The 2011 Masters - The Main Thread

[newtogolf]

Originally Posted by golf4fun12

I felt so bad for rory like everyone else here, but, I felt like he has learned so much by falling apart. he knows now that the pressure of a 4 shot lead at the masters is not to be taken for granted. he was very cool in the interviews also. great kid on the way to many majors in his career.

Time will tell if he learned much from it, hopefully he will.  It was good to see him smile and laugh after his final putt on 18.

[zeg]

Hope he bounces back, but after all, isn't this what we're talking about when we talk about the importance of "experience" to winning big golf tournaments?  Maybe this was an extreme case, but I think he'll be all right.  It helps that it's the Masters: everyone knows anything can happen.

[Zeph]

Originally Posted by zeg

Hope he bounces back, but after all, isn't this what we're talking about when we talk about the importance of "experience" to winning big golf tournaments?  Maybe this was an extreme case, but I think he'll be all right.  It helps that it's the Masters: everyone knows anything can happen.

The trials and tribulations of Dustin Johnson comes to mind.

8th at the US Open after leading with 3 and shooting 82 on Sunday

5th at the PGA Championship after losing in a playoff due to a rule infringement

Won the BMW Championship

[golf4fun12]

Originally Posted by newtogolf

Time will tell if he learned much from it, hopefully he will.  It was good to see him smile and laugh after his final putt on 18.

yup. very nice to see him on 18 like that. and yahoo had an article of him and charl in a private jet flying to another tourney. charl had his green jacket on and rory was posing with him smiling like he always does.

[Shindig]

Originally Posted by Zeph

The trials and tribulations of Dustin Johnson comes to mind.

8th at the US Open after leading with 3 and shooting 82 on Sunday

5th at the PGA Championship after losing in a playoff due to a rule infringement

Won the BMW Championship

Dustin didn't lose the PGA in a playoff -- the rule infringement kept him out of the playoff.

Let's also add Nick Watney, who had his aardvark at last year's PGA final round, but was overshadowed by Dustin Johnson.   Watney became a top-10 machine this year and won a WGC.   His first 5 starts were T6-T9-T6-T5-W.  He also recovered quickly enough after the PGA letdown to post a T4 at East Lake (good for 12th FEC) and a top 10 at one of the Fall finishes.

I think Rory will be just fine.

[domc36]

Originally Posted by Stretch

Speaking of pulling the driver, did anyone else think it was a ballsy move by Schwartzel taking driver off the 18th tee when he'd played his 3-wood there all week? One of the South African papers asked him about it today and he said something along the lines of clubbing down in that particular situation is going to let doubt enter your head. Better to trust your swing and just lash it.

Spoken like a true champion. He deserved the Masters, no one gave it to him, he took it.

[sbasson]

HI there,

I play on the same tour Charl plays on in South Africa, I have been playing professional golf for 13 years, Take it from me, that the players in South Africa are raised to play exactly like Charl did last week and Louis did at the Open! Our tour here in South Africa is a very hard tour and there is just no place for weak or safe play! Our boys are raised with great touch and feel around and on the greens and Fultom Allem told me once " you get the balls for free don't you?" So i promise you there is no way Charl would hit anything else on that hole! Think about it Louis also did not have to hit driver on the last hole at the Open! That's how i won my tournaments and that is how many other South Africans will win Theirs!

Keep a Lookout for Jaco Van Zyl this week in Malaysia!!!

[PinkMagic]

Will Tiger win a major this year?  He showed a lil bit the old tiger last week..

[golf4fun12]

Originally Posted by PinkMagic

Will Tiger win a major this year?  He showed a lil bit the old tiger last week..

who knows really. I hope he does. he did show some of the old tiger we all know.

and welcome to the forum PinkMagic.

[PinkMagic]

Originally Posted by golf4fun12

who knows really. I hope he does. he did show some of the old tiger we all know.

and welcome to the forum PinkMagic.

Thx for the welcome.

I literally could not take my eyes off the tv the first nine he played sunday. amazing stuff.

meow

[PinkMagic]

Originally Posted by golf4fun12

who knows really. I hope he does. he did show some of the old tiger we all know.

and welcome to the forum PinkMagic.

Thx for the welcome.

meow

[bplewis24]

Will Tiger win a major this year?  He showed a lil bit the old tiger last week..

I stand by my prediction from before this season: he won't win anything until Q3, and I think the first major he wins is the British Open. When you're not only changing your full swing, but also your putting and chipping stroke, it's going to take some time. Brandon

[PinkMagic]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Quote:

Originally Posted by PinkMagic

Will Tiger win a major this year?  He showed a lil bit the old tiger last week..

I stand by my prediction from before this season: he won't win anything until Q3, and I think the first major he wins is the British Open. When you're not only changing your full swing, but also your putting and chipping stroke, it's going to take some time.

Brandon

I really thought his putting let him down on Sunday.  Otherwise,  he would probably finished -12 , tie for second place.

He needs to play 4 solid round of golf and get the winning feeling back.   We will see show his progress is going at the US Open.

Meow

[Tiger Spuds]

Rory needs a putting coach. Watching him play in Malaysia and his short putting is atrocious again. It's odd, because his lag putting is not bad at all.

[deasy55]

Originally Posted by Tiger Spuds

Rory needs a putting coach. Watching him play in Malaysia and his short putting is atrocious again. It's odd, because his lag putting is not bad at all.

Definitely. 16 greens hit today (a typical round for him) and 32 putts. It appears to be a pretty minor thing with his putting too since his stroke seems smooth enough....a slight correction could get him shooting 2 shots a round lower. Then he would be winning every week

He managed to get up and down in the only 2 greens he missed too. Pretty good for a player that had such a shock to the system Sunday and had to travel for 30 hours across 12 time zones Monday and Tuesday only to find his clubs haven't got there with him

[golf4fun12]

Originally Posted by Tiger Spuds

Rory needs a putting coach. Watching him play in Malaysia and his short putting is atrocious again. It's odd, because his lag putting is not bad at all.

short putts could be tougher for him than long putts. like me for instance, I of course would love a 2 foot birdie putt. but, when I have a 20 foot birdie putt compared to a 8 foot birdie putt, I almost feel more relaxed on the 20 foot putt. I don't know why that is. just how I am with putting I guess.

[bplewis24]

I really thought his putting let him down on Sunday.  Otherwise,  he would probably finished -12 , tie for second place.

He needs to play 4 solid round of golf and get the winning feeling back.   We will see show his progress is going at the US Open.

Meow

Yeah, I really thought he was going to post -12 in the clubhouse, while everybody else was still stuck on -10. Who knows what would have happened at that point? Nevertheless, I look forward to the US Open. Welcome to the board, catwoman :) Brandon

[zeg]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Yeah, I really thought he was going to post -12 in the clubhouse, while everybody else was still stuck on -10. Who knows what would have happened at that point?

Me too, and I think the outcome would have been different.  It can be psychologically harder to play catch-up... I guess we'll never know.