2015 Farmer's Insurance Open (at Torrey Pines) Discussion Thread

[Golfingdad]

Tiger is plus-120 to miss the cut. Meaning you bet $100 and win $120 if he misses the cut. This might be the easiest and safest way to double your money in our lifetime.

I believe you have that entirely backwards there @skydog .  I don't really bet so I won't swear to it, but I think -120 means you have to bet 120 to get back 100.  +120 would get you that amount on a 100 bet.

So that would tell me that they are slightly favoring him to miss the cut.

[skydog]

I believe you have that entirely backwards there @skydog .  I don't really bet so I won't swear to it, but I think -120 means you have to bet 120 to get back 100.  +120 would get you that amount on a 100 bet.

So that would tell me that they are slightly favoring him to miss the cut.

Nope, sorry I'm right and you have it backwards..

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/woods-50-1-odds-torrey-his-longest-ever/

He's also minus -140 to make the cut. Meaning you would bet $140 and win $100 if he makes the cut. The oddsmakers are predicting he makes the cut.

[Golfingdad]

Nope, sorry I'm right and you have it backwards..

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/woods-50-1-odds-torrey-his-longest-ever/

He's also minus -140 to make the cut. Meaning you would bet $140 and win $100 if he makes the cut. The oddsmakers are predicting he makes the cut.

Gotcha ... your syntax threw me off.  You wrote the word plus and then but a hyphen that I read as a minus sign right after it.  I glossed over the word and saw the sign.

[skydog]

Which is crazier odds?

DJ at 30/1

Tiger at 50/1

http://golfodds.com/weekly_odds.html

We've seen Tiger so you kinda have a guess at what you could see, DJ hasn't played since withdrawing from the Canadian Open 7/27, though he did finish T12 the week before at The Open Championship.

Relative to Tiger at 50/1, DJ doesn't seem that crazy at 30/1. I don't think he will win, but I think he'll finish a heck of a lot better than Tiger. Now that he's hopefully gotten his life togehter a bit I think DJ could have a great next few years. That said, he's probably going to have some rust to kick off this week.

[SOSGT]

Write Tiger Woods off at your own peril. Every time people write him off, he comes back and shows them why he is the greatest ever. Better than Jack, better than anyone. Everyone always says that Jack would have been a better golfer with modern equipment, etc. But back in his day, courses were shorter, golfers weren't as strong and there was less competition. Nowadays there are millions of hopefuls to the crown, Tiger has beaten them all.

[David in FL]

Write Tiger Woods off at your own peril. Every time people write him off, he comes back and shows them why he is the greatest ever. Better than Jack, better than anyone. Everyone always says that Jack would have been a better golfer with modern equipment, etc. But back in his day, courses were shorter, golfers weren't as strong and there was less competition. Nowadays there are millions of hopefuls to the crown, Tiger has beaten them all .

But then again, in his last 2 tournaments, he hasn't even beaten one other golfer in the entire field.... ;-)

[ghalfaire]

Tiger has no chance to make the cut, but for a few days, he'll still drive the discussion.

You're correct that just any mention of Tiger will stir the conversation.  I suspect your correct about the "making the cut" too.  I was at the Waste Management Open and followed "the man" for a few holes and he won't work his golf game out in a week I suspect.  Not enough time and too many things to work on.

[Chilli Dipper]

The last time Dustin Johnson returned from an extended layoff, in the spring of 2012, he won at Memphis in his first tournament back. Obviously, DJ's the smarter pick between the two.

[drifterdon]

The tournament will be great whether Tiger is on the leaderboard or not. The venue is great and the game is great. If someone plays awesome and goes low, it won't really matter who it is, their story will still be compelling.

I agree all the way

[mvmac]

Tiger news conference,

http://www.pgatour.com/content/pgatour/video/2015/02/04/tiger-woods-news-conference-before-farmers.html

[colin007]

Will "feels n patterns" be the new "traj n reps"?

[Crim]

Wow, just read the Tiger tracker on the pro-am...things are not looking good at all. Good luck to him today though. Hope he makes the cut.

[colin007]

FOG DELAY......

[David in FL]

Was just wondering..... Did they give an estimate of how long? May get to see more of Tiger live as a result....

[colin007]

They said the tee times would be pushed back 60 minutes

[3putter]

Haney is funny to say the least.

[Rick Martin]

well, first shot shown on the telecast, TW blades a chip shot well past the hole resulting in a bogey.........

[Yukari]

well, first shot shown on the telecast, TW blades a chip shot well past the hole resulting in a bogey.........

Well, I guess he hasn't fixed his short game - yet.