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@YGTRory And the coefficient of restitution off those green-like fairways is near unity (high).😂

“He’s (J Day) only got 159 yards to the flag, & the hole is 495 yards.” *Said with astonishment 10th hole at Augusta is down a MOUNTAIN slope. So the tee shot went 334. Down the most mental slope in golf. This is part of the reason people think roll back should be a thing.

Let's go Patrick!!

@THPGolf Definitely. You get 4 chances on every put😂

4 Man Scramble - Make the Cut at the Masters? You have yourself You have a +1 You have a 4.5 You have a 0 Those are the players in your foursome. You are playing Augusta National on tournament days. You are playing a scramble. Would your foursome make cut?

@YourFriendKyle_ And what are “tournament conditions” exactly? Adding an inch of rough and increasing the stimp by 2 feet would add less than 1 stroke to the course rating. I will be on the lookout for “tucked” pins this weekend 😂

This is the most ridiculous debate lmao. Yes, Augusta is hard. Yes, tournament conditions make it extremely hard. If you think for even a second that a SINGLE DIGIT handicap isn't winning the Masters starting on the green you are drunk.

@larrywardgolf Bifurcation could be the death of golf

Bifurcation please!

@SamQuinnCBS I like your take on a team concept of specialists!

I’m a total non-golf fan, but I have a possibly naive question for golf people: why hasn’t team golf ever caught on? I feel like a team having specialists to drive and putt and chip could be pretty interesting. Explain to me why I’m wrong, I genuinely know nothing here.

@LouStagner The writers of Dilbert couldn’t create a better character for this role. The existence of this man points to us being in a simulation 😂

Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley says golf has become "one-dimensional." "Until recent years golf has been a game of imagination, creativity, and variety. The game has become much more one-dimensional." Great soundbite. It's also directly contradicted by the USGA's Distance Insights Project. Here's what their research actually found. Today's long hitters are good at everything. Report R56 measured how closely driving distance was linked to every other skill on Tour. Longer hitters have improved their approach play. They have improved their short game. They have improved their putting. R56's conclusion: "This can be interpreted as longer hitters becoming better at the non-driving distance parts of the game, while accurate hitters were becoming worse at the non-driving accuracy parts of the game." Read that again. The USGA concluded long hitters are becoming MORE well-rounded. The straight hitters are becoming LESS well-rounded. If anyone is getting more "one-dimensional," it's the shorter hitting accurate players, not the bombers. Report R14 (Mark Broadie) broke down what separates the top 40 players from the field: approach shots 36%, driving 32%, short game 17%, putting 14%. The single biggest contributor to elite scoring is still approach play. Non-driving skills account for 68% of the scoring advantage. R56 analyzed every tee shot on every par 4 and par 5 on the PGA TOUR over 15 seasons using Shotlink data. Driving distance explains 3% of scoring variance on a hole. Where your ball ends up (fairway, rough, bunker) explains 9% of scoring variance on a hole. Where you hit it matters three times more than how far you hit it. Ridley's claim "feels" right, but feelings aren't data. The USGA's research found that today's long hitters are more well-rounded than ever, approach play still matters more than driving, and distance explains 3% of scoring variance on a hole while where the ball ends up explains 9% of the scoring variance. The game hasn't become one-dimensional. The best players have added dimensions.

@mattbegreatyt What if the Tour had tested for performance enhancing drugs before 2008?

Since the Masters has started it has me thinking… Is Tiger Woods the biggest “What if” of all time? Crazy to say because He is one of the greats, but I’m being serious. Imagine how many majors He could have won if he stayed out of trouble and stayed healthy. Thoughts?

@LouStagner These people and their “tournament condition talk” cracks me up.

It’s basically a 100% chance an 18 breaks 150 at Augusta.

@KaseyGraydon @LouStagner They should have a few practice rounds and be expected to spend time on the practice putting green. They are not hopping on 1 foot putting their shoes on from the parking lot and heading to the first tee cold

@LouStagner The rating/slope is 76.2/137. An 18 handicap is expected to shoot 98. However, Most 18’s are going to have 3W into par 4’s. Short game is going to inflate that number. I don’t think 150 is crazy. Crowds, cameras, etc put it 125+ easy.

@Mxfairman @LouStagner 2 more feet of stimp and an inch more rough adds less that 1 to the course rating

@LouStagner I played Olympia Fields North a couple days after the US Open was held there. They left the setup, but I’m sure the greens weren’t as fast with a couple days growth. I’m a 15 and shot slightly over 100, seem to recall 108 but don’t remember the exact number.

@LouStagner I think the assumption is that this 18 HI will role down Magnolia 10 minutes before his tee time, put in his shoes in the parking lot, take a few practice swings and tee off. Assume he has a few practice rounds and spends time on the practice green

@MidwestGolfJake Yeah, a lot of people have no sense of humor

I'm sorry, but someone has to say it. There's no way he's ever going to hit it well from this position. 😏 Flying elbow, standing the club up. The IG and YouTube golf coaches must hate this.

@PGATUOR Letting the rough grow another inch and speeding up the greens two feet on the stimp meter would add less than a stroke to the course rating. Not sure if they would even do this.

Could you break 100 at Augusta with the Masters setup?

@TourSwingsTommy 6 or 8? Distance related to spin on approach shots

At what handicap level do you believe golfers start to seriously notice a difference in golf balls? I’m not talking ProV1 vs some water logged Top Flight. I’m talking about a Chrome soft vs a Bridgestone etc…

@THPGolf Nope. Ping needs to make fairway woods and hybrids that don’t point over my lead shoulder at address.

Do your fairway woods match your driver in brand?

@GravySauceCream Then, than bugs me

the grammatical error that bugs me the most is when someone uses “loose” instead of “lose” or vice versa. i really don’t understand how someone over the age of 7 makes that mistake.

@PGATUOR 3

Rate LeBron’s swing on a scale of 1-10:

@byajperez Sunday Red logo 😂

Tiger Woods fought off hiccups and drowsiness after his DUI arrest last week. The new footage seems to back up the arrest report, which stated the 15-time major champ showed “several signs of impairment.”

@MyTPI Crazy that the bladder plays such a prominent role in the golf swing😂

New video going live tomorrow with one of the fastest rising golfers in the world over the last 18 months. Any guesses?