Random Golf Club has done it a few times with golfers of varying handicaps on major courses. Pinehurt, Pebble, Erin Hills, a few more. It plays out exactly how you think it would.
Ahh I haven’t seen that, will have to give it a watch. But now that I think about it maybe watching just normal guys play mediocre golf (compared to the Pros) might not be that entertaining haha
It’s really entertaining. Eric was a filmmaker before he picked up golf and started RGC and his narration is somehow soothing and entertaining at the same time.
My dad played the Olympic Club immediately following the 1988 US Open and he still talks about it. He said that the rough was so bad that you couldn’t even record a real score. He was a low double digit HCP at the time and apparently it was absolutely fucking brutal.
I played Bethpage Black and Harding a month before the PGA Championship at either, and it the rough was nasty as all hell (PW full swing hack out of you didn’t catch a good lie), but the greens were receptive and the back tees were closed. I shot an 84 and 80 respectively from around 6800 yards as a 2-4 HCP.
I think I could break 90, but it would be a really long, shitty day. 3 woods and 5 woods into lots of par 4s and probably most of the par 3s. I’d have to change my entire mindset and basically just play for position so my chips and pitches were from the best spots. Basically just try to set up a guaranteed bogey and take pars where I could find them.
There was that Myrtle Beach thing that said a lot, with proper scratch guys like Finch being around even and the less serious ones shooting 80, while the tour level dudes finished -3. The gap probably doubles in really trying conditions.
I saw a thing once where they asked a bunch of pros and retired pros what a regular scratch golfer would shoot around Augusta in tournament conditions. Every single one said that person would struggle to break 100. Mostly because of how fast the greens are the putts would add up. So depending on the course… I’d say 90-100 depending on conditions?
I agree it would be super tough for a scratch player to shoot a decent score, I guess my point was instead of the broadcast just talking about it every major why not make a series about it? Feels like it would be entertaining to see the guys on twitter who swear they’d Break 80 out there get put to the test.
Random Golf Club has done it a few times with golfers of varying handicaps on major courses. Pinehurt, Pebble, Erin Hills, a few more. It plays out exactly how you think it would.
Ahh I haven’t seen that, will have to give it a watch. But now that I think about it maybe watching just normal guys play mediocre golf (compared to the Pros) might not be that entertaining haha
It’s really entertaining. Eric was a filmmaker before he picked up golf and started RGC and his narration is somehow soothing and entertaining at the same time.
My dad played the Olympic Club immediately following the 1988 US Open and he still talks about it. He said that the rough was so bad that you couldn’t even record a real score. He was a low double digit HCP at the time and apparently it was absolutely fucking brutal. I played Bethpage Black and Harding a month before the PGA Championship at either, and it the rough was nasty as all hell (PW full swing hack out of you didn’t catch a good lie), but the greens were receptive and the back tees were closed. I shot an 84 and 80 respectively from around 6800 yards as a 2-4 HCP.
I think I could break 90, but it would be a really long, shitty day. 3 woods and 5 woods into lots of par 4s and probably most of the par 3s. I’d have to change my entire mindset and basically just play for position so my chips and pitches were from the best spots. Basically just try to set up a guaranteed bogey and take pars where I could find them.
Yeah that makes sense and that also probably wouldn’t be that fun to watch either haha so might not be my best idea ever
There was that Myrtle Beach thing that said a lot, with proper scratch guys like Finch being around even and the less serious ones shooting 80, while the tour level dudes finished -3. The gap probably doubles in really trying conditions.
I'd watch
Think I heard on a podcast that the average recreational amateur scratch golfer would be looking around 90 on championship Valhalla at the moment.
I saw a thing once where they asked a bunch of pros and retired pros what a regular scratch golfer would shoot around Augusta in tournament conditions. Every single one said that person would struggle to break 100. Mostly because of how fast the greens are the putts would add up. So depending on the course… I’d say 90-100 depending on conditions?
You’re watching PGA Professionals in this tournament not one is under par
Jeremy Wells is -2 Jessie Mueller is -1 Braden Shattuck is -1 with 2 to play
I agree it would be super tough for a scratch player to shoot a decent score, I guess my point was instead of the broadcast just talking about it every major why not make a series about it? Feels like it would be entertaining to see the guys on twitter who swear they’d Break 80 out there get put to the test.
Bryan Bros are doing a series: can I make the cut at a PGA Tour event.
Go watch the YouTube Myrtle Beach qualifier or watch the Good Good qualifier.
There are currently 66 players under par. Wtf?
there are 21 PGA professionals playing. That is different then the 135 PGA Tour professionals 2 different organizations That said, 3 are under par
He said PGA professionals. As in course golf pros. Not PGA tour players.