2012 Memorial Tournament Presented by Nationwide Insurance Discussion Thread

[bplewis24]

Originally Posted by ApocG10

OUCH, tiger made a 6 on the par 4 18th.

Ouch, indeed!  Is there water on that hole?

[ApocG10]

I could be wrong, but I believe the whole right side of the 18th at Memorial is water.

Edit: Maybe not. Im not sure, will have to see it on TV, i cant find pics.

[k-troop]

That's not very Grrrrr.

[Aquaguru]

Originally Posted by ApocG10

OUCH, tiger made a 6 on the par 4 18th.

And I just saw him play that hole beautifully yesterday.  Making an easy birdie (middle fairway, spinning the approach back to 2 feet, tap in)

[Aquaguru]

Originally Posted by ApocG10

I could be wrong, but I believe the whole right side of the 18th at Memorial is water.

Edit: Maybe not. Im not sure, will have to see it on TV, i cant find pics.

No water at all.  Dog leg right, second shot is up the hill to a semi blind very angular green.

[k-troop]

Playing at about 450 for the Memorial.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by k-troop

At some point, he's going to have to do something to protect against that massive hook that he tends to hit.  As fast as he swings, his hips have to be even faster--if they slow down even to above-average pro speeds, he's taking a drop out of someone's swimming pool.

Actually, his hips contribute to getting the club under/inside.

Originally Posted by k-troop

Playing at about 450 for the Memorial.

That's not the 18th at Muirfield Village.

He hit it in the fairway bunker on 18, then got out of position (62'4" on the live shot by shot thing), probably putted it off the green, chipped back on, and two-putted from there.

It's a bit of a stupid green in that regard. Very, very tilted.

This one's not very realistic but it's more accurate than whatever 18th hole k-troop posted:

[k-troop]

Just noticed that #1 in the world also doubled 18.  The PGATour.com hole description lists it as an inviting downhill driving hole with an ample fairway.

[k-troop]

Originally Posted by iacas

Actually, his hips contribute to getting the club under/inside.

That's not the 18th at Muirfield Village.

He hit it in the fairway bunker on 18, then got out of position (62'4" on the live shot by shot thing), probably putted it off the green, chipped back on, and two-putted from there.

It's a bit of a stupid green in that regard. Very, very tilted.

This one's not very realistic but it's more accurate than whatever 18th hole k-troop posted:

Hmmpf.  The pic I posted is the 18th at the Country Club at Muirfield Village, Dublin OH.  I guess it's a copycat.

[Aquaguru]

That picture above is not the 18th hole.  This is an excerpt from the Memorials website.

"An inviting downhill drive to an ample fairway. But bunkers threaten at the corner of the dogleg to the right, and a long drive hit too far left can find the creek threading the tree line or can be blocked by a cluster of black walnuts short of the green. The approach is uphill across a swale to a large two-tiered and heavily contoured green bunkered front left, front right, left and rear right. A spectacular finishing hole capable of accommodating more than 20,000"

Here is a pic from the fairway looking towards the tee box.  There is a small creek that is to the right of the picture which really shoudn't come into play.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by k-troop

Just noticed that #1 in the world also doubled 18.  The PGATour.com hole description lists it as an inviting downhill driving hole with an ample fairway.

That's a poor description of the hole.

The drive is downhill to one of the narrower fairways (none of these are "narrow" - it's a relative term) on the golf course, and the second shot is uphill quite a bit.

[k-troop]

Well, the diagram I posted is the diagram of the 18th hole from the website of The Country Club at Muirfield Village, a Jack Nicklaus designed course in Dublin OH.  I'm assuming that there aren't two such courses.  I guess they have the nines reversed for the tourney?

[brocks]

Rory just eagled 5 to get back to even par. I still don't think he's the next Tiger, but he might be the next Phil.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by k-troop

Well, the diagram I posted is the diagram of the 18th hole from the website of The Country Club at Muirfield Village, a Jack Nicklaus designed course in Dublin OH.  I'm assuming that there aren't two such courses.  I guess they have the nines reversed for the tourney?

Entirely different course.

http://www.muirfieldvillagegolfclub.com (http://www.thememorialtournament.com/tournament-details/documents/SPECTATOR_MAP.pdf)

http://www.tccmv.com

[bplewis24]

Originally Posted by brocks

Rory just eagled 5 to get back to even par.

And just like that, the back (first) 9 never happened

Brandon

[jamo]

Rory just eagled 5 to get back to even par. I still don't think he's the next Tiger, but he might be the next Phil.

And Tiger picked up a birdie on 5 after a double on 18. -1 so far.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by jamo

And Tiger picked up a birdie on 5 after a double on 18. -1 so far.

I'm "watching" his round on the shot tracker thing, and I swear to $DEITY, if any one of half of us were putting for him today, he'd be threatening the course record.

Maybe he's leaving himself really tricky putts, from above the holes or something, but he's making nothing and averaging something like 14 feet from the hole. The longest putt he made so far might be the nine footer to save par, but outside of some tap-ins for birdies, he's making nothing, if the shot tracker thing is telling the truth (it usually does).

14'11" for birdie on #6, tap-in par.

[Zwick]

According to pgatour.com, McIlroy's quadrouple bogey is his higest score ever (in relation to par) on the PGA Tour.

From the same bunker, Woods got up and down for par. But his lie was a little bit better as far as I could tell.

You can watch a few of their holes on pgatour.com