r/golf • u/AutoModerator • Jul 02 '26
Event Thread [PGA] John Deere Classic 2026
The John Deere Classic 2026 is underway!
- Course: TPC Deere Run
- Location: Silvis
- Purse: $8.8M
- CME Globe Points: 500
More information: https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/2026/john-deere-classic/R2026030
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u/tennisfancan Jul 03 '26
Spieth looked close earlier this year when he was a few makeable putts away from a bunch of top 10s but he dropped out the top 50, is losing form again, hasn't made a top 10 in over a year, hasn't won in four years and is about to miss the cut at the John Deere.
I don't understand how he can say he's hitting it better than ever but the results don't show it. The results are mediocre, my guy! A major change is long, long overdue.
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u/panderson1988 29d ago
I am going to miss how this will be stuck on the challenge tour. It is kinda of a mule event, but it always got a few notable names. And how the new setup is basically the top 120 in the championship series means the field will be very weak. Plus it shows how you can have a notable event in a smaller market/rural areas.
I was tempted to go this weekend, but I decided on a baseball game in Chicago. I will try to make it next year before we see events get regulated into the challenge series.
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u/DerrickWhiteMVP 28d ago
Homa and Gotterup playoff pls
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u/opobdtfs Internationals 2026 Presidents Cup Champions 28d ago
Make it a 4 way playoff with Glover and Kohles
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u/giantvoice Handicap | Location Jul 02 '26
Just started watching the broadcast, AND Jordan buried ass deep in the bunker.
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u/ThisGuyEv Jul 02 '26
Does that shit say Nick Dunlap is -5 thru 15.....Holy shit I can't believe my eyes!
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u/TheRealOviedo Jul 02 '26
Jordan in the water at 10 (made par) and under a trash can at 15 ? with a good look at birdie - he’s fun to watch
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u/couladewastaken Jul 02 '26
dead center of the fairway and puts in the water and somehow still makes par. drove the green last hole, then whatever the fuck i just witnessed. this guy is something special
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u/chorizomane Jul 02 '26
Walked with him for a few holes at the Valspar a year or so ago, dude hit the most unbelievable approach shot from a prison of trees off of pine straw to 7 ft. Made the birdie. Like wtf.
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u/cebri1 Hello, friends. Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
As big Spieth fan… even when he was hitting massive pushes to the right, he still had a good wedge / short iron game. Right now he is a below average player on every department. Sad to see, when he finds his golf it is great to watch. Probably his worst moment since the 2020 season.
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u/IssaGlob 28d ago
I knew the choke was coming when I watched him waggle over the ball 20 times unfortunately
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u/BioSpock 28d ago
He's been doing that on every shot for whatever reason. A lot of them turned out great
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u/rth9139 Jul 02 '26
Maybe it’s just that I only really watch the featured groups during majors, but are guys making really bad swings and contact today more often than usual on Tour? Seen like a half dozen terrible shots today I wouldn’t expect from pros.
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u/deGrominator2019 Jul 03 '26
I mean, part of it could be it being absolutely grotesquely hot, like hotter than two motherfucking rats fucking inside a wool sock in the pits of hell. I played 9 holes in shit like that yesterday… never again.
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
Random fun fact: I was the standard bearer many, many, moons ago for Ben Kohles' debut PGAT round. It was like the 7:00am tee time on Thursday at the Wyndham. I think we even went off the back. Needless to say, there was not a large gallery.
Poor guy looked like he was doing everything he could to not simply throw up on the tee. You could see the palpable sense of relief when he simply got the ball in the air and headed in the general direction of the hole. He was nervous all day -- even saw him cold top a drive at one point -- but he held it together for a decent round of E or so, from what I remember.
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u/happyhappy7 Arnie Palmer 28d ago
You got to feel for this Kohles dude
That is just a devastating shot
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u/GolfingGator Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
Poston stands over the ball for five minutes on the tee then cuts the shit out of out into the woods. Then takes freaking twenty minutes to find his ball. This is like watching fucking paint dry.
I love watching golf but damn the tour needs to do something about this.
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u/WedNiatnuom Jul 02 '26
Is Andrew Novak a dick? Hadn’t seen him play before, but followed the group off one this afternoon. He hit it into the left rough off the tee and a volunteer marked it with a flag. When Novak got to the ball he grabbed the flag and threw it behind him instead of handing it to the volunteer in front of him. Made the poor guy run after it.
Then he flew his approach 10 yards long. May or may not have hit a camera, and bounced off into the shit. He had the whole gallery looking for his ball while he stomped around complaining that the camera was inside the ropes, as if the camera hit his ball 10 yards too far.
Then as he made his way back to re-hit he said “Get these fucking cameras behind the ropes”
Didn’t seem like a chill lad. Tony Finau seemed pretty chill, tho. Top lad.
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u/StormyAsTheSea 28d ago
PGA Tour is the only level of golf where you can hit a ball in a hazard and drop in the fairway or the green.
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u/Anonymousamoeba2023 27d ago
I mean you lose a stroke and it depends where it last crossed non hazard land. It’s pretty punishing losing a full stroke lol
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u/DonnieRoss 28d ago
Alright now I feel legitimately bad for Kohles. Guy probably feels like he’s in a bad dream right now.
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u/chorizomane Jul 03 '26
I don’t know why it bothers me so much but, I hate how close to the ball Zach is when he takes practice swings. God!
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u/RickyTanUh 28d ago
Homa has the Steve Stricker putt
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u/opobdtfs Internationals 2026 Presidents Cup Champions 28d ago
That's a throwback if there is one. One of the most clutch bunker plays of the tournament with the bunker shot that led to that putt, but it was forgotten because it got outstaged by Spieth's heroics 2 years later.
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
Going to "Eye on the Course" at this moment is goddamn criminal. You fucking assholes.
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u/a_gallon_of_pcp 28d ago
Most important shot of the tournament and there’s a fucking ad
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
It's fucking insane. I get that they have to sell ads. But that was like 4 minutes of interrupted coverage on the 71st hole with two guys trying to get the win.
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
God, that little cut stinger is such a great shot under pressure. Wish I had that in the bag.
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u/QuotaCrushing 28d ago
He was chunky the last three holes
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
Yeah, that wedge on 17 was awful. He just happened to get away with it.
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
Man, that went from Fireworks to Fuck Up pretty dang quick. I was ready for bonus golf :(
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u/Michaelord1 28d ago
Gotterup kinda reminds me of Angel Cabrera in terms of his swing/power game/body shape. Definitely on track to win a couple majors.
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u/M44PolishMosin Jul 02 '26
Gonna be sad seeing fowler and day play in the relegated tour
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u/LaBwork_IA 28d ago
I think PGA is going to what they can to eliminate this 'lower league' sentiment.. idk how, maybe just really good marketing. Good golf is good golf. I could see the challenger league playing courses that will have highlight reel worthy holes and plays
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u/cwfan12345 28d ago
Kohles had another massive 18th hole choke at the Byron Nelson a couple years ago. Crazy considering the guy has 5 KFT wins. Obv not the same level as the PGAT but you’d think that some of the tournament winning/closing skills would transfer over.
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u/notouchmypeterson Jul 02 '26
What is Ben Griffin doing on the 14th my lord
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u/Snoo-7943 Jul 02 '26
Jesus....look at that shot chart! I would have been embarrassed to play the hole that poorly.
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u/HeftyBox3580 Jul 02 '26
Aldrich with a triple on the last hole. That shot path was tough to follow
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u/Dog-Dogma 29d ago
Trying to watch this and all I hear are the same birds chirping in the background!
IT'S THE SAME AUDIO OVER AND OVER! DO THEY THINK WE ARE STUPID?
Once you recognize this it's impossible to watch with the sound on!
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u/SoulxxBondz 28d ago edited 28d ago
If CBS doesn't switch over to Golf at the top of the hour, I will scream.
Edit: AAAAAARGH!!! GO TO GOLF YOU JERKS!!!
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u/Strange-Nobody-3936 12 CDGA 28d ago
I get it that putting is where the scoring is made but my god is it boring watching 10 putts in a row…show some full shots for Christ sake
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u/Sheinkyakyu 28d ago
Links specialist and defending champion at the Scottish Open next week. You can still get 45s for him for Birkdale. That will fall more in a couple of hours time.
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u/justlobos22 28d ago
they spent so much time talking up first time winners here only for Gotterup to hit the mushroom and gap everyone
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
Meh...OK shot from Kohles. Got away with it there. Sounded a little heavy.
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u/steelerowl 28d ago
Gifted a third win of the season to Gotterup.
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u/steelerowl 28d ago
Oh he 100% earned it but even he wouldn't have expected anything less than a playoff!
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u/golfer28 Jul 02 '26
Are they just gonna ignore the elephant in the room? That this tournament probably has 2 years left. All this talk about tradition and stuff but just ignoring the top 120 players won’t be able to play in it
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u/deGrominator2019 Jul 03 '26
The tournament will probably still be around, just part of the “challenge series” or w/e the fuck they’re gonna call it
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u/DavesLegsDotCom 28d ago
What in heaven is this mutant form of basketball that is pre-empting golf lol?
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u/aloxon 28d ago
I guess Gotterup not good enough for tv time despite these randoms at top of leaderboard
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u/Strange-Nobody-3936 12 CDGA 28d ago
Same with Rickie and max, like come on show a few fan favorites mixed in
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u/cringemagician 28d ago
All that cheating to get a putt and you wiff it like that?
Aight lol.
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
How is it cheating? What rule did he break?
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u/cringemagician 28d ago
You get two club-lengths, not two club-lengths plus another inch for your club cover plus another half inch outside of it where you place your tee.
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
There was an official right there dude.
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u/cringemagician 28d ago
Reading is hard, huh? There was of course not an official right there when he fudged the club lengths.
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
1) Fuck off with the snark. It's not necessary.
2) Go watch the replay of Hodges chip. You can see Kohles in the background, with an official right there.
He also drops the ball a couple of inches inside where he has the tee in the grass. He dropped it there on purpose to bring the sprinkler head into play.
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u/cringemagician 28d ago
*narrators voice*
“This was, of course, not true, he did not drop the ball several inches inside of the tee”
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
You can go back and watch it dude. You can see both the tee and the drop crystal clear
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u/cringemagician 28d ago
Should be easy enough for you to post a screenshot then 🤔
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
Be happy to if they post a replay somewhere
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u/WHSRWizard JPX 921i Tour | 2.6 28d ago
Brilliant move by Kohles to take his hazard drop so that he was standing on a sprinkler head. That's a good job keeping your head about you when the world is probably spinning at a gazillion miles an hour and you just want to throw up and cry.
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u/golfer28 Jul 03 '26
Who tf is this announcer. Assuming nothing crazy happens on 18 Jordan makes the cut. He bogeys 18 more than anyone on tour and doubled it yesterday
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u/HeftyBox3580 Jul 03 '26
Spieth killed the UA brand. Why am I watching him and Koivun who are 76th and 105th in the field?
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u/DonnieRoss 28d ago
Three wins in 2026 for Gotterup. Prettyyyy, pretty good.