# Will Tiger catch Lord Byron? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015 "2008-03-11T20:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/21 "2008-03-15T22:42:17Z")
[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] Nick Watney knows how to shoot par - two eagles, two birdies, two bogeys and a snowman (quad). [/QUOTE] Sounds like one of my rounds. I probably wouldn’t have the birdies though. They’d just be all bogeys. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/22 "2008-03-16T07:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] I told you, this week it’s all about the Big Fijian. NO WAY Tiger’s gonna make up 7 strokes in 39 holes! [/QUOTE] Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/23 "2008-03-16T08:07:31Z")
I thought Blake wrote “Tyger”, not Byron… ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/24 "2008-03-16T12:59:41Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Aw hell, I’ll take the field this week. Someone’s gonna get hot. [/QUOTE] For the past two years, Tiger against the field has pretty much been even money. He’s 15 for 31. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/25 "2008-03-16T14:36:04Z")
As I said all along, this week belongs to Brad Bryant, legendary Tiger slayer. Oh please, someone pull a round outta your ass and don’t everyone fade today as usual. But I fear by the time I turn the TV on this p.m., the result will no longer be in doubt. Yep, Sean O’Hair will be running away with it! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/26 "2008-03-16T21:58:37Z")
Fuck! ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/27 "2008-03-16T22:42:37Z")
In the words of Dan patrick - “From way downtown - bang!” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/28 "2008-03-16T23:02:02Z")
I am in awe. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/29 "2008-03-16T23:12:51Z")
There’s no defense in golf. All somebody has to do is beat him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/30 "2008-03-16T23:36:46Z")
I always think that at some point, Tiger will have an off week or somebody will just get scorching. The thing is, he never does… and people do and he is still better. That 24 footer, to win, is why he is the best personified. When he wants it, he finds it. I think breaking Lord Byrons record may be difficult, but if anybody is going to do it, it’s Tiger. IMO, for the record, discounting any of the wins is really silly. Even if he’s not going up against Mickelson or El each week- he’s going up against Pro’s. He has to bring it every week, and every week there is some random person who is going to rise up, get hot and present some sort of challenge. If he was consistently entering into… The Local 49ers classic or something like that, I’d see the point. But he’s not. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/31 "2008-03-17T00:14:54Z")
For most people golf is a game of streaks. Some days the putts go in. Some days the drives hit the fairways. Some days they don’t. That is why there will always be a hot player on a good weekend challenging Tiger. It would appear even then ,they will usually lose. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/32 "2008-03-17T00:39:17Z")
So…about this story that I’ve read before… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/33 "2008-03-17T01:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] For most people golf is a game of streaks. Some days the putts go in. Some days the drives hit the fairways. Some days they don’t. That is why there will always be a hot player on a good weekend challenging Tiger. It would appear even then ,they will usually lose. [/QUOTE] There’s still usually a baseline level of consistency and ability for a given player, though. They may get relatively hotter or colder from week to week but you still kind of know what their baseline is. That’s why the same group of players tends to be in the top 10 or 20 every week. Tiger’s _baseline_ is like a normal tour player’s hot zone. He’s had years that would be career years for anyone else (say a year where he wins 5 or 6 tournaments, one of them a Major and ends up topping the money list and with the number one ranking), but people start talking about him being in a “slump,” because he only won one Major. The guy is amazing. Before the Tiger era, the kind of records and stats we take for granted with Tiger would have sounded silly. Winning four Majors in a row was like an MLB player hitting 600 – just a ludicrous accomplishment. The fact that anyone can get a serious discussion going about whether Tiger might break Nelson’s win streak is a Tribute to him all by itself. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/34 "2008-03-17T02:58:13Z")
I giggled when that last putt went in on 18 today. You could just feel it coming. There aren’t too many people in sports who you can bank on to come through like that in the clutch. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/35 "2008-03-17T13:21:35Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Tiger’s _baseline_ is like a normal tour player’s hot zone. [/QUOTE] That’s it in a nutshell. For him to lose, not only does someone else have to he hot, but Tiger has to be off his game. And hell - even when he is off his game, he is usually in the top 5. Yes, he is awesome. But personally I find it boring. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/36 "2008-03-17T13:40:30Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Yes, he is awesome. But personally I find it boring. [/QUOTE] I keep waiting for this to happen to me, but it hasn’t so far. I think it’ll take Tiger getting bored to make him bore me. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/37 "2008-03-17T13:47:58Z")
I think it’s a little bit of a pain having Tiger always winning, but these are the times we remember. We remember the Brad May event, and now we’ve got the Bart Bryant round. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/38 "2008-03-17T13:52:01Z")
Who cares how many he wins in a row. It is pretty easy to rig it if you are God. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/39 "2008-03-17T14:01:10Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I think it’s a little bit of a pain having Tiger always winning, but these are the times we remember. We remember the Brad May event, and now we’ve got the Bart Bryant round. [/QUOTE] Bob May. Too many breadsticks this weekend? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015/40 "2008-03-17T14:04:20Z")
I don’t find it boring at all. What’s boring about virtuosity? I love watching somebody be the best in the world at something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-tiger-catch-lord-byron/441015.md?page=3)