2014 Hero World Challenge Discussion Thread

[Gunther]

The notion that round to round score changes, whether absolute or relative to the field or leader, as a measure of a golfer's progress seems misdirected to me to start with.  Even when statistical methods are used to make the comparison.  Golfers' scores fluctuate from round to round for many reasons other than systemic improvement.  If you shoot 80 one day and 76 the next did you really GET better, in any real or permanent sense, or did you just play better?  Or maybe neither but you scored better.   Given how little he has been able to play, so far, I think a success would be for him to come out of the event with no physical issues and a growing comfort level in being out there.

I don't disagree. I was responding to the GC seeming to over-emphasize that he's improved round-by-round when I didn't necessarily think that was the case. A better measure of his comeback will be his progress tournament by tournament vs round by round.

[Valleygolfer]

OUCH!

[David in FL]

Tiger makes a snowman on the par-5 4th after chunking another 2 chips. I got nuthin'......

[Valleygolfer]

Tiger must just want to make playing a challenge since he keeps hitting on the right side on the hole he got the 8 on.

[Gunther]

Just crazy, keeps trying to us the sharp 60° on those shots. 9 frickin times this week? What is he thinking??

[nevets88]

I need to find a video of *all* the chunks and awful bunker shots. Sounds like there are about a dozen over 4 rounds.

[colin007]

I didn't see what happened with the 8, can someone relate it?

[RandallT]

I need to find a video of *all* the chunks and awful bunker shots. Sounds like there are about a dozen over 4 rounds.

Hey, if you simply take away those dozen chunks, and Tiger is right in the middle of this tourney!

(and by middle, I mean near the middle of the pack)

[Valleygolfer]

I didn't see what happened with the 8, can someone relate it?

3 chunk monte and a 3 putt

[3putter]

I didn't see what happened with the 8, can someone relate it?

Monster drive to 222 left to a back right pin. He fans a long iron hole high right of the green, chilli dips his 3rd and 4th, runs the 5th way pass the hole, technically off the green, 3 puter strokes later to card an 8.

[colin007]

Wow, chunks two in a row? Did he have any other chunks today?

[Crim]

Jordan Spieth with a 12 shot lead.....completely ridiculous.

[jamo]

Does Tiger have more chunks than birdies?

[RandallT]

Does Tiger have more chunks than birdies?

Including the vomit, yes

[3putter]

Wow, chunks two in a row?

Did he have any other chunks today?

Yep. I was telling him through the TV not to go for that pin, but dude couldn't hear me. He could have just aimed for the back middle of the green. I assumed he was going after the pin because he was practicing what looked like his cut, and the shot looked like a missed cut shot.

As for Jordan Speith, dude is ridiculous, he's making it look ridiculously easy out there. Seems like he made almost every putt he looked at

[Hammer 4]

And Jordan wins by 10 shots..... And has won 2 in a row....

[mmoan2]

I just noticed that Jimmy Walker hit almost 91% GIR and finished 4 under for the tournament. Was he putting with a wet noodle? And no I didn't post this to draw the "drive for show, putt for dough" crowd out of the woodwork! They may come out full force soon enough, though!

[jclark]

I just noticed that Jimmy Walker hit almost 91% GIR and finished 4 under for the tournament. Was he putting with a wet noodle? And no I didn't post this to draw the "drive for show, putt for dough" crowd out of the woodwork! ;-)  They may come out full force soon enough, though!

with all those GIRs, it makes me wonder what his proximity to the hole was! Maybe all of the balls were as far from the hole as they could get and just barely be on the green :-)