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mcfc_nick Great Member

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easy par, and i know its ridiculous and the way he's playing there's no chance but he's only 7 back

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After that first pull-hook, it seems like he's been doing well enough. Not making birdies, missed more fairways and greens, but still making pars.

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dustin johnsons power is phenominal, 626 yard par 5, 331 yards to fairway, 283 yards to 18 feet, eagle

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Jeez..Tiger really fooled us with his great first round.

Poor schmocks who went straight to the bookie and bet the farm....

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dustins on fire

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Holy crap!!! What a shot by Rickie Fowler.

Course has been wet/soft-so distance is practically all carry.


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Agreed. They shouldn't even have shown any of his shots.

I went to a random range on the way home from a trip and all they were talking about was tiger. I would say then the tv is covering what most want to hear about.

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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I realize that he's still the number one player in the world and he's great for the ratings, but it does seem a little unfair though to all of the players ahead of him who are obviously playing better and not getting any TV time.

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You guys are really surprised that the world #1 is getting a lot of coverage?

No........ not surprised. Just bored with everyone drooling over the "mesiah"


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I realize that he's still the number one player in the world and he's great for the ratings, but it does seem a little unfair though to all of the players ahead of him who are obviously playing better and not getting any TV time.

Great sentiment, but completely untrue. Virtually everyone ahead of him got TV coverage, and the leaders get covered as much as they do in any tournament. Why do they show Tiger when he's out of contention, between showing shots of the leaders? Because he's won 70+ times including 14 majors.

No........ not surprised. Just bored with everyone drooling over the "mesiah"

And I'm bored with people making comments about how they're tired of seeing him on TV. He was a small part of the coverage - a very small part - and enough people want to see him that the networks show him. End of story.

Fast forward if you don't want to see him. If you're watching live, then trust me, it ain't the Tiger coverage that's boring you.

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Why drool all over Tiger for a large part of the coverage when he is not within sniffing distance of the lead? I thought everyone liked seeing good golf. Is it a "man crush" thing........ or do people like watching train wrecks?

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The number of commercials are mind numbing, especially towards the last hour, when there are fewer players to cover.

Looking at the forum subjects and no one is talking about the US Amateur. I was switching between both and found myself watching the US Amateur more.

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Why drool all over Tiger for a large part of the coverage when he is not within sniffing distance of the lead?

a) He wasn't a "large part" of the coverage by any stretch of the definition.

b) He's the world's best and has won 70+ and 14 majors. It's that simple. Never mind the below reason...
I thought everyone liked seeing

He shot -3 in about five holes while being covered by CBS. Pretty good golf, no?

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Apart from DJ, there's no one particularly exciting in contention anyway, so who cares if they show lots of Tiger, as long as the leaders get coverage too.
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