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Race Bannon's OFFICIAL Golf Talk 2023-2024 Thread
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That’s a fair point and one that can be leveraged if the greens are built for it - it’s one of the parts that makes playing Spyglass so difficultBob_C said:
The greens have gotten smaller and smaller over the years. Expand them and you could have some more pinnable areas which would put a premium on actually driving it to the correct side of the fairway. There's basically no strategy to playing Pebble anymore.Tequilla said:
Why does Pebble need green expansion? If anything that’s one of its primary defenses against the menBob_C said:
I agree that Pebble isn't great for the men anymore. It's sad that we have it every 5 years on a go forward basis. Pebble desperately needs a renovation (green expansion mainly), but it'll probably never get one because it would cost them way too many retail rounds and why would they when they've got US Open's on the books out through 2050.RaceBannon said:
I watched because it was Pebble and the winner got 2 million. Not the choke factor I was looking for though. These days Pebble is better suited to Women anyway. They can play it how it was designedchuck said:
Yep watched it. I rooted for her because I'm a pig and she was the best looking woman in contention. Has to be some reason to pick a favorite when you don't know any of the contenders.RaceBannon said:
There have been hot women over the years. There are hot Koreans but they weren't in contention. Rose Zahng needs to show more skin
I hit record when the leaders teed off then watched most of in the late afternoon. Even the men's game has ebbs and flows of interest depending on who is on top
Americans love a winner and they won't tolerate a loser - Patton
It’s a course that gets torn up by the pros when it’s soft in February and played as a resort course
It’s a course that is still plenty difficult when they narrow the fairways, grow the rough, and make the greens play super firm and fast. When you add wind into that setup then par becomes a very good score
To me Pebble is in the same category as a lot of the links courses on the Open rotation … if the weather kicks up then you get a big challenge and if it doesn’t then it’s pretty much gettable for those on the top of their game -
Low scores don’t really bother me that much … particularly if the conditions were relatively benign like they were that weekRaceBannon said:Not sure about that Teq. Tiger was 12 under and lapped the field in 2000
Woodland was 13 under in 2019 and it was a battle
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Spyglass is definitely harder than Pebble. It could hold a U.S. Open and hold up nicely.Tequilla said:
That’s a fair point and one that can be leveraged if the greens are built for it - it’s one of the parts that makes playing Spyglass so difficultBob_C said:
The greens have gotten smaller and smaller over the years. Expand them and you could have some more pinnable areas which would put a premium on actually driving it to the correct side of the fairway. There's basically no strategy to playing Pebble anymore.Tequilla said:
Why does Pebble need green expansion? If anything that’s one of its primary defenses against the menBob_C said:
I agree that Pebble isn't great for the men anymore. It's sad that we have it every 5 years on a go forward basis. Pebble desperately needs a renovation (green expansion mainly), but it'll probably never get one because it would cost them way too many retail rounds and why would they when they've got US Open's on the books out through 2050.RaceBannon said:
I watched because it was Pebble and the winner got 2 million. Not the choke factor I was looking for though. These days Pebble is better suited to Women anyway. They can play it how it was designedchuck said:
Yep watched it. I rooted for her because I'm a pig and she was the best looking woman in contention. Has to be some reason to pick a favorite when you don't know any of the contenders.RaceBannon said:
There have been hot women over the years. There are hot Koreans but they weren't in contention. Rose Zahng needs to show more skin
I hit record when the leaders teed off then watched most of in the late afternoon. Even the men's game has ebbs and flows of interest depending on who is on top
Americans love a winner and they won't tolerate a loser - Patton
It’s a course that gets torn up by the pros when it’s soft in February and played as a resort course
It’s a course that is still plenty difficult when they narrow the fairways, grow the rough, and make the greens play super firm and fast. When you add wind into that setup then par becomes a very good score
To me Pebble is in the same category as a lot of the links courses on the Open rotation … if the weather kicks up then you get a big challenge and if it doesn’t then it’s pretty much gettable for those on the top of their game -
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Not a joke
4:36 a.m.
9:37 a.m.
Patrick Cantlay
Brooks Koepka
Hideki Matsuyama
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Here's to hoping Brooks lays Cantlay out by the turn at 10.
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The joke isn't as funny when it comes true.
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