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Pavelski won the tournament last year, he almost went B2B

He went deep in the playoffs every year, he really ought to not have been a good golfer. But apparently picked up the clubs and was immediately scratch.

What he say fuck me for

This is his 3rd win but hes the only tennis player to win or come runner up at the event

pitchers have won the most at 11 but its just two guys who won a lot

I mean, they’re both country club sports too - would be shocked if most of those tennis pros didn’t play golf growing up

Being able to square the face of the racket at impact transfers very well to golf

A tennis serve (or even groundstroke) and a golf swing are obviously pretty different if you look at specifics, but having played both, theyre actually a really similar concept in a broader sense. Its a kinetic chain involving your whole body to get the stick in your hands to whip as fast as possible. A very specific kind of body control applies to both.

He’s good friends with Mardy from their playing days. 

There’s been a fair amount of golf chatter around men’s tennis. Apparently Nadal plays a lot and Alcaraz is a huge fan. 

I’m a mediocre tennis player but pretty good golfer, handicap in the single digits, and when my golf swing is off I’ll take out my tennis racquet and practice my left handed backhands. I have a couple other drills I do with a racquet too, the movements and hand positions are very similar, and hitting a smooth backhand helps me with my golf tempo. Beyond that, good tennis players also have great hand eye coordination, and have an innate understanding of how to generate swing speed from their hips and ground forces. Baseball players and hockey players also tend to take well to golf for similar reasons, though baseball players often have to deal with a wicked slice because the ground forces, balance and hand positions are just a bit different.

Fun fact, Canada has an abnormally high number of left-handed golfers, estimates range from 30-40%. This is attributed to the popularity of hockey, and the fact that majority of hockey players shoot left handed, even when naturally right handed, so playing golf left handed comes naturally.

I mean, both involve using your arms to swing an object to hit a ball. It’s probably the sport that should transfer very well.

Cricket players are often really good at golf to

hopping tennis balls i believe uses a lot of hips like in golf

Daniel Berger came from tennis. You can see it in his swing. 🙂

Andy Roddick also argued that tennis players were the best athletes.

This is questionable at best due to the very subjective measurements of athleticism.

Furthermore in terms of sprinting speed, leaping, strength and height/reach/weight the NBA and NFL players have by far the best athletes among the major sports.

When a guy is banging you

Chuck can’t help but be hilarious

daddy

Nice

He was actually 68th but swapped places for the memes

Speaking of comin’

Came here to say this lol. Maybe there is a god

Grips his club like a San Antonio woman holding a churro. 

He threw his 9 iron under the bus. Blamed it for all the bogies.

Barkley isn’t awful anymore. He shot a 90 on the 3rd rd. His awful swing mechanics that people remember him for were literally a case of the yips.

Comical considering every time he’s on with Simmons he has a story about golfing with Larry David lol

Barkley has a cigar in his mouth the entire weekend. It’s a miracle he finishes one round.

possibly soon to be part owner of the Las Vegas team

His wiki says he won it once 

Never liked that dude’s name

No AR-15 finish here. 

When a guy is banging you…

Tldr so no one else has to Google:

Had surgery for cardiac arrhythmia, triggered panic attacks and anxiety disorder, ended up being too difficult to manage

He’s also the guy that lost to Curry on the final hole in this tournament a couple years ago when some jamoke screamed during his backswing.

Awesome share thanks!

Im not really into tennis but I did get to see him play in like 2010ish

Well, why did he do it?

Small correction: it was in 2012 and it was at the US Open 4th round in which he had to play Federer, I wouldn’t say it was the biggest match of his life given he had reached the QFs multiple times in a GS, but also he had reached the finals in masters 1000 events and the Olympics as well.

Joe Pavelski, hockey player.

Steph probably could’ve been a golfer if he dedicated himself to it when he was young. He’s just a damn good athlete with damn good accuracy. You do gotta feel for Seth when it comes to these sort of things. In most families, he’d be the most successful guy. Unfortunately, he’s a Curry.

Seth has won the last two years of the tourney between him, his brother, and dad.

They got a in tourney tourney with a championship belt.

Bro this week is just a wild week here. The Clippers situation must be bad for Adam Silver to be pulling out all these wild posts and comments.

What is the American Century Championship format?

The players will compete over 54 holes using a modified Stableford format in which points are awarded for how a player fares on a hole rather than a score in relation to par.

What is the American Century Championship scoring?

Albatross (3 under on a hole): 10 points Hole-in-one: 8 points Eagle (2 under): 6 points Birdie (1 under): 3 points Par (even): 1 point Bogey (1 over): 0 points Double or worse (2 over+): -2 points Players cannot score worse than a double bogey. The player with the most points after three rounds wins.

Sounds like he got outplayed

its called ‘Modified Stableford System’, players earn points for Birdy or better, lose points for Bogey or worse.

Normally:

Par is 0 no points

Bogey is -1 (double bogey -2 etc)

Birdie is +1, Eagle +2, etc

But the points awarded can be adjusted and I think this particular event is awarding more points ‘per’ i.e. 3 for Birdie, 6 for eagle, something like that, and possibly 0 points for Bogey instead of -1, someone else posted a few comments down about the specific ‘modifications’ they are using.

Yearly pro-am in Tahoe.

Growing up rich golfing with dad at country clubs probably helped

I know you aint come in here disrespecting Carlton Banks.

I thought people in the nba said Reaves was the best active nba golfer lol

Your life sounds like it sucks lol

Depends on where you’re living. Cultures put that type of label on things that are harder to access.

Growing up in suburban Texas, I felt the same as you. Later on when I moved down under, golf courses are cheap and your local tradesmen and auto mechanics would go a couple of times a week.

I still don’t play but that’s just because I’m not interested. But if I wanted to, it’s cheap as chips.

Perhaps it’s where you are? Everyone I know plays golf including me, and we are all very regular lol.

You’re missing out brother. Greatest game on earth.

One of the best American tennis players of the early 2000s. He was 7th in the world.