JetFlyingFrog
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just me or is no one there? looks emptier than i've ever seen it.
I’m trying to win the wooden spoon award like in Superbru! I’m killing it!In Round 3, @hometown frog continued to make the competition uninteresting, although he finally had a player post an over-par round. Meanwhile, the two guys left on @Horned Toad 's roster shot a pair of 64s, but since he didn't change out the guys who missed the cut, he also gets saddled with a pair of 75s (worst score in the field). Still made up ground on me.
Standings:
-20 @hometown frog
-2 @ShreveFrog
+3 @gohornedfrogs
+3 JogginFrog
+8 @Horned Toad
Been thinking the same thing all week.just me or is no one there? looks emptier than i've ever seen it.
just me or is no one there? looks emptier than i've ever seen it.
I think it being on Memorial Day weekend sucks. I would have gone the whole week but family vacay takes priorityjust me or is no one there? looks emptier than i've ever seen it.
One thing I noticed while watching the highlights was a big pile of dirt opposite the 13th tee, I think. Probably off grounds but not the kind of thing you usually see in a PGA Tour camera shot.
It’s an unpopular opinion with some, but the “improvements” made to the course have not enhanced the tournament at all. They took a flat course that lacked a little wow factor and made it flatter while removing most of whatever wow factor it had. Still a fine course, but it’s just a pretty boring watch, especially on TV.Been thinking the same thing all week.
Firm greens are great. That’s really all the former course needed IMO.@Wexahu, I agree on 13 for sure--the changes are boring and the redesign doesn't fit with the rest of the course. While there was no way to replicate the 1941 look with a low green on the edge of the river, I'd have liked to see a diagonal green with a shaved bank and less sand that plays more like a longer version of Augusta #12. The course isn't just for the pros, but that hole was designed to be tough and the restoration is toothless.
I also agree that the flatter profile looks worse on TV. Yes, 17 needed more pinnable locations, but the intimidation factor is gone--I liked the challenge of having to hit a precise, late-in-the-round short approach. Don't need a reprise of #10.
But I disagree on the bounced-in approaches on 4 and a few other flattish holes. Restoring the firmness of the course and asking the pros to play run-up shots is great. They are hardly ever asked to do that in today's aerial game, and that's exactly what a Texas course should feature. Some of the best highlights have been shots landing short and running up close, sometimes with unexpected bounces.
When you look at the chance for dramatic scoring swings, Nantz & company are correct. Six of the eight holes with the highest scoring variation are on the front nine.I thought what Nantz and the announcers just said was interesting -- speculating that maybe they should reverse the 9's. That would put The Horrible Horseshoe on network tv. Drawbacks I see is that #9 is not that great of a finishing hole, and #10 isn't a great starting hole.
It’s sad. There are people there and most are being led or filtered to corporate tents or seating areas out of view from the TV cameras. This is a death wish on Colonial. Money hungry corporate greed. Who wants to watch a golf tournament with no patrons around the green? I saw this last year walking the course and tried to get a nice location as a walking patron and it was impossible! I thought it was only because of the course reconstruction but this year no changes have been made for the walk on patron on the back nine! The front nine is not as bad but still changes for the TV viewing audience to see that there are no patrons!
In 5 years the Colonial National Invitational Golf Tournament as we all knew for decades will no longer survive. Very sad!!
I thought what Nantz and the announcers just said was interesting -- speculating that maybe they should reverse the 9's. That would put The Horrible Horseshoe on network tv. Drawbacks I see is that #9 is not that great of a finishing hole, and #10 isn't a great starting hole.
Thanks for putting this together and tracking the scores and picksCongrats to Ben Griffin for winning Colonial, and congrats to @hometown frog for lapping the pick-em field. Final standings:
-16 @hometown frog
+5 @ShreveFrog
+5 @gohornedfrogs
+7 JogginFrog
+19 @Horned Toad
Thanks to all for playing!
This is not just a PGA Tour thing. It's an event "ticketing" thing. The trend among the so-called ticket experts is to move towards the more premium experience. Like a lot of industries, the ticketing industry gets caught up in trendy groupthink and all follow along when someone finds something that works.It's the PGA. They wanted uniformity at all their tournaments and they've achieved it. Boring, thin crowds. Grounds passes have doubled so the casual fan that doesn't have deep pockets or corporate hookups is rethinking how they spend their time. This was the first time in maybe 15 years that I didn't go and I had no FOMO at all. Colonial's corporate sales guy told me, pre-covid, that the PGA would eventually do this and they did. He said members welcome the change so they don't have to volunteer as much and the exclusivity component gets them further away from the casual fan.