Miles Russell checked with a rules official to see if his dad could carry his bag on the last hole. USGA allowed it. His dad had no idea it was coming.
Beautiful stuff 🥹🥹🥹🥹
Among the #KornFerryTour pros headed to the U.S. Open:
James Nicholas
Jackson Van Paris
Zac Blair
Ben Kohles
Carl Yuan
Brandon Wu
Cole Hammer
Jake Peacock
Robbie Higgins
Ben Silverman
Nick Hardy
Jake Sollon
See you at Shinnecock Hills!
Welp another playoff loss. 7 straight for Mike Tomlin. Don’t know why I even got back in on this team. Nothing will change as long as this guy is coaching the Steelers. Blow it all up man. Such a sad way to go out. Another Blowout loss in the playoffs.
Pretty simple today.
Same ole Steelers: Lose in Cleveland, have to play Ravens on SNF for the division, and we die a cold lonely death.
New cool Steelers: Take care of business in Cleveland, rest guys week 18, win a home playoff game.
As a caddie, here are some things I want my players to know (I'd guess other loopers have similar thoughts)...
- I'm a bit nervous too. I want to be on my game just as much as you want to be on yours. 🙏
- How well you play really isn't in my top five list of desirable traits. I want you to play well for your sake, not mine, so no need for apologies or disclaimers. ✌️
- That putt you really want to make? I bet you I want you to make it just as much. Trust me, I'm doing my best to try and make it happen. 🫰
- It's great to have a dialogue about clubs, lines, etc. It's more fun to work as a team. 👊
- I don't care how many balls you bring. But if you have me carry more than a dozen, I'd prefer you didn't act shocked and dismayed if we can't find one. ✌️
- That gratuity you're providing is much appreciated. It feeds, clothes, and shelters my family. It means a lot when you're generous! ❤️
- When you exhibit a temper, I don't think it helps your game much. But it doesn't help mine either. Just makes my butt pucker a little. 😩
- A Gatorade at the turn window means a ton. There is no obligation, but I can promise you it makes for a happier caddie. 😊
- When you ask if your bag is okay to carry, I am even more motivated to do a good job. Because you care, I care more! 💪
- It is really hard to caddie joyfully for someone who directs criticism at you after a lack of success, but doesn't share positive words when something goes well. 🤷
- Golf is really hard. And it's also a game meant to be fun. The best days are with folks who remember that and find the fine line between competitiveness and not taking themselves too seriously. 🙌
- Kindly communicate suggestions or requests instead of quietly stewing. Your caddie reads greens, not minds. 😜
- I love being thrust into your special day. It's an honor to be a footnote or in the backdrop of a few hours that I hope you'll remember for a long time. 👌
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Lucas Glover was asked: Is golf — men’s elite professional golf — better on courses that measure 7,100 yards or 7,600 yards?
“Seventy-one hundred,” Glover said. “No question about it.
“Look at this Cricket Club course,” Glover said. “You have a pitch-shot par-3 where the cover is a 100 yards, you have a 250-yard uphill par-3 where one side is death and you have two par-3s that are in between Four different clubs. Look at the second hole [the ninth for member play, a short, right-curving par-4]. I played it was a 5-wood and a sand wedge. Wyndham Clark, longer than I am, hit driver right up to the green. We both made 3s. The architect gives you so many choices. At Quail Hollow, we’ll all be hitting it to pretty much the same place.”
Glover was describing his Saturday play with Clark, when the two U.S. Open winners went around in three hours as a twosome. On Sunday, they did it again. Needless to say, a 7,100-yard course plays faster than a 7,600-yard course.
“Golf’s a walking sport,” Glover said. “When Tillinghast designed this course, the greens and the tees were close together. Land was not an issue back then [in the early 1920s]. But golf was meant for walking, so of course you had the greens and tees close together.”