Golf
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I love it. I think having a historically good #1 is great for the sport. Scheffler isn't exactly a showman, but when he's this good I don't think it matters.
Watching him play the back 9 on Sunday at Augusta was art. I normally lose focus if a player is 3-4 up and running away, but I couldn't take my eyes off it. It was an absolute masterclass.
I also tuned in to the Chevron purely to watch Korda. I wouldn't have known it was on otherwise.
It's another reason that the Presidents Cup needs to be mixed gender. A Korda/Scheffler pairing would be unmissable.
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I never knew that was talked about for President’s cup. I’d watch that.
I don’t really root for Korda or Scheffler when they play. They appear robotic which is a strength of theirs I guess. I have tried the Scheffler shuffle on the range though. My hip felt like it was going to dislocate more than doing the Happy Gilmour.
Golf has gotta be one of the only sports that is watchable that can have men and women competing fairly (obvs different tee positions though). Ultramarathon supposedly is genderless but is also a fairly joyless sport for the viewer. Can’t be bothered thinking of others. -
I never knew that was talked about for President’s cup. I’d watch that.
I don’t really root for Korda or Scheffler when they play. They appear robotic which is a strength of theirs I guess. I have tried the Scheffler shuffle on the range though. My hip felt like it was going to dislocate more than doing the Happy Gilmour.
Golf has gotta be one of the only sports that is watchable that can have men and women competing fairly (obvs different tee positions though). Ultramarathon supposedly is genderless but is also a fairly joyless sport for the viewer. Can’t be bothered thinking of others.Equestrian? Never watched, don't know if that's a sport.
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There have been a few golfers since Tiger's long period of dominance who have briefly threatened to take over. Rory, Spieth, Koepka maybe - but their supremacy soon faded and they fell back into the pack of contenders again. It only needs one part of your game to become shaky and you cannot dominate consistently.
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@KiwiPie and the issue with Shuffler right now, is there will always be a bit of an asterisk next to him name given he is rarely playing Koepka, Rahm etc.
Sure he likely would still be winning what he is winning, but the WGR do have a bit of a gap with the LIV stuff.
I saw a stat recently saying Shuffler would need to stay #1 for the next 500 weeks or so to match Tigers reign, which is pretty astounding.
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@taniwharugby said in Golf:
@KiwiPie and the issue with Shuffler right now, is there will always be a bit of an asterisk next to him name given he is rarely playing Koepka, Rahm etc.
Sure he likely would still be winning what he is winning, but the WGR do have a bit of a gap with the LIV stuff.
I saw a stat recently saying Shuffler would need to stay #1 for the next 500 weeks or so to match Tigers reign, which is pretty astounding.
Tiger at number 1 - his long reigns, he reached number 1 eleven times.
264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004.
281 weeks from June 2005 to October 2010.
60 weeks from March 2013 to May 2014.683 weeks in total - over 13 years! Scheffler has done 84 weeks already, another decade at number 1 and he will be getting close! He's already at number 6 for weeks at number 1 (after Woods, Norman, Johnson, McIlroy, Faldo) and as you say, without the LIV golfers, it's an easier feat.
Bonus point if you can name the 3 different men who were next number 1 at the end of those 3 reigns. I'll post the answers today some time.
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hhhmmm, trying to think, Phil, Bubba and Els spring to mind, but not sure, will have to think on that.
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@taniwharugby said in Golf:
hhhmmm, trying to think, Phil, Bubba and Els spring to mind, but not sure, will have to think on that.
In my best clickbait voice "The answers may surprise you!"
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One will be David Duval
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wait, no it won't, he would have been before that 99-04 stint
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@mariner4life said in Golf:
wait, no it won't, he would have been before that 99-04 stint
Spot on - Tiger went on his 99-04 run having taken over from Duval.
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ok so who was good then for a bit, but would be a surprising choice.
Vijay?
Some rando who i remember having an awesome run like Davis Love III?
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@mariner4life yeah I thought Montgomery or Garcia maybe, but not sure either even made #1, spent alot of time in Tigers shadow.
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@mariner4life said in Golf:
ok so who was good then for a bit, but would be a surprising choice.
Vijay?
Some rando who i remember having an awesome run like Davis Love III?
Vijay is correct. He took over from Tiger in 2004 and then they swapped it between them a few times until Tiger's 2005 run.
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Vijay was #1 more than once? that's pretty cool.
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And the answers are
2010 - the player who took over was Lee Westwood for 17 weeks followed by Kaymer, Westwood, Donald, McIlroy - a golden period for European golf. In fact no American was number 1 again until Woods in 2013.
2014 - the player who took over was Adam Scott for 11 weeks followed by Rory for a year before Spieth first hit number 1.
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I watched LIV golf on the telly for the first time just now. Could only stomach it for a couple of minutes. Is it normal to have loud music and announcements while the players are teeing off. It reminded me of the darts.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Golf:
I watched LIV golf on the telly for the first time just now. Could only stomach it for a couple of minutes. Is it normal to have loud music and announcements while the players are teeing off. It reminded me of the darts.
I think that is part of their schtick
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@Crazy-Horse said in Golf:
I watched LIV golf on the telly for the first time just now. Could only stomach it for a couple of minutes. Is it normal to have loud music and announcements while the players are teeing off. It reminded me of the darts.
I think that is part of their schtick
Not my cup of tea.
