Choke of the Year Prediction

[supercow]

Hmmm.... theSandTrap.com often makes a lot of bold predictions in regards to player performance over the coming year. One that does not often come up though is who is going to have the biggest choke of the year. Based on his performance this week my current prediction has to Lefty. What's yours?

[Puttin4Bird]

You're really going out on a limb there aren't you!? So are you predicting that lefty's most recent collapse will be the biggest choke or are you saying that he as a player will continue to collapse in big spots?

I think that he rebounds personally. My prediction for biggest collapse is Charles Howell III's remainder of the season. 2 runner up's and a W early, but what will he do from here on out? Obviously I don't think he'll suddenly start missing cuts, but I'm saying by choking is that he will again not contend at any majors this year and end the season with the same number of wins as he currently has in his career, 2.

[RX Phoenix]

Philly Mick is always good for a handful of meltdowns during any given season, he has mastered the artform, hey, he's a gambler and loves to lose almost as much as to win, after all it makes the winning taste a little sweeter, or so the logic goes.

I don't see CH III going to pieces, he is putting on final round charges on the back 9 and that is a sign of someone on the ascendent. That means he is in shape, his game is solid and he trusts his swing, the knock against him has always been his short game but it's getting better and he came through under pressure this week.

[Q.Q.Quillume]

Philly Mick is always good for a handful of meltdowns during any given season, he has mastered the artform, hey, he's a gambler and loves to lose almost as much as to win, after all it makes the winning taste a little sweeter, or so the logic goes.

Sounds almost exactly like what lots of folks used to love to say about The King!

[flap]

OK I will go out on a limb and say Tiger will spit the bit at the British Open.Remember you heard it here first.

[Ogg]

It will be Tiger once the kid comes along.

[jeffgladchun]

It will be Tiger once the kid comes along.

I don't think that would qualify as a choke.

I'm gonna have to agree with CHIII, I don't know if he has the stamina to last the whole season. Rootin' for him though.

[Thrash13]

I still don't really see how Phil choked. CHIII only shot a final-round 65 to catch Lefty. It's not Phil shot an 80 in the final round. I believe it was a 68 wasn't it? That's pretty damn solid at Riviera.

[SubPar]

Sad for Phil. Happy for Chas. They both needed that win.

Phil lips out two short putts, sticks his wedge in the ground and chunks a chip shot and then loses to a par in the play-off... the choke of the year is already behind us.

Howell's up and down on 10 in the playoff was one of the toughest ever. This experience should help him win again this year.

[Q.Q.Quillume]

OK I will go out on a limb and say Tiger will spit the bit at the British Open.Remember you heard it here first.

OK, I'll remember I heard it here first. Only problem is I don't know what "spit the bit" means.

[supercow]

http://www.delmarthoroughbredclub.co...01940695285dc9

"Horses come off the bit when they lose interest mentally and/or have a physical issue."

LOL I can just see the day when Tiger gets bored with leading by 10 shots at a major and suddenly getting bored....

[underpar]

I think Mike Weir will have a 3 to 4 shot lead going into sunday at an event this year and finish T3.

[PBCgolfer]

I pick Michelle Wie, oh wait she hasn't won anything EVER.

[Hogan Fan]

I'll go out on a limb (if it will hold me) and say that John Daly will shoot an 80 or better. I'll even say it will be this week at the pods.

[mnel]

I hope any such a choke will be accompanied by a back 9 of -7 to take the cup, by a young gun... ok, this is fantasy league stuff, but it would be great if it's Tiger choking, and Sergio Garcia burning the course.

[Hogan Fan]

Okay you guys, you gotta give me this one. Big John shot a 40 on the back nine in the 2nd round of the Pods and then withdrew!!!!! I called it

Well, can this be considered a choke though? It's kinda expected anymore.

[iacas]

Okay you guys, you gotta give me this one. Big John shot a 40 on the back nine in the 2nd round of the Pods and then withdrew!!!!! I called it

Tiger's missed putt is leading the pack for me.

[J.P.]

Big John shot a 40 on the back nine in the 2nd round of the Pods and then withdrew!!!!! I called it

I don't know if it is choking technically. I think John played poorly cause of that injury he sustained last week or two. Choking is more when your mental state gets in the way of your physical ability to perform. Either way, there will be plenty more time this year for choking . . .