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08-07-2011, 04:47 PM
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It's not the golfer. It's the caddy!
 Wow, that approach shot on 18 was like the one Tiger made when it was getting dark several years back. I think he was playing in the final group with what-his-name. The "be the right club to-DAY" guy. I can never remember his name. 
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#54
08-07-2011, 04:59 PM
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John Mace: that was Hal Sutton at TPC. Steve Williams: "BEST WEEK OF MY LIFE" OOPS
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08-07-2011, 06:24 PM
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Hal Sutton won 15 PGA events including a major, was Player of the Year in 1983, and was Ryder Cup captain in 2004. But when people think of him, all they remember is that he once beat Tiger Woods head to head.
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08-07-2011, 06:29 PM
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08-07-2011, 07:28 PM
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08-07-2011, 07:40 PM
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http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/de...rn=golf-wp4473
Here is what Williams said today. Class act.
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08-07-2011, 09:09 PM
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It's funny. I'm a big golf fan, watch a lot golf, but for some reason I have this mental block when it comes to remembering Hal Sutton's name. It has nothing to with him-- I can remember of the other guys' names. It's just him. I can see his face plain as day, but usually draw a blank on his name.
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08-07-2011, 09:16 PM
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08-08-2011, 11:30 PM
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I won't. I'm actually a little disappointed we never got a passing-of-the-crown moment, a la Takahanada beating Chiyonofuji in their only encounter or Evander Holyfield dominating Buster Douglas and Mike Tyson. (I think we can now agree that Angel Cabrera was a fluke, no?) He had 14 majors by a ridiculously young age and then shot everything to hell.
Now he's starting from scratch; no aura of invincibility, no shady rulings, no mobs of fans willing to move a boulder for him (seriously, that actually happened once). If he does ever win another major...and I have absolutely no idea if this is going to happen...he'll have earned it. Should be fun to watch in any case.
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08-09-2011, 02:58 AM
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08-09-2011, 08:56 AM
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Admittedly "Spirit of the Rules" is nebulous at best, but IMO, the boulder (as a loose impediment) and the ball on the clubhouse roof at Akron was in not within the spirit of the rules. YMMV of course.
And Gonzo, Tiger better hurry and find a golf game if he is going to win the next major. It is this week.
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08-09-2011, 11:44 AM
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The good news is that he's apparently healthy, and thanks to Steve, has plenty of motivation. I expect him back in the winner's circle next year.
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08-12-2011, 06:08 PM
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Tiger is back! ....Back home!
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08-12-2011, 06:48 PM
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The biggest surprise for me was Ryo Ishikawa shooting an 85 yesterday, after playing so well last week. And the three guys who were supposed to dominate this year --- Dustin Johnson, Martin Kaymer, and Graeme McDowell --- all MC'd as well.
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08-12-2011, 06:59 PM
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08-12-2011, 08:02 PM
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mr short stick always complies with me. . . . . Oh you are talking about the putter.
The 18th hole is a very poorly designed golf hole. But its Rees Jones what do you expect. It should either be 50 yds longer an a par 5, or have a driving area about 10 yds wider. Players are laying up off the tee because of the fairway width, leaving them a 200+ forced carry. I am not too concerned whether they call it a par 4 or par 5, it doesn't matter, a turd by any other name would smell as bad. I guess it is a par 5 for the membership, but I imagine most of the better players laying up with a 7 or 8 iron and pitching it to the green as there is no bail out to go for the green in two. It looks Tiger is done on the US Tour for 2011. Small chance he might play in a fall Series event, but I doubt it. The folks at the Chevron Challenge might have to find a loophole in the OWGR requirements so they can invite Tiger.
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#73
08-12-2011, 08:37 PM
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Jack's record is safe-sorry, no attempt this time to soften that with weasel words, Tiger simply isn't catching him. I was going to write that he might win another major, maybe two, but frankly I don't think he's going to do even that. Sad in a way-part of me was pulling for him to do it, even tho Jack was my idol when I was a teen-I just don't see him getting his crap together again, mentally or physically.
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08-12-2011, 09:31 PM
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and as usual we can't be more disagreeable. i love the durn hole. typical risk reward rees stuff. i mean fuck we aren't playing against the card. and if you want to pussy out and try for four with an 8 iron and i am a stroke back you can bet the house that i am gripping and ripping.
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08-12-2011, 09:40 PM
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it's kind of like 18 at silverhorn from the tippies. bust one and you've got a 200+ carry to make the green. put it on the right side and you have legitimate chance for 3. plug it in front bunker and you will be lucky to make 6. or play conservative and hope that a wedge gets you 4. i like a 3 shot swinger on 18.
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08-13-2011, 11:00 AM
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We've never seen this from Tiger before, but it's normal for every other golfer. You look like Hogan one week, and Hogan's mom the next. Most pros miss more cuts in a season than Tiger has in his career. Last edited by brocks; 08-13-2011 at 11:02 AM.
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08-14-2011, 08:05 PM
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I say in between, but closer to Daly. I think he's got some game. Bloodlines, too. He's the nephew of Pat Bradley, six time LPGA major winner.
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08-14-2011, 09:50 PM
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For a bunch of journeyman at the top of the leaderboard, I thought the last nine holes was riveting. Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley were both trending on twitter. so much for needing a certain player to move the needle. I am very happy that Keegan won, a fellow Vermonter. He is a rookie on the PGAT, not surprising that he has had some indifferent results.
He has basically clinched Rookie of the Year and is the front runner for Player of the Year.
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08-14-2011, 10:13 PM
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08-25-2011, 09:49 PM
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http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/6...dents-cup-team Couples selected Tiger for the presidents Cup in Australia. This could open him up for criticism if the Americans lose and Tiger gets creamed.
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08-25-2011, 09:54 PM
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08-25-2011, 11:19 PM
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How can anyone blame Couples? The potential upside with Tiger is FAR greater than the potential upside of the #12 ranked American player on the PGA tour, whoever that is.
If Tiger is healthy by Ryder Cup time, he'd be a much greater asset to the team than anyone else Couples could have picked.
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08-25-2011, 11:53 PM
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08-26-2011, 05:56 AM
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The TV networks care about how many people tune in, and they DEFINITELY wanted TIger playing for the sake of ratings. I'm pretty sure Fred Couples doesn't care about that in the least. He wants the U.S. team to win. He figures that, if Tiger Woods is healthy by Ryder Cup time, he'll be ONE of the best players in the world, even if he's no longer head and shoulders above anybody else. That makes him a better choice than MANY guys who had more points this past season.
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08-26-2011, 07:49 AM
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The ratings are going to be tiny, no matter if TW plays or does not play. The event is Australia, with a 14? hour time difference. The matches will be shown on tape delay against College Football and NFL Football. The only people that will watch are the golf fans, and the golf fans will watch no matter what. The Fringe fans (aka Tiger Woods fans) are not going to tune away from football to watch a golf event that results are already known.
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08-27-2011, 10:33 AM
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08-27-2011, 11:12 AM
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As for Tiger not playing well, that's only true by his standards. His official ranking is more due to inactivity than poor performance. If you compute his average WGR points per event over the last two years, he's higher than all but about five or six Americans, and about 15th in the world. The reason his official rank is so low is because they divide his point total by 40, the minimum divisor, even though he's only played 30 events in the last two years. Number 11 on the PC points list, Ricky Bieber, has played MUCH worse than Tiger over the last two years. Even sitting out two majors this year, Tiger has had four top 4's in majors since hydrantgate; Fowler has had one top ten in his life, and only two top 35's. Tiger has missed two cuts in the last two years; Fowler has missed 14. Yes, he plays more often than Tiger, but not seven times as often. Not even twice as often. Last edited by brocks; 08-27-2011 at 11:17 AM.
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08-27-2011, 11:50 AM
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Its a fallacy that Tiger ranking is plummeting because of "inactivity" The fact is that Tiger has not finished better than 4th in any PGATournament, has been unable to string two good rounds together since the hydrant. TW missed 6 tournaments because of the alleged knee/achilles this summer. He earned a total of 38 OWGR ranking points in those 6 tournaments in 2010. If you added in those 38 points he would be barely in the top 20. He has lost more spots in the rankings due to poor play than he has inactivity. The facts is that the tournaments that are impacting his ranking the most is a 2nd place in a 18 man field Silly season event which he choked away and a Masters, which he could not finish the round after an outstanding 9 holes on Sunday.
How about the missed cuts fallacy? Tiger has played in 6 tournaments this year that actually had a cut. He missed the cut in one of them. He would have missed the cut in the TPC, he WD be after being plus 6 after nine holes, and there is a chance that he would have missed the cut at Bridgestone if it was a full field PGAT event. He wasn't even close at the PGA. 6 shots. right now, depending on how the next month plays out, my Prez Cup picks would be for Keegan Bradley and Gary Woodland. Two players that were behind the 8 ball before the season began because they didn't play on the Tour last year. 2010 events count 1x, 2011 events count 2x. Keegan Bradley should be automatically qualified, as of right now he is the leading candidate for Player of the year. I don't know how the Probable PoY can not be qualified for the team. Woodland can be bumped by a another player who might have a good playoffs. I think it is time the PGAT started to take the eggs out of the TW basket. He is a bridge to the past and right now, he is just another player on tour. It aint the injuries fault that he missed the playoffs. He "Mailed it in" on the weekend at Torrey Pines. he couldn't find the planet on the 19th hole against Thomas Bjorn in the matchplay. All he needed was 18 more FE points to make playoffs. And the 8 tournament fallacy? he was healthy when he skipped Sony, when he skipped Hope, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Honda, Tampa, and Houston. he chose not play those events. It was not an injury issue. and he chose not to play Wyndham.
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08-27-2011, 12:18 PM
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FWIW, Rickie Fowler is not 11th on the Prez Cup points list. going into this week, he is 12th and headed to 13th after Snedeker's probable 3rd place finish today,
Possibly 14th if Jonathan Byrd finishes the last two holes birdie - birdie. And I would not be picking him, but he is much higher than TW on my list.
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No matter how you slice it, Tiger did not qualify for the Presidents Cup. His play has been poor. He has missed a lot of time and is not sharp. He ought to play every event he can to get his game back, assuming he can.
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08-27-2011, 12:59 PM
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