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It's summer, and they are making changes at Augusta National again. Someone flew a drone over the course and took some pictures of the on-going landscape construction and new tree plantings.

It appears the two easy par 5s (13th and 15th) are being toughened-up by adding distance to the tee boxes and adding trees on the left side of 13 to prevent cutting off the dogleg. The 11th will have more trees on the right side landing area .

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Augusta National making big changes? Aerial photos appear to show several

Augusta National Golf Club has seen plenty of changes over the decades. The bunkers look nothing like they did when the host site of the Masters opened in 1932. Holes have been lengthened, ponds have been added to Nos. 11 and 16 and tees have…
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Lord Z said:
When you're a man and your first name is "Angel" you have to fight a lot.

Matter of fact it is a little known trivia that Johnny Cash's smash hit was originally named "A Boy Named Angel."
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Miguel Angel Jimenez disagrees. Dude is a pimp, and I first though of him when it mentioned Cabrera getting arrested. I was like NO this can't be true. I will never forget when Justin Leonard was doing commentary for the Open Championship he said something to the effect of "I looked out my hotel window this morning and witnessed Angel Jimenez strolling along the beach with a lady on each arm, smoking a cigar with a bottle of wine in one hand." I thought of that and was like "no way he sexually assaulted a woman, he doesn't need to.
 
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The featured group coverage that I have been watching on Peacock is horrible. They will show a guy who hit and is walking to his ball instead of the next guy hitting or they will show him putting and leave the camera on him instead of the ball so you have no idea what the ball is doing. Oh and that doesn't count how much they have talked about DeChambeau using one length irons and how he needs to use traditional wedges.
 
OK, so who’s the jerk, Kopeka or DeChambeau, or both?

Also, please ignore my spelling, which is probably wrong.
 
Koepka is starting to get a tad obnoxious w/ his attitude.

We are starting to see that Bryson is who he is....hardest worker on the tour, wants to hit every shot perfect, and simply loves and respects the game. He is having fun w/ the Brooks ordeal and it is awesome.
 
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cole854 said:
Koepka is starting to get a tad obnoxious w/ his attitude.

We are starting to see that Bryson is who he is....hardest worker on the tour, wants to hit every shot perfect, and simply loves and respects the game. He is having fun w/ the Brooks ordeal and it is awesome.
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Koepka is a phenomenal golfer but thinks way too much of himself and his athletic abilities. Basically, has the real "jock" mentality and it comes across poorly when he opens his mouth. Has even said many times he does not love playing golf. Think he wanted to be a MLB player.

Bryson is smarter than everyone else on tour and out works all of them as well. Has some weird thoughts that probably should keep to himself but has a real passion for Golf and doing things outside the box to be the best player in the world. Most guys are comfortable not winning but earning a good living and keeping their card (a ton of Poulters on tour). Bryson pushes himself to the max to win. Gotta respect that.
 
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Creed Bratton said:
Just curious if anyone has ever tried the Rypstick or Super Speed swing training aids? I have been thinking about buying one of them and I am leaning toward the Rypstick.

Rypstick
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Growing up and in my early adulthood, golf was a pure social activity. I'd go out, have a laugh and some drinks, and then pass out in a stupor at sunset. During covid, I decided to get better so I started going to the range. I went 3-4 days a week, swinging, swinging, swinging. Because there was no score, my focus was merely to try and hit it over targets I couldn't previously. I've gained 20 mph ball speed with my driver over the last year with no lessons or golf aids.

Here are my recommendations:

-Get your squat and deadlift up. I'm hitting further than I did in my athletic prime because I'm much stronger now. My pursuit of strength training paid off.

-Go to the range and practice hitting the ball as fast as you can. Don't worry if it's not straight. If you have a range that measures ball speed, live there. If not, find another way to track your ball speed, like a portable launch monitor. Try and set a new ball speed record every time. Those fractions of ball speed mph gains build.

I set a few new ball speed records at the range this weekend. It's always a thrill lol
 
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Anybody else watch the 8 hole playoff yesterday at the Travelers? Never saw one go on that long, think it was 2nd longest in PGA history, amazing putting by both players.

Kind of hoping to see Kramer Hickok at the Barbasol, would be a fun kid to follow around that week.
 
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Pretty incredible putts made, pretty incredible back and forth with both guys having major upper hands a couple times. Both deserved a W.
 
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cawoodsct said:
Pretty incredible putts made, pretty incredible back and forth with both guys having major upper hands a couple times. Both deserved a W.
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The up and down English made from a horrible lie in the bunker was pretty much the best shot of the playoff, I have no doubt I would not even get it on the green from that lie, probably not even out of the bunker, much less hit it to ten feet.
 
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Yes watched every hole. Got tired of seeing the same hole over and over. 18 and every third time they would play 17. Mix it up, play the last par 3. It got old seeing 18 over and over. But what a finish. Never seen so many clutch 7-9 foot par putts. But what about both guys and the putts they made to get to a playoff ? Solid golf by both, you hated to see a loser. Didn't care who won, well until the crowd started chanting "Kramer". I was kind of rooting for him so he would get the exemptions, but when the crowd was so one sided, I changed to Harris. Dude was almost like playing an away match. But the best part, Bubba made it all possible by absolutely coming off the rails down the stretch. He had it pretty much won, even after shanking a 5 iron on the par 15, he still had the 274 yard par 4. I have never seen so many pulled iron shots by a pro, and they where not just a little off, they where hacker guy bad. The chip on the short par 4 was the worst of them all. That sports quack he has been visiting may get some increased billing for Ole Bubba.
 
Yea the same hole over and over in a playoff sucks, but I can also understand they are trying to make it easy to watch for the crowd.

With that said, I saw someone have an idea where the winner of the coin toss gets to choose the hole they play, then the loser of the coin toss chooses. Back and forth with the participants choosing which hole to play. Would be a nightmare for logistics but sure would bring strategy into play.
 
My club's "invitational" last weekend. Finally feel 100% after 3 full days of drinking in 90 degree weather and hacking the ball around.

Managed to come away with a yeti cooler and about $125 in skins money despite not scoring well. Finished 82-79, finishing my first round with a triple and missing about 5 putts inside 3 feet on the weekend. Those pickup pars turn into bogeys pretty quickly.

Best part of the weekend, 91 year old in the group behind us fired a 78 first day to lead the calcutta by about 8 shots. From the front tees but absolutely one of the craziest sports accomplishments I've personally seen. Moving around at that age is incredible but beating your age by 13 shots is unheard of.

As always, the friday practice round leading into the shootout is the best part of the weekend. Following around different groups, talking shit, all with a cocktail in hand makes the pain of getting put out early disappear pretty quickly.
 
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You see the dumbasses sprinting to get a good view for the 17th hole the first time? Who in the world sprints to see what’s his name and Harris English.
 
People that paid good money for tickets to the tournament that wanted to watch the finish to exciting playoff golf ? Doesn't matter who was hitting the shots, they where making big time shots and sinking incredible putt after incredible putt in the most pressure filled moments, the closing holes of a PGA tour event. Those no names outlasted the big name guys who wilted and tumbled down the leaderboard in front of them. Bubba Watson looked like a weekend hack C player at a local golf scramble the last 6 holes. DeChambeau and Day could only manage even par 70, Dustin Johnson 1 over 71, while non favorites English (65), Hickok (67), Anser (65) and Kisner (63) made a lot of money by turning in excellent final rounds of golf. Oddly enough, Bubba Watson headed to the 14th hole as the leader at 13 under and -3 for the day. He played the last 5 holes 6 over and fell all the way to -7 and posted a 3 over 73 for the day. If he just played the last 5 even par, he would have been in the playoff with English and Hickok. I actually enjoy seeing the lesser known guys have great showings and earn exemptions on tour, It would get tiring seeing all the top guys up front every week. While they may not be Tiger Woods or insert any other top ranked player, these guys are still the elite of the elite and are very good. Hickok is best friends with Speith and actually beat him for a amateur title years back when they where just beginning.
 
Harris English is not a scrub, he has won 4 times on the PGA tour, 7 pro wins total, and became only the 3rd amateur to win a PGA tour event. Played college golf at Georgia. He has won twice on tour this year.

Hickok played college golf at Texas with Jordan Spieth (roomed with him actually), they won the NCAA championship together and he even caddied for Spieth at the 2011 AT&T Byron Nelson Classic. He lead PGA Tour Canada to the Aruba Cup in 2017 and was PGA Tour Canada player of the year in the same year and won two tournaments also that year. None on the PGA Tour, but he has 3 career pro wins. 2 on the PGA Tour Canada circuit and once on the Korn Ferry tour (Web.com at the time, he beat Hunter Mahan and Matt Jones by 3 strokes at the Web.com Tour Finals DAP Championship). 3 pro wins and a national title in college, I would say he has done just fine. He is only 29 and didn't turn pro until 2016.
 
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catsfanbgky said:
Harris English is not a scrub, he has won 4 times on the PGA tour, 7 pro wins total, and became only the 3rd amateur to win a PGA tour event. Played college golf at Georgia. He has won twice on tour this year.
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Agree with your post, but English won a Nationwide event as an amateur, not a PGA event. IIRC, Phil Mickelson is the last amateur to win a regular PGA tournament.
 
Visited Birmingham last week. Played Ross Bridge and one of the Oxmoor Valley courses. Ross might be the prettiest course I have ever played. Spectacular.
 
Man, for some nothing tournament in Detroit it sure has made some news. Phil is mad saying he's never going to play there again. The Masters champ has to withdraw with Covid and DeChambeau and his caddy get mad and separate the day before the tournament.
 
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Man, for some nothing tournament in Detroit it sure has made some news. Phil is mad saying he's never going to play there again. The Masters champ has to withdraw with Covid and DeChambeau and his caddy get mad and separate the day before the tournament.
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And former Barbasol champ Troy Merritt leading!😃
 
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Any recommendations for an app that allows you to track all scores and pairings for a golf trip.

I’d like one that allows handicaps to be entered manually or edited for trip purposes. One that allows different scoring formats would be great too.

Thanks.
 
^ Golf Genius is the best by far. Expensive but if you’re connected to a course that uses it, they may allow you to use their account to plan a trip.

Been using it for a trip for over 8 years and it’s the best. Pretty easy to use and you can enter the scores on the course. PM if you want more info.
 
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