David Spinelli
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David Spinelli
@dspin65
Politically Independent. Golf ⛳️ geek; Torrey Pines, Crail & St Andrews are my home courses. USGA Rules certified. Analytics volunteer for the Joe Moore Award.


😮 THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN TO WIN SINCE 1919 🎉


@AnthonyKim_Golf @malbongolf The world would be a better place without Anthony Kim. Utter garbage human









"After four rounds, what is to make of the test Aronimink Golf Club presented? Any conversation about the golf course or the setup must start here: the sport is currently completely out of scale. There is no greater evidence of that than Aaron Rai clubbing down to 3-wood off the tee on No. 15, a 527-yard par 4, to find the widest section of the fairway, while many of the longest players in the field were consistently bailed out by errant drives finding trampled-down areas where spectators trod throughout the week. "Those are symptoms of a game that is not in scale, one that would benefit from being shrunk back to the dimensions of golf courses, so that a 5’11, 170-pound player with below-average clubhead speed is hitting driver on 530-yard par 4s. And so that long players with wide misses aren’t rewarded by finding areas of the property never intended to be part of the course, or tournament infrastructure that results in a free drop. A scaled-back version of the game would allow more accurate tee shots to find the fairway, while wide misses would settle between gallery ropes and the fairway. "If somebody cannot review the shots we’re seeing from professional golfers and acknowledge that the sport has lost the plot with modern technology, there is no constructive way to move the sport forward. Before vilifying tree-removal programs or advocating for thicker rough, we need to have a more nuanced conversation about what is actually happening on the golf course. Bring dispersion patterns back in line with the game board on which the sport is played. That is a vision for a more strategic, balanced, and well-rounded version of the sport. It is also a more responsible one." - @JosephLaMagna in his takeaways piece from the PGA Championship (Photo Courtesy: PGA of America)








@JaydaBF This ⬆️ wins the Most Racist Tweet of the Day award 🥇 It is truly astounding in this day and age that this is even in question. Aaron was born and raised in England. 🏴


Does anyone enjoy hearing fans scream random stuff after shots in golf? I would like to see it eliminated by ejecting the fans who scream. Golf is the only sport you can peacefully have on all day in the background, but that peace is constantly interrupted for drunken shoutouts










