It does get tiring when announcers start the all Tiger narrative.
I really don't care to know that he tripped over a piece of lint on his way to the 18th green (/sarcasm)
Too bad about Sergio 'Tin Cup' Garcia today.
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April 05, 2018, 05:13 PM
CQB60
I’m tired of Tiger! I’m pulling for Speith. Love this tournament.
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April 05, 2018, 06:17 PM
cne32507
I've been to practice rounds. Augusta National is the green cathedral of golf. TV doesn't do it justice; the grass is greener, the bunkers whiter, the trees bigger, the hills steeper and the greens trickier than one can imagine. I saw a grounds crew at the end of the day using flat shovels to pound the bunker fronting 9(?). The foreman stood at the back and would throw balls as hard as he could into the steep front. If they didn't bounce back and roll to the flat bottom, more pounding. Amazing and stunning.
April 05, 2018, 06:27 PM
Steve 22X
Seems Vegas is sporting a man-crush woody over Tiger as of today.
I just read that Woods, who is currently tied for 30th and is 7 strokes behind the leader (Spieth) has gone from 100 to 1 odds of winning to being the odds on favorite. Spieth wasn't even mentioned.
----------------------------------- Regards, Steve The anticipation is often greater than the actual reward
April 05, 2018, 06:28 PM
walkinghorse
quote:
Originally posted by cne32507: I've been to practice rounds. Augusta National is the green cathedral of golf. TV doesn't do it justice; the grass is greener, the bunkers whiter, the trees bigger, the hills steeper and the greens trickier than one can imagine. I saw a grounds crew at the end of the day using flat shovels to pound the bunker fronting 9(?). The foreman stood at the back and would throw balls as hard as he could into the steep front. If they didn't bounce back and roll to the flat bottom, more pounding. Amazing and stunning.
Did you get to see the mowing crews in the evening? Looked like a formation of fighter planes moving across a green sky! Was fortunate enough to see all 4 rounds back in the early 90's. An experience that everyone should experience. The course is the star, to me at least! TV does not do it justice!
Jim
April 05, 2018, 07:35 PM
wingfoot
quote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket: so much butthurt over Tiger being the biggest story of the week. sorry some of you guys don't like it, but he's still the biggest story in golf and he will be the biggest story of the week until the weekend. he is one of the top 2 golfers of all time, ya know. and he's back to +1 on a day that nobody is really lighting the course on fire.
I agree, well said. Like it or not he is the needle and I like it.
Nice back nine by Spieth, dude plays so well there.
April 05, 2018, 07:37 PM
cne32507
quote:
Originally posted by walkinghorse:
quote:
Originally posted by cne32507: I've been to practice rounds. Augusta National is the green cathedral of golf. TV doesn't do it justice; the grass is greener, the bunkers whiter, the trees bigger, the hills steeper and the greens trickier than one can imagine. I saw a grounds crew at the end of the day using flat shovels to pound the bunker fronting 9(?). The foreman stood at the back and would throw balls as hard as he could into the steep front. If they didn't bounce back and roll to the flat bottom, more pounding. Amazing and stunning.
Did you get to see the mowing crews in the evening? Looked like a formation of fighter planes moving across a green sky! Was fortunate enough to see all 4 rounds back in the early 90's. An experience that everyone should experience. The course is the star, to me at least! TV does not do it justice!
I'd just like to have a "good ole boy" agreement to furnish and apply their rye grass seed and fertilizer each spring. Four years and I would be on easy street.
April 05, 2018, 08:29 PM
DonDraper
I'm about an hour away up I-20, I have been noticing the increase in dudes dressed like lost golfer tourists at the gas stations near my exit...
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April 06, 2018, 10:16 AM
smschulz
quote:
Originally posted by medic451: Poor Sergio Garcia, 3 shots in a row roll back into the water on 15. All good shots, just too much back spin.
Sergio "we feel your pain". Weebee there too.
April 06, 2018, 11:53 AM
Ripley
After a brilliant back nine Thursday, Spieth stumbled on 18, working his butt off for a bogey. In the post round interview, whoever it was asked Spieth about some "panic" comment he'd made a while back. Maybe I'm wrong, it looked like Jordan wanted to clock him. That's right, pump some ugly negativity up his butt. Spieth opened today double bogey, bogey.
Time and again in Wood's dominant years, TV people would do this to potential rivals. I particularly remember this crap slapped on Ernie Els before the start of a major final round. Like Spieth, Els couldn't believe what he was hearing. Woods rarely talked after rounds then and certainly was never confronted with negativity.
Unrelated but another "favor" for Woods back then was early round Thursday, late Friday. He'd start the tournament on ideal greens on day one, on day two knew his standing and could choose to be more aggressive if need be. We're back to that pattern this year, early Thursday, late Friday. Of course this is just the tip of the iceberg that is special treatment bestowed on Woods.
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
April 06, 2018, 12:41 PM
AllenInAR
I know nothing about golf (other than it's a nice walk, spoiled) but I saw a video on Facebook this morning....
Did some guy literally skip his ball across a pond out there?? Ya know, like skipping a stone? Came pretty close to the hole too!
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April 06, 2018, 12:50 PM
BamaJeepster
quote:
Originally posted by AllenInWV: I know nothing about golf (other than it's a nice walk, spoiled) but I saw a video on Facebook this morning....
Did some guy literally skip his ball across a pond out there?? Ya know, like skipping a stone? Came pretty close to the hole too!
He did...It was a practice round on the 16th hole.
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April 06, 2018, 12:53 PM
YellowJacket
quote:
Originally posted by AllenInWV: I know nothing about golf (other than it's a nice walk, spoiled) but I saw a video on Facebook this morning....
Did some guy literally skip his ball across a pond out there?? Ya know, like skipping a stone? Came pretty close to the hole too!
It is a practice round tradition... pretty much everybody that comes through 16 on Monday and Tuesday (and the few on Wednesday) skip balls for the patrons.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
April 06, 2018, 12:55 PM
YellowJacket
quote:
Originally posted by Ripley: After a brilliant back nine Thursday, Spieth stumbled on 18, working his butt off for a bogey. In the post round interview, whoever it was asked Spieth about some "panic" comment he'd made a while back. Maybe I'm wrong, it looked like Jordan wanted to clock him. That's right, pump some ugly negativity up his butt. Spieth opened today double bogey, bogey.
Time and again in Wood's dominant years, TV people would do this to potential rivals. I particularly remember this crap slapped on Ernie Els before the start of a major final round. Like Spieth, Els couldn't believe what he was hearing. Woods rarely talked after rounds then and certainly was never confronted with negativity.
Unrelated but another "favor" for Woods back then was early round Thursday, late Friday. He'd start the tournament on ideal greens on day one, on day two knew his standing and could choose to be more aggressive if need be. We're back to that pattern this year, early Thursday, late Friday. Of course this is just the tip of the iceberg that is special treatment bestowed on Woods.
lol
In 97 his Thursday tee time was 1:45. In 2001, he teed off Thursday sometime around 1:15. In 2002, it was 10:53, square in the middle of the field. In 2005, he went off at 1:33.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
April 06, 2018, 01:04 PM
PowerSurge
All the Tiger talk on ESPN.com com’s homepage is ridiculous. He’ll always be a serial adulterer to me.
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April 06, 2018, 01:06 PM
Jimbo54
Phil is having a rough round today. Multiple bogeys, and dbl bogies and a 7 on #9. Bummer! He's my guy.
Jim
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April 06, 2018, 01:12 PM
bendable
positive thoughts for the cedar rapids boy , Zach Johnson "07" Masters winner "12" J.D. Classic winner
Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency.
Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first
April 07, 2018, 07:07 PM
nhtagmember
I watched a video of 5 pro golfers on a beach with a steel bell on a float about 150 yards offshore
they were hitting the bell...
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April 08, 2018, 04:35 PM
bendable
Jordan has the talent, good for him , great going
Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency.
Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first
April 08, 2018, 05:10 PM
Gustofer
What a great effort by Spieth. Not much more he could have done.
Looks like it's down to Reed and Fowler. I'm good with either one.
Kind of happy McElroy couldn't do it. For some reason I just don't care for the guy.
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