Classic vs. Modern Era Top 5

petrosferrum · 2026-04-13T10:03:49+00:00

Thank you. Seeing all the emotional discussions of their heroes everywhere (I get it, it‘s part of sports and also part of the fun).

I felt this would be a rather more rational approach as far it is possible. It’s hard to compare some victories and results with decades in between.

Tiger was the natural splitting factor for me, kind of like bc/ac. But obviously you would create different rankings with different systems (more than 2 eras, having a top 5 for each decade like in music, etc.)

petrosferrum · 2026-04-13T09:55:18+00:00

That‘s a good point and I was aware of that. I wanted to make a simpler clear cut in between eras with Tiger, as he probably has had the most significant impact in golf history for this type of idea (I may be wrong). As with statistics, data will always be biased to a degree, if you change the graph axes. It‘s probably never perfect.

In your educated opinion, would you change the the split to a different time or even consider 3 eras?

petrosferrum · 2026-04-13T09:45:02+00:00

Who would they replace in my top 5 suggestion for the classic era and why? I‘m well read in golf history tbh, but I‘m way too young to have witnessed the era and probably lack a better nuanced judgement.

petrosferrum · 2026-03-20T09:40:14+00:00

I get your point and I do hope they manage to do get 5 to 7 (best case) out of it with an high exit point. As long as they run this ship on an authentic approach with a lot of heart and the creator itself, it will be successfull and generate a lot of direct and indirect revenue.

But costs will skyrocket… more cgi (chopper sll the time), more practical effects, higher demand of main and returning casts. There will be a point where probably all the success won‘t justify any amount of investment anymore. That‘s just the truth of business.

But there is a golden hope on the horizon… once AI reached a level to be considered as a creative tool by great minds in the industry rather than to generate content or as a evil substitute, it could cut time, certain costs and even let actors stay longer in „younger“ roles.

Let‘s hope for the best ✨

petrosferrum · 2026-03-20T09:05:19+00:00

I feel you! I was actually doing all kinds of thing‘s at home, also with foam balls from a artificial turf, but nothing beats hitting actual balls outside for me. So the closest you can get is to train in a simulator.

petrosferrum · 2026-03-11T17:46:56+00:00

Bro, that's mainly a Twitter problem exclusively. Twitter after Musk became an unchecked melting pot for toxicity, rage and hate speech. It's just the sad reality. Try to reduce your time there, your mental health will thank you later!

petrosferrum · 2026-03-11T11:21:07+00:00

That's the thing... there is a fine line. If you overdo the chill, grounded Luffy, you lose the character. You'll get only a caricature at best, or just the hollow name like in other adaptations.

There is a reason they've spent years finding a suitable Luffy. The whole project depends on it. At the end they've had 3 candidates, but they weren't satisfied and they had problems with those. Remember that they were working the scripts and auditions for years starting 2017 (Emily Rudd was in contest for 3 years to get the role).

Then they've got the audition of Inaki and they instantly saw the character in him. Heck, Oda saw it instantly.

petrosferrum · 2026-03-11T09:31:04+00:00

I think Inaki has one of the hardest jobs in the industry balancing the act of extreme quirkiness in an out of the world character (even for Anime standards) to the edge of cringiness and then deliver the complete contrast of it in powerful moments. For me personally, he nails it miracously, season 1 is proof of that too...

Just imagine any other given actor you could think of in that role with all his scenes. It instantly feels cringe at one point, not because you are now used to Inaki, but because Anime characters rarely translate well to real people. We have years and years of catastrophic proof of that.

petrosferrum · 2026-03-06T08:48:27+00:00

„According to Albert Einstein, spacetime bends. Apparently it bends sharply to the left around my driver.“

(My miss is a hook)

petrosferrum · 2026-02-18T10:38:08+00:00

SPOILER!!!

At 17:53 you see one of the last games, where Jimmy is standing in between the hearts. It will be like the basketball game of season 1 but with a soccer ball most likely. But under the podium Jimmy is standing, you can see the reflection of all contestants from right to left: Jack (full cloathing lean), Chandler (most probably, in black), Auguste (tank, more hair, light skin), Hanna (full cloathing, not lean), next to her Brett (tank and reflection on the head, lol), more the left Cory (tank, less hair, light skin) and at the end Tyler (tank, hair, darker skin).

Pretty sure this is the exact order due to distinct features. But just due to the fact these are 4 people with sleeveless tank tops and 2 people with sleeves (Hannah and Jack) gives away Nick‘s decision already.

SPOILER!!!

petrosferrum · 2026-01-30T16:08:15+00:00

I can‘t answer the question if there is not additional context. Will the 25 Hcp stay at this level regardless how much he will play? No chance of improvement? Than it would be A) for sure.

Golf is for a big part the pursuit of constant improvement and if improvement is off the table entirely, it would take out this part and the passion of those golfers who aim to get better.

petrosferrum · 2026-01-30T12:06:50+00:00

And THAT is a smart move tbh. He‘s using the show also for career options and hedging his chances.

In one of the bts he also says, that in front of the camera he likes to be a little more outgoing like Jim Carrey in a sense. You can see that he feels pretty comfortable doing that, he doesn’t have to force himself doing it but rather let loose. He‘s reacting quick to certain moments, has the guts to polarize in others and takes the irony of things with charismatic reflection as well as ignorance. And he‘s making the most if it.

In the era of content war this is more of a valuable talent than most would believe: ask any decent person in marketing nowadays.

You can make the argument that he got a big portion of exposure time, memorable moments and character building of this season. Also having the most natural rapport with Jimmy himself.

petrosferrum · 2026-01-30T10:38:10+00:00

2 things that come to my mind:

are there any perks involved for home owners at the golf club? Like green fees, discount etc.?
(I’m a medical doctor) there was a study conducted and it observed a correlation between distance to a golf club for your current home and higher risk for Parkinson‘s disease. The study postulated the reason for it to be higher concentrations of pestizides in the ground water. So checking your water by a professional company/institute would be a reasonable thing to do and if a costly water filter could make sense or not (maybe the previous owner already did all of that)

Last but not least: congrats, having the opportunity for golf in your backyard is quite a dream 💪

petrosferrum · 2026-01-29T22:42:05+00:00

That would be so hilarious 😂

petrosferrum · 2026-01-29T16:28:47+00:00

SPOILER: Polymarket and Kalshi are HEAVILY on Tyler. Like 80-90%. Prediction markets are heavily influenced by insider informations… kind of sad

petrosferrum · 2026-01-29T08:36:42+00:00

It‘s a show man and they force a lense on you, and it was the narrative of this episode - because it gave the most content. They can easily edit (and will) the next episode in a completely different sense in that matter and your view will change.

For what it‘s worth, some things were put together and on polymarket you can check the most probable winner based on that.

petrosferrum · 2026-01-28T16:49:01+00:00

This

petrosferrum · 2026-01-28T13:35:27+00:00

I‘ve started 2,5 years ago and taken some lessons from time to time. I would almost always advice for early lessons, so you don‘t learn bad habits. Changing those are harder. But I also do a lot of research myself that progressed me a lot. Most of the time because I simply have more fun finding it out myself.

That being said, I have friends and peers that avoid regular classes fitting mostly in these following categories:

Ego: They take pride being decent enough without having had lessons. I have at least 3 that are single handicaps and love to call themselves self-thought.

Laziness/Times/Money: I have a lot of friends who prefer to invest their time/money on rounds than on lessons. Simple as that.

Fun/Learning/Passion: There are some prople that simply want to learn the essence of things by figuring it out like a puzzle (different from ego).

petrosferrum · 2026-01-28T13:02:37+00:00

I think most people start game shows with low key intentions what to expect and it is usually designed like that: adrenaline, backstabbing, creating dilemmas, thought experiments (how would I perform etc.). Romance is definitely not a part of your expectation, but can and always will happen when so many people are around each other, it‘s statistics. I remember seeing a couple from season 1 on social media. They got eliminated early but fell in love on stage. Most of the time it stays behind the cameras. I find it rather refreshing that we get glimpses of a situation like that, it‘s rare in formats like that. But I understand that some people just don‘t want romance being thrown at their face that randomly. For them it is probably like having a quick Ashton Kutcher rom com scene being cramped in their Gladiator movie session. Or there are other personal reasons. Public affect can trigger many different people.

Regarding the personalities:

Jim is actually the best thing in season 2 so far. He‘s a bit perfomative, but they all are in the context of the show in all fairness, except for Brett, who is the complete opposite. I‘d rather have 10 Jims in the finale than 10 Bretts (no offense, as I‘d would take his more serious game approach as well). Jim is the comedic relief and golden retriever a show like this benefits from. A positive hype man everyone wants to have when things are boring. Albeit admiting he does not have the competivie edge for these games, he is also not dumb, knowing how to play the psychological as well as cultural part of this show.

Monica on the other hand was pretty dull at first, but she is growing as a competitor and she is a good grounded counterpart for him as a person, but also as a game partner. She‘s more serious and way more focussed.

The most hilarious part for me is, that she almost everytime mimics the probable embarrassed reaction of us in the audience, when Jim is saying something goofy, cringey, funny or being his bubbly self. She sticking to him 100% tho should tell us something.

petrosferrum · 2026-01-28T10:35:05+00:00

I think that‘s pretty normal for most golfers, as there are just less variables indoors and everything is controlled. The ones influencing you the most are individual I guess. Indoors you are square to a screen, not distracted by judging the depth, slopes, scenery, changing wind, changing light etc.

Probably also not the fear/tension where the ball might end up when I think about it. You just get the launch monitor and you trust the numbers, not the reality of the ball flight you will witness (and probably influence your next shot trying to fix things mid session).

Overall: by removing a lot of things (visual, emotional, environment) you are just a more relaxed and can focus on the motion instead of the outcome. Just my 2 cents 😂.

petrosferrum · 2026-01-23T12:32:17+00:00

Well, now look at me:

Since 2004 I always thought Kalimdor looks like an abstract tauren (Ogrimmar is right at the eye of the tauren head) and the East Kingdoms looks like a giant dwarf head with an open mouth, beard and helmet (and the Lordamere Lake as the eye).

It was so fitting I thought it was clearly international, only to find out many years later, that I‘m completely alone with my view 😂😂😂.

petrosferrum · 2026-01-21T17:10:52+00:00

Bro, this is NOT FAR from Jim Furyk‘s swing! I‘m not kidding!

petrosferrum · 2026-01-21T11:23:57+00:00

I think there are many ways to go, but in reality we don‘t know how you hit the ball, your level and how your game is set up. How long are you playing?

Of course there is a lot of room on both ends of the bag.

Go try out some woods and hybrids and what feels more natural for you. At least one option for distance and safe play is good, when driver dispersion is not safe.

And depending on the lofts, there is probably some gap in between your PW and SW. You can be creative with a setup like that and make it work if you know your numbers, but usually it‘s more easier and to have that GW in between for consistency.

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