Posted on 04/09/2018 10:03:29 AM PDT by C19fan
Patrick Reed had two putts for par, two putts on the 18th green, two putts to win the Masters. He was sitting at 15-under, he had held Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and everyone else off for going on three days. He was 24 feet away with an opportunity to lag it, then tap it, then slip on a green jacket.
The throng around the 18th here at Augusta National sat politely but when his first putt slipped by the hole leaving him a slightly tricky 4-footer, they began a murmur that built into a consensus, not of dread that he might blow this, but rather what sounded like hope that he might.
Know this about golf fans, they are lap dogs. They cheer for everything and everyone. If a guy makes a great shot, they clap, even if it adversely effects the guy they are rooting for to win. That’s the sport. It’s even more polite here at Augusta, where if when someone is about to win a major – even a relative unknown such as Charl Schwartzel or Danny Willett – they rain down thunderous applause.
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I've never cared for Bubba. Thank goodness we didn't have to see him sob like a girl after winning a victory again. Something is not right about him. I've always thought he had Asperger's Syndrome or something similar. Hearing that he painted over his General Lee (that was actually used on The Dukes of Hazard) I wrote him off as a crybaby pussy.
May hurt his endorsement opportunities, but rather he be who he is, than be the contrived lie that Woods presented to the world and got paid millions anyday.
His relationship with his family is his business, why anyone needs to care is beyond me.
I was rooting for Bubba Watson.
I always pegged you for a dude, Buckeye. LOL
He's not one of the anointed media favorites. He also had some hiccups in his College career. There may be some family issues with his parents. But it's probably the adversity in his life that has driven him to prove himself on the golf course.
Probably his biggest mistake from a media stand point is that he claimed to be a top 5 world golfer before the rankings said he was (the horrors). They hoped to put him in his place but he disappointed them yet again by winning the coveted Masters championship.
I have to laugh at the idolatry of these athletes— any of them. When you peel away the facade these are just the same as you and me— with flaws and sins and rough edges. I am a Christian and I am amazed at the lengths to which these idol lovers will go . It is sad really but in the end they have eternal life in Heaven if they accept as true the Jesus is the Son of God.
Lots of people have messed up families (fortunately I’m not one of them). I don’t see why it’s his responsibility to explain why he’s estranged from family to you, the press, or anyone else. Perhaps you could explain your logic here.
Pattrick Reed reminds me of Trump. He’s not afraid to speak his mind. He just goes about his business and gets the job done. You don’t have to be a Saint to be a good golfer or a good President.
It was the same thing with the Villanova player, whom they just had to bring up the Tweets he sent like five years ago, when he was 14.
What are we supposed to take away from that photo?
Same reason you care about Tiger’s relationship with his family.
Reed uses his Ryder Cup yardage book at tournaments, they nicknmamed him ‘captain america’ because of it..
Funny, I was rooting against Reed yesterday, until I saw the yardage book.
Johnson failed three drug tests (for cocaine) in five years, and had affairs with the wives of two fellow players on the pro tour.
-PJ
My guess would be Bubba.
I watch a lot of golf on TV. I for one, am sick and tired of seeing Ricky Fowler on practically every damn commercial.
Thanks, I don’t follow golfers.
How can you “like it or not like it” ... he won. This isn’t politics, this is measurable. I can’t believe this is even a discussion.
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