2012 Accenture Match Play Discussion Thread

[Bullitt5339]

McIlroy is 2 down through 3, so he'd better get to work soon.

I was kind of betting on a Westwood/Mahan final yesterday.  Lee looks so comfortable and relaxed out there this week, and Hunter has been slapping birdie streaks since the 2nd round, which is a quick way to make an opponent start taking chances that usually don't pay off.

[dmnoland]

shankapotomous!

[bplewis24]

Stop the presses.

Did anybody see what Mahan just did on the 5th hole?  That is exactly what I struggle with sometimes on the course with my high-lofted clubs (9i-GW) and I cannot figure out how to stop it sometimes.  What did he do there?

Brandon

[Bullitt5339]

I loved his reaction though.  He laughed and then hit a great recovery shot from the teebox.

[bplewis24]

He was right...he had a great angle :)

[Dave]

Ping, Ping, Ping and Titleist.  If only Jimenez had beaten Rory ...

[dmnoland]

Originally Posted by Dave

Ping, Ping, Ping and Titleist.  If only Jimenez had beaten Rory ...

I was curious about Hunters new putter so I wandered over to the Ping website. It looks like they have not updated the WITB section of staff players in 2 or 3 years. What an opportunity lost for Ping.

[mvmac]

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Originally Posted by dmnoland

I was curious about Hunters new putter so I wandered over to the Ping website. It looks like they have not updated the WITB section of staff players in 2 or 3 years. What an opportunity lost for Ping.

Hunter's putter is called the PING Nome, it's milled and will be available in the Spring.  The Nome is a large mallet with an alignment feature that is similar to the Sydney putter released last year.

From PING:

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This alignment feature consists of an arching piece of black anodized aluminum that extends across the crown of the putter. A contrasting white sightline runs through the center of the piece, extending from the rear of head to the leading edge of the face, for one continuous visual thread. This feature is particularly helpful for golfers who draw a putting line around the equator of their ball, as the putter's sightline can "connect" with the line on the ball with minimal visual interruption.

The Nome putter will also be offered with three different shaft bends, which will alter the balance of the putter from face balanced to toe down in varying degrees. He just put it in the bag this week.

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Originally Posted by Bullitt5339

McIlroy is 2 down through 3, so he'd better get to work soon.

What a quick turnaround!

[Montezumasdaddy]

What's the story behind the beef between Rory and Lee?

[mvmac]

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Originally Posted by Montezumasdaddy

What's the story behind the beef between Rory and Lee?

Check this story out

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MARANA, Ariz. -- Rory McIlroy was walking down the stairs toward the driving range when he passed Lee Westwood and gave him the same message he had delivered earlier Saturday in the Match Play Championship.

"See you in the morning," McIlroy said with a big smile. "Just like I told you."

Shortly after McIlroy shot 80 in the final round of the Masters to blow a four-shot lead, Westwood got under his skin by saying the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland "has a pull hook in his bag under pressure." But it was McIlroy who was the first to win a major, setting records at Congressional on his way to an eight-shot win in the U.S. Open.

Later in the year, when McIlroy left Chubby Chandler at ISM, Westwood tweeted that it was a bizarre move. McIlroy quickly un-followed Westwood and Chandler on Twitter.

Both players say their relationship is no different than with other golfers. They don't spend as much time together, understandable because they no longer have the same manager.

"There's nothing strained about the relationship between the two of us. It's still the same as it was," Westwood said. "Rory said to me before I went out, 'See you tomorrow morning.' And then today again there, he said, 'See, told you.' That's the trouble with kids nowadays. They think they're always right, don't they?"

"I think it's the match that most people wanted, and definitely the match that I wanted," McIlroy said.

[k-troop]

Originally Posted by mvmac

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Check this story out

Sounds silly to me.  "I don't like you anymore, because you said I hook the ball."  I thought maybe Lee owned a house on the left side of #10 at Augusta National, and had filed a claim.

[dmnoland]

Originally Posted by mvmac

Hunter's putter is called the PING Nome, it's milled and will be available in the Spring.  The Nome is a large mallet with an alignment feature that is similar to the Sydney putter released last year.

From PING:

Thank you. That was more informative than anything I have found on the web all day.

Now I just need to keep telling myself NO MORE GOLF CLUBS!

[nevets88]

Looks the the best I can do is 2nd place, worst 3rd place. I was hoping for Mahan McIlroy after the final four was determined.

186	mc, j	Luke Donald	17	75
741	Noland, D	Rory McIlroy	18	65
915	Ho, S	Rory McIlroy	2	63
1018	James, M	Rory McIlroy	17	62

[walk18]

I think we may be looking at a new #1 for a long time at the end of today.

[k-troop]

Pretty freaking good match so far.  Those shots into 3 were just amazing.  I don't know who to root for--the American, or the likely #1 in the world?  Does Rory take over the #1 spot if he wins?  I'll say this:  if Rory wins and becomes #1, he will have earned it, because Hunter is playing very well and very much in control.

[Dave]

Too bad there's a jerk screaming and making comments on the shots.  Someone should smack him in the mouth.

[Montezumasdaddy]

With only 4 golfers on the course I think it's ridiculous that we don't get to see every shot hit today.

[k-troop]

Originally Posted by k-troop

Hunter is playing very well and very much in control.

Of course, within minutes of this post he dumps an easy wedge shot into a bunker, leaving a seriously hard up and down.