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According to TMZ, Phelps beat Jordon by 1 stroke, shooting a 72!

I don't get the Golf Channel, but for those of you that do, has he improved that much on the Haney Project?

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Originally Posted by NickDarius

According to TMZ, Phelps beat Jordon by 1 stroke, shooting a 72!

I don't get the Golf Channel, but for those of you that do, has he improved that much on the Haney Project?

I've watched the show enough to know there's no way Phelps shot a 72 gross. It must have been a handicapped tournament, and they are reporting net scores.

(Btw, it's spelled "Jord a n".)

Edit: I just looked it up - it was a 36 hole, two-man team scramble tournament, which explains the low scores. Phelps got a lot of help from his partner Mario Lemieux, I'm sure.  The report going around has the wrong scores anyway - actual results are:

Dwight Freeney / Michael Jordan: 71-73

Michael Phelps / Mario Lemieux:  72-73

(From http://mjcigolf.com/2013MJCISundaySummary.pdf)

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Ah, you are probably correct.

Did anyone happen to see it and what his gross score was?

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Originally Posted by NickDarius

Ah, you are probably correct.

Did anyone happen to see it and what his gross score was?

See my edit above - there were no gross scores because it was a scramble.

Sounds like it would be a fun event to watch, but of course a scramble isn't really golf so the scores are meaningless.

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Thanks! Sorry for typo on Jordan's name, but as you can see on the title I had it correct there ;)

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Thanks! Sorry for typo on Jordan's name, but as you can see on the title I had it correct there ;)

Nope, I fixed the title. :-p

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sacm3bill Great Member

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Originally Posted by NickDarius

Thanks! Sorry for typo on Jordan's name, but as you can see on the title I had it correct there ;)

No worries, just thought you'd want to know.

Yeah, apparently TMZ looked at the results page and thought that the scores for each of the rounds represented the scores for each individual on the team. Then a bunch of other sites picked up on the story and are similarly reporting on the so-called Phelps "victory". Good job, internet!


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Originally Posted by Dave2512

Some pretty scary scores for a scramble...

Funny, I think the same thing when I see the winning scores for any scramble.

(While the players in this one probably had more scrutiny than most, I bet there were still a lot of 8-foot gimmes among the celebs.)

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My wife comes in the living room today to tell me that Phelps played Jordan at Shadow Creek, LV and beat him 72 to 73. I confidently explained there is NO possible way that happened. She tells me it's reported on TMZ. I laugh. His career best before Haney was 91 or something. I knew he could not shoot 72 unless it was handicapped. Then she realized it was a scramble.
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Mario plays at around scratch, and Jordan is 3'ish HC.   If all they could muster was around even par, you know Phelps and Freeney didn't do much to help.......LOL

those are terrible scores....

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Originally Posted by MyrtleBeachGolf

My wife comes in the living room today to tell me that Phelps played Jordan at Shadow Creek, LV and beat him 72 to 73.

I confidently explained there is NO possible way that happened. She tells me it's reported on TMZ. I laugh. His career best before Haney was 91 or something. I knew he could not shoot 72 unless it was handicapped.

Then she realized it was a scramble.

And sorry to keep jumping in, but I think it's important to emphasize:  Phelps did not beat Jordan in any way, scramble or otherwise. Phelps' team shot one worse than Jordan's, TMZ interpreted the results incorrectly on that level as well.

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And sorry to keep jumping in, but I think it's important to emphasize:  Phelps did not beat Jordan in any way, scramble or otherwise. Phelps' team shot one worse than Jordan's, TMZ interpreted the results incorrectly on that level as well.

Yeah, I understand. I saw the results posted here. As stated, it looks like Jordan and Freeny beat Phelps and Lameiux by 1 stroke in a 36 hole event. It also looks as if Phelps didn't contribute too much as Super Mario is a scratch golfer. This story is exactly why I was laughing when my wife told me Phelps shot 72 and best Jordan.

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