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Conners shank and consequent plug and bogey did a number on his brain and he will be worthless today
Brooksy for the win by 4 strokes
Brooksy for the win by 4 strokes
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missed by 2 strokes
big story was the club pro Michael Block and his ace , and , he gets to come back next year because he finished in the Top 15
what a story , great Tournement
the next question is will Zach Johnson , Captain of the Ryder Cup team , will Zach have the balls to pick Brooksy for the Team?
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I enjoyed watching. Block became an instant hero. He knows where every blade of grass on that course is however. Talk about a home field advantage. Wonder how he would do at Agusta.
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Jay Monohan has got to be soiling his britches with LIV making such a strong show at the PGA
there is a solution that will benefit ALL of golf if the pga could see past the money
like Aussie Cam Smith said to in the post pga interview , did you all , reporters , think the LIV players somehow forgot how to play golf when they joined LIV?
great answer
moar golf this weekend , stay tuned!
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^^^^^^ a life changing weekend for Mr Block…..he is back to normal at the Charles Schawb tournament shooting an 81 yesterday and will most likely miss the cut
meanwhile , Brooksy , DJ , and Cam Smith tee it up today at tRumps National in DC , what a threesome!
if the wager was , will dJt show up this morning to shake a few hands i would i would go all in on that bet
meanwhile , Brooksy , DJ , and Cam Smith tee it up today at tRumps National in DC , what a threesome!
if the wager was , will dJt show up this morning to shake a few hands i would i would go all in on that bet
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good crowd in DC , another shootout today with 6-8 players in the hunt
i am pulling for Na or the Swede Stenson to win
a win by Mito would forever change his life
meanwhile over at the PGA , who are these peoples?
just kidding
but yeah , not a lot of competition there eh
i am pulling for Na or the Swede Stenson to win
a win by Mito would forever change his life
meanwhile over at the PGA , who are these peoples?
just kidding
but yeah , not a lot of competition there eh
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Deon tied for 3rd , well played
my picks placed but the trophy went to HV3rd
Harold is one of the most liked players on tour and now winning $4.5 million , i am sure he will even be more popular now
gonna catch my breath this week and look ahead to Valdarama and the US Open , a fantastic month of golf on the highest level , i mean two hitter sitter high
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my picks placed but the trophy went to HV3rd
Harold is one of the most liked players on tour and now winning $4.5 million , i am sure he will even be more popular now
gonna catch my breath this week and look ahead to Valdarama and the US Open , a fantastic month of golf on the highest level , i mean two hitter sitter high
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this is for Unca Walt since this is his kinfolk……
I have been wondering what happened to Brandt
DUBLIN, Ohio – Even for Brandt Snedeker – who has endured an outsized number of surgical procedures and medical setbacks in his career – the last eight months have pushed the boundaries of his professional resolve, not to mention modern medicine.
Every week on the PGA Tour the fitness trailers are crowded with players dealing with all manner of injuries but Snedeker’s return to action this week at the Memorial is, by definition, unprecedented.
The technical term for the surgery that returned Snedeker to Tour is Manubrium Joint Stabilization, but it’s nearly impossible to find any research on the procedure. That’s by design.
Full-field tee times from the Memorial Tournament
“He’s a genius,” Snedeker said of the surgeon who performed the procedure, “but he didn’t write any literature down the first time he performed the surgery because he didn’t want anyone to know he did it. He didn’t want to do it again.”
“He” is Dr. Burton Elrod, a Nashville, Tenn., orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon who made medical history in the early 2000s when he performed the procedure for the first and last time on the late Steve McNair. At the time, reports explained Elrod, the Tennessee Titans' team physician, performed the surgery on the former quarterback to “strengthen [McNair’s] bruised chest,” but that’s an oversimplification.
At the time, the only option available for McNair was to use a plate attached with screws to his sternum to stabilize the bone. Elrod’s fear was the potential risk of infection that close to the heart and lungs could be fatal, so he devised a unique procedure using bone from McNair’s right hip which he inserted into an area of cartilage that exists in the sternum.
Although the surgery was considered a success, Elrod left no research and never performed the procedure again. Even when Snedeker approached him with the same instability in his sternum, Elrod was reluctant.
“I did one, and I don’t want to do another,” Elrod told Snedeker.
“I told him, ‘You have to do it. I don’t have a career otherwise,’” Snedeker said.
Even after talking Elrod into performing the procedure, it took Snedeker another three months before he was able to have the surgery.
“I had to have a bone transplant doctor in the operating room, I had to have a thoracic surgeon there. It took two months to get clearance from the hospital to even do it,” Snedeker said.
On Dec. 1, Snedeker had the surgery. It would be another four months before he would see “a light at the end of the tunnel.” Although his decision to have the surgery was driven by a potent combination of fear and resignation, the nine-time Tour winner admitted there were days early in the rehabilitation process when it was difficult to see a future in professional golf.
“The West Coast swing was tough because I love playing out there, and I was just post-surgery, five weeks out, and I couldn’t do anything. My chest was cut wide open and sternum was broken and put back together; I was still in some pain,” he said. “It was tough watching San Diego and Palm Springs and Sony Open, places I love playing, and I was so far from being there and so far from seeing a path back.”
The first six weeks following the surgery was difficult with the combination of hip immobility and a 6-inch scar in his chest limiting rehabilitation to the most basic exercises, but by “Week 8” he was able to start working out again.
“I did some stuff that normally would have caused some pain [before the surgery], twisting and turning and it didn’t hurt,” Snedeker said.
On April 1, Elrod cleared Snedeker to start hitting golf balls with “nothing more than a pitching wedge.”
“Of course, I pulled out a 9-iron and hit one,” Snedeker laughed. “I didn’t feel any pain, and I knew at that point that before the surgery I would have felt pain. I was like, OK, I think this worked.”
Snedeker slowly worked his way back into golf shape – at first hitting just 30 balls a day but steadily increasing his workload. By the time he worked his way up to hitting 5-irons he knew the surgery had been a success. “I’m good. I think we got it,” he said.
On Tuesday at Muirfield Village, with sweat dipping off the brim of his hat, Snedeker embraced the significance of playing Tour golf.
“I figured out two things during this time off: I’m way too young to retire, and I’m unemployable,” Snedeker laughed.
Despite the long layoff, Snedeker said he’s pleasantly surprised with his game but admitted there will likely be rust since his last Tour start was in September. Given his historic path back to the Tour, perspective was easily available.
“I’ve been managing it for years, can only hit so many golf balls, can only play so many days in a row, and then I’d have to shut it down. It’s nice to be able to go out there and put the work in,” he said. “It’s amazing. When you stop swinging in pain, all the bad tendencies I’ve had start to go away.”
The doubts and fear that haunted his last few years on Tour have also gone away thanks to a reluctant doctor with a groundbreaking surgery and an overwhelming desire to not take “no” for an answer.
I have been wondering what happened to Brandt
Stubborn Snedeker: Nine-time Tour winner returns after rare surgery that almost didn't happen
DUBLIN, Ohio – Even for Brandt Snedeker – who has endured an outsized number of surgical procedures and medical setbacks in his career – the last eight months have pushed the boundaries of his professional resolve, not to mention modern medicine.
Every week on the PGA Tour the fitness trailers are crowded with players dealing with all manner of injuries but Snedeker’s return to action this week at the Memorial is, by definition, unprecedented.
The technical term for the surgery that returned Snedeker to Tour is Manubrium Joint Stabilization, but it’s nearly impossible to find any research on the procedure. That’s by design.
Full-field tee times from the Memorial Tournament
“He’s a genius,” Snedeker said of the surgeon who performed the procedure, “but he didn’t write any literature down the first time he performed the surgery because he didn’t want anyone to know he did it. He didn’t want to do it again.”
“He” is Dr. Burton Elrod, a Nashville, Tenn., orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon who made medical history in the early 2000s when he performed the procedure for the first and last time on the late Steve McNair. At the time, reports explained Elrod, the Tennessee Titans' team physician, performed the surgery on the former quarterback to “strengthen [McNair’s] bruised chest,” but that’s an oversimplification.
At the time, the only option available for McNair was to use a plate attached with screws to his sternum to stabilize the bone. Elrod’s fear was the potential risk of infection that close to the heart and lungs could be fatal, so he devised a unique procedure using bone from McNair’s right hip which he inserted into an area of cartilage that exists in the sternum.
Although the surgery was considered a success, Elrod left no research and never performed the procedure again. Even when Snedeker approached him with the same instability in his sternum, Elrod was reluctant.
“I did one, and I don’t want to do another,” Elrod told Snedeker.
“I told him, ‘You have to do it. I don’t have a career otherwise,’” Snedeker said.
Even after talking Elrod into performing the procedure, it took Snedeker another three months before he was able to have the surgery.
“I had to have a bone transplant doctor in the operating room, I had to have a thoracic surgeon there. It took two months to get clearance from the hospital to even do it,” Snedeker said.
On Dec. 1, Snedeker had the surgery. It would be another four months before he would see “a light at the end of the tunnel.” Although his decision to have the surgery was driven by a potent combination of fear and resignation, the nine-time Tour winner admitted there were days early in the rehabilitation process when it was difficult to see a future in professional golf.
“The West Coast swing was tough because I love playing out there, and I was just post-surgery, five weeks out, and I couldn’t do anything. My chest was cut wide open and sternum was broken and put back together; I was still in some pain,” he said. “It was tough watching San Diego and Palm Springs and Sony Open, places I love playing, and I was so far from being there and so far from seeing a path back.”
The first six weeks following the surgery was difficult with the combination of hip immobility and a 6-inch scar in his chest limiting rehabilitation to the most basic exercises, but by “Week 8” he was able to start working out again.
“I did some stuff that normally would have caused some pain [before the surgery], twisting and turning and it didn’t hurt,” Snedeker said.
On April 1, Elrod cleared Snedeker to start hitting golf balls with “nothing more than a pitching wedge.”
“Of course, I pulled out a 9-iron and hit one,” Snedeker laughed. “I didn’t feel any pain, and I knew at that point that before the surgery I would have felt pain. I was like, OK, I think this worked.”
Snedeker slowly worked his way back into golf shape – at first hitting just 30 balls a day but steadily increasing his workload. By the time he worked his way up to hitting 5-irons he knew the surgery had been a success. “I’m good. I think we got it,” he said.
On Tuesday at Muirfield Village, with sweat dipping off the brim of his hat, Snedeker embraced the significance of playing Tour golf.
“I figured out two things during this time off: I’m way too young to retire, and I’m unemployable,” Snedeker laughed.
Despite the long layoff, Snedeker said he’s pleasantly surprised with his game but admitted there will likely be rust since his last Tour start was in September. Given his historic path back to the Tour, perspective was easily available.
“I’ve been managing it for years, can only hit so many golf balls, can only play so many days in a row, and then I’d have to shut it down. It’s nice to be able to go out there and put the work in,” he said. “It’s amazing. When you stop swinging in pain, all the bad tendencies I’ve had start to go away.”
The doubts and fear that haunted his last few years on Tour have also gone away thanks to a reluctant doctor with a groundbreaking surgery and an overwhelming desire to not take “no” for an answer.
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BREAKING NEWS!!
LIV and PGA MERGE!
this is historical , epic , and yhuuuuuuuuge!
LIV and PGA MERGE!
this is historical , epic , and yhuuuuuuuuge!
Yes, good news indeed and best for the game.
They came to their senses as we'd hoped and discussed. Let's hope the transition is smooth as there is usually a tussle for positions within an organisation when these things happen ... but let's stay positive
They came to their senses as we'd hoped and discussed. Let's hope the transition is smooth as there is usually a tussle for positions within an organisation when these things happen ... but let's stay positive
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Indeed!
anytime a golfer sinks a 72’ foot putt they outta win something!
good for Nick , good for Canada
good to see Ashleigh Buhai win the LPGA tournament and representing the USA
this was Ashleigh’s 4th win in what , the last 6 months….
good job!
anytime a golfer sinks a 72’ foot putt they outta win something!
good for Nick , good for Canada
good to see Ashleigh Buhai win the LPGA tournament and representing the USA
this was Ashleigh’s 4th win in what , the last 6 months….
good job!
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oh yeah , typical Sunday choke by Cryin’ Rory
Glad for her - always showed promise as a youngster and it's showing. Go you SA girl
... and it would appear that this *** is not happy that LIV and PGA are merging - wants some sort of penalty/punishment for the LIV guys. What a prick.
On the PGA/LIV note, it would appear that there's quite a bit to get sorted before things are on a smoother footing - some confusion reigning, especially amongst players
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