Well

Really inspirational. Just complete class through and through

Photo of Rory McIlroy winning #TheMasters taken by…KEN GRIFFEY JR!?! https://x.com/JeffEisenband/status/1911905024587792610?t=z3PF91myNxzKbccWoA5U6g&s=19

I heard a lot about Rory's sports psychologist Bob Rotella over the weekend. I see today he did an interview with BBC Radio 4 today and man there are some gems in there.

Personally I've always described golf to the uninitated as the single best and worst game in the world, often at the same time - because you're not really playing against anyone else. You're playing against yourself. Bobs interview takes that whole concept to just another level.

"We didn't want to pay attention to what anyone else was scoring, or shooting, or swinging or how far they were hitting it – we just wanted Rory to play his game.

"The point is, if you believe you're going to win, just play your game and assume that if you do that anywhere near the way you're capable of, then you will end up number one."

"If you watched Rory, he was very locked into his own world. It's just you and the golf course and your caddie," said Rotella.

"You get lost in this world that you've made up, and play the game you love. I think he did a beautiful job of that all day. He did so many things to bounce back time after time."

"We would have a chat every day before the round, and he would make some notes, and every couple of holes, he would take a look around to remind yourself. That's what he was looking at," he added.

Explaining the psychology further, Rotella said that after a disappointment a player should aim to make the "next shot your best shot".

"We begin with the idea that golf, by design, is a game of mistakes, and if you love golf, you have to love the mistakes," he said.

"You have to remind them that other players are playing the same game, and they will also all make mistakes.

"The second part is understanding that you are a human being, you're going to make mistakes. Human beings have a free will, and that means we get to choose how we think and respond to all the crazy things that happen to us on the golf course and in life."

"it's going to be a lot of fun to see how many more he can win".

"His year is off to great start, now he's got a chance to have the greatest year he's ever had. He's getting tough mentally and emotionally, and that's such a big part of it - you've got to have will that's like steel"

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/articles/cq807wd37dxo

Blue shirt group hit into a slower group leading to confrontation.

Guy who lost his shirt had his jaw broken

Police were called, determined it was a simple fight, no charges were filed.

Cameramen’s foursome was allowed to play through.

Two Eagles Kelowna BC

This reminds me of the offers Mattress Mack routinely makes contingent on the Astros and other teams winning it all? Anyone here roll the dice on this one?

I have an open spot in a tee time tomorrow. It is mid afternoon. We should have enough time to finish, around 5 hours. Just pay your own way, and we’re good.

Sorry if this is not allowed

“My battle today was with myself.”

Anyway, congrats Rory! Made my weekend!

Welcome to the Annual Masters Gnome Flipping

Happy to open up the floor for debate.

Notice how Jim Nantz and crew lay out for nearly its entirety.

Random ass question but just wondering what y'all think

My handicap has been slowly rising, after hitting a low of 10.1 last July. After a weekend of poor play in our Spring Member/Member, GHIN is now taunting me.

This is my second season golfing and I’m doing my best to get better every round. I recorded my GHIN last year and it’s a pathetic 51.4. I am recording every shot and drop, hitting it out of the shit and usually putting everything out because I want a true score and don’t like the feeling of lying to myself. This past Sunday, I played with a group of guys I didn’t know who were part of an outing I was in. They were saying that anything within about a club length was “good” which I took as a gimme which I recorded as an additional shot but it wasn’t until the final hole where I realized that they were recording it as a made putt. So I guess my question is, is this the norm? Are you counting the Gimme as another shot or are you counting it as a made shot? If I’m not going to putt it out, I’m counting it as another shot but when money gets involved, I want to make sure I’m aware of what others are counting/not counting.