eight and pave his own way, but he unraveled on the Black course's difficult back nine. According to the projections of Golf Channel's Justin Ray, Fowler went from fourth to 11th in the Ryder Cup standings in the span of eight holes.

He made the turn tied for the lead with Patrick Reed at 10 under, but he was four over on the back nine. That included a bogey, double bogey, birdie, bogey finish. A birdie on the 18th would have still been good enough to get in, but a bogey gave the spot to Zach Johnson. On the final nine, Fowler hit just 2 of 7 fairways.

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"Disappointing back nine," Fowler said. "I didn't drive it the way I needed to. It was just a little off here and there. You had to be playing out of the fairway. So yeah, very disappointing. Not the way I've been playing the back nine all week. Coming to the last eight holes, I made one bogey through the week. I don't know, like I said, just made a couple bad swings at the wrong time."

Fowler is the defending champion at next week's Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston. Love will make three captain's picks after the BMW Championship on Sept. 12 and the final one on Sept. 25 after the Tour Championship.

"I played great this week, and I'm not worried about resumé or anything like that," Fowler said. "I've just got to continue to work on the game, continue getting better. It was almost really good this week."

[Tank]

thanks for finding that. man, what a tough way to end your tournament, one that you arguably could have/should have won.

well, he's got the next two weeks to showcase himself. let's see how bad he really wants this.

[mtangelsfan]

considering he was one of the few bright spots on the ryder cup team two years ago I would think he gets on.

[Tank]

5 hours ago, mtangelsfan said:

considering he was one of the few bright spots on the ryder cup team two years ago I would think he gets on.

i'm having lunch with davis love tomorrow. i'll see what i can find out.

[Tank]

monday finish today for the doosh bank classic. paul casey has shot 66-66-66 to take a commanding lead.

[nate]

Tiger wants to make his comeback in October.

http://www.tigerwoods.com/news/2016/09/07/199860558/tiger-to-start-2016-17-season-with-three-events/

[meat]

DJ looking solid again this week at the Tour Championship.  Unfortunately, Day just had to withdraw with the back again.  I'd be really surprised now if Johnson doesn't bring home the trophy and the 10 million.  But you never know in this game.

Knox just completed a 2nd round 66 to throw his hat in the ring for the weekend.  I believe Clarke and the Euro's will regret passing him over for the Ryder Cup team.  I can understand his reasoning, but I strongly disagree.  There are some inferior players to Knox that made that squad.

And then the big question...who does Love choose with his final captains pick?  Bubba, Thomas or Berger?  I can't imagine it's not Bubba, but I also couldn't imagine Knox getting passed over.  These captains are big on 'chemistry'.

 

[Adam]

I can't really quantify it but there's something seriously wrong with McIlroy winning the fed ex cup and $10 million after the year he had

[meat]

3 hours ago, Adam said:

I can't really quantify it but there's something seriously wrong with McIlroy winning the fed ex cup and $10 million after the year he had

Agree 100%.  I can't stand that little leprechaun.  That said...he hit the shots he needed down the stretch and the Americans played like they do on a Sunday of a Ryder Cup.  I can't help but feel the Euro's got a big momentum boost a week early.

[Angel Oracle]

He was channeling his inner and outer Danny Noonan down the stretch.