Who are your favorite golfers?

isucy86

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Spieth is the guy I am rooting for most right now. Would like to see him return to winning an occasional tournament.

I am a fan of the storyline, which is tournament by tournament. I like Scheffler because it's fun to have a dominate golfer that forces the other golfers to lift their game. But I root for the underdog. So Xander winning yesterday was great.

But going into yesterday's round I found myself rooting for the old pros Rose and Lowry to win.

Bryson showed me a lot yesterday by seeking out Xander to congratulate him. He's not always easy to root for, but has a fun game to watch.
 

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I like most golfers, or am at least neutral. So it’s easier for me to list the ones I dislike (in order)
  1. Patrick Reed is my absolute least favorite athlete. F that guy
  2. Sergio Garcia
  3. Zach Johnson
  4. Kevin Na
Guys I’d root for over others: Probably Speith, Homa, Cam Young, and Scheffler
 

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All Time: Fred Couples
Current: Tough one. So many good players out there these days, but not a lot of personality. I like Morikawa, Xander and Scheffler, but they are all kinda boring. They are the PGA flagships right now though. I’ve always like Justin Rose, but he’s getting up there in age. Homa is OK, but he’s better off the course than on it (boring while playing, like the others).
 

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I get the "appeal" but I'm also over her act. She couldn't hack it as a golfer so at this point the only thing she has going for her is a huge set of cans.

I’m actually shocked it’s still going. I think this online industry of young women scantily clad on instagram is just gross but I’m confused as to what people are getting out of her at this point. How many times do people need to see her standing there in a tight shirt with a golf club.
 

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Bryson DeChambeau
Wesley Bryan
Akshay Bhatia
Max Homa
Keegan Bradley
Rickie Fowler
Jon Rahm
Tommy Fleetwood

I'm a youtube golf stan. All of these guys have a channel or have been featured on channels.
 

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See this is what is wrong with golfers. Second page and not a single mention of Paige Spiranac?!
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See post #4.

My favorite is Ty Webb.
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Scheffler and Rory are fun to watch. Hovland seemed to play aggressive, which is way more interesting than Morikawa yesterday. I found myself pulling for DeChambeau so I guess he's up there too. And I could definitely have a beer or 12 with Lowry.
 

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Spieth is the guy I am rooting for most right now. Would like to see him return to winning an occasional tournament.

I am a fan of the storyline, which is tournament by tournament. I like Scheffler because it's fun to have a dominate golfer that forces the other golfers to lift their game. But I root for the underdog. So Xander winning yesterday was great.

But going into yesterday's round I found myself rooting for the old pros Rose and Lowry to win.

Bryson showed me a lot yesterday by seeking out Xander to congratulate him. He's not always easy to root for, but has a fun game to watch.
Bryson kind of stayed back enough and out of the cameraman that was backtracking/filming Xander. He knew it wasn't his time to be in front of the camera.
 

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I like most golfers, or am at least neutral. So it’s easier for me to list the ones I dislike (in order)
  1. Patrick Reed is my absolute least favorite athlete. F that guy
  2. Sergio Garcia
  3. Zach Johnson
  4. Kevin Na
Guys I’d root for over others: Probably Speith, Homa, Cam Young, and Scheffler
I know a lot of people don't like Sergio but I don't get it. I've always like watching him as he was one the few that actually showed some emotion on the course.
 
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RonBurgundy

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Unpopular opinion, but I love Bryson.

Count me in. I was cheering hard for him this weekend. Love a good villian. I am then pretty much for USA!

I also like Morikawa and Spieth. Cannot stand Shane Lowry. Prob cuz he kicked out butt at Ryder.
 

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Favorites in no particular order:
  • Viktor Hovland
  • Xander Schauffele
  • Rory
  • Sahith Theegala
  • Keegan Bradley
  • Matt Fitzpatrick
  • Cameron Smith
  • Tommy Fleetwood
Easy golfers for me to hate (and good for the sport)
  • Bryson DeChambeau
  • Brooks Koepka
  • Dustin Johnson
  • Patrick Reed
 

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None of them, really. Golf is great to watch if you need some white noise in the background to nap to
 

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I root for Joel Dahmen after watching “Full Swing.” His quote of “somebody has to be the 74th ranked golfer in the world, might as well be me” was classic (paraphrased).

I also root for a guy named Chan Kim. He played a lot at a course I used to work at in Arizona. Great tipper and just a good dude!