I didn't know pro golfers were this soft... Lmfao

[goatmane]

Rory McIlroy laments abusive fans, suggests limits on alcohol sales
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Rory on abusive fans: Time to limit booze sales


ORLANDO, Fla. -- Rory McIlroy wondered Saturday if limiting alcohol sales might help curb some of the loud and abusive behavior he believes is getting worse at PGA Tour tournaments.

A month ago, McIlroy suggested that the commotion that surrounds a group following Tiger Woods cost the 14-time major champion half a shot per round.

"It's tiring," McIlroy said. "I've got a headache after all that."

During Saturday's third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, McIlroy again felt there were instances of poor behavior that crossed the line.


"There was one guy out there who kept yelling my wife's name," said McIlroy, who shot 67 on Saturday to pull within two shots of leader Henrik Stenson. "I was going to go over and have a chat with him. I don't know, I think it's gotten a little much, to be honest. I think that they need to limit alcohol sales on the course, or they need to do something because every week, it seems like guys are complaining about it more and more."

Three weeks ago, Justin Thomas had a spectator removed during the final round of the Honda Classic because he believed the fan had gone too far, yelling at his ball to get in the rough or in the water or taunting him as he walked from a green to a tee.

Nobody has dealt with boisterous fans more than Woods, who has learned to do deal with the distractions better than anyone simply out of experience. A spectator in his gallery was removed Friday for constantly yelling, including one time as Hideki Matsuyama was about to hit a shot.

"As long as they don't yell on our golf swings, we're fine," Woods said. "They can be raucous. They are having a great time. It's fun. They are having a blast, and hopefully we can execute golf shots, but as long as they don't yell on our golf swings, everything's cool.

"I know Phoenix," Woods said, referring to the Waste Management Phoenix Open, "guys were telling me this year, they were yelling and trying to time it. Well, there's really no reason to do that."

The Phoenix tournament traditionally attracts the largest crowds in golf, including on the par-3 16th, where noise and partying are encouraged.

"I know that people want to come and enjoy themselves, and I'm all for that, but it's when the comments get personal and people get a little bit rowdy it can get a little much," McIlroy said. "It used to be you bring beers on the course but not liquor. And now it seems like everyone's walking around with a cocktail. So I don't know if it's just go back to people walking around with beers in their hand, that's fine, but I don't know."

McIlroy, who was the subject of considerable heckling at the 2016 Ryder Cup in Minnesota, said the Phoenix event is unique, and others trying to copy it have run into issues.

"They want to try and replicate that, which is great -- it's great for the tournament, it's great for us -- but golf is different than a football game, and there's etiquette involved, and you don't want people to be put off from bringing their kids when people are shouting stuff out," he said. "You want people to enjoy themselves, have a good day."

 

[mr x]

They need to take lessons from those dart players. They're able to focus with all the noise.

 

[HHR]

They need to take lessons from those dart players. They're able to focus with all the noise.

It's all relative. If golfers had grew up playing with noise it wouldn't really matter.

 

[mr x]

It's all relative. If golfers had grew up playing with noise it wouldn't really matter.

This point reminds me of tennis.

At some point in a player's career they will have played on a multi court set up where there are several games going on at once side by side. They have to deal with the sound of fans cheering, balls bouncing, and umps and players shouting.

They also have to deal with the movement of the players and ball kids in their peripheral or sometimes direct sightline.....And they seem to manage.

But let it be a solo court and suddenly the smallest thing is an issue. The guy in the top row might be a bit too loud or a couple people might be late to their seats and the player is now rendered helpless and staring at the ump to do something.

 

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[Juggalo Fred]

mini golf is the only good golf

 

[dtownreppin214]

They need to take lessons from those dart players. They're able to focus with all the noise.

golf has always been a gentleman's game. they don't need to cave to the happy gilmore's of the world.

 

[GiantGonzalez]

Shooter McElroy eats shyt for breakfast

 

[ELESDEE616]

Lol golf, pussies

 

[jwinfield]

It's all relative. If golfers had grew up playing with noise it wouldn't really matter.

This point reminds me of tennis.

At some point in a player's career they will have played on a multi court set up where there are several games going on at once side by side. They have to deal with the sound of fans cheering, balls bouncing, and umps and players shouting.

They also have to deal with the movement of the players and ball kids in their peripheral or sometimes direct sightline.....And they seem to manage.

But let it be a solo court and suddenly the smallest thing is an issue. The guy in the top row might be a bit too loud or a couple people might be late to their seats and the player is now rendered helpless and staring at the ump to do something.

Yup.

They're not used to it.

Last year, didn't MSG not play any music during a Knicks game and the players complained about it being too quiet?

 

[Champ_KW]

Yup.

They're not used to it.

Last year, didn't MSG not play any music during a Knicks game and the players complained about it being too quiet?

That's not because of no music being played. It's because of it being too quiet, I.e the fans being priced out. College games only have the band play during timeouts but the atmosphere isn't sterile like MSG was that game cause the fans that cheer, chant, talk shyt, etc are still close enough to be heard.

 

[jwinfield]

That's not because of no music being played. It's because of it being too quiet, I.e the fans being priced out. College games only have the band play during timeouts but the atmosphere isn't sterile like MSG was that game cause the fans that cheer, chant, talk shyt, etc are still close enough to be heard.

Warriors' Draymond Green rips Knicks' 'ridiculous' no in-game music experiment

The first half of the Golden State Warriors’ 112-105 victory against the New York Knicks on Sunday felt much different than a normal NBA game. From warmups until halftime, Madison Square Garden had no in-game entertainment whatsoever. No music played during player introductions, the game or even timeouts.

There were no promotional videos on the video board. Instead, it displayed a message letting everybody know what was going on and telling fans to “experience the game in its purest form” and “enjoy the sounds of the game.”

Some found it refreshing. Others, like Warriors forward Draymond Green, did not appreciate the change.

“It was ridiculous,” Green said. “It changed the flow of the game. It changed everything. You get so used to playing the game a certain way.

The teams combined to shoot 15 for 44 (34.1 percent) in the first quarter and 35 for 88 (40 percent) in the first half.

“Did you see that first half?” Green said. “It was just bad. Sloppy, all over the place. It was no rhythm to the game. All that stuff makes a difference in the game, believe it or not. You get rhythm -- [when] five guys, seven guys go in work out at night, you turn on music. It just helps you get into a certain area, takes you to a certain place. And so I don’t think they were doing it to like throw us off, but it definitely threw the entire game off. And they need to trash that because that’s exactly what it was.”

Other Warriors acknowledged that it was strange, with Stephen Curry comparing it to “a middle school warmup game.” Curry joked that the players were “trying to make our own beat” in the layup line, trying to “see if anybody wanted to freestyle rap or something while we were shooting.” Golden State coach Steve Kerr agreed with Green that the second half was better, but did not go half as far in terms of criticizing the decision.

“It was really weird,” Kerr said. “You sort of take it for granted because every NBA game, you got all this stuff going on, music in the background, you don’t even think about it until it’s not there. So it felt like church, but quiet. It is Sunday after all, so maybe that’s why they chose it. So it was strange, and I kind of liked it better in the second half. It felt more normal with the music.”

For one half, an NBA game had no music, giveaways or gimmicks. The players hated it.

Porzingis’s teammate, Courtney Lee, said the move hurt the Knicks by taking away their home court advantage and robbing the team of “energy.” However, the Knicks, one of the worst teams in the league, actually led the Warriors, the league’s best team, by one point at the half, only to fall behind and lose in the second half. Lee, however, said there was no connection.

“Imagine if we had that energy (in the first half)? You'd rather have that.” Lee said, per ESPN.

 

[Dwight Howard]

It's all relative. If golfers had grew up playing with noise it wouldn't really matter.

Who cares.