2016 Masters Toonamint Discussion Thread

[pumaAttack]

1 minute ago, skydog said:

Bad outcome for golf.  Shame

Lolol.  

Great for golf.  

[natureboy]

3 minutes ago, Shindig said:

Oh sure, now Jordan has a perfect drive on #18.

Tension kills consistency. That's why it's a bit easier to 'back door' a win than build / stretch a lead from the front...unless maybe it's a really big lead - still means you have to play phenomenal golf to get there.

Edited April 10, 2016 by natureboy

[b101]

1 minute ago, skydog said:

Bad outcome for golf.  Shame

He played really good golf, is up-and-coming and we had a really exciting finish down the stretch. How, exactly, is this bad for golf?

[tdiii]

Just now, skydog said:

Bad outcome for golf.  Shame

Interested in why you think that is the case. . .

[RJH999]

1 minute ago, Shindig said:

No.  This was one of his "top 10 things I'd like to say" comments on Letterman the next day.  But it was more like "Now I don't look so foolish for trademarking Immelmania."

If you haven't already done so, check out (probably on YouTube) Geoff Ogilvy, Immelman, and Z. Johnson's Letterman top-10s after their first respective major wins. 

Ohhh hahaha

[RFKFREAK]

3 minutes ago, natureboy said:

They probably did exactly the same thing with Tiger's & Rory's wins at a young age too. It's rare for really young golfers to win Majors.

 

Have to say, given how rare it is to repeat, Jordan put up a pretty solid title defense overall.

Maybe.

But I didn't follow golf then so it didn't leave me with the same feeling. 

[pumaAttack]

I wonder what Jordan was thinking after he birdied 9.  

Wonder if he let his mind wonder off to "I'm gonna go back to back!"

[atb5079]

3 minutes ago, skydog said:

Bad outcome for golf.  Shame

Oh gimme a break. It got exciting after a long snoozefest and the winner was the player who was the best on Sunday with no mistakes. Well deserved. That is not bad for golf.

[pumaAttack]

2 minutes ago, b101 said:

He played really good golf, is up-and-coming and we had a really exciting finish down the stretch. How, exactly, is this bad for golf?

Because he is not American. 

Gotta love xenophobia... ?

[pin high]

"Beware of the new daddy." Very true

[skydog]

1 minute ago, tdiii said:

Interested in why you think that is the case. . .

I didn't want to see Spieth run away with it but relative no name winners are not good for the game at this point IMO. Yes, yes, to die hard golf fans he's not a no name, but to 99% of folks he is.

[Shindig]

Too bad for Jordan and Rory the Masters isn't 63 holes. 

[natureboy]

@atb5079 If you realized how easy it is to make a big number at Augusta it shouldn't have been perceived as a snooze fest.

 

Given the long odds on repeating, Jordan did a nice job overall at a title defense.

Edited April 10, 2016 by natureboy

[skydog]

Does probably make more people like Spieth when he is able to come back next time and get it done after a meltdown like this.  Everybody (most people) like a comeback story 

 

[Grndslmhttr3]

Wearing a green shirt under the green jacket is such a rookie move. Good for Willett, though.

[tdiii]

Just now, skydog said:

I didn't want to see Spieth run away with it but relative no name winners are not good for the game at this point IMO. Yes, yes, to die hard golf fans he's not a no name, but to 99% of folks he is.

He may be a no name today, but this could also be the first step to him joining the big 4 (or 5, or whatever it is).  At the same time, even if he disappears after this win, there's a great story about what Jordan makes of this disaster. 

[atb5079]

1 minute ago, natureboy said:

If you realized how easy it is to make a big number at Augusta it shouldn't have been perceived as a snooze fest.

You have a way of interpreting my words differently.

[pumaAttack]

Just now, skydog said:

Does probably make more people like Spieth when he is able to come back next time and get it done after a meltdown like this.  Everybody (most people) like a comeback story 

 

Just like Rory dominated the 2011 US Open.