the 93rd PGA Championship...

[BallStriker]

Tiger will be fine.....he just needs to practice and play and sharpen things up.....the first step in his return is health, and it looks like he is doing fine in that regard.

Subject to being fully healthy, I think we will see Tiger back to his "A" game in 2012.....just my 2 cents.

[newtogolf]

Tiger (+9)  just blew a putt worse than most newbies do.  If he's 100% healthy he must be shot mentally because he's not even close to where he needs to be to just make the cut.

Originally Posted by BallStriker

Tiger will be fine.....he just needs to practice and play and sharpen things up.....the first step in his return is health, and it looks like he is doing fine in that regard.

Subject to being fully healthy, I think we will see Tiger back to his "A" game in 2012.....just my 2 cents.

[Chas]

Originally Posted by senorchipotle

i like adam scott, and i would love to see him win a major, but all that smack stevie was talking last week makes me not want to see him win. petty i know, but i won't make any excuses about it.

Since you're being so honest about your comment I'll say that I heartily agree with you.  It's one of the pettiest (and most unsupported) remarks I've read on the forum in a long time - which is saying something here on the trap.  What exactly does a caddie's remarks to a blatantly fishing commentator after an event have to do with the player? (rhet.)  Steve should have shown much better judgement - nothing to do with the man he's carrying the bag for if you understand the role of a caddie in this game.

If Tiger misses the cut at least we won't have to hear commentators going on and on and on about him (or watch him play) even as so many others are performing much better on the day.  That would be a relief.

[deasy55]

Matteo playing solid. 10 straight pars.

[RichF]

Originally Posted by BallStriker

Tiger will be fine.....he just needs to practice and play and sharpen things up.....the first step in his return is health, and it looks like he is doing fine in that regard.

Subject to being fully healthy, I think we will see Tiger back to his "A" game in 2012.....just my 2 cents.

IMO, he should just sack this year off, fire Foley (Woods doesn't need a 'Butchie' a 'Haney' or a 'Foley'...he can sort it out all by himself)

Consider:

The Masters '11: he was the worst in the field in putting, blazing the way toward more three putts in a round than any other player.

WGC Bridgestone '11: he set records for the worst driving performance of the year with 39% in fairways.

PGA Championship '11: landed in almost every sand trap, in short his iron play was as bad as anyone at that level in years and his distance-control is awry.

The hallmark characteristic of the collapse by Woods isn't any one area of his game, but all facets of his game. Considering the level Woods was at, and considering where he is at now, it is very reminiscent of what happened to David Duval.

I honestly think....Woods appears to be completely empty right now. Reached a time in his life where golf is no longer something he is driven to succeed at, instead he feels about golf the same way most of us feel about our 9-5 jobs.

[BallStriker]

DL III's short game is atrocious.....

[sacm3bill]

Originally Posted by Chas

Quote:

Originally Posted by senorchipotle

i like adam scott, and i would love to see him win a major, but all that smack stevie was talking last week makes me not want to see him win. petty i know, but i won't make any excuses about it.

Since you're being so honest about your comment I'll say that I heartily agree with you.  It's one of the pettiest (and most unsupported) remarks I've read on the forum in a long time - which is saying something here on the trap.  What exactly does a caddie's remarks to a blatantly fishing commentator after an event have to do with the player? (rhet.)

Your question may be rhetorical but I'd like to provide an answer: It's because another win by Scott would make Williams even more insufferable.

So Senor, I'm with you in that I think it's perfectly reasonable to have mixed feelings about Scott potentially winning. (Actually in my case they also stem from his use of the long putter.)

[RichF]

Tiger's putt at #7.

[topspin4hand]

You're not alone on this sorta thing ... there are several people on this forum alone who have admitted their dislike of Tiger originated from all the media attention he gets (something he has little if any control of).  Fans have no obligation to be logical.

Originally Posted by sacm3bill

Your question may be rhetorical but I'd like to provide an answer: It's because another win by Scott would make Williams even more insufferable.

So Senor, I'm with you in that I think it's perfectly reasonable to have mixed feelings about Scott potentially winning. (Actually in my case they also stem from his use of the long putter.)

[topspin4hand]

Btw, your theory on Stevie after a major win may be tested ... Adam's playing very very well.

[Kieran123]

back to back birdies for Woods. 3 more of them and we'll be able to watch 2 more days of his average golf.

[senorchipotle]

Originally Posted by sacm3bill

Your question may be rhetorical but I'd like to provide an answer: It's because another win by Scott would make Williams even more insufferable.

So Senor, I'm with you in that I think it's perfectly reasonable to have mixed feelings about Scott potentially winning. (Actually in my case they also stem from his use of the long putter.)

yes... the flat stick does add to it. there's never been a major won with a long putter, and i hope it stays that way. i think they should be illegal.

chas... what bill said. stevie got richer than most pro's on the tour because of tiger, he got to travel the world, win ungodly amounts of money, buy and race fast cars, a sponsorship with valvoline, a hand in winning multiple major championships, all because of tiger. and he had the gall to say that firestone with scott was his greatest win?! that's the most absurd thing i've ever heard. because of that i don't want to see stevie win, and this can only happen if adam doesn't win. but as unreasonable as my position is, being upset with it is even more unreasonable because my sentiments will have no bearing whatsoever on this weeks tournament.

[deasy55]

5 under winning now

[Kieran123]

poor Tiger...tough sand shot into the water

[deasy55]

I was not expecting this from Steve Stricker.

[RichF]

FFS, what is going on with Tiger on #12???

[deasy55]

I saw his drive go into the left trees and then I left the room. When I came back he was hitting from the right rough straight into the left trees again. I'm confused.

Originally Posted by RichF

FFS, what is going on with Tiger on #12???

[clubchamp]

Tiger might want to avoid the trees on the left side although the hook he played out on the second time in was very impressive.