2025 Endzone's Best Ball Challenge - Arnold Palmer Invitational

#30
#30
Geez can't even get a hint of hope from my picks. 2 on the course. 13 holes completed collectively. 6 over par with no birdies.

I hope Bay Hill is this hard for everyone. I think Homa maybe shoulda skipped TGL last week and focused on Bay Hill.

But...maybe I'm overreacting. The leaderboard is only -1 with 10 holes in the bag. So maybe this will be a much tougher scoring weekend than we've had the last few weeks of -20's to win.

Sad part about TGL for Tiger is that he's just as bad there as he is outside trying walk 18 holes. He destroyed his body with his life choices, and his game has pretty much left him for good I think as far a pro competition. I'm not sure he would fare much better on the senior circuit. Novelty only attracts fans for so long if you can't produce occasionally.
 
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#31
#31
GVF said:
Geez can't even get a hint of hope from my picks. 2 on the course. 13 holes completed collectively. 6 over par with no birdies.

I hope Bay Hill is this hard for everyone. I think Homa maybe shoulda skipped TGL last week and focused on Bay Hill.

But...maybe I'm overreacting. The leaderboard is only -1 with 10 holes in the bag. So maybe this will be a much tougher scoring weekend than we've had the last few weeks of -20's to win.

Sad part about TGL for Tiger is that he's just as bad there as he is outside trying walk 18 holes. He destroyed his body with his life choices, and his game has pretty much left him for good I think as far a pro competition. I'm not sure he would fare much better on the senior circuit. Novelty only attracts fans for so long if you can't produce occasionally.
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I thought his powerful twisting swing wore his body out. He was always at or near the top of the leaderboard for a lot of years.
 
#32
#32
Go aeiou said:
I thought his powerful twisting swing wore his body out. He was always at or near the top of the leaderboard for a lot of years.
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Well, that kind of swing can't go forever in an aging body. He would have already had to overhaul that. But, couple that with his lifestlye choices and accident injuries and public embarassments and he's a shell of his former self. That may have been what he needed. He apparently was getting into too many things that says I got more money than I can spend.

I think Rory has had to transition some swing stuff too. He's been erratic the last few years and he's no spring chicken anymore either.
 
#33
#33
Go aeiou said:
I thought his powerful twisting swing wore his body out. He was always at or near the top of the leaderboard for a lot of years.
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This is a big part of it. His caddie Steve I think was his name and coaches tried to get him to tone down his swing for years. He was putting way too much stress on his back.
 
#34
#34
Tough day at Bay Hill. Honestly, I don't even know if there is a cut line this weekend. But, I've got three in the clubhouse at +2, +6, +9. Rory at T2 with -3 and two to go.

Field of 72 I think.
Only 15 golfers are in the red.
Lone leader is -4.
30 golfers are E to +3.
27 golfers are +4 or worse.

Gotta expect there will be a few break away rounds, but if today's difficulties are indicitive of the entire weekend, a -10 to -12 could possibly be a strong tournament.

Edit: Rory bogied the 18th for a -2. I finished at -8 with horrible scores. Homa was over par on 10 of 18 holes.
 
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GVF said:
Tough day at Bay Hill. Honestly, I don't even know if there is a cut line this weekend. But, I've got three in the clubhouse at +2, +6, +9. Rory at T2 with -3 and two to go.

Field of 72 I think.
Only 15 golfers are in the red.
Lone leader is -4.
30 golfers are E to +3.
27 golfers are +4 or worse.

Gotta expect there will be a few break away rounds, but if today's difficulties are indicitive of the entire weekend, a -10 to -12 could possibly be a strong tournament.

Edit: Rory bogied the 18th for a -2. I finished at -8 with horrible scores. Homa was over par on 10 of 18 holes.
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-5 unless i had some holes wth all bogies. So you dun good.
 
#37
#37
Tl;dr
Stfu
Gtfo

A lot of ppl forget about Fred Couples and how he could fookin crush the ball with woods that were really woods...because he was young and limber and had the turn...

Even Jimmie knows the turn is what generates clubhead speed...age affects the turn...at this point Tiger can't generate the turn speed he once could...tryin consciously to slow the downswing will eventually lead to fighting against gravity...
 
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#38
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GordonC said:
Tl;dr
Stfu
Gtfo

A lot of ppl forget about Fred Couples and how he could fookin crush the ball with woods that were really woods...because he was young and limber and had the turn...

Jimmie knows the turn is what generates clubhead speed...age affects the turn...at this point Tiger can't generate the speed he once could...tryin consciously to slow the downswing will eventually lead to fighting against gravity...
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Boom Boom!
 
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#40
#40
Please check your score.

95 Vol Alum said:
Standings after Round 1:
  • 95 Vol Alum -11
  • malinoisvol -10
  • jhen -10
  • GreveHaller -8
  • Tri-CitiesVol -8
  • GordonC -8
  • GBO18 -8
  • GVF -8
  • peaygolf -8
  • Yankee -7
  • 82_VOL_83 -7
  • VolInNorthCack -7
  • joevol -6
  • WestTNFox -5
  • volfanbill -5
  • Go aeiou -5
  • NorCalVol67 -5
  • Danl -5
  • Thunder Good-Oil -5
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#42
#42
GordonC said:
Tl;dr
Stfu
Gtfo

A lot of ppl forget about Fred Couples and how he could fookin crush the ball with woods that were really woods...because he was young and limber and had the turn...

Even Jimmie knows the turn is what generates clubhead speed...age affects the turn...at this point Tiger can't generate the turn speed he once could...tryin consciously to slow the downswing will eventually lead to fighting against gravity...
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I still use the persimmon wood Spaldings that my dad bought in the 70's. Have had them re-planed, re-grooved and refinished 3 or 4 times. And there is nothing like pure contact with one of those. When you hit it right, no metal fairway wood is better.
 
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VolInNorthCack said:
I still use the persimmon wood Spaldings that my dad bought in the 70's. Have had them re-planed, re-grooved and refinished 3 or 4 times. And there is nothing like pure contact with one of those. When you hit it right, no metal fairway wood is better.
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I had a set of Muirfield Persimmons. Had a couple college roommates at ACU ome semester that were on the golf team. He had won them in a tournament and didn't want them and gave them to me to pay his month's rent share. At the time they were the only quality clubs in my bag. I was playing an ols set of Bobby Nichols blades that slapped your body around every time you struck the ball. Loved those woods. So pure and long on a clean strike. Which at that point in my game was kinda rare. My BIL had them for a bit. Maybe they're still around. Muirfields were sort of the premium persimmons of the day.

The next best invention right before metal woods took off was this wood called Kool Kat and had a graphite shaft. It was a cork filled oversized persimmon. And by over sized I mean prob the size of today's 3 woods. This young up and coming kid at the golf course had one. He could literally destroy that driver off the tees.

I remember the days of pros pushing drives out to 300 with these persimmons and steel shafts.

Pretty cool you still play those woods. I wouldn't drop a dime bet on a hole if someone stepped on the tee box and pulled out a persimmon these days.
 
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#44
#44
Homa has to pick up 6 strokes on his last 6 holes or I will be playing with only two cards for the weekend, neither of which are resembling aces.

Yet...with my horrible scores, I've already hit -10 for the R2. But, I only have a chance to pivk up only 2 more strokes for the day.
 
#46
#46
Please check your score.

95 Vol Alum said:
Standings after Round 2:
  • 95 Vol Alum -25
  • jhen -23
  • GreveHaller -21
  • Tri-CitiesVol -21
  • peaygolf -21
  • GBO18 -19
  • GVF -19
  • VolInNorthCack -19
  • malinoisvol -18
  • 82_VOL_83 -18
  • volfanbill -18
  • NorCalVol67 -18
  • Yankee -17
  • Thunder Good-Oil -17
  • Go aeiou -16
  • WestTNFox -16
  • Danl -16
  • joevol -16
  • GordonC -15
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#47
#47
Golfers remaining after the cut:
  • joevol - 3
  • 82_VOL_83 - 1
  • 95 Vol Alum - 3
  • NorCalVol67 - 1
  • volfanbill - 3
  • GVF - 2
  • GreveHaller - 4
  • Danl - 4
  • malinoisvol - 2
  • Yankee - 3
  • Thunder Good-Oil - 2
  • GBO18 - 2
  • Tri-CitiesVol - 3
  • GordonC - 2
  • peaygolf - 3
  • Go aeiou - 3
  • jhen - 3
  • WestTNFox - 3
  • VolInNorthCack - 2
 
#48
#48
Please check your score.

95 Vol Alum said:
Standings after Round 3:
  • jhen -32
  • 95 Vol Alum -31
  • GreveHaller -30
  • Tri-CitiesVol -29
  • GVF -27
  • Danl -27
  • peaygolf -26
  • volfanbill -25
  • joevol -25
  • GBO18 -24
  • Yankee -24
  • Thunder Good-Oil -24
  • Go aeiou -24
  • VolInNorthCack -23
  • malinoisvol -22
  • GordonC -22
  • WestTNFox -21
  • 82_VOL_83 -19
  • NorCalVol67 -15
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