Posted on 08/15/2005 8:47:12 AM PDT by TheBigB
Good luck in the future development of your thought processes :)
Thanks for sparing me.
From the outset, I thought the Elk could win. He had that look about him.
I happen to like Sergio Garcia. No matter that he's ranked #6 by World Golf Assn, the US media totally ignores him even when he wins. He didn't do so great this weekend but I don't know where he finished. Sixth? Tenth?
As for Mickelson, his posture is so awful, it amazes me that he can hit the ball at all. Nice guy, but he seems to be working against himself all the time.
I like Serg too..and I think the media would love to get "on his side". All he needs to do is win a couple of big ones.
No doubt about it, those are great points.
Fair enough, it was +4 but let's take a peek anyway.
>>On 17, he blasts a huge drive down the middle of the fairway, and, for some unknown reason, tries to hit the green of a 650 yard par-5, which had only been reach twice before in major championship history (and at shorter lengths).<<
Not unknown at all. Tiger was trying to make eagle which would have been implausible under your scenario. Contrary to what you say, reaching the green or getting close to the green in 2 was no big deal for Tiger once he got off the monster drive.
>> There was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to go for the green in two. What happened? Woods missed his second shot and carded a bogey, forcing him to birdie 18 to make the cut.<<
Beautiful hindsight and totally results oriented but irrelevant to the point. Woods was a victim of what is known as "That's Golf". He wound up in an impossible lie 6 feet from the green and 15 feet from the pin. That could have happened if he used nothing but wedges to reach the green. How can you say that someone "missed the shot" when he hit a 300 yard shot 6 feet from being perfect.
>>Incidentally, sitting in the clubhouse at -3 would have looked a lot better on Sunday, wouldn't it? <<
Actually, if he had made eagle instead of bogey, 5 under would have looked a lot better.
You'd no doubt make a great caddy for Fred Funk or Jeff Sluman but don't try it with the big guys.
The tour is trying to kill off guys like Sluman and Funk with these 7500 yd courses.
You mean the guys with bad course management? You're trying to justify a stupid decision. When you are sitting on the cut line and you need two pars to make the cut, you don't take major risks. That's called BAD course management. BAD. What he did was STUPID. Plain and simple.
Woods was a victim of what is known as "That's Golf".
Close. Actually a victim of bad course management. Knowing when to take risks is a part of golf. Knowing when to play it safe is also a part of golf. A lesson that you, and Tiger, have not learned.
So, when Jean Van De Velde pulls out driver on the 72nd hole of the Open Championship, I imagine that Caddy Evad would have said, "Grip it and rip it, Jean; a three would look GREAT on the scorecard."
Yeah, I agree--I love the Walker Cup, and I think it's scheduling stupidity to put it on the same weekend as the PGA. Like I said before, the PGA and USGA are really screwing up amateur golf in this country.
Heh..caddy evad wouldn't say that. As a matter of fact, if he had to he'd break every club in the bag except the 5 iron, wedge and putter.
Your colorful analogy is the classic example of apples and oranges...but I'm willing to bet you can't you see that?
I'm also willing to bet there's nothing based on logic or reasoning that I can add to this subject for you so I bid you ado.
You're right. Logic and reasoning calls for Tiger to lay up on the 17th on Friday.
By the way, was it good course management for Tiger, as clubhouse leader at -2, to fly back to Florida before the final round was completed on Monday? He risked being disqualified because he wasn't in New Jersey. Was that good "course management?"
No, it was just being a poor sport, not to mention stupid. Golf is a gentlemen's game. Tiger is not.
Like I said, nothing more to be said.
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