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re: Why do some golfers “lose It” when they are still in their prime?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 9:30 am to tigerinthebueche
Posted on 3/24/25 at 9:30 am to tigerinthebueche
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Guess the signs were wrong.
More than happy to eat crow on this one. Glad he won, I like Hovland. Doesn't necessarily change the fact that the trajectory he was on was not a great sign though, that wasn't really a stretch.
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Posted on 3/24/25 at 9:35 am to iwyLSUiwy
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More than happy to eat crow on this one. Glad he won, I like Hovland. Doesn't necessarily change the fact that the trajectory he was on was not a great sign though, that wasn't really a stretch.
I’m with you, and Valspar is actually a pretty good win. Demanding course for a regular Tour stop. But we saw Rickie win a couple years ago and Rocket Mortgage (I think, one of those middle of the summer events in the upper Midwest) after being uncompetitive for a long time, and he’s really gone right back to that spot.
Hovland is a way better player than Rickie and I hope he gets back to a perennial top 10 guy, but I’d wait to just pencil him in there until he puts a few good results in a row together. He was coming off some awful golf in the weeks leading up to this win.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 2:40 pm to Corinthians420
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Rory could win the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this year, he's won there 4 times out of 13 tries, including last year.
Top 5 in 2022, won in 2021 as well
He might be the Vegas favorite even in a field with Scottie.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 2:41 pm to Corinthians420
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don't understand why people are saying Morikawa doesn't have a chance.
I think he's got the most "sustainable" swing out of all of them too. He can have the same game until he's 45.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 2:46 pm to BurlesonCountyAg
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How did Jim Furyk have such a long, successful career with that swing?
Because he was consistent as frick with that swing.
I had a golf instructor tell me when I was a wee young lad that it isn't who has the best swing, it's who has the most repeatable swing. Consistency is everything. I've played scratch golfers at my club who have awkward swings and hooking or slicing ball flights, but they can repeat it ever single time.
Also Furyk could go into another universe with putting when he was on fire, which I'm convinced is just a gift from God.
I've played golf since I was 6 and am now in my 40s. Gotten my handicap down to 1 at my peak (now a 6ish) and I swear putting at an elite level is just something you're born with. Anyone can get good, but the required "feel" to be elite is not learnable.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 3:04 pm to lsupride87
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The generations before “owned” their swings because it was just that, their swings.
And NOBODY owned their swing more than Arnold Palmer. One of the wonkiest swings ever in the game of golf, but it worked for him.
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