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Auburn won the Golf National Championship...they have had a dominant team this year led by a freshman from Chapel Hill, NC. The match play score ws 3-2...FSU jumped out to an early lead but faded about the turn.

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Auburn closes out final match, beats Florida State for men's NCAA national title

Auburn's J.M Butler beat FSU's Luke Clanton to give the Tigers the men's NCAA championship.
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Bama wound up 10th in the rankings even though they lost Nick Dunlap (#1 in World Amateur rankings) and were upset in the Regionals finishing 1 shot out of making the Championship field.
 
Scottie Scheffler wins again -- Memorial @ Jack Nicklaus place/course in Ohio, Murfield Village. Great test of golf...really hard on Sunday. Scheffler toughed it out even though he could not buy a putt until 18...he is a great competitor.

Now we have the US Open coming -- @ Pinehurst #2 originally designed by Donald Ross, the godfather of golf course architecture. This is totally different from what most professionals play week end and week out. Hard fairways, sketchy rough with sand all over, and pushup greens that repel all but the best shots -- and usually in all directions. This is more British Open golf than US golf.

I'm looking at the better Europeans to do well...Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood. Rory could threaten but his form has not been good for a while. Look out for Cam Smith -- he can putt and chip with the best. Scheffler could do well if he's not too tired from winning this past week. He can also putt and chip with anyone and is the top iron player on the tour.

I was lucky enough to attend the last 2 Opens held here, but not this year. Too much walking for this old body....

Sunday is Father's Day and my son here has asked us to come over after church to eat and watch the tournament together. Nothing better -- other than having my Atlanta son here as well.

Enjoy -- have a great week!
 
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Scottie Scheffler wins again -- Memorial @ Jack Nicklaus place/course in Ohio, Murfield Village. Great test of golf...really hard on Sunday. Scheffler toughed it out even though he could not buy a putt until 18...he is a great competitor.

Now we have the US Open coming -- @ Pinehurst #2 originally designed by Donald Ross, the godfather of golf course architecture. This is totally different from what most professionals play week end and week out. Hard fairways, sketchy rough with sand all over, and pushup greens that repel all but the best shots -- and usually in all directions. This is more British Open golf than US golf.

I'm looking at the better Europeans to do well...Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood. Rory could threaten but his form has not been good for a while. Look out for Cam Smith -- he can putt and chip with the best. Scheffler could do well if he's not too tired from winning this past week. He can also putt and chip with anyone and is the top iron player on the tour.

I was lucky enough to attend the last 2 Opens held here, but not this year. Too much walking for this old body....

Sunday is Father's Day and my son here has asked us to come over after church to eat and watch the tournament together. Nothing better -- other than having my Atlanta son here as well.

Enjoy -- have a great week!
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If the setup is close to Opens past, I'm guessing anyone who can break par for the week is the new champ, maybe even as high as +2.
 
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I'm thinking they probably watered the greens last night to slow them down...but will gradually let them get harder and faster over the next 4 days. Barring a lot of rain par will win this tournament...going to be a real test of skill and mental toughness.
 
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Anybody know what's going on with JT's game? (Justin Thomas). He seems to be regressing instead of getting better. I'm still pulling for him, and hope he can gets things back together.
 
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Anybody know what's going on with JT's game? (Justin Thomas). He seems to be regressing instead of getting better. I'm still pulling for him, and hope he can gets things back together.
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He is going through a major slump -- and it has become a brain fog. Most players go through this at some point in their careers. He may recover and he may not...as nervous/skittish as he seems to be, he may never come back. The same with Jordan Spieth...
 
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He is going through a major slump -- and it has become a brain fog. Most players go through this at some point in their careers. He may recover and he may not...as nervous/skittish as he seems to be, he may never come back. The same with Jordan Spieth...
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Funny, but I thought about JS too in this regard. Even more ironic they are such good friends.

I think many golf pros that have some early success go in search of improvement (swing changes) thinking they can win more and sometimes it can hurt them. I know JS has tried to change his swing some in search of improvement. I'm not sure JT has done that, but he does have a super unique type of swing.

Tiger did this several times, but he's TW and outside of JN, he's the goat.

Biggest specific about JT is he's not holing putts anymore. When he was winning, his putting was as good as anybody on tour.
 
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Wanted to give a shout out to DeChambeau.

I really didn't like him when he first came out on tour. I'm a traditionalist and he's far from that. But I must admit he's grown on me and he's kinda become a "man of the people."

He's different, but if you win two US opens, it's significant in the history of golf.
 
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What a finish on Sunday! RM just flat choked on 2 short putts and handed the tournament on a silver platter to BD. For his part Bryson tried to give it back...but made a great up and down on 18 to win. Unfortunately most golf tournaments are lost rather than won...and that was what happened Sunday in Pinehurst. f

I'm ready for a peace treaty so that the best golfers can play against each other week end and week out. Diluted product helps no one. Supposedly the Saudi PIF is going to give the PGA Tour a boatload of money to come on as a partner. Some of this will go to the players who stayed loyal to the PGA. We're talking a few billion ultimately I believe.

I would not be surprised if the Saudi's tried to buy CFB...
 
Just a quick catch-up: We all know Xander Schaufflee won the British Open. Are you aware that former Bama golfer Nick Dunlap won the opposite field event, the Barracuda Open? Played with the Stableford scoring system he had 7 birdies and an eagle on Sunday (19 pts) and won by 2 points. He is the first golfer to win on the PGA Tour as an amateur and professional in the same year. After a self admission of struggle with his game he is playing lights out: top ten 2 weeks ago, a win, and this morning he is in first in the opening round of the 3 M.

This young man has all the talent in the world and a good head on his shoulders to boot. Very composed and focused now...literally doing things that no golfer has done since Tiger showed up.
 
This week is the President's Cup -- a competition between the USA and the International Team -- pro golfers not from European countries. The USA is leading the competition 12-1-1...some have been close but the USA has dominated. The International squad is led by Adam Scott who is one class individual. Personally I would like to see a really close match so that it can be a relevant competition. The USA is the dominant team by official ranking, but the International has some great players and tough competitors. If you are stuck @ home from bad weather, watch on The Golf Channel:

PGA Tour: How to watch the Presidents Cup
Wednesday, Sept. 25
Thursday, Sept. 26
Friday, Sept. 27
Saturday, Sept. 28
Sunday, Sept. 29
BTW, fourballs is 2 man teams playing best ball in match play, i.e., score is for individual holes, not total. Foursomes is 2 man teams playing alternate shot in match play -- something we only play in this and the Ryder Cup. It is quite entertaining.

FWIW, no Bama alum playing -- JT had a tough year and Nick Dunlap is too young. However, lots of UGA alumni -- that school is the dominant feeder university for the PGA Tour.
 
Here's an article and photos of Alabama's new 47 million dollar golf facility. It dwarfs anything else a school has done:

golfweek.usatoday.com

Alabama unveils $47 million Crimson Reserve golf training facility: 'It's the talk of college golf'

What do top recruits think of Alabama golf's new practice facility? "We hear the word 'sick' a lot," cracked UA men's golf coach Jay Seawell, referring to teenager-speak to describe something wildly impressive. So what's so sick about Crimson Reserve, a $47 million…
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