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I'd say his closet comp in terms of his approach to the game and style of play is Jack, which bodes well for him. But stuff happens to a lot of these guys, and suddenly they stop winning majors after dominant runs. For most, the window for taking down majors is ultimately quite small. Palmer, Hogan, Miller, Watson, Ballesteros, Faldo, Spieth, Koepka, and Harrington would all fall into that category, just off the top of my head. Maybe it will be different for Scottie, but I'm not sure I'd want to bet on it.
I tend to agree with that. You can call it boring (I kinda find it boring), but he rarely has to play the kind of 'Perils Of Pauline' shots that make the all-time highlight reels.

As a non-golfer, can someone explain to me how and what Scheffler did to turn around his errant driving on the front nine by the time he got to the back nine? Really looked like he was cratering. And then, he wasn't.
 
I tend to agree with that. You can call it boring (I kinda find it boring), but he rarely has to play the kind of 'Perils Of Pauline' shots that make the all-time highlight reels.

As a non-golfer, can someone explain to me how and what Scheffler did to turn around his errant driving on the front nine by the time he got to the back nine? Really looked like he was cratering. And then, he wasn't.
I think he just figured it out and corrected things as he proceeded, which players of his caliber can do (but not always). He's highly analytical and is able to put bad shots or bad breaks behind him, and stay focused on the present and grind, which does remind me of Nicklaus.

We rarely get to see these guys play an entire round, but what strikes me when I see it (usually in majors) is that they all experience ups and downs within a round, and rarely do you see someone locked in on all facets of their game for an entire round. The game is just too damn tough, even for them.
 
They can play great and shoot 63 and play just pretty good and shoot 68. But putting fixes a ton of issues. They way SS started he deserved to be 3-4-5 over. but he recovered, got 2-3 lucky bounces and made some putts. Most guys cant do that and it showed as several in that 6-7 range made mistakes and turned them into bogeys and he managed to make some pars and then played pretty solid on the back.
 
I don't think he will get to the levels of Tiger or Jack (already well off pace by age), but I think its possible that his upside could become the 3rd best player in more modern golf (since the 1960's). Not only in terms of majors but productivity overall.

But he has to have several more productive years to get there. We have seen Rory and Speith roll for a while when they were younger and spin their wheels.

Player is #3 in post 1960 majors with 9. Then you get into guys like Palmer, Watson, Mickelson, Faldo who all have 6 or more. And Rory at 5, probably gets 1 or 2 more.
Brandel Chamblee, who I think is as astute as anyone in any sport, mentioned a couple of years ago that Scottie won about 60% of all amateur events that he entered. The only other to do that was Tiger.

While I think Scottie has more major wins in him he won't necessarily keep it up long term, ala Rory/Speith/JT. Rory/Speith/JT are quite different stories. Rory had a non-playing injury that sidelined him for the second half of the 2015 season when he should have defended two majors! That seems like an inflection point when he went from a young, brash, go for it golfer to something else. He didn't win a major again for 11 years, but during those years he played great and put together a Hall of Fame strectch with multiple Players, Fedexes, #1s on the DP and PGA tours, Vardons, and a big bunch of wins. Speith on the other hand was known for his short game and making 25 foot putts, good luck keeping that up. He recently had back surgery to repair an injury that goes back to the start of his decline. That injury may or may not have been the reason for his decline, but he is not a great ball striker (the Brits have a name for such players: can't remember it but it is something like chummer, please tell me if you know it), and I think that is much more the reason for his decline. It is also why I don't expect him to get back to winning majors. I don't know what JT's problem is/was, but I suspect he tried changing his swing to keep up with the increase in distances. His decline has only been 3 yrs and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets back to where he was. Scottie's only weakness seems to be putting (162th in 2023, and 77th in 2024 when he won 8 or 9 times!), but he is 15th this season, so it looks like he will have a lot more wins in the near future. The one thing I wonder is if his dancing footwork will catch up with him some day.
 
Lived the whole Masters with him, every shot, bad and good and cried with him when he won it. The best masters or for that matter, the best major golf event I have ever seen. I have never seen someone look so bad 4 bogeys and so good and let 14 years of emotion out at the end. Amazing TV and man, the Champion Rory Mcllroy.
I'm a big Rory fan. Very glad he finally won the Masters, but, yikes, what a scratchy win.

I think Scottie is the best player now, as long as he keeps putting well, but I bought into now Rory is freed up at the majors and the horses for courses thoughts with Rory at QH. Didn't work out but he could have 2-3 more majors in him.

Back to the horses for courses thought. The golf central pundits kept talking about how Rory could hit it over corners that others couldn't, but, in fact, lots of them did.
 
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QH has to have the thinnest rough on the PGA tour - almost everyone seemed to hit out of it like it was the fairway.

And the shallow sand traps, with their smoothed sides that results in the ball always rolling down to a nice flat lies at the bottom, were weak.
 
Brandel Chamblee, who I think is as astute as anyone in any sport, mentioned a couple of years ago that Scottie won about 60% of all amateur events that he entered. The only other to do that was Tiger.

While I think Scottie has more major wins in him he won't necessarily keep it up long term, ala Rory/Speith/JT. Rory/Speith/JT are quite different stories. Rory had a non-playing injury that sidelined him for the second half of the 2015 season when he should have defended two majors! That seems like an inflection point when he went from a young, brash, go for it golfer to something else. He didn't win a major again for 11 years, but during those years he played great and put together a Hall of Fame strectch with multiple Players, Fedexes, #1s on the DP and PGA tours, Vardons, and a big bunch of wins. Speith on the other hand was known for his short game and making 25 foot putts, good luck keeping that up. He recently had back surgery to repair an injury that goes back to the start of his decline. That injury may or may not have been the reason for his decline, but he is not a great ball striker (the Brits have a name for such players: can't remember it but it is something like chummer, please tell me if you know it), and I think that is much more the reason for his decline. It is also why I don't expect him to get back to winning majors. I don't know what JT's problem is/was, but I suspect he tried changing his swing to keep up with the increase in distances. His decline has only been 3 yrs and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets back to where he was. Scottie's only weakness seems to be putting (162th in 2023, and 77th in 2024 when he won 8 or 9 times!), but he is 15th this season, so it looks like he will have a lot more wins in the near future. The one thing I wonder is if his dancing footwork will catch up with him some day.
Jordan had wrist surgery.
 
I do wonder about that foot work for scottie. Seems like one bad slip away all the time.
 
QH has to have the thinnest rough on the PGA tour - almost everyone seemed to hit out of it like it was the fairway.

And the shallow sand traps, with their smoothed sides that results in the ball always rolling down to a nice flat lies at the bottom, were weak.
Hopefully the rough at Oakmont is as fierce as it was in other US Opens. I want carnage for those who try to bomb and gouge.
 
Brandel Chamblee, who I think is as astute as anyone in any sport, mentioned a couple of years ago that Scottie won about 60% of all amateur events that he entered. The only other to do that was Tiger.

While I think Scottie has more major wins in him he won't necessarily keep it up long term, ala Rory/Speith/JT. Rory/Speith/JT are quite different stories. Rory had a non-playing injury that sidelined him for the second half of the 2015 season when he should have defended two majors! That seems like an inflection point when he went from a young, brash, go for it golfer to something else. He didn't win a major again for 11 years, but during those years he played great and put together a Hall of Fame strectch with multiple Players, Fedexes, #1s on the DP and PGA tours, Vardons, and a big bunch of wins. Speith on the other hand was known for his short game and making 25 foot putts, good luck keeping that up. He recently had back surgery to repair an injury that goes back to the start of his decline. That injury may or may not have been the reason for his decline, but he is not a great ball striker (the Brits have a name for such players: can't remember it but it is something like chummer, please tell me if you know it), and I think that is much more the reason for his decline. It is also why I don't expect him to get back to winning majors. I don't know what JT's problem is/was, but I suspect he tried changing his swing to keep up with the increase in distances. His decline has only been 3 yrs and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets back to where he was. Scottie's only weakness seems to be putting (162th in 2023, and 77th in 2024 when he won 8 or 9 times!), but he is 15th this season, so it looks like he will have a lot more wins in the near future. The one thing I wonder is if his dancing footwork will catch up with him some day.
Saw a JT interview where he said Tiger told him he needed more shots in his bag to win majors.
 
Hopefully the rough at Oakmont is as fierce as it was in other US Opens. I want carnage for those who try to bomb and gouge.
5 inches high and thicker than a 70's centerfold pubic hair. (I apologize in advance for the crude description but wanted to see if it would get by the censors. LOL!!!).

 
5 inches high and thicker than a 70's centerfold pubic hair. (I apologize in advance for the crude description but wanted to see if it would get by the censors. LOL!!!).

Actually, you apologized after the fact.
 
So far our league feels like we are playing at the US Open. All the rain has made the rough crazy thick and just finding balls off the fairway is an adventure
 
So far our league feels like we are playing at the US Open. All the rain has made the rough crazy thick and just finding balls off the fairway is an adventure
My course is the same. a little break in weather, plus the college kids are home, so they've gotten the rough mowed, but it's still so thick and still hard to find. Definitely a huge advantage to keep it in the fairway.
 

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