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This is my favorite tournament to watch for the scenery.  It is a visually stunning course on TV.  I've never played it, but hope to some day.

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I dunno, I find the scenery always kind of ticks me off. Particularly when I compare it to whats outside my window. :)

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I dunno, I find the scenery always kind of ticks me off. Particularly when I compare it to whats outside my window. :)

Yeah, it's always a kick in the golf nuts when I watch this tournament. It's colder than a witch's titty up here and these guys are soaking up the rays... Which hole has that huge downhill tee shot? Where they average ridiculous drives?

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I dunno, I find the scenery always kind of ticks me off. Particularly when I compare it to whats outside my window. :)

Yeah, it's always a kick in the golf nuts when I watch this tournament. It's colder than a witch's titty up here and these guys are soaking up the rays...

Which hole has that huge downhill tee shot? Where they average ridiculous drives?

I think 18, isn't it?

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I think you're right. I'd love a crack at that....

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The Hyundai Tournament of Champions is the calendar-year opening tournament of golf's PGA Tour season. Founded as the Tournament of Champions in 1953, the field is restricted to golfers who won a tournament on the tour during the previous season.

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SEAN MARTIN
PGATOUR.COM writer 		Jason Day, Matt Kuchar,
Patrick Reed, Hideki Matsuyama 		JASON DAY
Day, who launches the ball about as high as anyone not named Rory McIlroy, should feast on the par 5s at Kapalua. And, it may be nothing more than an omen, but Aussies have had good fortune in Maui.
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Hideki Matsuyama, Jimmy Walker 		RYAN MOORE
Moore closed out 2014 with a win at the CIMB Classic and has two top-10 finishes at Kapalua. Past success and recent form will come together this week as Moore opens 2015 with a victory at the winners-only event.
HELEN ROSS
PGATOUR.COM writer 		Geoff Ogilvy, Bubba Watson,
Jason Day, Patrick Reed 		GEOFF OGILVY
Ogilvy has an affinity for Kapalua's magnificent Plantation Course so I see no reason to pick against the two-time champion.
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Geoff Ogilvy, Bubba Watson 		MATT KUCHAR
Of Kuchar's seven TOUR wins, six have been in the Eastern Time Zone, so I'm going against the grain here. But hard to ignore the fact that he's a collective 67 under in five starts at Kapalua.
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Kapalua takes some getting used to and this is Walker's second trip there. He's long off the tee, hits a lot of greens, has a good short game and makes a ton of birdies. That works well anywhere.
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I know the season technically started a long time ago, but with the big holiday break and this being the TOC, it really feels like the true start of the pga season. And I always love watching them play at Kapalua while it's dark outside here. Very excited!!!
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My golf bag has a Hawaiian theme and this is the best two weeks of the tour for me. Aside from the first 3 majors, probably. I enjoyed it more as the true season opener because you wouldn't see anybody except for the skins game and some of those didn't show anyway. But watching golf, in prime time, from Hawaii....awesome!

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My golf bag has a Hawaiian theme and this is the best two weeks of the tour for me. Aside from the first 3 majors, probably. I enjoyed it more as the true season opener because you wouldn't see anybody except for the skins game and some of those didn't show anyway. But watching golf, in prime time, from Hawaii....awesome!

OK, now we need a picture of your bag!

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This is my favorite tournament to watch for the scenery.  It is a visually stunning course on TV.  I've never played it, but hope to some day.

It is awesome. Hit one of my longest drives ever on 18, but so does everyone else. :-D


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It is awesome. Hit one of my longest drives ever on 18, but so does everyone else. :-D

did you do it with a 9 iron?

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[quote name="boogielicious" url="/t/79021/2015-hyundai-tournament-of-champions-discussion-thread#post_1092426"]OK, now we need a picture of your bag!  [quote name="boogielicious" url="/t/79021/2015-hyundai-tournament-of-champions-discussion-thread#post_1092426"]OK, now we need a picture of your bag!   [/quote] [/quote] And I have a navy Hawaiian hat to go with it!

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The Hyundai Tournament of Champions is the calendar-year opening tournament of golf's PGA Tour season. Founded as the Tournament of Champions in 1953, the field is restricted to golfers who won a tournament on the tour during the previous season.

Those who could be bothered showing up, that is. Which is why guys like Appleby and Ogilvy do well there. It's an atmosphere free zone and a cashfest.

The most meaningless, boring event of the year. Looks awful on TV.

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And I have a navy Hawaiian hat to go with it!


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and Bubba still cant manage to break 70 here despite having what looked to be a verygood round going. left soooooo many putts short

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The most meaningless, boring event of the year. Looks awful on TV.

You wouldn't have the same thoughts about this course and tournament if you had the privilege of playing this course. I played it 2 weeks ago and it was a great experience. I'll just assume that by you saying "it looks awful on tv", you are saying that tv doesn't do the course justice of its true beauty and design. Although you can bomb a drive 400 plus yards, the course has a lot of its own defends such as the winds, uneven lies, tight lies around the greens, Bermuda greens that break towards to ocean even when you think they won't and its spectacular views that take you focus off of golf at times.

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Bermuda greens that break towards to ocean even when you think they won't.

Im sure the rest is all true, but I can promise that this won't be true for me once I have the luxury of playing there. ;)

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I'll just assume that by you saying "it looks awful on tv", you are saying that tv doesn't do the course justice of its true beauty and design.

Correct. The course is too 3 dimensional for television.

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