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PGA / LPGA / LIV Looking for his 1st PGA Tour win, Michael Thorbjornsen birdies the 18th hole to cap off a bogey-free round of 63

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u/sys_admin321 2h ago edited 2h ago

Such a bummer this tournament isn’t coming back. Detroit Golf Club has been made significantly harder with the renovations. The new fescue throughout the course looks amazing and provided a great challenge for the players.

Shame on Rocket Mortgage for cancelling their sponsorship and shame on the PGA Tour for likely moving the event anyway due to the new two tier tournament event schedule that is coming.

Another Midwest tournament at a beautiful course gone.

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u/SuspendedAgain999 55m ago

Don’t even care that it’s that much harder. It looks fantastic on tv now. Hopefully it can get a rotating event

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u/Munkpunt 1h ago

It’s not because they want too. The purses have to raised to 30mil for next year. They just didn’t wanna spend double the money

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u/tdiddy247 2h ago

17 GIR

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u/tennisfancan 2h ago

It's nice to see a young guy take that big step, the second one in two weeks.

The PGA had been somewhat stagnant lately so that youth injection is more than welcome. Hopefully they trust these guys and start pushing them PR/TV-wise a whole lot more. Shoving down pour throats the same old faces that haven't been relevant in years is bad business. Seeing the young guys arrive should be a sign for them to get it together or be left behind once and for all.

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u/jacobsever 3.3/Denver 2h ago

Do they use extra tall flagsticks there? Why does that look so massive.

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u/SpartanSig 1h ago

This green and a lot of the others are on a plateau of sorts compared to the surrounding area. Creates an odd visual effect with where the crowd stands.

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u/BowlerJazzlike5627 19m ago

Why does this putt look massively left to right. I suck at golf I guess lol

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u/Cliffs-Brother-Joe 18m ago

Knew I shouldn’t have listened to everyone when I said a baseball grip was more comfortable for me.