What do you mean? The field is too tight right now?
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PDGA Major: 2022 PDGA Champions Cup Apr 14-17
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What do you mean? The field is too tight right now?
I am not a course designer. I will leave the course tweaking to them. Let's see how this plays out.
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I'm just a casual observer of the tour level tournament golf, but it seems like a larger number than normal are bunched at the top, within a few strokes. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but I'm constantly hearing about the need for scoring separation from some designers.
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i'm not saying it's too tight, just tighter than what I've noticed before in a major.
Cgkdisc
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Scoring separation based on skill is desired not artificial padding from OB penalties. If you look at the UDisc stats, the scoring spread on each hole is pretty good with every hole delivering between 20 & 58% birdies. In ball golf, they typically cut after two rounds to everyone within 10 strokes of the leader on the assumption that's as many strokes as can be made up by a player at the cut line in two more rounds. Even with a field this tight, it always seems to separate such that only two or three are in a playoff if one even happens (and that's good for viewership). It will be interesting to see how those numbers look after tomorrow for comparison.
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I hope no one takes this the wrong way, but...
I'm not used to seeing Holly in 1st place.
At least not at an event with this many top pros.
Good for her!
I'm not used to seeing Holly in 1st place.
At least not at an event with this many top pros.
Good for her!
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You should check out LVC 2021 if you're looking for score separation. The virtue of wooded courses is it compresses the field.
She seems to excel in early rounds and has played very well this season.
seedlings
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This course doesn't seem like the kind where the same 8 people are going to shoot -10 all 4 rounds. Fun to watch.
Gotcha. I love it so far. Those at the top have 100% scramble rate, in a lot of other events those guys may have been taking penalty strokes. On top of that. It isn't a distance competition by any stretch.
seedlings
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Eveliina … putting … woosh… it's officially the worst. No more benefit of doubt. I feel like I'm watching a bloody internal surgery, cringing while she putts.
Has to find a way to lose the yips. Seems like the issue is no commitment. Quickly frustrated and fails to take her time. Elaine King discussing it live, quite honestly. Likely took herself out of the tournament in one hole.
seedlings
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Based on watching her in other tournaments, you can bet it won't just be one hole. It will be a 3 day effort to take herself out of the tournament. I'd be like, "hey guys, this is a gimmie, right?"
dehaas
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So after being so bad recently at what point do you just switch up your putt?
Trying out something new can't be as bad as she currently is, can it?
I understand the mindset, every round she probably figures she'll start clicking and things will get back on track…however…the longer she goes putting like this the longer it's gonna take to shake the yips off?
Trying out something new can't be as bad as she currently is, can it?
I understand the mindset, every round she probably figures she'll start clicking and things will get back on track…however…the longer she goes putting like this the longer it's gonna take to shake the yips off?
I would change everything. . putter, routine, how she stands. . .i really can´t get worse
Cgkdisc
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She needs to get with Stokely who's in the process of overhauling his putt.
dehaas
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Initially I cringed when I saw that video, figuring mid season isn't the time to do something like that. He did make some sense though talking about how his current putting style became inaccurate once he got fatigued. We'll see how it works out for him.
She just needs to find something right now that is easy to replicate at 15 feet and not worry about anything else. If she just cleaned up those misses I think it'd help her scores plenty and be a big mental boost. Just going straight from the chest out towards the pole, or something super basic like that.
