Posts by Parker0065

Hogan said: The more I practice the luckier I get!!!!!   In my opinion there is no luck involved in getting and staying on the PGA Tour, only hard work, skill, and desire with a little bit of pre-destiny mixed in. Some players...

The 1986 Masters was more of an outlier if you want to look at it graphically so I think a more realistic comparison is:   Jack 1962-1980 18 years - 17 Majors Tiger 1997-2012 15 years - 14 Majors   So give or take a...

Well I guess I'm just happy they stopped yelling "You Da Man" but it does get out of hand from time to time.   In my opinion Tiger fans are the absolute worst on the course. "Tiger Fan" is really making a move to overtake...

After his round today Tiger said something to the effect that some of the greens had really firmed up since the start of the tournament and they were lightning fast. Nobilo may have picked those shots to emphasize the firmness of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by LovinItAll    This thread was mostly about moving back for handicap purposes, not necessarily 'playing better'. For example, if a player doesn't hit a ton of G.I.R.'s,...

I think there's a lot of factors in play in moving back a tee box and playing better. What type of player you are and what type of course your playing come into play. For myself I definetly score lower from the back tees at my...

Interesting thread, although when this first came out the other day, GC and PGA Tour radio just wouldn't stop talking about it. It was "Reagan's been shot" all over again.   I will say I wasn't suprised that they brought in...

Firstone was always fun on "Microsoft Golf",lol!     But on a serious note, as good as HDTV is today it still doesn't do justice to the contour and slope of a golf course. You have to have boots on the ground to...

Since I got into golf in 1975 Majors were the standard. To me they still are today although there are a handful of tournaments around the world that rival their status with great courses and Major-type fields. What makes a Major so...

Fav: Ernie Els Matt Kuchar Rory Mcilroy (Notables: Segio Garcia, Bill Haas, Jason Duffner, Adam Scott, Ben Curtis, Steve Stricker, Sean O'Hair, Retief Goosen)       Non-Fav: Tiger Woods Tommy...