2012 Waste Management Discussion Thread

[mvmac]

The tour is at the TPC Scottsdale this week where we'll get so see the "loudest hole in golf".  Who do you think's going to play well this week?  I think Rickie Fowler and Bill Haas will be the guys to beat.  Haas finished fourth last week and a top 10 in a previous Phoenix tourny.  Fowler finished second in Phoenix in 2010, nearly winning his first PGA Tour event. Now armed with his first pro win and a T-13 to start 2012, Fowler could break out any week now.

 

 

Read more about The 16th Hole

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As par 3s go, TPC Scottsdale’s 16th hole is neither gorgeous nor grueling. It doesn’t photograph nearly as well as the seventh at Pebble Beach and it certainly doesn’t baffle the world’s best players like No. 12 at Augusta National. A flat patch of scrub and sand, a splash of grass on a canvas of beige, one doesn’t get the sense course architects Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf spent weeks poring over the hole’s finest intracacies.

Tiger Woods aced it back in 1997, before the twin rows of bleachers yielded to a fully enclosed mini-arena, but in terms of historical value, Scottsdale’s 16th really doesn’t rank. Given that it’s the third-to-last hole on the course, you would think the 16th has affected the final outcome of many Phoenix Opens over the years. It hasn’t, particularly when you compare it with the island-green 17th at TPC Sawgrass, which has become a cemetery of dashed hopes at The Players Championship.

Quail Hollow’s 17th hole is a better par 3 than Scottsdale’s 16th. Riviera Country Club has a couple of superior short ones. We could go on, but only at the risk of belaboring the point.

In an age when making a lot of noise can make you famous, Scottsdale’s 16th has elbowed its way onto golf’s red carpet simply by turning up the volume on the yahoo factor. This weekend’s telecast will feature plenty of action from the 16th, where the coliseum-like seating capacity has grown to about 20,000, where the atmosphere is has become a cross between a “Let’s Make a Deal” audience and an Alabama-Auburn football game.

 

 

[mcfc_nick]

i really want AK to start his year properly soon, i dont hold much hope for him though with the way he's been playing

[xxsoultonesxx]

I'd like to see Kyle Stanley put the pedal down and get it done.

[mvmac]

Arron Oberholser is returning to competition this week, rooting for him to do well

Did you guys see this?

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Bubba Watson showed up to the Phoenix Open in style on Wednesday. Watson, with NASCAR driver Carl Edwards riding shotgun, arrived in the original General Lee car used in the "Dukes of Hazzard" television series. Watson recently purchased the 1969 Dodge Charger at a Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale for $110,000.

According to the New York Times , Watson fulfilled a life-long dream by purchasing the car.

An impulse purchase, it was not. Watson said he has “loved the show forever” and has a collection of Dukes of Hazzard DVDs to prove it. His wife, Angie, also can testify to his devotion, Watson said.

“At the time we met she knew that I loved that car and wanted one,” he said.

“We made a deal back then that if I ever won a golf tournament, she would let me get one.”

According to SI's Gary Van Sickle, it looked like Watson had a little trouble parking his dream car on Wednesday.

[Gngolfn]

I've got Sean O'hair this week. Hope he gets off to a good start.

Pulling for Ricky too. Would love to see him in contention again on Sunday.

[Zwick]

I have the same picks as you, but O'hair isn't looking good so far. Rickie on the other hand is right where he needs to be.

Originally Posted by Gngolfn

I've got Sean O'hair this week. Hope he gets off to a good start.

Pulling for Ricky too. Would love to see him in contention again on Sunday.

[Ben]

Wow, he showed up in his General Lee? Cool!

Does anyone know why the delay? I mean I understand it was because of darkness, but why did the times get so behind? Frost delay in the morning?

I got to watch a little on TV tonight. I enjoy looking at desert courses, with all the contrast of colors. Looks like the rough is thick there. Has it always been like that?

[mlf16507]

Originally Posted by Ben

Wow, he showed up in his General Lee? Cool!

Does anyone know why the delay? I mean I understand it was because of darkness, but why did the times get so behind? Frost delay in the morning?

I got to watch a little on TV tonight. I enjoy looking at desert courses, with all the contrast of colors. Looks like the rough is thick there. Has it always been like that?

As per usual,a hour Frost delay.

[AmazingWhacker]

Originally Posted by Gngolfn

I've got Sean O'hair this week. Hope he gets off to a good start.

Pulling for Ricky too. Would love to see him in contention again on Sunday.

Originally Posted by Zwick

I have the same picks as you, but O'hair isn't looking good so far. Rickie on the other hand is right where he needs to be.

Are you guys talking about Rickie (Fowler) or Ricky (Barnes)?

[Ben]

Originally Posted by mlf16507

As per usual,a hour Frost delay.

Thanks. The deserts of the South West can be a cold cold places on a Jan/Feb morning!

[Ben]

Geez, how slow is the play out there?!? I've been watching the play-by-play online and John Huh has been waiting to tee off on the Par 5 15th for at least 10 minutes...

[Zwick]

I was talking about Fowler. It never crossed my mind, that Gngolfn could be talking about Barnes. Because there are a lot of people who think Fowler's firstname was Ricky.

Originally Posted by AmazingWhacker

Are you guys talking about Rickie (Fowler) or Ricky (Barnes)?

Kyle Stanley and Huh? back in contention, good to see.

[AmazingWhacker]

Originally Posted by Zwick

I was talking about Fowler. It never crossed my mind, that Gngolfn could be talking about Barnes. Because there are a lot of people who think Fowler's firstname was Ricky.

Kyle Stanley and Huh? back in contention, good to see.

You thought it was inconceivable he could be pulling for Ricky Barnes?  Dude!  What if Ricky or his mom read this . . .bad karma.

ok, I actually knew what he probably meant, too.  I just rarely notice spelling mistakes and wanted to see what it was like to be a jerk about it.  Not bad.

[WWBDD]

The 16th is a bigger gong show than I remembered ...

... not sure what to make of it.

[WWBDD]

Strange to see a golfer smoking on TV.

[JetFan1983]

Has Peter Kostis been reading the Sandtrap? His analysis has been so much better this year.

[bplewis24]

Ben Crane & Bubba Watson at #16 on Saturday...

*facepalm & sigh*

[GJBenn85]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Ben Crane & Bubba Watson at #16 on Saturday...

*facepalm & sigh*

Personally, I like seeing that kind of thing.  It lightens the mood of a sport that has otherwise been very "uptight."  It is good to see players that know how to have fun.