tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post2097276910261486543..comments2024-03-28T11:02:55.801-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: British Open: Round One Wrap-UpGoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-85907262832406124132019-07-19T23:29:32.387-04:002019-07-19T23:29:32.387-04:00Between 2011 and 2014, McIlroy won nine tournament...Between 2011 and 2014, McIlroy won nine tournaments on the PGA Tour, including four majors. Since then, he has won seven more times on the PGA tour. This year, he has won the Players Championship and the Canadian Open. He is currently ranked third in the world. So he hasn't fallen off of a cliff, but he has now gone five years in a row without winning a major.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-64131984835370946912019-07-19T17:11:20.123-04:002019-07-19T17:11:20.123-04:00Tiger had a run of 12 in a decade. Jack had a run...Tiger had a run of 12 in a decade. Jack had a run of 15 over 2 decades. Koepka reminds us of those two guys simply because he seems to driven to win. 12 and 15 is a long ways from 4. Matthew Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349035708120354682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-15095541766742830402019-07-19T17:10:07.824-04:002019-07-19T17:10:07.824-04:00Doesn't it feel like McIlroy has fallen off a ...Doesn't it feel like McIlroy has fallen off a cliff? It also explains why Nicklaus is the best of all time. He's the only one who dominated 2 decades. Matthew Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349035708120354682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-49259378255072719092019-07-19T10:22:43.449-04:002019-07-19T10:22:43.449-04:00Matthew, do you have any thoughts you would like t...Matthew, do you have any thoughts you would like to add on Brooks Koepka?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-53349020851342430522019-07-19T09:22:45.611-04:002019-07-19T09:22:45.611-04:00So our man from Campbellsville finishes a round of...So our man from Campbellsville finishes a round of 68 and goes into the third round at 8-under. He got as low as 9-under today before bogeying No. 14 and then shooting par the rest of the way home. J.B. will solidly make the cut, and we'll see where their man from Clara is later today--he's only played six holes today so far.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-65053103783935699402019-07-19T09:09:37.859-04:002019-07-19T09:09:37.859-04:00J.B. Holmes, age 37 of Campbellsville, and Shane L...J.B. Holmes, age 37 of Campbellsville, and Shane Lowry, age 32 of Clara, Ireland, now share the lead at 8-under, and they look EXACTLY alike.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-43937387884701772032019-07-19T08:48:22.755-04:002019-07-19T08:48:22.755-04:00Great job, Golf Channel! This piece of information...Great job, Golf Channel! This piece of information they just put on the screen explains everything:<br /><br />-- 1960s, Jack Nicklaus 7<br />-- 1970s, Jack Nicklaus 8<br />-- 1980s, Tom Watson 5<br />-- 1990s, Nick Faldo 4<br />-- 2000s, Tiger Woods 12<br />-- 2010s, Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy, 4 each<br /><br />That's the leading number of majors wins for a player per decade for the last 60 years, and this validates my felt sense of golf for my entire life. It felt like Jack Nicklaus had been great forever when we started really paying attention (because that was true). It felt like golf kind of went a long time with no one super-dominant player and that then Tiger Woods was like nothing anyone had ever seen (because those things were both true). And now it feels like Rory McIlroy was going to be amazing and suddenly that Brooks Koepka is going to be (because both of those things also are true).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-8226403613120131192019-07-19T07:50:15.352-04:002019-07-19T07:50:15.352-04:00Four birdies and three pars in the last seven hole...Four birdies and three pars in the last seven holes for Justin Thomas, and the 26-year-old former St. X Tiger is 1-under and solid to make the cut.<br /><br />My nephew told me the other day that he read somewhere that Brooks Koepka said he had never had a hot drink in his life. The 29-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida, is 5-under after his second round. For now, that's T4 and three strokes behind leader J.B. Holmes of Campbellsville.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com