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@taniwharugby said in Golf:

@JK yeah when I was playing well, I could get my 7 iron in a circle of area of about 5m of one another, but no way cold I tell you how far each went to that accuracy...maybe on my short irons I knew what my max was, and I played golf trying to hit it to the max, but my driver, I'd be way out on that, by >50m sometimes I reckon, short, long, wide!

Yeah mate, irons I am pretty good at getting an accurate distance as you actually have to think about it every shot. Where as most the time with the driver (or 3 wood if driver is misbehaving) it's just 'as far as it will go' haha

Actually hit the range today for a bit and was following the tracker stats. Had a stupid tail wind though so was getting a fair but of extra distance today

Ryan Fox gets his 2023 season underway later this week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

Also another Kiwi playing on the DP World Tour this year is Daniel Hillier who earned his card after some great results on the Challenge Tour last year.

@1kiwi said in Golf:

Ryan Fox gets his 2023 season underway later this week at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.

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Also another Kiwi playing on the DP World Tour this year is Daniel Hillier who earned his card after some great results on the Challenge Tour last year.

Fox is now ranked 28th in the world ... time to win a major Ryan!

Golf round-up

Lydia Ko has won the Saudi Ladies International for a second time and pockets $1.2mil

Steven Alker finishes in a tie for 8th at the latest PGA Champions event in Florida

John Rahm regains World Number One ranking after victory at the Genesis Invitational in California

I think Lydia could have a pretty special year. Shes kicked off where she left off last year and I think 2023 could be pretty dominant for her.

Also, Foxy back home and shot a new course record 60 at Te Arai (South) last week

He had a 61 at Tara Iti back in January to set the course record there too.

Yeah I heard Foxy chatting to Sumo & Beaver on SENZ earlier this week about his course record. He also chatted to them about his upcoming schedule that he heads off to the US on Saturday to play the Arnold Palmer Invitational next week, then The Players Championship, World Golf Championships Matchplay, The Masters & The RBC Heritage in South Carolina so a big couple of months ahead for Foxy.

@JK he had been shooting some low numbers in that period in NZ and had a hole in 1 at his home club...just highlights how different these courses must be compared to those they play on tour, given that one is a shade under 7,000 yards which isnt massively shorter than most tour courses, I think Bethpage black is one of the longer ones at 7400 yards (although Augusta is down as 7500)

@taniwharugby said in Golf:

@JK he had been shooting some low numbers in that period in NZ and had a hole in 1 at his home club...just highlights how different these courses must be compared to those they play on tour, given that one is a shade under 7,000 yards which isnt massively shorter than most tour courses, I think Bethpage black is one of the longer ones at 7400 yards (although Augusta is down as 7500)

Its crazy eh. Plus Te Arai south is super forgiving. You can easily see how he could (and did) burn it up there

Ryan Fox shot a five under 67 in the final round to finish tied for 14th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida this morning earning $520,000 NZD for his efforts.
Next up for him is The Players Championship later this week.

@1kiwi said in Golf:

Ryan Fox shot a five under 67 in the final round to finish tied for 14th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida this morning earning $520,000 NZD for his efforts.
Next up for him is The Players Championship later this week.

That's a pretty solid result for Fox given the quality of the field and how tricky it was to shoot a score.

Be good if he has a couple more good comps as he builds for the masters next month, do wonders for his confidence.

Still winning

Kiwi Danny Lee has won the latest LIV Golf event in Arizona pocketing $6,000,000 for his victory.

@1kiwi said in Golf:

Kiwi Danny Lee has won the latest LIV Golf event in Arizona pocketing $6,000,000 for his victory.

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Way to go Danny Boy!

@1kiwi so that has probably multiplied his career earnings by about 10

@1kiwi Good job that putt hit the pin or it would have ended up in Phoenix

@dogmeat said in Golf:

@1kiwi Good job that putt hit the pin or it would have ended up in Phoenix

Truth!

House music as players tee off? Player selected walk on theme music? Happy Gilmore would have loved it

@canefan said in Golf:

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House music as players tee off? Player selected walk on theme music? Happy Gilmore would have loved it

I watched some of this over the weekend, what an event. I haven't seen a better crowd in golf for years, the atmosphere was brilliant, the players were enjoying themselves and the conditions in Adelaide were perfect. The commentary team said they had never seen better conditions for a golf tournament.

LIV golf is definitely here to stay and I really wouldn't be surprised if more big-name players make the shift over.

Liv is a great watch. The scenes when the lessor-Koepka hit the hole-in-one at the stadium hole were fucking great

The stuffy sanctimonious fluffybunnies at the PGA tour should be worried (though for all the chat, the money they are now paying out is fucking ridiculous as well).

@Canes4life although from what I have seen, LIV has better support outside the US, particularly places like Aus where the PGA dont go anyway.

Hopefully there will be some common ground in the near future, while LIV has alot of cash, it surely isnt unlimited meaning if more and more want to jump, the sign on bonuses will drop.

PGA need to pull thier heads out and find a way forward where both exist, but I think for that to happen, probably the head of both PGA (Jay Monahan) and LIV (Greg Norman) will need to step down, seems alot of ego there.

LIV Aus was indeed awesome but a lot of that is due to the Aussie crowd that, lets be honest, would have turned up to watch pretty much any sport put on in a similar environment.

I've watched a of heap of LIV (and golf in general) and the atmosphere and vibe event was sooo much better than all the others . Right now for me, from a spectacle point of view, its still LPGA then LIV, with PGA a long way behind (unless its a major)

Gee not a day for good news.

Just read the my old mate Mike Hendry has been diagnosed with leukaemia. He’d qualified for the open this year too, plus a young family. Gutted.

@JK Awful to hear that. Played golf and cricket with/against him.

@Tim Yeah mate. Shithouse.

Let's hope he can win this fight

Fox in the hunt at the US PGA. Only 3 off the lead in 7th place after the first round.

Brooks in the mix again

@canefan said in Golf:

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That's not a great photo to showcase his athleticism...

Poor start from Fox. Dropped two shots already through 7

Block, the club pro, just got a hole in 1. Amazing scenes!!!

@MajorRage dunked

Some guy from a bush league wins the PGA. Congrats Brooks.

I always thought coexistence was inevitable. But this is quicker than I expected

somehow the egos of Monahan and Norman were able to come to an agreement and the tours will be able to co exist.

I don't imagine all those huge signing bonuses on the LIV tour will be about anymore, so those already made some abnormally large coin just to join, although I expect they will still be tied to LIV in whatever form it takes going forward.

In the end, this is the best outcome.