Bryson - 58!

[mshills]

16 minutes ago, dab36 said:

61-58..............historic.  Congrats to BD.    "China, Krank up the driver head production", every 101 swing speeder is now going to want a "Krank" driver.

LOL yep!  90 club head speed here, and I'll admit to hitting the Krank web site!  I guess there are different driver face thicknesses....umm....ok, surprised manufacturing tolerances are that precise, but whatever you say.

[bscinstnct]

37 minutes ago, leezer99 said:

One of the least impressive sub 60 rounds in the history of sub 60 rounds.

 

 

Ya, plus there’s the LIV 2-mulligan rule so definitely an * there

 

And gotta ding him a stroke for getting to wear shorts

 

But give him a stroke for having to listen to mumble-rap while he played 

 

 

Kiddin! 🤣 BD aight in my book ; )

[subrew]

The main news page for GolfWRX has really outdone themselves on covering this.  Just the Tour Rundown article. 

 

https://www.golfwrx.com/720499/tour-rundown-back-to-back-for-boutier-brysons-brilliance-glover-victorious/#comment-1109274

 

Where Bryson's name is mentioned in the headline, but not in the actual body of the article.  And only this mentioned in the opening paragraph:

 

"and in West Virginia, a 58 for the win was recorded on the LIV tour."

[jimecherry]

1 minute ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Ya, plus there’s the LIV 2-mulligan rule so definitely an * there

 

And gotta ding him a stroke for getting to wear shorts

 

But give him a stroke for having to listen to mumble-rap while he played 

 

 

Kiddin! 🤣 BD aight in my book ; )

there was no rap this weekend it was mostly southern fair including country :{

[the bishop]

2 minutes ago, subrew said:

The main news page for GolfWRX has really outdone themselves on covering this.  Just the Tour Rundown article. 

 

https://www.golfwrx.com/720499/tour-rundown-back-to-back-for-boutier-brysons-brilliance-glover-victorious/#comment-1109274

 

Where Bryson's name is mentioned in the headline, but not in the actual body of the article.  And only this mentioned in the opening paragraph:

 

"and in West Virginia, a 58 for the win was recorded on the LIV tour."

Well it's not untrue 🤣  But yeah, I would have expected a little more than that.

[leezer99]

1 hour ago, leezer99 said:

One of the least impressive sub 60 rounds in the history of sub 60 rounds.

 

 

The math nerds keep attacking Triple B (Big Boy Bryson)...

 

[jimecherry]

15 minutes ago, leezer99 said:

 

The math nerds keep attacking Triple B (Big Boy Bryson)...

 

just goes to show how much of a beast steve stricker is bryson still beat jon rahm ;}

[black bnr32]

1 hour ago, leezer99 said:

One of the least impressive sub 60 rounds in the history of sub 60 rounds.

 

I wonder if the size of field has an affect.  47(?) players vs ~70 at a typical PGA event.

[gvogel]

2 hours ago, Jarlaxle said:

A few responses/thoughts:

 

1) Bryson was asked about his driver and his response was (paraphrasing) "It's great for anyone with ball speed over 175mph".  So yes, Krank will sell lots more drivers, likely to many (most?) people who have no chance of hitting them well.

 

2) Clearly the Old White is a course that you can go low on, but what BAD did was on a different level.  I think they started the round early due to weather so I stumbled on it while I was cooking breakfast and ended watching most of it. BAD was paired with Matt Wolff and was hitting it WAY past him. Like 40 or 50 yards past him. It was a master class in both power and precision. And he looks SO much better having lost all that weight. Let's see what happens next week, but if he somehow manages to keep his form and wins big on LIV again, it would be really, really, really hard to keep him off the Ryder Cup team. 

 

3) Yes, Lucas Glover's win was super important to him and it was awesome to see a family man celebrate with his kids (also, now that he has a putter he believes in, watch out because he has always been a great ball striker, just had the yips). But the highlight of Bryson's final putt and his resulting celebration is also one of pure joy. Bryson isn't my favorite guy for sure but watching him jump in the air with the look of a kid who just came downstairs on Christmas morning to find a shiny new bike with his name on it was pretty damn cool.... even it was in a no cut event with preferred lies. 

 

For those of us who have no chance of hitting Bryson's Krank driver very well, they also sell a version (non-conforming) with a thinner face that could go farther than a Titleist, Ping or Callaway.  I think.

[jimecherry]

9 minutes ago, black bnr32 said:

I wonder if the size of field has an affect.  47(?) players vs ~70 at a typical PGA event.

averages are effected by the sample size however we know from how cuts work that reducing the field tends to raise the bar, thus lowering gained strokes on the field, but not by much.

[johnseg]

2 hours ago, Moss Hopper said:

Does it matter that it was a par 70?  What were the other super low rounds shot on?  Still amazing but want to compare apples...

I can remember people downplaying Furyk's 58 because it was only -12 as well.

 

That is the purpose of the internet. Sh!t on other people's accomplishments.

Edited August 7, 2023 by johnseg

[gvogel]

22 hours ago, subrew said:

It was a bit different watching him too.  It wasn't bomb and gouge style Bryson.  He still hit his new Krank driver a long ways, but a bulk of his tee shots were taken with a newly built Krank 5-wood.  Looked like he put a smooth 7-iron swing on it, and it would roll out to 300yds even in wet conditions.

 

And just lights out putting.

Thank you for the additional comment about the Krank 5-wood.  A noted golf architect made a big deal about how Bryson could hit his driver on the toe, or on the heel, and the ball still ended up in the fairway.  My assumption is that Bryson can hit the 5-wood far enough that he put himself into scoring position off the tee, numerous times.

 

(I might have to buy a Krank fairway wood!)

[mosesgolf]

If Bryson shot a 54 someone would find a way to B....H about it.  Cmon folks 58!!!!!  The highlights of his final round was a showcase in ball striking along with great putting of course.

 

https://course.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/course/course/greenbriaroldwhite/detailedscorecard.htm

 

Does this scorecard indicate that it was an easy course?  Yeah for our famous WRX4 perhaps.

Edited August 7, 2023 by mosesgolf

[Dutch1008]

16 minutes ago, gvogel said:

A noted golf architect made a big deal about how Bryson could hit his driver on the toe, or on the heel, and the ball still ended up in the fairway. 

It wasn't just an architect, Bryson made a big deal out of it. Said it didn't matter where he hit it on the face, it was so stable that everything was ending up in the fairway. That sounds pretty awesome for beginners and for seniors that have lost some motor skills, sounds terrible coming out of the mouth of a professional. Consistently hitting the center of the club face should be a competitive advantage, not a skill diminished. 

 

Pretty sure the USGA and R&A's ears perked up after that interview.

 

 

[jimecherry]

3 minutes ago, Dutch1008 said:

It wasn't just an architect, Bryson made a big deal out of it. Said it didn't matter where he hit it on the face, it was so stable that everything was ending up in the fairway. That sounds pretty awesome for beginners and for seniors that have lost some motor skills, sounds terrible coming out of the mouth of a professional. Consistently hitting the center of the club face should be a competitive advantage, not a skill diminished. 

 

Pretty sure the USGA and R&A's ears perked up after that interview.

 

 

he missed several fairways yesterday so is his krank driver not forgiving enough ;}

[smashdn]

6 hours ago, AltC said:

Amazing play from Bryson - you cannot take anything away from 61 -58 superb golf! It seems that his willingness to push the envelope to extremes has paid off - but only once he dialed it back a bit and found more balance in the parts - that may be the lesson here for everyone.

 

 

Well said.

 

I don't care for his swing.  And never have really.  It lacks a fluidity and elegance but you can't argue he get a lot out of it.

[TiScape]

1 hour ago, subrew said:

The main news page for GolfWRX has really outdone themselves on covering this.  Just the Tour Rundown article. 

 

https://www.golfwrx.com/720499/tour-rundown-back-to-back-for-boutier-brysons-brilliance-glover-victorious/#comment-1109274

 

Where Bryson's name is mentioned in the headline, but not in the actual body of the article.  And only this mentioned in the opening paragraph:

 

"and in West Virginia, a 58 for the win was recorded on the LIV tour."

Ppl are beating a dead horse here. We ALL KNOW why. It is what it is at this point. Bringing it up just seems like an attempt to create drama. Isn’t there a soap opera on you can be watching??? 
🤣

[marmaduk]

Read the thread front to back and the only thing I’m taking away from this is that @So_Cal is a bit of a loser. 🤷‍♂️

[sergizmo]

11 hours ago, kmbean said:

Wake me up when Bryson does something impressive, like posting 55 and backing it up with 53.

 

These forums are hilarious sometimes.

It only counts if he used hickory shafted clubs: brassie, cleek, mid iron, mashie, mashie niblick and niblick. With gutta percha balls. With modern stuff 55 backed up by 53 is easy peasy and I'm just not that impressed by it.

[LBB]

Anyone know the total amount of feet of putts he made Sunday?  I only watched the youtube highlights, and other than the make from the bunker, it seemed like he was mostly outside of 10 feet for his birdie putts.  I don't remember the highlights having him stick it to inside of 4 feet multiple times like you sometimes see when a golfer gets hot.  It's one thing to constantly hit good approach shots, but to have to constantly finish it off with the putter on what is usually a 50% or less make percentage is what stood out to me, but I might have to watch the highlights again.

[Cactus Jack]

3 hours ago, leezer99 said:

One of the least impressive sub 60 rounds in the history of sub 60 rounds.

 

 

LMFAO.

 

Are you seriously attempting to discredit the guy who just shot, according to your post, the 12th-best sub-60 round and just the second 58 ever in elite professional golf history? Oh, and achieved a monumental life/professional accomplishment after fighting back from years of injury, public crucifixion, and his father's death. 

 

Gross.  

[Barfolomew]

Krank this and Krank that.... yeah but what shaft was he playin?

 

We know what's really important...

[Trippels]

2 minutes ago, Barfolomew said:

Krank this and Krank that.... yeah but what shaft was he playin?

 

We know what's really important...

Hzrdous T1100

 

aka, not a LA GOLF shaft hmm

[Purple Toupee]

17 minutes ago, Cactus Jack said:

 

LMFAO.

 

Are you seriously attempting to discredit the guy who just shot, according to your post, the 12th-best sub-60 round and just the second 58 ever in elite professional golf history? Oh, and achieved a monumental life/professional accomplishment after fighting back from years of injury, public crucifixion, and his father's death. 

 

Gross.  

Why are you surprised?  It’s just the same 5 or 6 people who try to crap on LIV every chance they can, and then they add their little emojis to each others posts and act like they are a majority.

 

Just stop feeding the trolls.

[doubleeagle]

I watched him putting with a GC Quad Saturday before his round and he kept putting this right to left putt over and over for what seemed like 20 minutes with no hole or ending point there. It was very interesting to say the least. I know he hit the ball tee to green great on Friday and couldn't buy a putt so whatever drill he was doing before Saturdays round paid off big time then and on Sunday.

[Zitlow]

The price of Krank just went up. 

[Stevens24]

14 hours ago, So_Cal said:

I don’t watch LIV as I find it incredibly boring but I heard it was preferred lies 

From your neighbor? Yes it rained on the last several holes but they do not change those rules mid round. Lift Clean and place was not in effect for the final round.

[So_Cal]

6 hours ago, double_d said:

It's impressive, but not nearly as difficult ever since Gene Sarazen invented the sand wedge.

Since everyone is dogging me.  I get it - you’re impressed.  You know what would impress me more than Bryson shooting 54 with modern equipment?  Having a loving wife and kids come out to hug him after his victory.  That takes much more guts.  Again, JMO. 

[the bishop]

5 minutes ago, So_Cal said:

Since everyone is dogging me.  I get it - you’re impressed.  You know what would impress me more than Bryson shooting 54 with modern equipment?  Having a loving wife and kids come out to hug him after his victory.  That takes much more guts.  Again, JMO. 

What has that got to do with anything?

[Kobe824Lakers]

can't stand LIV but this was so impressive. bryson is such a character. looking forward to when the politics are over and he is back playing with the best players in the world. he deserves to be on the ryder cup. i know he burned a lot of bridges with the pga folks but it would be a mistake to leave him out.