My mans a moron!!!!

[flap]

As much as I like Phill if I could I would have slapped the shit out of him when he tried to grab his driver on the 18th tee.What the hell was Bones thinking ?4 wood and a 4 iron and he is the defending US open champ.What a total waste of time and energy.All you Phill haters fire away he deserves it!!!

[golfchief]

I agree, what a dumb A$$. I would have broke his driver on 16 so he couldn't hit it (tin cup).
After this melt down he may be done for the year.
Monty is stupid also, waiting ten minutes with the club to hit, then changes just before he hits" duh.

[Smoked-the-3wood]

I must agree!!!!! The guy had the tournament in his hand with a firm grip.... and what does he do after he hears Monty missed the par putt...... he trys to rip the driver...!!! FOR WHAT!!!! That's why he will NEVER be #1.... he doesn't have a inner govern that's keep him from doing dumb @#$% like that with a tournament like the [U.S. OPEN] on the line....

"Tiger doesn't give tournaments away when he has the lead!!!!!!!"

Good job Phil!!!!

That's for all the Phil lovers out there!

[GoingfortheGreen]

Attachment 218

Geoff: You see that thing, about 25 yards wide, with the short grass? I believe it's called the fairway.

Phil: My eyes cannot focus on that. It must be the tears of agony that have caused considerable redness...

Geoff: Maybe you should have used the fade driver, no wait, maybe the draw driver. Hell maybe the neutral driver, I don't know!

[Dirk Diggler]

Like the guy from ESPN said.

"Phil you don't have to ride a white stallion down victory lane, just limb to the victory"

but i still like Phil, he is al no guts nog glory, i like it..

[iacas]

As much as I like Phill if I could I would have slapped the shit out of him when he tried to grab his driver on the 18th tee.What the hell was Bones thinking ?4 wood and a 4 iron and he is the defending US open champ.What a total waste of time and energy.All you Phill haters fire away he deserves it!!!

He says he would have left himself, if he missed the fairway with his 4-wood, too long an approach shot. This after hitting a 4-iron 240-yards on the previous hole and a 225-yard 6-iron on a par 3 earlier in the day on a 450-yard dogleg left hole (which suits his natural cut). If he only manages to hit his 4-wood 240 (the same distance as his 4-iron?), that leaves him 210 in, which is, what, a 7-iron? 6-iron at the most?

Attachment 218

Hilarious caption!

[jeffgladchun]

Just listen to this:

Phil Voice Clip

Jeez, even I feel for the guy after hearing that...

[muskegman]

Just listen to this:

Ouch... yeah I listened to a clip of his speech apologizing to his fans. That hurt to listen to. The thrill of victory and the

agony of defeat !

[NCGolfer]

My own caption to the above pic:

"Look at what you did to the pavillion! It's deflating now."

[GoingfortheGreen]

6/19/06, 11:18 PST: Callaway Golf to unveil new hybrid 'tool' at British Open; Phil to drop 4-wood to make space for this new weapon.

Attachment 220

Could have used it on the 17th hole...

[LarryK]

About the only silver lining in this horribly dark cloud is that in calling himself an idiot maybe he is ready to take enough personal responsibility for this debacle to actually learn something from it. Although as Erik points out, the "explanation" as to why he didn't hit four-wood sounds an awfully lot like some past rationalizations. Even worse, I didn't hear anything about what HE thought he SHOULD HAVE DONE differently.

Sorry, Phil, but if you, Bones, Rick and Dave can't come up with an after-the-fact dead solid perfect strategy that would have ensured you a par and a win on the 72nd hole of a major championship and if you have any doubt in your mind that the next time you have the opportunity you would actually lack the discipline to implement it..........then you truly ARE an idiot.

[neudi]

I agree with you, but if he did hit his driver down the middle...we would have been saying good play, way to finish strong...i mean it goes both ways, he hit what he was comfortable with and it didn't pan out...its just one of those things...i think colin will kill himself after the mistake he made fromt he middle of the fairway.

[iacas]

I agree with you, but if he did hit his driver down the middle...we would have been saying good play, way to finish strong...i mean it goes both ways, he hit what he was comfortable with and it didn't pan out...its just one of those things...i think colin will kill himself after the mistake he made fromt he middle of the fairway.

I don't think so. I cringed and said "what the frick are you doing?" as soon as he pulled the driver. Had he piped one down the fairway, I'd have said "must have gotten lucky" or "first one all day" or "guess he knew something we didn't," but I wouldn't have thought "way to finish strong." It was a stupid decision regardless of the result, given his driving capabilities that day.

Most people, myself included, wouldn't be talking about it as much, but that wouldn't make it any less stupid a decision.

[BigAl5150]

Phil's finished 51st in fairways hit (43%) with a fabulous 14% on Sunday.

What bias Callaway driver was he hitting, the weekend hacker slice?

[cmarkmyers]

Watching golf I rarely root against people; I hate to be a negative fan. But I did find myself rooting against Phil, since I never liked him and the coverage was so pro-Phil it was disgusting.

Still, I feel for him. In his defense he did what he was doing all week that put him in the drivers seat to begin with. Also before the Open started he said he was going to play his usual game and not a conservative style. According to him it his aggressive, creative play that got him where he is today and a 'normal' conservative style would not make him a contender. So I have to respect the fact that he said that up front and stuck with it.

What really sucks that such a great tournament came to such a disappointing end and now all people will talk about is Phil losing it. Or perhaps of Monty losing it. Hell even Harrington and Furyk could have been there if not for the 18th. And poor Geoff, no one will really ever say he won but that others lost.

Anywho, as anti-Phil as I have always been he has gained some points in my book, and therefore I will take a break from Phil bashing, I am sure there is enough of that to go around and the guy feels bad enough as is.

[LarryK]

In his defense he did what he was doing all week that put him in the drivers seat to begin with. Also before the Open started he said he was going to play his usual game and not a conservative style. According to him it his aggressive, creative play that got him where he is today and a 'normal' conservative style would not make him a contender.

Ah, yes, the old "aggressive vs. conservative" argument. So, if he had been on the green with two putts to win from 40 feet, would you have suggested he try to ram the ball into the back of the cup for a birdie he wouldn't need? That would be aggressive. Aggressive may work great on the first tee on Thursday. After all, everyone starts with the same blank scorecard. For that matter you can amass a fortune in Vegas or on Wall Street by being "aggressive." But the only way you

win is to cash in your chips. Personally, once I've made that decision I prefer the more conservative method of keeping them in my pocket as I walk to the cashier's window, but I suppose you could juggle them in the air if it suits your fancy. But I do agree with you that being aggressive has gotten Phil to where he is today -- second place finisher in a major championship that he gave away. Here's to the aggressor

[jimmymo]

How can you say Driver off the tee was necessarily a bad play? Especially after he says that he if he pulls 4-wood and doesn't hit the fairway, he will leave himself too long of a play out of the rough. What does that tell us? Phil knows his swing and knew he was playing with his "C-" game -- the fact is that Phil stood on that tee without the confidence to hit the 4-wood in the fairway -- given that reality, Driver is the play.

An analogy can be made to the decision to leave the pin in or take it out when playing from just off the green -- Pelz will telll you that the statistics support leaving the pin in -- the opposing argument is what if you feel more confident with the pin out.

The fact is that Phil was struggling and had doubts about hitting the fairway with his 4-wood -- so take the Driver and at least get it in position to chase one to the green -- unfortunately for Phil it didn't work out.

Finally, there is no Fu$King thing as an "easy" par on the 72nd hole of the US Open, period.

[iacas]

How can you say Driver off the tee was necessarily a bad play? Especially after he says that he if he pulls 4-wood and doesn't hit the fairway, he will leave himself too long of a play out of the rough. What does that tell us?

It tells us Phil's math is horrible. He just hit a 240-yard 4-iron on the previous hole. The 18th is 450 yards. He hit a 225-yard 6-iron earlier in the day on a par 3. Heck, he could have gotten to 18 with a pair of six irons.

So yeah, the 4-wood argument is bogus and, I believe, constructed afterwards as a way of rationalizing the decision. The math simply doesn't check out.