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Tiger as Captain's pick for Pres. Cup?

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LankyLefty Dedicated Member

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Personally I don't the only thing big about them is the purse, other then that they are just more tournaments.

Point is as long as tiger is not so bad you almost couldn't justify him keeping his tour card... hes gonna play anywhere people can get him and hes willing to go.

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deasy55
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I hear that sometimes there are events outside the USA. I thought that was crazy...but I googled it and found out it was true. It blew my mind.

laconic517
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No one who is a captain's pick has earned their place on the team.  That's why they are captain's picks.  If anyone has a problem with it they should have played better and got on the team by points.

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Since your crystal ball obviously reaches out several months, could you tell us who the winner of the tour championship will be so we can make some extra cash?

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Don't forget the great fields. The WGC fields are usually the strongest fields all year, along with the majors. I wouldn't consider them just another tournament...

I agree with the point you are trying to make though. I'm just trying to be awkward

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Originally Posted by LankyLefty

Personally I don't the only thing big about them is the purse, other then that they are just more tournaments.

Point is as long as tiger is not so bad you almost couldn't justify him keeping his tour card... hes gonna play anywhere people can get him and hes willing to go.




Grumpter Great Member

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I don't care about the pick at all. IMO Tigers done enough for golf that if he gets a nod when he's not playing well I think it's perfectly acceptable. To me it's the most boring, meaningless tournament anyways. YMMV.


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franky21 Well Established Member

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Originally Posted by TitleistWI

Horrible idea.  Tiger isnt even playing very well right now so itwas pretty much a wasted pick.



Well i think you see Tiger a little differently now.Clinched the last point.


makaveli Well Established Member

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What's the point of replying posts from August?!?

Originally Posted by franky21

Well i think you see Tiger a little differently now.Clinched the last point.




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What's the point of replying to a reply on posts from August?!?

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What's the point of replying posts from August?!?



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shades9323 Great Member

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Because it is still a relevant topic.

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What's the point of replying posts from August?!?




makaveli Well Established Member

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Hello shades where have you been? I kinda missed you! :D

Sure is a relevant topic, but I would not confuse suppositions and forecasts with comments after the game is over, it's just too easy and pointless, but this imho of course.

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Because it is still a relevant topic.




The_Pharaoh Great Member

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2 points of out 5 for Tiger? Nothing special. Had Fred picked any other American they would have won more or less the same amount of points.

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2 points of out 5 for Tiger? Nothing special. Had Fred picked any other American they would have won more or less the same amount of points.

It was pretty special IMHO to see Tiger play really well. Don't forget, his playing partners the first few days weren't exactly lights out, so in a team event you can't attribute his final point total completely to his play. What you can say is his play overall, and his singles match in particular, were special, he played very well and justified being a captain's pick. Golf needs Tiger back and playing well. Can you imagine how much less interest there would have been in this event without Tiger being on the team and playing well?

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Originally Posted by Jmdmbike

It was pretty special IMHO to see Tiger play really well. Don't forget, his playing partners the first few days weren't exactly lights out, so in a team event you can't attribute his final point total completely to his play. What you can say is his play overall, and his singles match in particular, were special, he played very well and justified being a captain's pick. Golf needs Tiger back and playing well. Can you imagine how much less interest there would have been in this event without Tiger being on the team and playing well?



Sorry? That was Tiger playing really well?! I'd hate to see him in a slump. I agree with you though that his final points total also depends on who he is paired with. I don't agree that golf needs Tiger back though. He's been missing for 3 years now and golf has gotten on without him perfectly fine.

I agree that had he not played instead of there being very little interest, there would have been ZERO interest.

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Sorry? That was Tiger playing really well?! I'd hate to see him in a slump. I agree with you though that his final points total also depends on who he is paired with.

I don't know what golf you were watching, but Tiger struck the ball really well all week. Sunday his putter was better (releasing the toe more, zzzzzzz, duh Tiger) and it showed, but Stricker and Dustin Johnson did next to nothing to help Tiger. He drove the ball well (admittedly with irons yes), his ball flight was controlled, his distance was good given the weather, and his misses were better. He played well.

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I don't agree that golf needs Tiger back though. He's been missing for 3 years now and golf has gotten on without him perfectly fine.

I don't know that I agree golf has been fine. Viewership is down. I think more people watched the Fry's than the FedExCup finale. Tiger's the only guy in the game who moves the needle. I imagine it's a bit different in Europe.

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Originally Posted by iacas

I don't know what golf you were watching, but Tiger struck the ball really well all week. Sunday his putter was better (releasing the toe more, zzzzzzz, duh Tiger) and it showed, but Stricker and Dustin Johnson did next to nothing to help Tiger. He drove the ball well (admittedly with irons yes), his ball flight was controlled, his distance was good given the weather, and his misses were better. He played well.

To be honest, I didn't watch much at all but from what I did see, and from what I've heard/read, Tiger wasn't playing really well. Really well for me is his 2000 US Open performance. That's playing really well. I admit, he is playing better (not difficult), but he still has some way to go imho.

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I don't know that I agree golf has been fine. Viewership is down. I think more people watched the Fry's than the FedExCup finale. Tiger's the only guy in the game who moves the needle. I imagine it's a bit different in Europe.


I know what you are saying, but I'm not judging the health of golf on TV viewership. It's a shame the game in the US needs those 5 million people completely disinterested in golf to tune in to solely watch Tiger play each week. The global economic crisis has done more to damage the game of golf than Tiger's absence.



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Originally Posted by The_Pharaoh

To be honest, I didn't watch much at all but from what I did see, and from what I've heard/read, Tiger wasn't playing really well. Really well for me is his 2000 US Open performance. That's playingreally well. I admit, he is playing better (not difficult), but he still has some way to go imho.

Okay. But you didn't watch much, so... And what you heard and read? He was 2-3. You probably mostly heard about his putting.

I suggest you give up on 2000. That may never happen again. It's an unrealistic standard that was made even more extreme because the guys he was playing against were worse then than they are now.

Originally Posted by The_Pharaoh

I know what you are saying, but I'm not judging the health of golf on TV viewership. It's a shame the game in the US needs those 5 million people completely disinterested in golf to tune in to solely watch Tiger play each week. The global economic crisis has done more to damage the game of golf than Tiger's absence.

The fact remains that here, Tiger is important to the game of golf at every level.

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Originally Posted by The_Pharaoh

To be honest, I didn't watch much at all but from what I did see, and from what I've heard/read, Tiger wasn't playing really well. Really well for me is his 2000 US Open performance. That's playing really well. I admit, he is playing better (not difficult), but he still has some way to go imho.

On Saturday Tiger and Dustin lost their match but I believe Tiger hit 17 of 18 greens, he just wasn't hitting putts. That's playing pretty well if you ask me. On Sunday it seemed to be more of the same only he started hitting putts. I thought he was playing pretty well. I'd call his 2000 US open performance more along the lines of "special" not just pretty well.


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