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2 hours ago, Dewey said:

His feel for yardage is unmatched. When he switched clubs on the par 3, landed short, rolled close. Birdie.  Wtf man, that's like when you're a kid, all you need is what the sprinkler head says  and your eye. His game is so simple and on point. 

I think feel for the game in the moment is where  Scottie is similar to Jack.  There are numerous stories about Jack having a feel for the game in the moment that nobody else had.  Example a. I believe Jack said he adjusted his swing mid-swing, because of a sudden change in the wind to hit that famous one iron or two iron in 1972 at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach that rolled to within five feet or closer that nobody else could come close to. 

Two others I have heard are that during the famous 1986 Masters final round his son Jackie was caddying.  There was one hole, 16 or 17, the par four, and Jack and Jackie are looking at the putt, the putt reads a certain way, but Jack doesn't believe the read, and tells Jackie he thinks it breaks toward the creek.  Birdie putt.... And the best for last, the famous par 3, is it 16?  Jack hits a perfect shot, Jackie says out loud "Be the right club" and Jack replies "It is" and of course the ball rolls to within 3 feet of the hole.    Think about all of the begging and pleading that players do now and I contrast that with every time I watched Jack, I do not remember a single time he begged the ball to do x, y or z.   

 

 

 

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14 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Tiger’s was age 21-24. Scottie’s is 26-29.  Which is not to diminish the accomplishment but more to show 1) how early Tiger was dominant and 2) how Scottie’s window of peak play should be shorter, for anyone who wishes to extrapolate this to how many more majors he wins. 

You would think he gets a lot more but golf is weird. Guys get stuck or lose it all of a sudden all the time. 

Since Tiger's first major Phil has 6, Rory and Brooks have 5, Scottie has 4 now, Spieth, Paddy and Vijay have 3 and a ton of guys have 2. 

Couple that with that interview he gave - who fucking knows. If he plays like this for a few more years he's getting 6+ easily but we thought Rory was going to win 10+ once upon a time.

Maybe Bryson rattles a couple more off and lights a fire under him 😉

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2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Maybe Bryson rattles a couple more off and lights a fire under him 😉

Bryson will be unbeatable once he puts his new magic golf ball in play. 

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Scottie and Ernie have similar games, styles, and early career profiles, but Ernie had a lot of baggage at majors after his initial two and then he got hurt.

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20 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Bryson will be unbeatable once he puts his new magic golf ball in play. 

I don't know if he needs to be less of a spaz or lean into it even further and just fucking aspergers Scottie to death at a major next year. 

"And here's Bryson cleaning up for par while reciting lyrics from the HMS Penifore..."

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1 hour ago, ztejas said:

You would think he gets a lot more but golf is weird. Guys get stuck or lose it all of a sudden all the time. 

Duval captures the Claret Jug

Ten Top 10 finishes in majors over a 4 year stretch, and then... 

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Bennett seems like a fucking unit, considering he's barely one years old. He might be taller than Brian Harmon by next year's Open championship. 

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7 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Old Tom Morris designed or remodeled about 75 golf courses throughout his life in the British Isles including Prestwick, the Old Course at St Andrews, Muirfield, Royal Portrush, and Carnoustie.

He also had Donald Ross, Tillinghast, and Macdonald apprentice under him, he’s the reason courses have 18 holes, and at Murfield he probably developed the first returning nines instead of nine out and nine back. But that last one might have more to do with the courses playing along the coast and back. 

It’s impossible to overstate how instrumental he was to the development of the game, not just in the UK, but also his influence on the golden age of course design in the US (1910-1930ish)

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6 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

the masters back 9 is set up for scoring on sunday 

they want someone to make a charge, get that big crowd going. the later groups hearing those echoes, watching that scoreboard 

And god damn does the course deliver that, over and over. 

The 2nd shot into 15 is my favorite single shot in championship golf. The risk / reward nature of the shot. It’s such an inflection point in so many rounds. The 12th has probably dashed more dreams, but the 15th has so many potential outcomes. From Sarazen’s 2 to Sergio’s 15. If you need to make eagle to make a run, it’s there to be had. If you’re trying to protect a lead, it’s a terrifying shot and laying up short leaves such a delicate shot that it’s not an easy par. Short is dead, long can be dead. Long and then coming back might be one of the scariest chips in golf. 

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1 minute ago, heso said:

And god damn does the course deliver that, over and over. 

The 2nd shot into 15 is my favorite single shot in championship golf. The risk / reward nature of the shot. It’s such an inflection point in so many rounds. The 12th has probably dashed more dreams, but the 15th has so many potential outcomes. From Sarazen’s 2 to Sergio’s 15. If you need to make eagle to make a run, it’s there to be had. If you’re trying to protect a lead, it’s a terrifying shot and laying up short leaves such a delicate shot that it’s not an easy par. Short is dead, long can be dead. Long and then coming back might be one of the scariest chips in golf. 

 

the drop from 10 tee to green blew me away 

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1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

the drop from 10 tee to green blew me away 

It’s impossible to really get how much it drops until you’re standing there. 

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8 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

it still kills me that spieth started tinkering with his swing and chasing distance. he needed better people around him 

 

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He needed Randy Smith.

the whole thing with Tiger about changing his swing WHILE he was dominating got overblown and now people think you can really do that.  If I told Woods he needed to drop his back foot away from the ball, flatten his swing, shake his ass, and tilt his shoulders more he'd still dominate because the key is the the last half a foot before his hands square with the club face at the ball.

which is why Randy Smith never told Scottie he needed to look like Byron Nelson when he swung the golf club.

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The other thing about Spieth is that I don't think he has that mental component that the greats have. He was red hot for a while and he's still pretty good, but he isnt driven like a Woods or Scheffler. And I get it, the dude is 31 years old and has already made $80M from the tour (not counting endorsements). I listen to his interviews, and he just doesn't seem to grasp reality. Its been 5 years of, "I feel like I'm right there," "I'm doing what needs to be done," etc... And the guy constantly makes mental fuckups on the course instead of playing smart like Scheffler. He's rich as fuck, and I doubt he ever changes his ways. He's got a damn good life. 

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Spieth’s downturn seems pretty straightforward - (1) Changed his swing to chase distance, (2) Had legitimate injury that he stupidly tried to play through for 18 months, and (3) Got married and now has three kids so has competing priorities.  
 

He’s still really talented so he could turn it around, but seeing another 2015-2017 stretch out of him seems unrealistic. 

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Posted
5 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

This picture cracks me bc of Bennett.

I would like  to think he’s thinking “that’s my dad bitches!” 

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9 hours ago, JGrayDBU said:

I think feel for the game in the moment is where  Scottie is similar to Jack.  There are numerous stories about Jack having a feel for the game in the moment that nobody else had.  Example a. I believe Jack said he adjusted his swing mid-swing, because of a sudden change in the wind to hit that famous one iron or two iron in 1972 at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach that rolled to within five feet or closer that nobody else could come close to. 

 

 

 

 

well that and the fact Jack was hitting close to 2 clubs less that almost everyone else on tour for about 6 years.  but yeah to your point, he had great hands as well.  it wasnt all about power.

1 hour ago, Blotto said:

 

you got 2 minutes Scottie better get to work.

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Pretty cool "opinion" article on Scottie. I think part of the reason I like the guy as much as I do is I have a certain disdain for celebrity culture and people whose sense of value is clearly tied to fame, clicks, and likes. 

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/british-open-2025-scottie-scheffler-wins-appreciation

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I'd like to give the microphone first to Jordan Spieth, who, with his usual insight, had some essential analysis on your 2025 Champion Golfer of the Year:

"He doesn't care to be a superstar. He's not transcending the game like Tiger did. He's not bringing it to a non-golf audience necessarily. He doesn't want to go do the stuff that a lot of us go do, corporately, anything like that. … Whenever he made that switch, I don't know what it was, but he has hobbies. He's always with his family. They're always doing stuff. I think it's more so the difference in personality from any other superstar that you've seen in the modern era and maybe in any sport.

"I don't think anybody is like him."

Is that a case for the prosecution or the defense? Neither, I think—it's just more confirmation that Scottie Scheffler will not meet the modern sports world on its terms. That behavior is interpreted, by some, as evidence that Scheffler is boring, when in fact it might make him the most interesting athlete we have. As someone who has covered hundreds of extremely boring golfers, I would like to assure you that Scottie Scheffler, your 2025 British Open champion, is not boring, he's certainly not dumb, and he's not even vanilla.

Let's go back to Spieth, a moment later in that same interview after his own fourth round at Royal Portrush:

"I see him here and there off the course, but when we're playing on the course at home, he shit talks. He's very witty. You can't really go at him because he's smart, and he's got good bullshit."

Now, why don't we see Scheffler as the smart, vicious shit-talker? Because he won't do it for the camera. He won't project a persona for our consumption; not in interviews, not on the course, and not in the passenger seat of a golf cart with a famous YouTuber. With a few notable exceptions, he keeps himself private.

Put more simply, he won't perform.

In 2025, there may be no greater sin for a high-level athlete. As Spieth pointed out, the off-course currency for guys like Scheffler is supposed to be corporate integration, social media exposure, and maybe even a few ritual public displays of personal drama. You're supposed to ham it up like Bryson DeChambeau, or turn yourself into a spokesman with loud viewpoints that shift 180 degrees every few months like Rory McIlroy.

there's more to the article I didn't copy and paste, but that excerpt I think exemplifies why I enjoy watching Scheffler dominate so much. Its really cool to see him play the game so well, on his own terms for the most part. Guys like Rory, BCD, Phil, etc... cant wait to get on camera and tell you what they think. Scottie just wants to collect the next trophy and GTFO. I dig it. 

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