PGA Tour Pros Talking Design - Video

[Jason Way]

I was surfing for more videos to add to the archive (http://tinyurl.com/GCAvideo) and I came across this doozy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLFdVgOMdOo

Thought it might be fun to throw this out to be dissected.  Key takeaway for me, when you are looking for an "expert" opinion, be very careful about who you decide to ask.

[Matthew Petersen]

Really I don't think this is so bad. Keegan doesn't start off with promise, but a lot of the rest is bland and predictable but not anything I would disagree with too much. Guys like variety of lengths and shots and prefer strategic holes.

I mean, they might just be saying that because they have a feeling it's the right thing to say, or their idea of "strategic" might be entirely different than mine.

And I have to say, I'm not that surprised by it. These guys play a lot of golf and will play many courses 5-6 times a week every year. A bowling alley style course isn't going to be appealing for them any more than for me.

[Wade Whitehead]

Asking Tour pros to talk about architecture is like asking attorneys to discuss the fineries of courtroom design.  They really don't care.  They just work there!

WW

[Benjamin Litman]

Disagree, Wade. Most lawyers know the architecture of courtrooms inside and out. Many like to, all have to.

But I agree with the general point, although I'd say it depends in part on whom you ask. Obviously, Geoff Ogilvy (not interviewed) will give a much different answer than Dustin Johnson (interviewed too much).

[Wade Whitehead]

Obviously, Geoff Ogilvy (not interviewed) will give a much different answer than Dustin Johnson (interviewed too much).

Yes, but outside Mr. Ogilvy there just isn't much out there.

Most of these guys care about making money, not about anticipating or enjoying the round in other terms (including those that we such much enjoy).  They determine distance, pick line, hit shot, and repeat.

WW

[Sam Krume]

Watched the video. Keegan seems to make up a new word for the English language. Go watch at 4.18 but make sure you press the cc button on the video!!!! It's great....

[Benjamin Litman]

Keegan seems to make up a new word for the English language.

If you're talking about "strategery," our last president beat him to it.

[jeffwarne]

Frank Nobilo is the poster child for vapid gca commentary.
Two days in a row he has gushed over the greenness of Innsbruck which looks like a sloppy green slopfest (I was there a week before and it was)
as well as the white bunkers and how great they "define" everything and are in" great condition"
The electric lush green rough me want to mow Augusta's "second cut"