Bubba to skip The Players

[luu5]

Why is that "the logical move" the guy obviously cares way more about his family than he does golf and that is the way it should be.

May be you should have included the post Doc was replying to (or at least read it) before commenting.

[AmazingWhacker]

Originally Posted by darkhunter139

Why is that "the logical move" the guy obviously cares way more about his family than he does golf and that is the way it should be.  Pretty awesome he is skipping a major to be around his new baby in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by Shorty

Do you work for the PGA Tour?

Or are you joking?

Ha  - That one raised my eyebrow as well.  So now the Players is a major?  Like one of the "5th Majors" that there are like a dozen of?  Anyway - it makes sense to me that Bubba is skipping this one - he hasnt done all that well here in the past.  I don't see him as a huge competitor with a really big drive to win.  He's just a goofy guy with a huge talent and I suspect he will be happy winning a few per year and a maybe couple more majors.  I don't think we're gonna see him burning the midnight oil on the practice tee anytime soon.

[walk18]

Funny how a number of people have still picked Bubba to win the players in the other thread. LOL

[rossvanwyk]

I think it's awesome to skip a big tourney to be with your family.

I've never understood why every player out there must sell their soul and let their lives fall apart in the name of golf and winning as much as possible and having the most illustrious career.

Hell, the guy already has a major. Will be on tour for many years to come and free pass to the Masters for eternity. He is paying his bills and is stoked with life. In my opinion, that's the way to go about it. Actually have a life and keep golf fun. Not strive to win win win win at all cost and hate yourself and get frustrated when you can't. There's various ways to go about being a tour pro. For me, the way Watson is doing it now is how I would like to think I would do it given the chance. Keep your love for the game whilst keeping the most important things in life above golf.

[Chas]

Well done Bubba. You've got more maturity and sense than a few posters I can think of. Or is it just common-or-garden jealousy that motivates them?

[Chas]

He's probably going to become like Geoff Ogilvy. Wins a major and then hardly ever plays because he's focusing on the big ones and never does very much else except winning the Hawaii cash grab.

Your "credibility" is now on the line Shorty, with this prediction of yours. You can be sure we'll hold you to it.

[darkhunter139]

I was thinking this was about the PGA Championship for some stupid reason.

My bad....

[Kapanda]

Originally Posted by DocPangloss

Jesus told him to do it.

The guy is a whack job, attributing his own skill and focus to the flying spaghetti monster. He's already shown himself to be illogical, so why would you expect him to make the logical move here (play the Players)?

Man, you guys are everywhere online!! Nowhere to be seen in real life!

[DocPangloss]

Originally Posted by Kapanda

Man, you guys are everywhere online!! Nowhere to be seen in real life!

You need to get out more

[Kapanda]

Originally Posted by DocPangloss

You need to get out more

Yeah, this is more like the smart mouth atheists I meet in real life. Now you're keeping it real.

[Shorty]

Originally Posted by Kapanda

Yeah, this is more like the smart mouth atheists I meet in real life. Now you're keeping it real.

That's a bit of an overreaction, don't you think? It wasn't even a "smart" response.

You are the one who said that "you guys" (presumably meaning non believers) are everywhere online but "nowhere to be seen in real life".

If you seriously believe that to be the case, then he is right.

What do you mean by "smart mouth" atheists? Do you mean ones who challenge your beliefs with logical questions and observations or ones who openly mock you?

I hardly think that suggesting that must you live in a very closed environment is an insult, when you are the one who essentially made the claim.

[Kapanda]

Originally Posted by Shorty

That's a bit of an overreaction, don't you think? It wasn't even a "smart" response.

You are the one who said that "you guys" (presumably meaning non believers) are everywhere online but "nowhere to be seen in real life".

If you seriously believe that to be the case, then he is right.

What do you mean by "smart mouth" atheists? Do you mean ones who challenge your beliefs with logical questions and observations or ones who openly mock you?

I hardly think that suggesting that must you live in a very closed environment is an insult, when you are the one who essentially made the claim.

It was more on the "Bubba Sparks believes in the spaghetti monster, he is obviously irrational" or whatever else he said.

[Shorty]

Originally Posted by Kapanda

It was more on the "Bubba Sparks believes in the spaghetti monster, he is obviously irrational" or whatever else he said.

Fair enough :-)