Sabbatini Non Grata

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I don't recall him calling out Tiger. He said Tiger was beatable. He didn't specify by whom.

Not by Sabatini apparently. He's right though. Tiger is as "beatable as ever"... that means not very beatable. Tigers career win percentage is 25.6%. The world #2, Furyk, win percentage is 3.6% and #3, Lefty, is at 8.6%. Sabatini's (world rank #11) win percentage is 1.8%. Sabatini and Woods have played almost the same number of career events and Tiger has 58 wins. Rory has 4... Maybe he should keep his thoughts to himself. SybPar

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Update: Woods 59 wins
Sabatini still with 4!

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[Roody]

On Pardon The Interruption tonight, they had a story about how Sabbatini is apparently stirring the pot with Tiger again. Calling him out about skipping the 1st round of the FedEx Cup playoffs and what not. Problem is, I can't find a link to a story about it on ESPN.com.

[digger21]

He just said that Tiger probably had other reasons to not be there, and indicated that 10 million dollars didnt matter that much to Tiger which is why he wasnt there...or somethin to that effect.

[Finn07]

Did anyone else see this: Sabbatini was hitting a three wood yesterday on a par 5, his caddy takes the Nike headcover off of the club and hands it to him, he hits the shot and hands it back to the caddy and I could have sworn it was a Taylor Made Burner 3 wood. Did anyone else notice this? It was towards the end of the telecast.

[CallawayOnly]

I have always had mixed feelings about Rory. I would never go so far as to say that what he did with the Ben Crane situation was the right thing to do, but he did complain to the officials that day and they did nothing so he took matters in his own hands. It was no doubt poor etiquette but slow play is the cancer of golf and the pro's set a very poor example for our young players. I guess I really do not hold anything against him for how he handled that situation.
However, I think he made a mistake by asking for the fan to be thrown out because he said something. Davis Love as you know did something similar a few years ago simply because some guy said "no love". I stopped being a Davis Love fan that day because of his actions that day. Same with Rory, he lost all of his credibility with me for having the guy thrown out. If you are going to run your mouth, then you better grow some thick skin. The PGA Tour pampers these guys way too much and throwing fans out for exercising their right to free speech does nothing to win fans for the PGA Tour.
Just my two cents worth!

PS: To Finn07...I think that was a TM Burner. That subject has been discussed over at Golfwrx.com

[Undr Par]

I have always had mixed feelings about Rory. I would never go so far as to say that what he did with the Ben Crane situation was the right thing to do, but he did complain to the officials that day and they did nothing so he took matters in his own hands. It was no doubt poor etiquette but slow play is the cancer of golf and the pro's set a very poor example for our young players. I guess I really do not hold anything against him for how he handled that situation.

they did do something about the slow play, they placed them on the clock and if memory serves me correctly and they caught up and were taken off the clock...... all those in the gallery that day booed Rory bigtime (and rightfully so imo) Rory is a butthead, no doubt about it, he carries himself like he is the best golfer out there, and truth be told, he's a decent player but nothing to write home about. I don't care for the guy at all, as the old saying goes (1st impressions are hard to overcome).......

[iacas]

Did anyone else see this: Sabbatini was hitting a three wood yesterday on a par 5, his caddy takes the Nike headcover off of the club and hands it to him, he hits the shot and hands it back to the caddy and I could have sworn it was a Taylor Made Burner 3 wood. Did anyone else notice this? It was towards the end of the telecast.

If so, that's fairly common practice on the PGA Tour.

[SubPar]

Update: Sabatini still has 4 wins. Tiger has 60 wins.

"as beatable as ever" - sage Rory

[pjsnyc]

"The way I see it, if you don't play all four events, you shouldn't be eligible...If they played one event for the playoffs in the NBA or baseball or football, you play one and if you decide, OK, I'm going to skip this week, that's a forfeit..." says Rory.

Rory obviously doesnt know what hes talking about (thank god he's not american).

In football (I'm assuming American football since he referenced the NBA and baseball) you get a first round bye in the playoffs if you are one of the best teams in the conference. In baseball, the best record in each league is allowed to choose the first round format against the wildcard...its what SEEDING is all about - the top ranked always should have the advantage going through the rounds - making it easier on them for busting their hump the entire season.

I like Rory for his competitiveness...but seriously, please know what you're talking about before running your mouth!