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Kieran123

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Kieran123 Great Member

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Who's your pick?

Tiger shot a nice 42 on the front then withdrew from the tournament. He was my pick until I got to work this morning and saw that...so, I'm changing my pick to Kaymer

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Chilli Dipper Great Member

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My three favorites are Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, and Hunter Mahan (all hyper-consistent players from tee-to-green in great form right now), but my dark horse is Brian Gay, who's leading the tour this year in driving accuracy and scrambling (the qualities that led Tim Clark to victory last year.)

Early in the first round, Kuchar stands at 4-under, and Donald and Gay are both 2-under; Mahan tees off in the afternoon.

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...


michaeljames92 Great Member

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Sergio's having a stinker too after having a pair of doubles in 3 holes....

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Chilli Dipper Great Member

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Ben Crane's 17th hole of the first round, via Shot Tracker.

Originally Posted by michaeljames92

Sergio's having a stinker too after having a pair of doubles in 3 holes....

Sergio can be forgiven, though, for golf to be well down on his priorities list this week.

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...


Shindig Incredible Member

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Sergio can be forgiven, though, for golf to be well down on his priorities list this week.

What happened with Sergio? Did I miss vital gossip?

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Chilli Dipper Great Member

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Originally Posted by Shindig

What happened with Sergio? Did I miss vital gossip?

Just the whole "idol and mentor dying, and not being able to make it back for the funeral" thing.

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...


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Glover is tearing the course up right now!

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Originally Posted by Chilli Dipper

Ben Crane's 17th hole of the first round, via Shot Tracker.

huh...did he mean to do that?  did he hit it thin?

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Chilli Dipper Great Member

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Originally Posted by colin007

huh...did he mean to do that?  did he hit it thin?


Apparently, Ben's tee shot hit the wooden bulkhead at the back of the green on the fly, and the ball caromed over the water and into the spectator mounding. His pitch from there hit the bulkhead again (this time, short), and bounced through to the front fringe. Two putts for a bogey.

In fact, you can go to the Live@17 streaming coverage at the PGA Tour's website to see it for yourself. Crane's group plays 17 around 1:45 into the webcast.

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...


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Originally Posted by Kieran123

Who's your pick?

Tiger shot a nice 42 on the front then withdrew from the tournament. He was my pick until I got to work this morning and saw that...so, I'm changing my pick to Kaymer


I'll go with Bubba Watson.....oh wait. 76 today. Guess his homemade swing was out of sync today. I'll pick Watney.


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Originally Posted by henniebogan1966

76 for his first round. Not a good start. His homemade swing must have been out of sync today.



A lot of people are saying Tiger seems lost and that Tiger's path with Foley specifically is misguided.

What is it about Bubba's Watson's comments in particular that push your buttons? Is it because he's the first recent and multiple PGA Tour winner to speak on the topic?

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I'll vote for someone from the Watson group.

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Did anyone see Stadler's Lefthanded wedge chip from the edging on 17?  Pretty nicely done.

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billk86 Member

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I don't Bubba has ever done well at Sawgrass has he?  Doesn't seem very suited to his game.


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Bubba is on record as saying Sawgrass doesn't suit his eye. I think he has missed the cut 3 or 4 times there. He dislikes the look so much he didn't play practice rounds there for the tourney this year.


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