Golf: All Purpose Golf Thread VI | 2017 PGA Tour Season: Here comes Cantlay!

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Pavel Buchnevich

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Wouldn't be so sure... If Hideki can't get it with a million wins...? I know Jordan has more trailing OWGR points from 2015, but still it is dumb if he can.

I'm like 99% sure he can, although I'd assume it depends on Day not finishing in the top few spots. Matsuyama can also go to #1, as can Johnson. Stenson and McIlroy can not. The rankings are really weird. The top 6 are so bunched up, as bunched up as I can remember it. After 6, there's a really big drop-off. He gains nothing in terms of places in the OWGR from winning this event, but could go from #6 to #1 with a win next week. Next week's field is very strong. It has 4 of the top 6 in the world. I think its a 12 point stronger field than Pebble Beach.

The rankings work in a strange way. Jordan's won two of his last six, no worse than a 9th place finish in those six starts, yet he dropped a place in the rankings. Jason Day is still leading the OWGR, but hasn't won anywhere since May, just had his first top 5 finish today since September.
 

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Saw Tiger cancelled his already cancelled Press Conference again due to "back spasms"?

At this point, everything surrounding him is a bigger reality show than the joke in the [edited by Woof instead of MSE].
 
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Saw Tiger cancelled his already cancelled Press Conference again due to "back spasms"?

At this point, everything surrounding him is a bigger reality show
He needs to retire and never touch a golf club again. This is now simply a quality of life problem, not a returning to golf problem. He needs to do what's best for his future and not try to rush a recovery to get back. It's not worth it.
 
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He needs to retire and never touch a golf club again. This is now simply a quality of life problem, not a returning to golf problem. He needs to do what's best for his future and not try to rush a recovery to get back. It's not worth it.

Couldn't agree more. He's far too stubborn to do that though. Mentally and physically, I just don't think he's in the proper place when it comes to assessing his future.

I thought you were making a joke about cancelling a presser due to back issues. Wow, that's amazing.

It reminds me of the non-activated glutes excuse, to be honest. Something doesn't add up considering his camp's statements after Dubai downplaying the issue.
 

Pavel Buchnevich

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TW is a sideshow. I hope he can get back to being a golfer. He was never this much of a sideshow. He was always more of a golfer than a personalty, despite having so much media attention. Now TW is just a sports personalty, doesn't play that much golf, not that good at it either.
 

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TW is a sideshow. I hope he can get back to being a golfer. He was never this much of a sideshow. He was always more of a golfer than a personalty, despite having so much media attention. Now TW is just a sports personalty, doesn't play that much golf, not that good at it either.

Remember when Golf Channel dedicated a camera to his parking spot on Tuesday or Wednesday for the 2014 PGA at Valhalla?
 

Pavel Buchnevich

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Anyone else notice how bad Day has been this year? He's also on the verge of relinquishing #1. Anyone think he might be playing injured? He was injured in the offseason. I hope he isn't injured, but he's just not playing good golf. Putting has been atrocious for a golfer who's normally the second best putter in the world.
 
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29/40.

I only started following golf 4-5 years ago, and it shows. I got the ones from this generation, but anything earlier I didn't know.

I don't know what to think about Tiger anymore.

Interesting hypothesis about Day. I haven't paid him much attention lately, so I won't guess at what is the issue, but hopefully he is 100% soon.
 
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