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Anybody notice how Rickie was holding his finish a little better this week? A la McIlroy......


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I really don't get why he has to wear ALL orange... an orange shirt (like Tiger) or orange trousers (like Manassero) will do the trick... if you are all orange and you shot 74 you look pretty stupid IMHO...


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Originally Posted by makaveli

I really don't get why he has to wear ALL orange... an orange shirt (like Tiger) or orange trousers (like Manassero) will do the trick... if you are all orange and you shot 74 you look pretty stupid IMHO...


He's been called a traffic cone, and yesterday he lived up to that as all of the other golfers racing to the finish had to swerve to avoid the traffic cone that was sitting there, in the road, being passed...

My take is it's part of his branding, so whatever. Tiger wears black pants every time he wears a red shirt, too, right? Have you ever seen Tiger wearing tan pants with his red shirt on Sundays?

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Originally Posted by makaveli

... if you are all orange and you shot 74 you look pretty stupid IMHO...



I'd happily let myself look stupid so I could shoot a 74 on a PGA Tour course.

Why do people get so upset about what golfers wear when they play?

Why don't you twitter Ricky and let him know how you feel - I'm sure he'll do something about it.

He is wearing his OK State colors. Good on him.

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Originally Posted by makaveli

I really don't get why he has to wear ALL orange... an orange shirt (like Tiger) or orange trousers (like Manassero) will do the trick... if you are all orange and you shot 74 you look pretty stupid IMHO...



You might need your TV adjusted, but I don't recall seeing Tiger in an orange shirt. Speaking of bad colours for TV, Watney's shirt and Fowler's outfit were really awful. Fowler costume was I'm asuming still his school colours head to toe?!? Most alumni don't wear school colours after graduation. Can we expect this walking crayon to look like this every week until he goes back and graduates?

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Now that's funny!

Originally Posted by iacas

He's been called a traffic cone, and yesterday he lived up to that as all of the other golfers racing to the finish had to swerve to avoid the traffic cone that was sitting there, in the road, being passed...

My take is it's part of his branding, so whatever. Tiger wears black pants every time he wears a red shirt, too, right? Have you ever seen Tiger wearing tan pants with his red shirt on Sundays?



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Originally Posted by iacas

He's been called a traffic cone, and yesterday he lived up to that as all of the other golfers racing to the finish had to swerve to avoid the traffic cone that was sitting there, in the road, being passed...

My take is it's part of his branding, so whatever. Tiger wears black pants every time he wears a red shirt, too, right? Have you ever seen Tiger wearing tan pants with his red shirt on Sundays?


Tiger also won a lot so his sunday red/black combo was part of his aura and branding. Rickie on the other hand doesn't win and makes himself stick out while losing. I would like to see him win but he should definitely back off the all orange outfit maybe shirt/shoes or pants/shoes. If Rickie starts winning then go to the all orange but I also understand the all orange probably helps his wallet.

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Tiger also won a lot so his sunday red/black combo was part of his aura and branding. Rickie on the other hand doesn't win and makes himself stick out while losing. I would like to see him win but he should definitely back off the all orange outfit maybe shirt/shoes or pants/shoes. If Rickie starts winning then go to the all orange but I also understand the all orange probably helps his wallet.



How does the all orange help his wallet?  Is OSU paying him?  I've never heard of a school doing that but I've also never seen anyone that obsessed with their school.


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Originally Posted by iacas

He's been called a traffic cone, and yesterday he lived up to that as all of the other golfers racing to the finish had to swerve to avoid the traffic cone that was sitting there, in the road, being passed...

My take is it's part of his branding, so whatever. Tiger wears black pants every time he wears a red shirt, too, right? Have you ever seen Tiger wearing tan pants with his red shirt on Sundays?


You really wanna compare the pretty normal and classy look of a red shirt and black trousers of Tiger with a guy dressed ALL ORANGE?? come on, you can't be serious...



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I'd happily let myself look stupid so I could shoot a 74 on a PGA Tour course.

Why do people get so upset about what golfers wear when they play?

Why don't you twitter Ricky and let him know how you feel - I'm sure he'll do something about it.

He is wearing his OK State colors. Good on him.

http://www.okstate.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/fowler_rickie00.html


I would be happy to shoot a 74 on a PGA tour or even a 90 at Augusta or St. Andrews but this is not the point as we are not PGA professionals...

Uihlein is from the same university and he shares same pride of being from OSU but I think during tournaments he got a white shirt with the orange logo, an orange hat (I think) and the orange headcover... you don't have to be dressed like a clown to show love to your university...



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You might need your TV adjusted, but I don't recall seeing Tiger in an orange shirt. Speaking of bad colours for TV, Watney's shirt and Fowler's outfit were really awful. Fowler costume was I'm asuming still his school colours head to toe?!? Most alumni don't wear school colours after graduation. Can we expect this walking crayon to look like this every week until he goes back and graduates?


Yup, pardon me, I meant Red shirt...


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Originally Posted by makaveli

You really wanna compare the pretty normal and classy look of a red shirt and black trousers of Tiger with a guy dressed ALL ORANGE?? come on, you can't be serious...

I was serious, but I also didn't compare them in the way that you seem to think I did.

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Originally Posted by mck

How does the all orange help his wallet?  Is OSU paying him?  I've never heard of a school doing that but I've also never seen anyone that obsessed with their school.


Puma pays him and I'm sure that him wearing the orange draws a lot of attention which raise sales. There is an article on golf.com about how he has increased sales quite a bit so I'm guessing his next deal will be bigger.

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Originally Posted by mck

How does the all orange help his wallet?  Is OSU paying him?  I've never heard of a school doing that but I've also never seen anyone that obsessed with their school.

Because it is part of the marketing schtick that has us talking about him when there are 40 other guys we never heard of ahead of him in the money list.

But then again, what the hell do I know?

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Originally Posted by iacas

I was serious, but I also didn't compare them in the way that you seem to think I did.



Sorry then, I didn't get your point...


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