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“That is unbelievable what I've just seen here.” - The DP World Tour announcer as Connor Syme hits one of the worst putts I've ever seen on TV before. Connor hit a lag putt from about 18 yards out. His ball settled close to 100 yards away. If you need a pick me up after a bad round, maybe save this vid.
Drama at the US Amateur
20 MEN START. ONLY... 17 SURVIVE
Big time drama this week at the US Amateur being held at the Olympic Club as there was a 20-way tie after the stroke play portion. The top 64 make it into the match play phase but in order to fill the remaining 17 slots, the 20 tied players had to enter into a sudden death playoff.
They formed four groups of five and played the 9th hole to start. Most made par. One player made birdie and was able to walk back to the clubhouse with a spot secured. And two players made bogey, eliminating themselves from the competition.
And on the second hole, with only one more elimination needed...
"Mason Howell (an incoming freshman at Unviersity of Georgia) stood crestfallen on the green, certain that his missed putt had cost him a crack at match play. Little did he know that his 5 was one better than the score posted by Emil Riegger of Florida, who, playing one group ahead, had knocked his drive into a lie so bad that several spectators had snapped pictures of it."
I bring this pretty detailed recount from GOLF.com up to help illustrate how electric this format can be. It's more or less horse race (probably my favorite golf tournament format/mini-game). And it makes me wish that once LIV figured out that the ratings weren't coming, they should've started introducing new formats and mini-games to the broadcast.
How fun would it be to gamble on a game of horse race among the field. They literally wouldn't even have to know it was happening. Actually, we could start this with any tournament as a fun side bet with buddies.
HORSE RACE SIDE BET RULES
- Every bettor contributes a small bet to the pot before play begins.
- Every bettor selects a golfer (or team of golfers) from the field.
- The horse race begins on Thursday with the player shooting the highest score eliminated on hole one.
- Play continues as the players with the highest scores on the following holes are eliminated one by one as well.
- If there are ties for highest score, all players are eliminated.
- If there are still golfers in the field after Thursday's round, play resumes with Friday's round.
- The last player standing earns that bettor the full pot.
Now, this process seems super labor-intensive for whoever is running it. But also, if I'm to believe the 123,000 accounts on TikTok telling me how easy it is to earn a six figure salary using only AI, I could probably ask ChatGPT to help me code an app to do this exact thing.
(I might actually attempt this... and test it out during the off-season. Wish me luck.)
Get your kid into golf—the Dahmen way
JOEL DAHMEN GOES GALAXY BRAIN
I've openly solicited a lot of advice to get my sons into golf and you all continue to come through. But in my perusing of golf media and social for BB material this week, I came across a brand new strategy courtesy of Joel Dahmen.
On X, Joel suggested:
Find the course where the latest junior tournament was played, and book a tee time late in the day after everyone leaves. Play golf with your son/daughter from the tournament yardage and see how you stack up. Pins will be the same, distance the same, bring up the leaderboard after the round to see how you and your child stack up against the junior field…it’s like playing a tournament for twilight golf fees instead of $500 tournament entry…
That's just outside the box enough to be genius.
Imagine just tailing the junior circuit with Twilight tee times as your kid works themselves into form. And as soon as they start firing similar numbers, then you know it's worth the entry fee. Until then—it's all vibes!
Speaking of galaxy brain...
GOLF: SO EASY A STARFISH CAN DO IT
Caught this from re-post factory Zire Golf on Instagram. Someone asked an AI platform "with the intelligence of a starfish" to teach itself how to play golf.
Before getting into the results, I have absolutely zero idea why it was necessary to dumb down AI to the level of a starfish to do this. In fact, I just Googled, are starfish smart? To which it replied via the AI summary that no, they are not. They do not have a central brain nor do they have a regularly functioning nervous system. So truly, why the @#$& would you ask an AI to pretend to be a starfish and then go learn how to golf.
Anywho, the output of said prompt is predictably hilarious. The conditions they gave to the AI was that the swing needed to generate power and stay on plane.
This guy takes Scottie's shuffle to a whole new level. Imagine someone laying fully out on every swing to achieve peak flow and velocity. Side note - I don't think we have to worry about starfish usurping our place on top of the intelligence chain.
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BEACH ACCESS AND GOLF IN YOUR BACKYARD
As I continue to peruse Zillow and Redfin daily looking for a miracle property to fall into my lap, I occasionally travel down real estate rabbit holes.
This is one of those rabbit holes.
Ryan Serhant from Million Dollar Listing NY recently listed an $89 million mansion in the Hamptons. The compound features two lots, one of which includes an enormous beachfront mansion and private beach access. The other lot directly behind the home is a 9 hole executive golf course.
Honestly, just click through the link above as my descriptions won't do this thing justice. It's straight out of a made for Netflix mini-series where a multi-generational trust fund family reveals that the idyllic life around them hides a much darker secret.
