Dinsdale’s post failed to land past the ladie’s tees. He must post the rest of the day according to Texas rules.
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Apologies for resurrecting a zombie (especially one in which I got warned!), but I didn’t think this warranted a whole new thread. Today’s Trib had an article about Lefty, in which Hunter Mahan was effusive in his praise for the Mick.
The article acknowledges that Mick “gets a bad rap in the clubhouse. Among his peers, he’s considered as genuine as Astroturf.” Mahan says, "I remember when I came on tour, guys told me he’s a phony or a fake or whatever. Then I met him and he’s not a phony, he’s just kind of goofy. I’ve never seen any kind of fake side to him. And I’ve never seen him be rude to any person."
Just another datapoint I thought I’d share. Now if only Lefty would show an ability to come through in the clutch… :rolleyes:
37 wins with 3 majors is pretty clutch in my book. Some people actually believe he is not clutch. They are biased against lefty. He is one of the all time greats. He also has a pile of 2nds, some of which he blew by risk taking.
I guess to a large extent he suffers from Tiger’s shadow. If not for Tiger, Mick (and probably one or 2 others) would really appear dominant. But I’m not sure I can remember a single time that Mick and Tiger really duelled down the stretch, with Mick coming out on top.
And that US Open in 06 was HUGE. At that point Lefty had won 2 majors in a row. Had he won that one, who knows what might have come next. But instead, he’s been relatively silent in the bigtime (but for a TPC IIRC).
It was unfortunate that he was a little graceless in his public criticism of Tom Watson at the post match press conference following the Ryder Cup defeat. It doesn’t help his profile, and negates any good points he might have had.
Yeah… I’ve always liked Lefty, but he really tainted his own image (an image he’s worked hard to maintain) by being so ungracious at the Ryder Cup.
Tom Watson’s strategy may have been questionable, but the basic problem was that Europe just had a lot more good players than we did this year. Better pairings would only have helped a LITTLE.
In any case, TOm Watson is an all-time great, and deserved more respect. The best thing to do would have been to argue with Watson in private BEFORE the end of the match… and then to congratulate the Euros for playing so well after it was over.
Phil surely WOULD have been Ryder Cup captain one day, but he’s probably disqualified himself from that job forever.
See it the other way myself - I’ve always disliked Mickleson, so it was a pleasant surprise to hear him come out and say something real for a change. He was obv angry at the way they’d lost, and just said so.
Won’t hurt his image all that much IMO (may do the opposite) if he can make a conciliatory gesture to Watson in the next few days - you’re right that dis-respecting the captain like that was bang out of order. But Mickleson has great standing himself, so can prob row back from it as heat of the moment talk.
Don’t agree btw on the Ryder cup boiling down to who has the better players - think that’s been proven time and again. The captain’s management is crucial in molding the team and making sure they play to their potential and deal with the pressure. Sounds like Watson did a very ordinary job, and putting that out there is prob good for the team going forward.