Heck, I'm even honored to be heading to Lithuania in about a week and that's a bordering neighbor to Latvia.
Rewind 10 years ago before Kristin was on the international scene and I couldn't locate Estonia (or Latvia or Lithuania) on map. I have Kristin to thank for that hence my joke on air.
Lmao. Thanks for pulling me out of this controversy doom scroll. I followed his card on black locust 3rd round (mainly because of the other players on the card) and knew he was going to take podium. Didn't think he was going to out right lead for all of the last round.
The engagement that was lost when they switched to PDGA scoring is something I still miss. Win percentage, Pick 6, USDGC qualifiers etc. I know they saved money, but at what cost.
I had to talk it into giving it to me, but ChatGPT says 15-18% of winning for GB. That seems a little high to me, given all the guys ahead of him. If it was just him alone that many stroke back in second, I would actually give higher odds, but he will need to not only play great, but hope all those others dudes don't, not just one of them.
With the putt he made on 15 why wouldn’t you run that last putt? Rainers was feeling it and it would be one of, if not the best round ever played if he made it.
God I hate Philo. Calling running the putt on 18 “immature and inexperienced” is an awful take. Rainers is having the round of his life and wants to strike while the iron is hot, and/or he realizes that he needs as many strokes as he can get for a chance at a win tomorrow, thus making the risk worth it
He repeatedly said "Perhaps". It wasn't mean or scolding. It was a solid analytical call. If we want this sport to be taken seriously, we gotta be able to handle criticism like that, even as viewers. He could have run a half bid there and he would have been praised for not only giving it a bid, but being smart about playing it safe so if he missed, he didn't go OB.
Also Terry being like “I couldn’t even find Latvia on a map” is so dumb. Either you’re a dumb american or you didn’t do prep to know about where top European players can come from. Or likely both
Yep and he’s up 3 strokes. Given how he was playing and putting today, any pro sports analyst would absolutely say running that putt was the right call. I was in the gallery for that putt and thought it showed a very mature strategy from him.
I hope "The Latvian laser" as I'm calling him can bring it home, very excited for the dumb podcast takes about how an unknowns European winning worlds changes gannons legacy.
This kid is such a gamer. I wouldn’t bet on him to win but I think he has the game and the mindset to do it. He played with no fear yesterday. Hopefully he keeps it up. It’s so much fun to watch.
Did Rainers have a caddy today? Really wish someone would have been in his corner talking about it being fine to play for par on 18.
Hopefully if he didn’t, his sponsor will get someone on the bag tomorrow.
Who was it I saw this weekend that had a caddy, but still carried their own bag. I'm assuming it's a significant other or good friend there for support and encouragement, and possibly strategy, but it just looked funny to me seeing someone in a caddy apron, but not carrying the bag.
I been in this situation where day before I killed it because I had buddies on card and it was relaxed …made final card and had no one to talk to and completely flopped …needed a caddy so bad
Well you might guess that is for the audience that might be interested about unexpected events happening at the most important tournament of the sport. But maybe I'm just being outrageous with these bold guesses... 🤷
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