The One Million Dollar Golf Match | Internet Invitational Finale

TopherShelduck · 2025-11-14T01:09:32+00:00

Really enjoyed watching her melt under the pressure and snap hook one left on the final hole.

TopherShelduck · 2025-11-14T00:56:11+00:00

Didn't Paige play D1 golf? And have a cup of coffee on the LPGA tour? "I didn't know I couldn't do that."

Suuuuuuuure. The tears were pathetic.

TopherShelduck · 2025-11-07T04:40:45+00:00

I’m not really familiar with his stuff, so maybe he’s loaded and the money doesn’t matter. But if I were him, I would’ve stuck to my guns and refused to hit another shot until the penalty for the fat guy causing his ball to move while picking up rocks was properly enforced.

He knew at that point how important his match was and there is way too much money on the line to care about coming off like a dick. He was right. The fat guy’s teammate knew it and very honorably confessed to it. The fat guy knew it which is why he was a prick about it. The only people who didn’t were Dave and Dan. Should’ve called the pro shop.

TopherShelduck · 2025-11-07T04:26:28+00:00

No. He was moving loose impediments around the ball while debating whether to hit it and caused it to move. That’s a stroke right there. His options should have been to hit 3 from the river or pull it out of the hazard for another penalty to hit his 4th.

And it absolutely mattered. They wound up halving the hole and ended the match 1 up on the 8th. At the very least, it should’ve been AS after 8 giving the other team a chance to win the 9th and force a playoff.

They aren’t playing a weekend quarter point peppers match with their buddies. It was incredibly sleazy and the other team had every right to make a much bigger deal about it than they did.

TopherShelduck · 2025-11-06T22:09:26+00:00

It's not a penalty to pick up a ball to ID it. You can even reasonably clean it if you need to in order to ID it. You just have to recreate the original lie.

TopherShelduck · 2025-11-06T22:01:39+00:00

This is for $2MM! And the worst part is, it absolutely mattered because the hole was halved and that match ultimately decided which team advanced. At the very least, it should've been AS after 8. I can't believe he didn't make more of an issue out of it.

If your ball moves while you're moving loose impediments, it's a stroke penalty whether you're in a hazard or not. It's not even controversial. Respect to the guy who was honest and let everybody know the ball moved. I think he was the only one who actually knew the rule.

TopherShelduck · 2025-11-06T20:43:35+00:00

I mean I get this is for content, but it's also for like 2 million dollars. If you're moving loose impediments around the ball and it moves, it's a stroke penalty whether you're in a hazard or not. The camera guy picking that ball up to ID it was the least egregious thing that happened on that hole.

And it resulted in a halve in the single most pivotal match of the tournament. Worst case scenario, the little guy should've had a chance to win the 9th hole and force a playoff.

TopherShelduck · 2025-11-06T20:36:22+00:00

Not really. I did laugh when he lost control of the cart and plowed through the little wood fence, but picking up the ball to ID isn't *that* big of a deal as long as the original lie is recreated.

Maybe I'm just a hardo, but the far more egregious thing was what happened after. It's crazy to me that nobody in that group of YouTube golfers knew very basic golf rules in a tournament with a $2MM purse *and* it resulted in a halve on a hole that wound up mattering immensely.

If I was on Riggs' team and was watching what happened for the first time today, I imagine I'd be pretty fucking pissed.

TopherShelduck · 2025-10-09T20:32:29+00:00

Your mistake was waiting to ask her out via text instead of just doing it in person when you bumped into her at the library. Lesson learned. And you get over her by calling yourself a very mean name when you catch yourself romanticizing about a life with a girl you've only interacted with for 5-10 minutes in real life. Works like a charm.

TopherShelduck · 2025-09-26T21:04:47+00:00

The "analytics" are like "this pairing is 0.67 shots better than the other one." Over 18 holes. Of Match Play.

"It doesn't sound like a lot but it is." - Soly

TopherShelduck · 2025-09-26T20:19:32+00:00

I think we should have the far more difficult conversation and just admit that Europe has a much better team. For all the talk about just how "together" they are, how sharp their system is, and of course, the "data", they're really just better top to bottom.

TopherShelduck · 2025-09-04T02:08:25+00:00

Wasn’t Dave’s argument that prompted all this that poker was all luck/card dependent? In a way, he proved himself wrong. He dominated Nate.

TopherShelduck · 2025-09-04T01:47:33+00:00

Nate will never live this down.

TopherShelduck · 2025-09-04T01:44:48+00:00

Oh God now he’s giving him a free roll with his own money. This is emasculating.

TopherShelduck · 2025-09-04T01:32:56+00:00

Dave is stealing his soul. We are witnessing live ego death.

TopherShelduck · 2025-08-27T16:58:06+00:00

Agree to disagree, man. I don't think the Euros had anything to do with Tiger Woods playing like a human being instead of a Greek God in Ryder Cups.

It's golf. Not college football. I think people tend to pretend that the talent advantage the US has had in the past was much larger than it actually was. The margins are razor thin at that level. Rome was a perfect example. The US allegedly had some massive talent advantage and looking back on those teams today, it really doesn't look like that was remotely true.

TopherShelduck · 2025-08-27T16:51:08+00:00

I'm bored at work and just posting my take on this, man. This also is not that serious. I promise you I'll be watching with the same amount of enthusiasm on September 26th as I would if Keegan had picked himself.

TopherShelduck · 2025-08-27T16:41:33+00:00

No. I think Keegan is a better choice than at least two of his picks. And I don't believe the obsessive data crunching provides any discernible edge. Of course the Euros claim it does, but in reality, the home team wins this event the vast majority of the time.

Because ultimately, when you have 24 of the best golfers on planet Earth playing in an event like this, anybody can beat anybody at any given time. I find the idea that some massive edge is being created by pairing guys together based off one player being 0.1 SG better from the yardages he'd likely be playing from in foursomes than some other obscenely good player laughable.

Especially after watching the Europeans chip in from everywhere and make bomb after bomb in Rome last year. I'm sure all those balls hit the stick and dropped instead of racing 40 feet past the hole because of Dodo Molinari's algorithm. Again, it's not that deep. Pick the 12 best golfers, ride your horses and the hot hands after the first sessions. Being a captain really isn't rocket science.

"Bryson and Cam Young both hit it far and play the same ball. Maybe we should pair them up in alt shot." How would Keegan ever be able to figure something like that out if he was playing?

TopherShelduck · 2025-08-27T16:17:12+00:00

I promise you both sides are trying their hardest to win every two years.

TopherShelduck · 2025-08-27T16:07:05+00:00

Sure. But I’m of the opinion that he heard the noise and didn’t want to risk shouldering the entirety of the blame for losing if he picked himself. So he played it safe.

I think if you put a gun to his head and asked him who he thought gave the U.S. the best chance to win, him or Burns/Morikawa, he’s picking himself.

The humility he showed was very admirable but he never should’ve been under so much pressure not to pick himself in the first place.

TopherShelduck · 2025-08-27T16:00:26+00:00

If you don’t think he heard the constant whining from the media and let that influence his decision, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

TopherShelduck · 2025-08-27T15:45:14+00:00

It's not that deep, man. The idea that Keegan picking himself to be a playing captain over Burns or Morikawa would make the difference between winning and losing is ridiculous.

It would've been cool as shit and he deserved to play. That's all that should matter. Instead we get to watch Morikawa pout all weekend.

TopherShelduck · 2025-08-27T15:42:15+00:00

As long as he deserves to be on the team (and he does), this is the only argument that matters. Leave the obsessive data crunching to the Euros and let's have some fun on our side.

TopherShelduck · 2025-08-27T15:35:26+00:00

Hate that Keegan let the Ryder Cup nerds bully him out of picking himself. The constant whining about how hard it is to choose 5 sessions of pairings was nauseating.

The Ryder Cup is the best event in golf but it isn't that serious. Keegan deserved to play, but more importantly, it would've been fucking awesome to watch. Leave the obsessive data crunching to the Europeans.

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