2018 Tiger Debut - San Diego Open (Farmer's Insurance)

[iacas]

Just now, Club Rat said:

Tiger tees it up at 10:40 on the South Course with Hoffman and Reed.

First groups out today in a half hour at 9 am Pacific time.

Today is Wednesday.

[Club Rat]

Had a "Brain Fart", guess I'm excited about him back in action....  

[colin007]

11 minutes ago, klineka said:

First groups out today do you mean for their final practice rounds? I thought the actual tournament started tomorrow?

I think there's a pro am today

3 hours ago, Groucho Valentine said:

I still find it visually jarring with the way he seemingly stands up and pulls off the ball through impact... Alot of timing must be going on there.  But based on how he played at the Hero challenge, Im fully expecting Tiger to finish in the top 20. Possibly even top 10 if he drives it well. 

It's that old man finish where he comes out of his flexion a bit earlier. But it's still well after impact, so no timing needed since the ball is long gone.

[Yukari]

So apparently he has been playing 6 days a week in preparation for this tournament.  I am even more optimistic that he will contend this week.

[nevets88]

Here's the press conference video.

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1djxXMrDRwyKZ

[Slugox]

I voted top 20, but my heart wanted to vote for a win. I hope he really comes back for awhile, has more moments of greatness. He's so fun to watch when he's on. There's nothing like it.

[Groucho Valentine]

19 hours ago, Yukari said:

So apparently he has been playing 6 days a week in preparation for this tournament.  I am even more optimistic that he will contend this week.

Doesn't mean those 6 days a week where any good..lol. But being that he came off the bench cold at the hero challenge and played a game resembling a professionals, i think Tiger has a chance to contend. More likely though, he'll make the cut and finsh someplace in the teens or 20's. That will be a success for him, i think. 

Edited January 25, 2018 by Groucho Valentine

[chspeed]

I voted MC. I think he'll have flashes of brilliance, but will get in trouble with the big stick. Practice round score was 70 on North Course in easy conditions and he only hit 4 fairways.

By the way, here's a webcam on Torrey as light grows.

https://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/273

Edited January 25, 2018 by chspeed

[iacas]

9 minutes ago, chspeed said:

I voted MC. I think he'll have flashes of brilliance, but will get in trouble with the big stick. Practice round score was 70 on North Course in easy conditions and he only hit 4 fairways.

Rex (GCTigerTracker) said that his misses were by feet, though, and he wasn't reading any putts or anything like that. It's a pro-am… they're just slapping it around a bit.

[chspeed]

A little breezy, but very good conditions

 

1 minute ago, iacas said:

Rex (GCTigerTracker) said that his misses were by feet, though, and he wasn't reading any putts or anything like that. It's a pro-am… they're just slapping it around a bit.

Just read that somewhere too. And although he missed a lot of greens, sounds like his chipping was solid. That's good news.

[chspeed]

'In his prime, Woods epitomized the phrase “horses for courses,” the idea that certain golfers are especially well suited for certain courses. Though he proved he could win just about anywhere, 42 of his 79 PGA Tour wins (53%) have come on just seven courses. Twenty-four of those wins, or 30%, have come at Torrey Pines, Bay Hill in Orlando and Firestone in Akron, Ohio.'

30% on 3 courses. That's amazing.

From article in WSJ on whether Tiger's game is still suited for Torrey: https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-tiger-woods-still-built-for-torrey-pines-1516812606
 

[iacas]

6 minutes ago, chspeed said:

'In his prime, Woods epitomized the phrase “horses for courses,” the idea that certain golfers are especially well suited for certain courses. Though he proved he could win just about anywhere, 42 of his 79 PGA Tour wins (53%) have come on just seven courses. Twenty-four of those wins, or 30%, have come at Torrey Pines, Bay Hill in Orlando and Firestone in Akron, Ohio.'

Thing is… stuff like that is bound to happen given that the PGA Tour tends to visit the same courses each year, in the same times, and his schedule with ramp-ups for the majors has pretty much been the same most years.

He tends to play the same courses. I think he's capable of winning at ANY course, so calling him a "horse for courses" or whatever is not quite right.

He's a horse for ANY course. It's just that, when you win as much as he has, AND the PGA Tour visits the same courses often… you'll tend to rack up wins on those courses, too.

That's not to say at all that he doesn't play a little bit better at those courses, but, I think sometimes this is overstated.

(Speaking generally, not at you @chspeed.)

[klineka]

1 hour ago, chspeed said:

I voted MC. I think he'll have flashes of brilliance, but will get in trouble with the big stick. Practice round score was 70 on North Course in easy conditions and he only hit 4 fairways.

I saw something that said he had 3 pars, 3 birdies and 3 bogeys on his first 9 and went 3/9 on GIR. Thats pretty good to have 33% GIR and shoot even par, even if it was only for 9 holes.

He also went eagle-birdie on his last two holes. 

[Eric C]

Anyone know where/if the Farmer's is being streamed, other than PGA Tour Live? I'm not paying for yet another subscription ...

[chspeed]

8 minutes ago, Eric C said:

Anyone know where/if the Farmer's is being streamed, other than PGA Tour Live? I'm not paying for yet another subscription ...

Thursday’s first-round coverage

Television:

3 to 7 p.m. ET — Golf Channel

Online streams:

11:45 a.m. ET — PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes

• 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET — Free PGA Tour live stream on Twitter (I can't find the "free" twitter feed)

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required)

• 12:30 p.m. ET — Rickie Fowler / Patrick Cantlay / Xander Schauffele
• 12:40 p.m. ET — Justin Rose / Hideki Matsuyama / Phil Mickelson
• Bonus coverage of Tiger Woods round starting at 1:40 p.m. ET

3 to 7 p.m. ET — PGA Tour Live featured holes coverage (No subscription required)

3 to 7 p.m. ET — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 7 p.m. ET — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Edited January 25, 2018 by chspeed

[phan52]

I predict top 20. Tiger picked a good spot to return, on courses where players will have to grind it out and it will be hard for anybody to create separation, and he also has had good vibes.

[jbishop15]

Here we go!!!!!!!!!!

[coachjimsc]

Bogey on #1.