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3 minutes ago, jamo said:

I think the report said they'd be mic'd the whole time. 

With a 10 second delay and 5 guys on the “bleep” button!

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Figured this would be a good place to put this.  

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Caddying! Samuel L would be an awesome caddy. "You are NOT going to try that M-fing shot!" "Someone get those M-fing Patrons off the M-fing fairway!" "Yo! Phil! What's in YOUR wallet? $

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KP is what they call Closest to the Pin on Tour. Disc golfers call it "CTP." And Phil earns $100k for his charity. Tiger is about 50’ away to Phil’s 7’10”. This is boring. And screw the annou

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"Hey Tiger, did ya hear the one about the Buddhist sex addict?"

"Hey Phil, doesn't your mom work at Perkins?"

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On 7/6/2018 at 9:58 AM, brocks said:

Meh.  If they were one and two in the world rankings, OK.  If they're both long past contending on tour, and it's a nostalgia match, OK.  But right now, they're a couple of players who are still competing on tour, but with mixed results at best.  Phil's having a pretty good year, but he's still struggling to stay in the world top 20, and Tiger is struggling to get into the world top 50.

Yeah, I'll watch, but only because there's nothing else good on TV.

I don't know how much Tiger is really struggling to get into the top 50.  Take away the artificial 40 in the OWGR formula and he would be ranked in the top 20.  So he is not top 50 de jure, but he is certainly is top 20 de facto.

But then again, what the hell do I know?

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5 hours ago, turtleback said:

I don't know how much Tiger is really struggling to get into the top 50.  Take away the artificial 40 in the OWGR formula and he would be ranked in the top 20.  So he is not top 50 de jure, but he is certainly is top 20 de facto.

Right. Tiger's ranking is low because he missed a lot of events.

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12 minutes ago, billchao said:

Right. Tiger's ranking is low because he missed a lot of events.

Yes. Minimum divisor doing him in.

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if it comes to be I'd certainly watch. But, I think it would be more interesting if they put up their own money! Phil is notorious for this in practice rounds, saying he can't get jazzed for the round unless there's a little something, something on the line!

Well, put up 10 Mill, Phil, and let's see how jazzed up you get! And it wouldn't have to be that much, even though both can afford it. Whatever sum they would agree upon would be donated by the winner to the charity of their choice!

And as far as miking them up, I'm all for it! Remember the "Battle at Bighorn"? As Tiger and Annika walk from the first green to the second tee, Tiger says, "Boy! Did we hack the shit out of that hole, or what?!"

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On 7/7/2018 at 10:39 PM, Buckeyebowman said:

if it comes to be I'd certainly watch. But, I think it would be more interesting if they put up their own money! Phil is notorious for this in practice rounds, saying he can't get jazzed for the round unless there's a little something, something on the line!

Well, put up 10 Mill, Phil, and let's see how jazzed up you get! And it wouldn't have to be that much, even though both can afford it. Whatever sum they would agree upon would be donated by the winner to the charity of their choice!

And as far as miking them up, I'm all for it! Remember the "Battle at Bighorn"? As Tiger and Annika walk from the first green to the second tee, Tiger says, "Boy! Did we hack the shit out of that hole, or what?!"

Yep - I was skimming through all the responses, thinking the exact same thing, seeing if anyone else had the same idea. As others have also said, this is 10 years too late and right now, just a made for TV moneymaker for both of them. I think the winner take all part is B.S. Put up your own money guys and have at it.

That being said, I'll probably watch. Then again, I watched Geraldo opening up Al Capone's safe. Somehow this all feels the same.

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They’re partnering together to own a business. Their match will just kick it off.

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At least from Tiger's words, they really developed a friendship when Phil reached out to Tiger when he was hurt. I will tune for this patch. I like the idea of these 1v1 matches.

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7 minutes ago, iacas said:

They’re partnering together to own a business. Their match will just kick it off.

And the seed has been planted.....

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Sounds cool, would probably watch it after the fact, not sure I'd tune in live. I really don't watch much golf anymore. I'll pull up a live stream during the majors or on pgatour live sometimes, but I really don't follow the PGA all the much in recent years. That said, listening to their banter during the round would probably be the coolest thing about it.

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29 minutes ago, iacas said:

They’re partnering together to own a business. Their match will just kick it off.

No emoji, but don't think you are serious. Uhh....... right?

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1 minute ago, GolfLug said:

No emoji, but don't think you are serious. Uhh....... right?

I am. Absolutely.

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I'd watch Tiger eat a plate of pancakes...

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4 minutes ago, Valleygolfer said:

I'd watch Tiger eat a plate of pancakes...

Things getting slow up in the Kanc? :-P

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48 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

Things getting slow up in the Kanc? :-P

It was cray cray all week... Playing MT Washington tomorrow...you should take the day off...:p

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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If it was Pay per View would anyone watch it? I sure wouldn't. And now that iacas isaid it's a promo for some future business? Screw 'em.

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21 minutes ago, xrayvizhen said:

If it was Pay per View would anyone watch it? I sure wouldn't. And now that iacas isaid it's a promo for some future business? Screw 'em.

No. The business IS setting up and owning these types of matches.

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