Tiger Woods Master Catch-All Discussion

[iacas]

First round in the 60s since the Wyndham in 2015.

Wow.

[dennyjones]

It was exciting.   I'll watch again tomorrow.

[Ty_Webb]

52 minutes ago, iacas said:

First round in the 60s since the Wyndham in 2015.

Wow.

Didn’t he shoot 60 something in this last year? He made a lot of birdies. 

Anyway, my take on today’s round. He hit a lot of good shots. He hit driver a lot, which I like. He holed some decent putts too. He did appear to me to be hitting his putts pretty hard. I’d sooner see him rolling it a foot by rather than 3-4+ feet by. He flubbed a couple of chips but others did too. I think that’s a little rust and the Bermuda being tough. He was also about 2 yards from having an 8 foot eagle putt on 9 and wound up making 6. That after a flubbed chip and a blasted putt from the fringe. Much promising stuff in there for the future. As he gets those things dialed in I think we could see some real fireworks next year. I really want to see just how good these young guys are. None of them have had a fit and strong Tiger breathing down their necks. That’ll really sort the men out from the boys. I can’t wait. 

[iacas]

On 11/17/2017 at 12:02 PM, MuniGrit said:

Coverage is all set up to cover all 75 plus shots Tiger takes for round 1 and 2.

Only six more shots in round two and you'll be at those 75 plus shots.

Only… you meant 75+ in each round, not the two rounds combined.

[Mr. Desmond]

3 hours ago, MuniGrit said:

Or is the poor technique due to yips? I saw he hit some bad ones today. He did play well though.

I think people throw out the word "yips" too quickly. Watching him, it looked like the club hit the ground before the ball. I don't have the yips, but I frequently make a similar error.

[MuniGrit]

43 minutes ago, iacas said:

Only six more shots in round two and you'll be at those 75 plus shots.

Only… you meant 75+ in each round, not the two rounds combined.

I was wrong on the 2 rounds. I don't think there is a cut so he will get 4 rounds in. He played well but I didn't put much thought into the course playing easy. Only 2 guys over par and he is closer to last place than winning. Let's be honest here but he should be happy and anyone who is a Tiger fan should be happy with how he played.

[iacas]

3 minutes ago, MuniGrit said:

Only 2 guys over par and he is closer to last place than winning.

Huh?

He's T8. Last is 18th.

Also, he's -3, the lead is -6, and the last two places are +1 and +3. So he's three back of first, and four and six ahead of last and next to last.

So… no.

[MSchott]

He seemed to be striking the ball very well. The key that I could see was he was pain free.

[MuniGrit]

33 minutes ago, iacas said:

Huh?

He's T8. Last is 18th.

Also, he's -3, the lead is -6, and the last two places are +1 and +3. So he's three back of first, and four and six ahead of last and next to last.

So… no.

There are more guys in front of him than behind him. You know what I mean. There is a reason his betting odds are +2400

[iacas]

7 minutes ago, MuniGrit said:

There are more guys in front of him than behind him. You know what I mean. There is a reason his betting odds are +2400

He's not closer to first than last. He's three shots from first, six from last. And he beat your 75+ estimate by 6 or more.

Don't be a hater.

[MuniGrit]

6 minutes ago, iacas said:

He's not closer to first than last. He's three shots from first, six from last. And he beat your 75+ estimate by 6 or more.

Don't be a hater.

I told you he played well. He also got lucky on some shots that could have led to penalties, the course is playing easy and there are more players in front of him than behind him who we know several of them will go real low. He has to be pleased but he is far from back. He looks to still have the yips and playing on this grass isn't going to help. They mowed the grass so it leaves you into the grain pitches a lot.

[Vinsk]

1 minute ago, MuniGrit said:

I told you he played well. He also got lucky on some shots that could have led to penalties, the course is playing easy and there are more players in front of him than behind him who we know several of them will go real low. He has to be pleased but he is far from back. He looks to still have the yips and playing on this grass isn't going to help. They mowed the grass so it leaves you into the grain pitches a lot.

What are you talking about? Tiger has won tournaments, as many other golfers have, who were 3 shots and more off the lead after day 1. And the yips? Uh, no. Those were difficult chips from against  the grain, tight sticky Bermuda. Come on man, you're being a bit too cynical. He hasn't played competitively in how long? And he's 3 off the lead, and beat golfers who have been playing non-stop . Pretty damn good I'd say.

[BaconNEggs]

He was hitting the ball better than I expected. Still looked a little rusty with the short game, but not terrible. 

4 minutes ago, MuniGrit said:

He also got lucky on some shots that could have led to penalties

He also caught an unfortunate bounce or two that led to strokes instead of scoring. 

[iacas]

@MuniGrit, c'mon man.

[colin007]

3 hours ago, iacas said:

First round in the 60s since the Wyndham in 2015.

Wow.

Didn't he shoot 65 here last year?

[iacas]

4 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Didn't he shoot 65 here last year?

Yeah. Maybe they said first opening round in the 60s?

[DeadMan]

4 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Didn't he shoot 65 here last year?

I think it was his first opening round in the 60s since then. Which is like 5 tournaments ago or something for him. But still.

Apropos of nothing, my favorite Tiger stat is that he's won on tour more recently than Phil.

[colin007]

9 hours ago, DeadMan said:

Apropos of nothing, my favorite Tiger stat is that he's won on tour more recently than Phil.

I think that's the favorite stat of any troo Tiger fan....

So it seems like Tigs has some length back, no? I mean he blew it by Thomas several times, significantly.