OT: PGA Championship Golf Contest 2026 (14-17 May)

[XpertDBA]

Matt Fitzpatrick — $50
Bryson DeChambeau — $20
Keegan Bradley — $10
Keith Mitchell — $10
Tom Hoge — $5
Alex Smalley — $5

[rockycola]

Here are some of our greatest golf motivational quotes:

“The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.” – Sam Snead

“Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.” – Nancy Lopez

“The most important shot in golf is the next one.” – Ben Hogan

“There is no such thing as a natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.” – Lee Trevino

“Happiness is a long walk with a putter.” – Greg Norman

“The more I practice, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player

“A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.” – Bobby Jones

”Golf is a game of misses, and the winners are those who have the best misses.” – Kathy Whitworth

“Golf is a game of finding what works, losing it and then finding it again.” -Ken Venturi

“Golf is the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off.” – Chi Chi Rodriguez

“I’m a golfaholic. And all the counseling in the world wouldn’t help me.” – Lee Trevino

“It’s good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.” -Mark Twain

“May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.” ‒ Ben Hogan

$20 ~ Patrick Cantlay
$20 ~ Billy Horschel
$20 ~ Viktor Hovland
$20 ~ Alex Noren
$5 ~~ Rasmus Højgaard
$5 ~~ Matt Wallace

“May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.” ‒ Ben Hogan

“I’m not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they’d come up sliced.” – Lee Trevino

“The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so that you can’t see him laughing.” – Phyllis Diller

“If you are caught in a storm and are afraid of lightning hold up a 1 iron. Even God can’t hit a 1 iron.” ‒ Lee Trevino

“Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.” – Bobby Jones

“The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.” – Reverend Billy Graham

“If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.” – Jack Lemmon

“I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone’s game: it’s called an eraser.” – Arnold Palmer

“If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they’d starve to death.” – Sam Snead

“Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.” ‒ Jack Benny

“The uglier a man’s legs are, the better he plays golf. It’s almost a law.” – H. G. Wells

“A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.” – Jack Nicklaus

“Don’t play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.” – Harry Vardon

“My swing is so bad, I look like a caveman killing his lunch.” – Lee Trevino

“Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.” – A.A. Milne

“Half of golf is fun. The other half is putting.” – Peter Dobereiner

“Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man’s sins.” – James Reston

“Here’s irony for you….The driver goes the shortest distance when you throw it. The putter flies farthest, followed by the sand wedge.” – Tommy Bolt (AKA Thunder Bolt)

“I’ve never had a coach in my life. When I find one who can beat me, then I’ll listen.” – Lee Trevino

“The Good news is the golf ball doesn’t know how old you are.” –Tommy Bolt

[mostonmike]

Hoge isn't listed as an ALT in your OP. Sigh

According to the font of all knowledge (Wikipedia)

"Tom Hoge replaced Jake Knapp." as second alternate. Sometimes this ends up being the kind of thing that creates the story of the winner.

Tom Hoge is currently 500/1 (+50000) to win. I will have £1 each-way.

Go Hoge.....

[mostonmike]

No idea how I made such errors with the player list (I blame another holiday )

BUT we have some amends to make guys....., not your fault - mine

Christiaan Bezuidenhout $20
Austin Eckroat $20
Nicolai Højgaard $20
Taylor Pendrith $20
Adam Hadwin $10
Peter Malnati $10

Eckroat & Malnati not playing - $30 left or go again from scratch

Cameron Young $50
Will Zalatoris
Keegan Bradley $10
Webb Simpson
Tom Hoge $5
David Puig $5

Zalatoris and Simpson not playing - $30 left or go again from scratch


I just had a rant about the player list that I took from a UK bookie and the silliness of 156 players in a tournament that doesn't include the likes of Zalatoris - and then the "I'm not doing this any more" rant. I don't want to do the PGA one anymore - what was wrong with it in August like the old days

But all is calm now. Protagonists, I plead for forgiveness and hope you let me off with this abomination.

[baller]

Si Woo Kim - 20
Hideki Matsuyama - 20
Sam Burns - 20
Justin Thomas - 20
Matt McCarty - 10
Ben Griffen - 10

[mostonmike]

Here's my picks.

Tommy Fleetwood — $50
Hideki Matsuyama — $20
Viktor Hovland — $20
Emiliano Grillo — $10
Pádraig Harrington — FREE
Pierceson Coody — FREE

[mostonmike]

Just a nudge for D-T and S.H. who need to make amendments, scroll up a couple of posts for details.

[D-train]

No idea how I made such errors with the player list (I blame another holiday )

BUT we have some amends to make guys....., not your fault - mine

Christiaan Bezuidenhout $20
Austin Eckroat $20
Nicolai Højgaard $20
Taylor Pendrith $20
Adam Hadwin $10
Peter Malnati $10

Eckroat & Malnati not playing - $30 left or go again from scratch

Cameron Young $50
Will Zalatoris
Keegan Bradley $10
Webb Simpson
Tom Hoge $5
David Puig $5

Zalatoris and Simpson not playing - $30 left or go again from scratch


I just had a rant about the player list that I took from a UK bookie and the silliness of 156 players in a tournament that doesn't include the likes of Zalatoris - and then the "I'm not doing this any more" rant. I don't want to do the PGA one anymore - what was wrong with it in August like the old days

But all is calm now. Protagonists, I plead for forgiveness and hope you let me off with this abomination.

DeChambeau
Berger