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Scott Van PeltBryson DeChambeau struggled at the Masters because he lacked specific yardage books
Augusta National, they don't provide [yardage books]... I almost wonder if it kind of jams up [Bryson DeChambeau's] airspace, so to speak, because you've got to sort it out completely on your own, and I think that's why you hear people talk so much about local knowledge and about playing here for years.
PFT CommenterAugusta National pipes in bird noises for the Masters broadcast
I'm more convinced than ever that the birds are actually piped in crowd noise. Agreed. There's one bird in particular. They play its call over and over and over. It's a cardinal, I think. They're getting sloppy with it. I think it might be a whippoorwill. But whatever it is, it's very obvious.
Big CatBryson DeChambeau looks fat when he is playing poorly
When you're bigger and you're doing well, you're strong. And when you're doing poorly, you're fat. And he looks fat today. Not to body shame, but there's something about the plus four next to his name that the strength now becomes a little pudgy.
Big CatThe Masters is the best 'come down' from the stress of March Madness
There's nothing better, though, than the Masters come down from the March Madness. It is really the greatest... Like set up because it's high impact, high stress sports watching for three, four weeks. And then you get the most low impact, good on your knees, napping on the couch in and out the best type of sports watching.
Brodie SmithThe disc golf ranking system should be abolished because it is too subjective
I would say the easiest answer is to get rid of ratings... in disc golf, everyone has a handicap, essentially. And that handicap is highly the most important thing... and it's also very subjective how you get your handicap... There needs to be an actual ranking system based off of how you finish in a tournament versus what your score was.
Ryan WhitneyPGA Tour golfers are higher-level athletes relative to their sport than any other professional athletes
I actually say a lot that I think that PGA Tour golfers are better at their sport than any other professional athlete is at their sport, if that makes any sense. If you threw me in an NBA game, I'll look like Sean Bradley. Throw me on the tour, I'll shoot 100 and quit.
Big CatJordan Spieth is now a likable underdog because he has been so bad
Everyone likes Jordan Spieth because he's been so bad and such a head case for so long that he gets the pity... now he's an underdog despite the fact that he's won millions and millions of dollars playing golf.
Brooks KoepkaThe eagle on the 17th hole at the Waste Management Open was 'stupid luck'
No, that was just dumb luck that it went in. That was just real dumb luck... I'll be honest with you, it shouldn't have gone [in]. That's just stupid luck, man.
Big CatPatrick Reed is objectively good for the sport of golf because he's a villain
If you're a golf fan and you're so angry at Patrick Reed that you want him out of golf, you have to question whether you're a golf fan. Because guys who get this type of reaction on a Saturday afternoon in January on a tournament... That's good for golf.
PFT CommenterThe Masters looks better in November than in April
I think that the Masters looks better in November. I think that the course—I think that it's better as a November tournament than it has ever won... it gives the pine trees more of a shine that often gets overlooked when everyone's talking about the azaleas.
Big CatBryson DeChambeau is the number one baby back bitch in sports
[Bryson DeChambeau] is now the number one triple B in the sports world... I think he's baby back bitch of the year. The fact that he now has his caddy blocking camera guys too.
PFT CommenterIt is more entertaining to watch amateurs play golf than professionals
People love amateur stuff. Whether it's pornography or it's golfers, it's almost better watching people who aren't professionals do it.
Brooks KoepkaDonald Trump is a better golfer than Barack Obama
You've golfed with both Trump and Obama who's better? [Trump]. Trump's better, a little better. Yeah.
PFT CommenterBryson DeChambeau worries too much about angles and should just play golf
He does like the compass and the he does like all the math behind his shots. Just go out and shoot the ball, dude, maybe if you stop thinking about it, you'd be like Brooks [Koepka] and wind shit... You worry too much about angles buddy.
Brooks KoepkaGolf takes too long and should be reduced to 14 or 15 holes
Nobody wants to spend five and a half hours out there... Literally, I would just make it like 15 holes, 14 holes. Because then you get to go in the 19th hole a little bit quicker.
PFT CommenterYou shouldn't be allowed to take three and a half minutes for a putt and then miss it
I'm pretty sure that you're not allowed to take three and a half minutes to line up a putt from eight feet and then miss the putt. If you make the putt, I think people overlook it. But if you miss that putt, then we're going to have an issue.
Big CatBrooks Koepka is the greatest golfer of all time this year
[Brooks Koepka] is the greatest golfer of all time this year. So I don't understand how it works, but I just know that this one triggered all the other finishes, and now he won it all.
Big CatJ.B. Holmes ruined the Open Championship with his slow play
Fuck J.B. Holmes. Fuck him. Brooks Koepka would have won. He ruined the Open Championship. Ruined it.
Rick ReillyDonald Trump cheats at golf by giving himself club championships he didn't win
What he does, he plays the first round at any course he opens by himself with Melania in the cart or whoever, and he calls that the club championship... And there was one he won when he was in Philly and the tournament was in Bedminster. And he called and said, well, won the club championship... make me the club champ. Just on his word.
Rick ReillyDonald Trump would shoot an 85 if he were completely honest
[Big Cat]: What would you say Donald Trump would shoot if he was completely honest about every shot right now? [Reilly]: 85. That's still pretty good... But at Tahoe they kept track, right? And he didn't break an 80.
Brooks KoepkaGolf courses should be shortened to 14 or 15 holes to be more fun
How do you speed up the game? Literally, I would just make it like 15 holes, 14 holes... Because then you get to go in the 19th hole a little bit quicker... It gets boring from like hole 5 to 12. You're just like, where am I right now?
Brooks KoepkaGolfers wear metal spikes just to hear the clicking sound on concrete
I don't wear the spikes... soft spikes. [Some] guys wear the metal ones. I have no idea why. I think it's just to hear the click clack when they're walking over concrete... to make them feel like athletes.
PFT CommenterThe 2019 Masters was a bad weekend for the Augusta National course
I don't think I root for the course anymore. The course got embarrassed. This was a bad weekend for the course. Yeah, low scores.
PFT CommenterMasters Sunday is the biggest napping day of the year
Everybody watches the Masters by themselves, maybe with their dad, maybe with a roommate or something like that, but it is the one day a year where you can take part in the biggest sporting event of that sport of the year and just sit there and chill, fall asleep, take a nap. It's the biggest Seebs Day of the year.
PFT CommenterPatrick Reed's Masters menu is what a 14-year-old thinks an adult dinner looks like
This menu really is like what a 14 year old would think an adult's menu looks like. He basically was forced to be like well I like steak and and I don't really like anything else I like macaroni and cheese I'm surprised chicken fingers weren't on here.
Big CatIt is great for golf that Patrick Reed is a villain everyone hates
Patrick Reed, though, he is the bad boy of golf. And I love this because this just keeps his street cred just keeps going up, up, and up. Everyone hates him. Guess what? It's fucking golf. ... It's actually great to have a bad guy in golf.
PFT CommenterBryson DeChambeau is an asshole for deciding to leave the flag pin in while putting
He has decided that this year he will be leaving the pin in when he putts... depending on the coefficient of the restitution of the pin. What an asshole.
Big CatTiger Woods means more to the sport of golf than any other athlete means to their specific sport
The Tiger effect is very real. I mean, we knew this was going to happen, but it just goes to show, like, I don't think there's ever been someone who's meant more to one specific sport than Tiger Woods to golf.
Big CatBrooks Koepka's lack of popularity is because his name is hard to pronounce
Because his name is hard to pronounce. People just don't say his name. That's what I'm saying. I always just avoid names I can't say. So I just don't ever say his name... It's like, bro, I don't know how to say his name. So I'm just not going to look dumb.
PFT CommenterThe 2018 PGA Championship course in St. Louis was a disgrace
Sickening showing by the course this weekend. Disgusting. Lowest, I think, score in a PGA Championship... I'm disappointed in you, St. Louis. Yet again. Lock up the course.
PFT CommenterGrinding out a par in golf is more impressive than shooting a low score with no effort
See, Big Cat, here's where you and I kind of differ because you don't know as much about golf as I do. He [Tiger Woods] grinded this one out. ... if you grind out a bad score, it's actually better than shooting a good score with no effort. It shows more grit, more determination. It's like an ugly win. Better than a beautiful loss.
Big CatNothing in sports compares to Tiger Woods being in contention on a major Sunday
When Tiger is involved in a major on Sunday, there's nothing like it in sports. And just to have those few moments... everyone was like, this actually could happen. Like Tiger could actually do it. He's wearing his Sunday red. Everyone was excited.
Big CatI love the USGA for making courses so hard that millionaire athletes complain
I hope they [USGA] make every single course from now until the end of time the hardest course in the world, just so we can hear millionaire athletes say, this game has gotten too hard for us.
Big CatI'm rooting for the course to beat the players at the U.S. Open
I actually love the course so much, I found myself chanting today in my head, go course, go. Go course, go. Because, like, the course – I mean, Bryson DeChambeau said it was clown golf. That's when you know a course has you, like, beat.
Big CatJordan Spieth should take off his hat so people only focus on him being bald rather than his bad golf
Spin Zone or PR 101, [Spieth] can just take off his hat and people be like, oh shit, you're bald. That's the bald guy. So no one will remember that you did the snowman thing.
PFT CommenterGolf needs an asshole like Patrick Reed
I love Patrick Reed. I do love this man. He is a basic bitch. He's a man baby. On the golf course. He's a man baby. He's amazing. Yes, he's an asshole, but golf needs an asshole.
PFT CommenterTiger Woods played in an era with shitty golfers who didn't play defense
I think it's almost time to have the conversation of, like, did Tiger Woods just play in an era with shitty golfers? And now the new generation is way better than Tiger Woods ever was. Like you put Jordan Spieth back in the 2009 Masters... When the course didn't play defense at all. He played in the dead ball era.
Big CatIf Rory McIlroy bans beer for fans, PGA golfers should be required to drink while playing
Yes Rory, we can ban beer from PGA events, but the golfers then have to drink... they have to drink one beer per three holes. I think that's fair.
PFT CommenterJustin Thomas is a 'pussy' for having a heckler kicked out
Your day's done. Had him kicked out. Had him kicked out. What a fucking dick. Which just means that hecklers are inside Justin Thomas' head, even though he won... What a little pussy that guy is.
Big CatTiger Woods getting a 'bad boy' warning from Trump is good for his street cred
Tiger Woods' bad boy status, when other men are saying, watch out for him, it's like Costanza putting on the Yankees jacket. It's like, you got to watch out... getting this back into circulation is good for his street cred. It's great.
PFT CommenterGolf is only interesting when Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson are competing on Sunday
golf is a better sport when tiger's competing on sunday... the ratings were all down... we need Phil or Tiger. Basically, we're going to be saying that forever... I guess just like Spieth and Rory and those, they don't do it for me.
PFT CommenterTiger Woods' DUI arrest gives him street cred
I didn't think that Tiger Woods could have any more street cred, but he certainly does now. Now he's got it all.
PFT CommenterJohn Daly's career has been awesome and if you think otherwise you're a hater
My favorite take is when people say, oh, what a shame, John Daly's career. He really could have had it all. John Daly has had it all. His career actually has been awesome. If you think otherwise, then you're just a hater.
Big CatJordan Spieth should keep losing The Masters so he doesn't have to take his hat off and show he's balding
When you don't win the Masters, you don't have to take off your hat and show everyone that you're 23 years old and already balding... Like, until you get the hair plugs, until you're ready to take the leap and get the hair plugs, maybe just keep losing Masters so you don't have to take the hat off.
PFT CommenterThe Masters weekend is the best nap weekend of the year
The Masters weekend is the best nap weekend of the year, in my opinion... instead of like a phone sex hotline for dads there should just be a nap hotline where they 1-900 big naps it's just the Masters music and Jim Nantz saying hello friends.
Big CatDustin Johnson should have followed the Tiger Woods handbook and winced his way through a few holes before withdrawing
In true Tiger Woods fashion, [Dustin Johnson] should have winced and keeled over, hit a couple shots. Maybe see if he gets like a birdie to start and then keep playing. And if not, then quit and withdraw. That's the Tiger Woods handbook.
Rickie FowlerBubba Watson is the biggest dickhead on the PGA Tour
We'll give it to [Bubba Watson] just for fun. He's one of my best friends, but... Just for fun, Bubba Watson's the biggest dick on tour. Got it.
PFT CommenterThe Masters' theme music is the instant cure for insomnia
It's also just good for dads out there to have, instead of having to rely on Ambien or something to go to sleep, if a dad turns on the Masters music, he's going to fall asleep within five minutes. Best nap of the year. Instant cure for insomniacs.
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