2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational

[Vinsk]

22 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Ah, I see.

Thanks for the offer @Vinsk, but I wouldn't want to inconvenience you. They don't look easy to acquire.

I’ve seen them at the merchandise store every year. I’ll be there Friday. Shouldn’t be a problem I assume😃

[Club Rat]

J Day WD today with back problems, there goes my Fantasy Team down the tubes today... 

RC Bello lights it up, Keegan playing well along with G Mac...

[nevets88]

Phil being Phil

 

[iacas]

Can someone tell me what he was doing there?

If it's a boundary fence, he wouldn't get relief… but he'd have also been OB.

If it's not a boundary fence… why didn't he get relief?

Never mind, I guess his ball was barely in bounds, so it was an OB fence.

WATCH: Phil Mickelson's righty shot through O.B. fence ends tragically

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"I didn't even think of that," Phil Mickelson said sheepishly as he finally located his ball on the wrong side of the O.B. fence.

[Buckeyebowman]

On 3/6/2019 at 2:03 PM, klineka said:

Based on the caption on Bubba's original video, I think they were making fun of the whole caddie standing in the line rules thing that has been going on lately. 

I figure that's it. The only other thing it could be is a method for teaching Arnie's "anti-hook" follow through! 

[Wally Fairway]

Just Phil doing Phil things....

[DeadMan]

2 hours ago, iacas said:

Can someone tell me what he was doing there?

If it's a boundary fence, he wouldn't get relief… but he'd have also been OB.

If it's not a boundary fence… why didn't he get relief?

Never mind, I guess his ball was barely in bounds, so it was an OB fence.

WATCH: Phil Mickelson's righty shot through O.B. fence ends tragically

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"I didn't even think of that," Phil Mickelson said sheepishly as he finally located his ball on the wrong side of the O.B. fence.

Why the hell didn't he take an unplayable? 

And how in the world is that ball not OB? I guess enough of it was under the fence that it was still in bounds?

[iacas]

13 minutes ago, DeadMan said:

Why the hell didn't he take an unplayable? 

And how in the world is that ball not OB? I guess enough of it was under the fence that it was still in bounds?

OB is the inner (course side) edge of the posts at ground level.

[Missouri Swede]

1 hour ago, DeadMan said:

Why the hell didn't he take an unplayable? 

Yeah. Would have saved him one stroke. And since he would have been taking lateral relief from the spot of the ball, it would have gotten him 2 club lengths relief area instead of the 1 club length for dropping for “stroke and distance” OB.

That’s the second time in a year he should have taken an unplayable lie.

[boogielicious]

8 hours ago, DeadMan said:

Why the hell didn't he take an unplayable? 

And how in the world is that ball not OB? I guess enough of it was under the fence that it was still in bounds?

My thought exactly. You figure FIGJAM would know this. 

[GolfLug]

Lol.. Phil gets a bit distracted from common sense when there's an opportunity to show off his 'otherworldly' talents. I love Phil.. Ha ha.

 

[Foot Wedge]

13 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

Phil gets a bit distracted from common sense when there's an opportunity to show off his 'otherworldly' talents.

And for that reason, I'm out.

[GolfLug]

8 minutes ago, Foot Wedge said:

And for that reason, I'm out.

Ha ha, FWIW, he is still a damn good bet.

[Foot Wedge]

16 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

Ha ha, FWIW, he is still a damn good bet.

Lol no arguments there.  His personality just rubs me the wrong way and it was a good opportunity to throw in the good old Shark Tank line.

[DeadMan]

46 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

Lol.. Phil gets a bit distracted from common sense when there's an opportunity to show off his 'otherworldly' talents. I love Phil.. Ha ha.

Yeah, stuff like this is the best part of Phil. I mean, what did he think was going to happen? Did he really think it was going to get over the fence? I get avoiding an unplayable if you think you can advance the ball, but that seems really unlikely in this situation.

[Benit0]

He's fun to watch that is for sure. Imagine if he would have pull it off! I'm just relieve that even PGA Pro have poor judgement sometimes!

[GolfLug]

1 hour ago, DeadMan said:

Yeah, stuff like this is the best part of Phil. I mean, what did he think was going to happen? Did he really think it was going to get over the fence? I get avoiding an unplayable if you think you can advance the ball, but that seems really unlikely in this situation.

So, during the interview he explained that he thought there was enough opening/gap between the net and ground to squeeze it through. I actually buy that, but to attempt it right handed with an upside down shovel clubface made me shake my head. But he insisted it was an execution gaffe more than planning. Of course, the only time Phil ever admitted to a bad choice was in 2006.

Edited March 8, 2019 by GolfLug

[DeadMan]

2 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

So, during the interview he explained that he thought there was enough opening/gap between the net and ground to squeeze it through. I buy that but to attempt it right handed with an upside down shovel clubface made me shake my head. But he insisted it was an execution gaffe more than planning. Of course, the only time Phil ever admitted to a bad choice was in 2006. 

What gap? Come on, Phil.

This is more proof of my theory that Phil thinks he's a lot smarter than he actually is. Don't get me wrong, it's wildly entertaining. But he's not some savant like he seems to think he is.