Brendon Todd on Sunday on the 14th gap on the Plantation Course at Kapalua.
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Let’s discuss soccer.
Brendon Todd was OK with doing so on Friday, regardless of him, you realize, being a golfer, and him, you realize, enjoying a golf match this weekend, the PGA Tour’s season-opening Sentry occasion. But his stick-and-ball recreation would finish Sunday. And the soccer would kick off Monday. College soccer. College soccer nationwide championship recreation. Michigan. Washington.
But no Georgia. The Dawgs, in truth, weren’t even picked for final week’s four-team playoff.
And Todd, a proud alum, had bolded, italicized ideas about that.
“I want to ask you: Should Georgia be playing for the national title Monday night?”
“Yes,” Todd stated. “And right here’s why: No. 1, Michigan cheated, and they need to have by no means even made it into the playoffs.
“No. 2, if the committee is sitting there analyzing teams based on injuries, and if Florida State is an injured team and that’s why they get left out and they don’t have their best players, who is the best team after a month off when they’re fresh? It’s Georgia. You let us have a month off to prepare and get healthy, we’re the best team in the country.”
HOT, all caps. This being a golf web site, we’ll spare you the soccer particulars there. Your takeaway is that this anyway:
Even Todd, as cool and as calm as they arrive, could be kindled. To be stirred. It occurs.
Like Sunday. You most likely knew that was coming in this piece. And one thing was seemingly constructing in Todd. He’d been enjoying effectively in the course of the Sentry’s remaining spherical. He’d birdied 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 13 on the Plantation Course at Kapalua. But some tee pictures had been squirrely. His first shot of the day went into the left fairway bunker. His tee shot on the sixth went into the left fairway bunker. His tee shot on the tenth went into the left tough.
His tee shot on 14th went proper. And proper. All the way in which out of bounds.
Back on the tee field, Todd went left.
Seeing the end result, he flung his driver in the course of the left tee-box marker only a few ft away. The membership bounced. It snapped in two, with the highest half of the membership falling to the turf and the underside half taking a couple of bounces ahead. Todd then picked up his tee.
He picked up his driver, too, the highest and the underside. NBC cameras finally confirmed him squatted down, his palms over his face.
All of that took nearly 30 seconds. But you most likely have some questions. Like:
How did he get on from there?
Without a driver, he took a penalty stroke on 14, reloaded and double-bogeyed the outlet. He parred 15. He birdied 16. He double-bogeyed 17. He parred 18. (An entire breakdown of the ultimate 5 holes is under.) On a day when the gang was going low, a three-over end damage.
How a lot did it damage?
In the top, Todd tied for thirty third, 11 pictures again of chief Chris Kirk. He earned $113,000. Not dangerous.
But, for the sake of this story, let’s say:
— Without the membership toss, Todd birdies the par-5 fifteenth.
— And pars 17.
— And birdies the par-5 18th.
That’s 4 pictures. He would’ve joined the pack tied for 14th. He would’ve made $310,000.
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Isn’t there any rule that would’ve helped the poor soul?
Unfortunately, no.
There’s some forgiveness for damaged golf equipment. But Rule 4.1a (2) says this: “If a conforming club is damaged during a round or while play is stopped under Rule 5.7a, except in cases of abuse, the player may repair it or replace it with another club.”
You know the phrases in play right here.
What did his buddy Kevin Kisner say?
Kis, additionally a proud former Bulldog, was making his debut as an NBC analyst. He watched all of it unfold.
“You know, that’s gonna — he apologized to his playing partners,” he stated. “It’s not that good of deal. But now he’s going to hit 3-wood the rest of the way. Probably can’t get to the par-5s. That’s just going to cost him major FedEx Cup points coming down the stretch.”
Added announcer Mark Rolfing: “And look, he knows it right here. What a mistake. He’s been playing golf for a long time.”
Did Todd say something about all of it?
Yeah, he truly did.
Credit to him. Here’s the change with reporters in his post-round interview:
“How would you assess the week?”
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“I guess I was just knocking the rust off. Came out hot and then had some struggles on the weekend. But I usually look back and say: Did I drive it well, use my wedges well and putt well? I had a really bad putting day Saturday and a really bad driving day today, but otherwise I played great.”
“What was maybe the difficulty with the driver today?”
“Just sometimes you make bad swings. That’s really all there is to it.”
“Other than the fact it didn’t come all the way — didn’t make it all the way home?”
“Yeah, exactly.”
One extra query right here.
Let’s finish this effectively for Todd.
When does Georgia kick-off subsequent?
Aug. 31. Big one, too. The Dawgs play Clemson in Atlanta in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.
How Brendon Todd performed the ultimate 5 holes on Sunday
No. 14 285-yard par-4 (double bogey)
Shot 1: 260 yards to unknown, 49 yards to gap
Shot 2: Penalty
Shot 3: 228 yards to the left facet of the golf green, 76 yards to the outlet
Shot 4: 82 yards to the inexperienced, 19 ft, 3 inches to the outlet
Shot 5: Putt 20 ft, 10 inches, 16 inches to the outlet
Shot 6: In the outlet
No. 15 528-yard par-5 (par)
Shot 1: 276 yards to the left facet of the golf green, 257 yards to the outlet
Shot 2: 250 yards to the left facet of the golf green, 67 ft, 1 inch to the outlet
Shot 3: 59 ft, 3 inches to the inexperienced, 8 ft, 4 inches to the outlet
Shot 4: Putt 9 ft, 11 inches, 17 inches to the outlet
Shot 5: In the outlet
No. 16 372-yard par-4 (birdie)
Shot 1: 261 yards to the left facet of the golf green, 119 yards to the outlet
Shot 2: 117 yards to the inexperienced, 6 ft, 1 inch to the outlet
Shot 3: In the outlet
No. 17 548-yard par-4 (double bogey)
Shot 1: 273 yards to the native space, 275 yards to the outlet
Shot 2: Penalty
Drop in the native space, 344 yards to the outlet
Shot 3: 164 yards to the left facet of the golf green, 182 yards to the outlet
Shot 4: 174 yards to the precise facet of the golf green, 35 ft, 11 inches to the outlet
Shot 5: 36 ft, 11 inches to the inexperienced, 9 inches to the outlet
Shot 6: In the outlet
No. 18 667-yard par-5 (par)
Shot 1: 327 yards to the left facet of the golf green, 316 yards to the outlet
Shot 2: 258 yards to the left facet of the golf green, 69 yards to the outlet
Shot 3: 68 yards to the inexperienced, 8 ft, 5 inches to the outlet
Shot 4: Putt 11 ft, 3 inches, 3 ft, 3 inches to the outlet
Shot 5: In the outlet
