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2012 British Open Discussion Thread


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Tiger with a hole-out on 18 from a green side bunker! What a shot.

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Great shot by Tiger!

  jamo said:
Originally Posted by jamo

Tiger with a hole-out on 18 from a green side bunker! What a shot.

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  jamo said:
Tiger with a hole-out on 18 from a green side bunker! What a shot.

That shot put me out of my seat, and I've been a Tiger skeptic. All of a sudden, I like his chances over the weekend.

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  brocks said:
Originally Posted by brocks

I can't wait to hear Phil's comments about the sixth hole after his round today. He complained about it yesterday, saying the cup wasn't set deeply enough. Today, his short putt for bogey seemed to hit the liner and pop back out, which I'm sure made him furious.

It didn't hit the liner. The equator of the ball never got below the cup and the putt carried enough speed it spit it back out.

  MEfree said:
Originally Posted by MEfree

Who wins the contest if nobody has the winner with their first, second or third choices?

I think nobody wins. It's the fairest thing.

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  iacas said:
Originally Posted by iacas

I think nobody wins. It's the fairest thing.

Like a skins game with carryovers??  Whoever wins the PGA Champ. contest wins a trip to Vegas AND ??? (set of irons, driver, whatever)

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did we see a fist pump there?  my pos work comp keeps freezing the stream.

Yes, there was a fist pump.

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  Motley01 said:
Originally Posted by Motley01

I can't stand ESPN coverage. They know nothing about golf.

Tirico didn't even know how to pronounce Louis Oosthuizen, he annihilated  his name yesterday.

Van Pelt is worse and Berman needs to stick with football.

Where's Johnny Miller when you need him, at least he can pronunce there names!


Really?  Van Pelt started out at the Golf channel and doesn't do football games.  I think he has knowledge of the game and is way better than Berman.


Posted

Some amount of justice for Tiger - best ball striking on the course, but nothing falling off the putter.

If ... his putter just heats up a little, and he maintains his ball striking ...

If

If

If

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Tiger working with the driver on the range, I wonder if he's planning on being a little more aggressive tomorrow. I would bet it depends on what the weather is like, because if the conditions stay like this, it's gonna be tough to catch the leaders playing conservatively.

Also, I love Rick Reilly's narrated pieces for ESPN. The narrative he just did about Snedeker was extremely well done.

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  mvmac said:
Originally Posted by mvmac

Nice shot Tiger, looking at a possible 5 and makes 3

Argh, I had an appointment at 2:30 and stuck around to watch him plant it in the bunker. Figured, ok he's got a par and if he turns it into a bogey I'll be happier not to watch it. Wish I'd been late to the appointment to see that!

My comment on Tiger's play that I saw today was: boring, in a good way. I didn't see a lot of tee shots, but it didn't matter because they all seemed to be down the middle, GIR, par (except for the scruff to scruff to bogey par 5).  That's good to see, but I get the feeling he's going to need to step it up a bit because there seem to be much better rounds out there on the course. While I wouldn't necessarily say it's likely that Scott or Snedeker repeat their performances---it seems common for an early big lead to melt in the last rounds---there are a lot of good golfers breathing down Tiger's neck, and anyone could put together a good round and beat his steady Tortoise approach.

That said, his Tortoise is beating all but two of the Hares so far, and if he keeps this sort of consistency going, even if he doesn't pull this one out, it'll be a heck of a performance.

Also, T. Watson's approach on 18 was one of the most exciting shots I've seen in a while. Nice to see him eke his way through the cut!!

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  jamo said:
Originally Posted by jamo

Tiger with a hole-out on 18 from a green side bunker! What a shot.

You're telling me...I wish I could do that.  Looks like Tiger is officially back!!!


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  jamo said:
Tiger with a hole-out on 18 from a green side bunker! What a shot.

It was OK, I guess. It would have been better if he had waited and done it on Sunday for the win.


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  zeg said:
Also, T. Watson's approach on 18 was one of the most exciting shots I've seen in a while. Nice to see him eke his way through the cut!!

The one from the bunker? Wasn't that 17? Awesome shot though from a crappy lie.

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  jamo said:
Originally Posted by jamo

The one from the bunker? Wasn't that 17?

Awesome shot though from a crappy lie.


Ah, yeah that must be right. I was half-watching while trying to finish some things up. That explains why I thought he missed the cut, I was off by one on the hole.

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