Am I wrong to doubt that Bryson can keep it on the fairway in Augusta?
Team Evans
Dustin Johnson - 11
Bryson DeChambeau - 7
McIlroy - 5
Hatton - 5
Spieth - 2
Winning score: 10-under
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Am I wrong to doubt that Bryson can keep it on the fairway in Augusta?
No. While I marvel like every other sentient being at Bryson's analytics and power, I'm at least somewhat doubtful he can keep everything on the fairway. But it will be fun watching him try.
Won't attempt the picking contest, but I'd lean toward Bryson, Rahm, and Spieth. And I wouldn't count out Koepka either - but I have to say that as he's a Floridian.
Bobby Jones’ observation upon seeing a young Jack Nicklaus hit it exceedingly long:
“He plays a game with which I am unfamiliar.”
Augusta is all about placing the approach shot, and it helps to be hitting a short iron while others are hitting long ones into the green. But if you’re in the woods you’re gone.
There was an old joke that Delta had a ticket booth in the woods to the left of the second fairway — because if you hit it in there you were going home.
20+ years ago, a chiropractor joined our group of 3 on the course. Conversation would always turn to Tiger at some point during every round, and he opined that watching Tiger's swing he knew his back would probably stop him from catching Jack.
DeChambeau was pretty much a non-entity at majors until the past year. His back will probably pay the price, but he's making a lot more on the course and I can't imagine what his endorsements are doing. But my Dad threw out his back when I was 6 and he was never the same, and I know several people who have had back surgeries. Wouldn't be worth it to me, but to each his own.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
I am sure I will be wrong, but I’ll predict that the winner is -9 or -8 if that. The course is REALLY dry right now and rain may be hit or miss Friday and Saturday. Winds predicted for 8-12 mph. Plus the competition committee cannot be too happy with the scores from the fall edition and want revenge.
I’ve watched them place pins before — they’re a fairly sadistic bunch when they want to be.
Team Never Nrrrrvous:
Johnson - 11
Reed - 6
Im -4
C. Smith - 3
Garcia -2
Spieth -2
Rose -2
Tiebreaker is -8 (based solely on OPK's earlier post)
"That young man has an extra step on his ladder the rest of us just don't have."
Team CNC:
Dustin Johnson - 11
Xander Schauffele - 6
Patrick Cantlay - 5
Cameron Smith - 3
Adam Scott - 3
Jordan Spieth - 2
Winner: -10
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The killerleft team:
8...John Rahm
5...Viktor Hovland
5...Rory McIlroy
5...Brooks Koepka
3...Matthew Wolff
2...Jordan Spieth
2...Sergio Garcia
tiebreaker -11
Man, if your Mom made you wear that color when you were a baby, and you're still wearing it, it's time to grow up!