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[chisag]

... Just listening to MacIntyre talking about the Open and US golfers used to flying the ball very high and how Links is a completely different game. When you have 152 to the pin, every single player in the US flies it high, 152 and 2 yds left of the pin. But 152 on a Links course you may not even want to land it on the green and depending on wind and even rain, a multitude of different shots and club choices can be successful. That he said, is the purest form of the game and why it is so much fun to play and watch. Interesting to see such an immature hot head on the course be so calm and intelligent in an interview. 

Edited July 15 by chisag

[chisag]

... Saying this out loud, it almost always ends up biting me in the butt of my autoFlex. I was gonna change Hovland to Macintyre after listening to him being interviewed but if I wanna catch those in front of me I have to make different picks. So when Macintyre comes in 2nd and Hovland misses the cut, you will all know why. 

 

 

 

[Double Mocha Man]

1 minute ago, chisag said:

... Saying this out loud, it almost always ends up biting me in the butt of my autoFlex. I was gonna change Hovland to Macintyre after listening to him being interviewed but if I wanna catch those in front of me I have to make different picks. So when Macintyre comes in 2nd and Hovland misses the cut, you will all know why. 

 

 

 

 

Correction. McIntyre is coming in first.  The big Five-0 points.😄

[chisag]

14 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

Correction. McIntyre is coming in first.  The big Five-0 points.😄

 

 

 

[Double Mocha Man]

6 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

 

 

 

But I didn't jinx Cal Raleigh last night in the home run derby.

[chisag]

10 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

But I didn't jinx Cal Raleigh last night in the home run derby.

 

 

... Now you've done it! That wasn't the most important event of the year with HUGE bragging rights at stake. Even NCLancer is subject to a jinx in these Links Lounge contests. 

[NCLancer]

Portrush Picks:

 

Tommy Fleetwood

Victor Hovland

Robert McIntyre

Aaron Rai

Sepp Straka

 

ALT:  Nick Taylor

 

 

[NJBigFish22]

Got the casting done for my final leg this morning.  My doctor wrote the script like I was some in shape (besides round) athlete which my insurance company bought.  So I get the high tech foot, hopefully the large size because it offers more adjustment, rotation, shock absorption and all,  the measurements are close, but they think they can make it work.  My only request was Carbon Fiber Navy Blue.  Fingers crossed the new test socket  is back in 2 weeks.  

[NJBigFish22]

2 minutes ago, NCLancer said:

Portrush Picks:

 

Tommy Fleetwood

Victor Hovland

Robert McIntyre

Aaron Rai

Sepp Straka

 

ALT:  Nick Taylor

 

 

Should be a team that gets you more than 1 point! 😂😂

[NCLancer]

36 minutes ago, chisag said:

 

 

... Now you've done it! That wasn't the most important event of the year with HUGE bragging rights at stake. Even NCLancer is subject to a jinx in these Links Lounge contests. 

Is that why my 2025 season hasn't worked out so well this year...a jinx??  A pox on my picks?  A hex on my head?

[NCLancer]

4 minutes ago, NJBigFish22 said:

Should be a team that gets you more than 1 point! 😂😂

[chisag]

2 minutes ago, NCLancer said:

Is that why my 2025 season hasn't worked out so well this year...a jinx??  A pox on my picks?  A hex on my head?

 

 

... No doubt! Although your outside the box picks may have contributed juuuuuuust a little. 

[chisag]

... It may be silly hot but I gotta admit life ain't all bad these days. I was watching my favorite sitcom Andy Of Mayberry while cleaning up and one of my commercials came on. 😎   If you would have told me when I was growing up I would be getting paid to watch my favorite show 60 years later, I would have used this abbreviation well before it's time: LMFAO!

[CasualLie]

Home run swing off to settle the tie in the ASG.  I must be ahead of the curve.  Right after I stopped watching baseball, the sport has become completely stupid.  Something wrong with using the same extra innings rule as a regular season game?

 

Disclaimer: visiting my parents who love baseball so that's the only reason I'm watching.

[chisag]

3 hours ago, CasualLie said:

Home run swing off to settle the tie in the ASG.  I must be ahead of the curve.  Right after I stopped watching baseball, the sport has become completely stupid.  Something wrong with using the same extra innings rule as a regular season game?

 

Disclaimer: visiting my parents who love baseball so that's the only reason I'm watching.

 

 

... I still enjoy baseball and watch every Diamondbacks game, although the All Star game is just an exhibition. But no extra innings to avoid using pitchers arms and protect all players from injuries. That said I am not a fan of any of the AS games for the same reason I just stated. Exhibitions and injuries. NBA is a joke with no defense at all and the NFL is worse with Flag Football. 🙄  Suarez's little finger was hit by a pitch and these guys never pitch inside during an AS game, so just a bad mistake and the ball got away from him. If it is broken or keeps Suarez out of Diamondbacks game for any length of time, that is just brutal as an AS is obviously one of the key players for any team. 

[touch]

Pick Change Me. The Final Change ! 

 

Padraig is too old. I'm going with a pro golfer that I have been a fan of for a long time and he's someone nobody has selected..........Welcome aboard team touch Jason Day. 

 

 

 

[touch]

 

 

 

DMM          McIntyre   Lowry           Rory           Rahm          Scheffler       alt- Xander 

touch         Rahm        Rory              Lowry        Day               Xander         alt-Spieth

Casual       Rory         Rahm            Fleetwood  Hatton         Fitzpatrick    alt-Hovland 

BobCat      Rory         Fleetwood    Clarke        Harman       Fitzpatrick    alt- Xander

Mitchell    Rahm        Rory              Scottie       Fleetwood   Straka           alt- A. Scott

chisag       Scottie     Rahm             Rory           Xander         Hovland        alt - Morikawa

imk             Rory         Fitzpatrick     Aberg        A.Scott         Hatton          alt - Choi

DLR            Bryson     Scottie          Rory           McIntyre       Rahm            alt - A.Scott

DMan        Rory         Scottie          Bryson       Fleetwood     Aberg           alt- Lowry

Parker       JT             Rory             Koepka      Fleetwood     Hatton          alt- Xander

TLindy      Scottie     Rory              Rahm         Xander          Lowry           alt - Bryson

BigFish     Rose         Henley         Rahm         Reed              Hatton          alt-  R. Fox

P3P            Cantlay    MacIntyre    Morikawa   Xander          Straka           alt - R. Fox

NCL          Fleetwood  Hovland     McIntyre     Rai                Straka           alt - N. Taylor 

 

 

Point Values

50 points if your player is the Champion

40 Points for a 2nd place finish

30 Points for a 3rd place finish

10 Points for a Top 10 finish

5 Points for making the cut

-3 Points for a Missed Cut

 

Standings 

283 Pts - TripleLindy

268 Pts - DLeightonReid

265 Pts - DMM

264 Pts - Mitchell

243 Pts - Chisag

220 Pts - Spounder

195 Pts - Touch

189 Pts - Casual Lie

152 Pts - imKirby

138 Pts - NJ Big Fish

109 Pts - Parker

95 Pts - DMan

91 Pts - Hickory

45 Pts - P3P

28 Pts - NCLancer

14 Pts - BobCat

[touch]

It's Wednesday and it's another afternoon on the golf course for me. 🙂🏌️⛳

[touch]

Incredible accomplishment. ⭐

 

 

[mshills]

9 minutes ago, touch said:

Incredible accomplishment. ⭐

 

 

Cal was the MAN. World class hustler too!

[touch]

1 minute ago, mshills said:

Cal was the MAN. World class hustler too!

 

He was for sure. Loved his game and his swagger. 

[DLeightonReid]

Good morning, Loungers.  Tomorrow, I am headed to Gothenburg, NE for a MGS golf meet up.  We will play 3 rounds at Wild Horse and 1 at Bayside.  
 

 

[CasualLie]

7 hours ago, chisag said:

 

 

... I still enjoy baseball and watch every Diamondbacks game, although the All Star game is just an exhibition. But no extra innings to avoid using pitchers arms and protect all players from injuries. That said I am not a fan of any of the AS games for the same reason I just stated. Exhibitions and injuries. NBA is a joke with no defense at all and the NFL is worse with Flag Football. 🙄  Suarez's little finger was hit by a pitch and these guys never pitch inside during an AS game, so just a bad mistake and the ball got away from him. If it is broken or keeps Suarez out of Diamondbacks game for any length of time, that is just brutal as an AS is obviously one of the key players for any team. 

 

There's a dozen pitchers who didn't even make an appearance.  They could have thrown a guy on 2nd like normal.

[TiScape]

8 hours ago, chisag said:

 

 

... I still enjoy baseball and watch every Diamondbacks game, although the All Star game is just an exhibition. But no extra innings to avoid using pitchers arms and protect all players from injuries. That said I am not a fan of any of the AS games for the same reason I just stated. Exhibitions and injuries. NBA is a joke with no defense at all and the NFL is worse with Flag Football. 🙄  Suarez's little finger was hit by a pitch and these guys never pitch inside during an AS game, so just a bad mistake and the ball got away from him. If it is broken or keeps Suarez out of Diamondbacks game for any length of time, that is just brutal as an AS is obviously one of the key players for any team. 

Nice post Chi. I also watch a lot of MLB. 
Suarez being hbp in an AS game was indeed a tuff watch. Great to see he stayed in and then made an absolutely terrific defensive play! Makes me think he’s okay.

[TiScape]

39 minutes ago, CasualLie said:

 

There's a dozen pitchers who didn't even make an appearance.  They could have thrown a guy on 2nd like normal.

-Exhibition. 
-The more they play, the higher the chances  of anyone getting hurt

-fans at an all star game love a HR contest!

 
and perhaps most importantly. They only had the place rented out ‘til 10pm local time! 

 

🤣

[sandpounder]

Open picks:

 

Rory

Scottie

Rose

Fleetwood

Lowry

 

Alt:  Rahm

Edited July 16 by sandpounder

[sandpounder]

9 hours ago, chisag said:

 

 

... I still enjoy baseball and watch every Diamondbacks game, although the All Star game is just an exhibition. But no extra innings to avoid using pitchers arms and protect all players from injuries. That said I am not a fan of any of the AS games for the same reason I just stated. Exhibitions and injuries. NBA is a joke with no defense at all and the NFL is worse with Flag Football. 🙄  Suarez's little finger was hit by a pitch and these guys never pitch inside during an AS game, so just a bad mistake and the ball got away from him. If it is broken or keeps Suarez out of Diamondbacks game for any length of time, that is just brutal as an AS is obviously one of the key players for any team. 

Yes.  Makes me think of the old days when All-Star games in every sport were much more competitive, I assume the huge contracts now have changed all of that.  Suarez is up this year for a potential trade.  His X-rays were negative.

[touch]

Playing Crooked Creek in Hendersonville. Beautiful breezy afternoon.

Par 3 hole #11.

160 uphill from the whites. 

 

 

 

Edited July 16 by touch

[CasualLie]

3 hours ago, TiScape said:

-Exhibition. 
-The more they play, the higher the chances  of anyone getting hurt

-fans at an all star game love a HR contest!

 
and perhaps most importantly. They only had the place rented out ‘til 10pm local time! 

 

🤣

 

 

Jeez... If baseball players were any more fragile, they would be...

Golfers

[CasualLie]

@touch have to make a chance... Just not sure on Hatton, so give me Ryan Fox.

 

Thanks!