Hyundai Tournament of Champions (Spoilers)

gts1982 · Jan 5, 2013

But if the ball won't stay on the green in one spot they shouldn't have to play. You hit the green and it blows off before you can get there to mark it.

triple_bogey · Jan 5, 2013

thepete said:
Well, it is an outdoor sport. You're always subject to luck of the draw. If it was unplayable from the start, it is one thing, because they shouldn't have been on the course to start with. I understand it got worse (and is worse today) as the day progressed.

From watching highlights, the weather was actually fine at the start of play.

cj3ap2 · Jan 5, 2013

50+ mph wind gusts on the high points of the course yesterday. that's not wind, that's a mini tornado

thepete · Jan 5, 2013

gts1982 said:
But if the ball won't stay on the green in one spot they shouldn't have to play. You hit the green and it blows off before you can get there to mark it.

Of course not. But it wasn't like that from the start (AFAIK). But they probably held off blowing the whistle too long and decided to cover their butts by cancelling the rounds.

arydolphin · Jan 5, 2013

New plan for round 1, sounds pretty exciting:

SharkHat · Jan 5, 2013

arydolphin said:
New plan for round 1, sounds pretty exciting:

Now that's funny, right there

Damaikis · Jan 5, 2013

arydolphin said:
New plan for round 1, sounds pretty exciting:

I saw that, pretty funny.

TRyan · Jan 5, 2013

Haha nice find!

TapaTalk from the iPhone

GregDan · Jan 5, 2013

Looks like they are gonna at least delay if not just cancel it. There is some nasty weather there.

Damaikis · Jan 5, 2013

thetopdogg said:
Looks like they are gonna at least delay if not just cancel it. There is some nasty weather there.

Just delayed it another hour. Pushed back to 9:30 local time.

GregDan · Jan 5, 2013

Damaikis said:
Just delayed it another hour. Pushed back to 9:30 local time.

Ahh. That makes sense. I just turned it on. Didn't realize it was yesterday's round. Whoops. Haha

Damaikis · Jan 5, 2013

thetopdogg said:
Ahh. That makes sense. I just turned it on. Didn't realize it was yesterday's round. Whoops. Haha

Yeah, let's hope the weather doesn't get worse or it might turn into a 36 hole tourney.

CharlieMoy · Jan 5, 2013

Damaikis said:
Yeah, let's hope the weather doesn't get worse or it might turn into a 36 hole tourney.

This doesn't bode well for the tournament of champions.

Damaikis · Jan 5, 2013

Thainer21 said:
This doesn't bode well for the tournament of champions.

Sobel tweeted that if it is a 36 hole tourney, the winner doesn't earn an invite back. Not sure if that's true or not.

CharlieMoy · Jan 5, 2013

This event should just get cancelled. There are better places to start the tour season anyways

TTing

arydolphin · Jan 5, 2013

Damaikis said:
Sobel tweeted that if it is a 36 hole tourney, the winner doesn't earn an invite back. Not sure if that's true or not.

It's a freaking 30 player field. Absolutely no reason in my mind that even if a shot isn't hit today, they can't play 36 holes tomorrow and then play 18 holes on Monday to get a 54 hole tournament in the books. They were going to use a 2-tee start today anyways to make things faster, should be the same for all of the rounds.

CharlieMoy · Jan 5, 2013

arydolphin said:
It's a freaking 30 player field. Absolutely no reason in my mind that even if a shot isn't hit today, they can't play 36 holes tomorrow and then play 18 holes on Monday to get a 54 hole tournament in the books. They were going to use a 2-tee start today anyways to make things faster, should be the same for all of the rounds.

Yesterday was Thursdays round. Today is canceling Fridays round. 36 Saturday, 18 Sunday.

Edit: nvm. Hawaii always baffles me.

TTing

dhill · Jan 5, 2013

No yesterday was Friday's round. The first round. This tournament finishes on Monday.

Thainer21 said:
Yesterday was Thursdays round. Today is canceling Fridays round. 36 Saturday, 18 Sunday.

Edit: nvm. Hawaii always baffles me.

TTing

Damaikis · Jan 5, 2013

I just want to watch golf.

Attempo · Jan 5, 2013

I know the players don't like it but I love watching PGA pros battle those wicked elements. It makes for much more entertaining TV than watching guys putt for 80 percent of the telecast. Plus, when the temperature is in the teens here and there's a foot of snow on the ground, it does not warm my heart to watch them luxuriating in the warm sunshine with the announcers rubbing it in, telling us how gorgeous the weather is in Hawaii.