OT: Open and Tiger

[husky91]

Yeah, good one. Not when it matters, he's a no show.

seriously, he's been playing the back 9 better than anyone all week, and if not for 17 today he'd be tied for the lead/one shot back

 

[jleves]

I guess I've been all over the map on this - but here's what I think: 50% chance Tiger wins. 30% chance Westwood. 15% chance Phil and 5% someone else.

It's Phil's I believe.

 

[huskiesNhoos]

Yeah, good one. Not when it matters, he's a no show.

Did Tiger sleep with your wife or something?

 

[superjohn]

Mickelson deserves it, can't stand the guy but he deserves it.

 

[mauconnfan]

Shocker Tiger misses short putt on 8 and Westwood makes long save.

Tiger is irrelevant on weekends at majors, he should have skipped this to place the Quad Cities

You should be proud to have joined the most irritating posters in BY history......but as someone said either Tiger banged the crap out of your wife or when you tee it up you're lucky to hit it 170 with the driver......the latter is my guess. But you certainly think you know something about golf!! To add Tiger as being irrelevant proves you're just a hater period, and not a very intelligent one......it's too bad too because it would nice if someone liked you!

 

[zls44]

I'm a tiger guy but lefty shooting a 66 on Sunday? Sweet Jesus.

 

[mauconnfan]

I'm a tiger guy but lefty shooting a 66 on Sunday? Sweet Jesus.

Really impressive coming from Phil.......I know he's capable but over the pond never showed it......good for him, not a fan but he played sensational golf. The key was the up and down on the par 3, pulling that off kept his momentum for sure after hitting an iron flush only to see it come off the green by about 30 yards........great show!!

 

[Mots010]

One of the great final rounds in Open history, and certainly the best of Mickleson's career. Down 5 and win by 3 on a course playing that difficult. After the US Open even he was thinking that was his last shot.

I like Phil's line, "If six 2nd's counted, I'd have four of them"

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Shocker Tiger misses short putt on 8 and Westwood makes long save.

Tiger is irrelevant on weekends at majors, he should have skipped this to place the Quad Cities

The only thing I can think of is that one of those skanks was your sister. It's irrational to be this angry otherwise. You sound like a lunatic.

 

[husky91]

Niece! Oh, not funny.

But thanks for the compliments. I wish I could pick stocks and lotto numbers as well as I can predict Tiger's irrelevance in majors on the weekends.

Elin is still smiling I'm guessing.

The only thing I can think of is that one of those skanks was your sister. It's irrational to be this angry otherwise. You sound like a lunatic.

 

[bear]

Niece! Oh, not funny.

But thanks for the compliments. I wish I could pick stocks and lotto numbers as well as I can predict Tiger's irrelevance in majors on the weekends.

Elin is still smiling I'm guessing.

It must be tiring being so negative towards a person you've never met.

 

[mauconnfan]

Some thoughts:

Lee Westwood - This was a huge chance for him, seemed to be in very good control all the way through the front today......crazy thing is it wasn't his putter which killed him just some approached he didn't trust and left them in bad bunkers......may still win a major but this one slipped big time.

Tiger Woods - Hit the ball as well as anyone for 3 days but only putted well on Thursday. Never made anything and contrary to Kreskin / husky91 it wasn't just the weekend he couldn't putt, he never looked comfortable and three 3 putts on the front Friday morning was the beginning. He was in it but you have to make putts.........he'll win a few more!!

Hunter Mahan - If husky91 didn't hate Tiger so much he may have someone to really pick on.....can't get it done on Sunday but will eventually for sure. Too good a ball striker not to.......

Adam Scott - Also seemed to have momentum but this course eventually grabbed EVERYONE by the balls late in the game and then kicked their sack too.......proven to be ready to be a major player at the majors!

Phil - What's to say? As good a final round as you'll ever see in an Open. He hit tremendous shots down the stretch and looked really at ease with himself and his game unlike the look on so many other faces. Picked a great time to make one of his best runs ever!! Congrats to Phil..........

 

[mauconnfan]

The only thing I can think of is that one of those skanks was your sister. It's irrational to be this angry otherwise. You sound like a lunatic.

Hey Crack, AO didn't bang my skank sister so what's my problem? LOL..........

 

[whaler11]

Mickelson deserves it, can't stand the guy but he deserves it.

I don't get why some people don't like Phil. I love the guy. I was excited early that it might be a 6 guy horserace but Phil took all the drama out in a performance for the ages.

 

[mauconnfan]

I don't get why some people don't like Phil. I love the guy. I was excited early that it might be a 6 guy horserace but Phil took all the drama out in a performance for the ages.

Phil has changed his image....he was like a spoiled rich kid on the tour for a long time. Many fellow pro's thought he was a fake and said so in interviews but it would seem he has changed. Maybe the reality of his wife's scare and the family made him a better man. I'm still not sold on all of it being real but he seems like an okay dude! No matter he's a tremendous golfer and thanks to a couple major wins will no longer wear the "choker" sign but when he throws one away it's now because he was too aggressive and took too many chances. He deserves that now!

 

[mauconnfan]

Did everyone see Tiger and Steve have a little love fest after this last round? They talked for a few and then the handshake was real and Stevie looked like the weight of a gorilla was off of him, seriously watch the replay. He went back and hit Tiger again and looked very happy something was done and over!!!

 

[Chin Diesel]

I don't get why some people don't like Phil. I love the guy. I was excited early that it might be a 6 guy horserace but Phil took all the drama out in a performance for the ages.

Phil has changed his image....he was like a spoiled rich kid on the tour for a long time. Many fellow pro's thought he was a fake and said so in interviews but it would seem he has changed. Maybe the reality of his wife's scare and the family made him a better man. I'm still not sold on all of it being real but he seems like an okay dude! No matter he's a tremendous golfer and thanks to a couple major wins will no longer wear the "choker" sign but when he throws one away it's now because he was too aggressive and took too many chances. He deserves that now!

Seems to mesh with a story a read about 7-10 years ago that Phil's nickname amongst tour players was FIGJAM.

F---
I'm
Good
Just
Ask
Me.

And yes his image has gone through a steady makeover. Tiger's transgressions definitely helped Phil out. After all the crap Tiger did, people were left with realizing Phil's a good family guy, plays damn good entertaining golf and is an occasional assswipe. After a while people can learn to live with that.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Did everyone see Tiger and Steve have a little love fest after this last round? They talked for a few and then the handshake was real and Stevie looked like the weight of a gorilla was off of him, seriously watch the replay. He went back and hit Tiger again and looked very happy something was done and over!!!

Biggest thing I took away from the whole cumbaya, was that tiger needs a haircut. His head is a mess. He's losing hair on both sides and on the back.

Time to face aging El Tigre. Keep that hair trimmed tight.

And the final thing I have to say about Tiger is that there's a realistic chance that a really hot Olympic Gold Medal Skier is blowing him right now somewhere over the Atlantic at 35K feet. Nice consolation.

 

[whaler11]

Biggest thing I took away from the whole cumbaya, was that tiger needs a haircut. His head is a mess. He's losing hair on both sides and on the back.

Time to face aging El Tigre. Keep that hair trimmed tight.

And the final thing I have to say about Tiger is that there's a realistic chance that a really hot Olympic Gold Medal Skier is blowing him right now somewhere over the Atlantic at 35K feet. Nice consolation.

I've never liked Tiger but it would have been nice if he showed up today and made the back 9 more dramatic.

 

[mauconnfan]

That's so true Chin, funny . His hair is awful, all that money and no one telling you to keep your hat on? Shave the fuzz man...........

Then again he could be a red Sox fan and look at Napoli, Gomes, Pedroia and think "look at how ugly they are shaving their heads with beards!!" That would scare anyone!!

 

[Chin Diesel]

That's so true Chin, funny . His hair is awful, all that money and no one telling you to keep your hat on? Shave the fuzz man...........

Then again he could be a red Sox fan and look at Napoli, Gomes, Pedroia and think "look at how ugly they are shaving their heads with beards!!" That would scare anyone!!

Those Sawx players with the shaved head and beard combos look like they should be a bad wrestling six man tag team from the 80's. There's a whole bunch of bad lumberjack, outdoorsman, Nordic, names they could be called. They'd do the old school stuff where they would randomly switch out during matches when the ref isn't looking and then the new guy in the ring miraculously gets better and wins.

Not sure how an Open Championship thread devolved in to bad wrestling gimmicks, but this is the Boneyard and it's July.

 

[mauconnfan]

Those Sawx players with the shaved head and beard combos look like they should be a bad wrestling six man tag team from the 80's. There's a whole bunch of bad lumberjack, outdoorsman, Nordic, names they could be called. They'd do the old school stuff where they would randomly switch out during matches when the ref isn't looking and then the new guy in the ring miraculously gets better and wins.

Not sure how an Open Championship thread devolved in to bad wrestling gimmicks, but this is the Boneyard and it's July.

It's Tigers fault, he took his hat off!

 

[hthusky74]

LOL @ the Tiger hater.

This course has played impossibly hard. He hit two bad shots all day. The one on 17 cost him.

Hope he does the one thing that he hasn't accomplished and comes from behind tomorrow to win a major. Then everyone can shut up and stop hating on him (similarly to Lebron finally winning a title and now two).

He's one of the best athletes of our generation (regardless of how you feel about him or the sport of golf) and should be appreciated. The hate on him is ridiculous.

A lot of the hate on him has to do with him cheating on his wife with a succession of slease bags. The rest of it has to do with the disgust people feel when they try to read about what is going on in a golf tournament and have to go through at least 6 column inches (and sometimes to the next page) before they find out who the actual leader is, because they have to explain why Tiger is in 35 place first. I understand that it is the medias' fault, but it is projected onto him. He deserves no Mulligans based on his off course behavior. I was really glad to see Lefty win today although I would have been happy if Westwood held on.

 

[hthusky74]

I guess I've been all over the map on this - but here's what I think: 50% chance Tiger wins. 30% chance Westwood. 15% chance Phil and 5% someone else.

What odds are you giving now?

 

[Gurleyman]

I've never liked Tiger but it would have been nice if he showed up today and made the back 9 more dramatic.

So much of golf comes down to just breaks of the bounce or roll, and then of course what you do with them.

Phil had a short par putt on 14 do a 360 around the hole before falling in. A bogey there moves him to +1 and perhaps puts him in a worse place mentally - instead that was the last bad shot he hit of the day, really. Then, as Phil is closing, Tiger is four holes back. Tiger puts his approach on 14 a foot from the hole for a birdie to move to +1, right after Phil"s birdie on 17 had him -2. Then, Phil has his approach on 18 come within a foot or two of going in the greenside bunker, but gets a good bounce and roll and closes with a birdie to really wrap it up. Tiger hits a great approach on 15 but it chunks into the ground in front of the green instead of bouncing up. That bad break turns into a bogey when he chips 10 feet past the hole.

I want to say those two shots were within a few minutes of each other. Give Phil a tough lie in the bunker, and maybe he finishes -1 (although you'd have to think he saves it with a good lie). Have Tiger's ball bounce on the green to a makable putt and maybe he's E. Then his birdie butts on 17 and 18 mean something.

Of course, Phil was playing better golf and took advantage of his breaks and shrugged off his bad ones - he clearly got a bad break on 16 when his ball rolled off the green and still got his up and down. Tiger on 15 knew he was at least 3 shots back and was probably trying to hole his chip, and a bad shot ended what slim hopes he had. But he was still very much relevant on the 15th hole - and a great close made everyone irrelevant down the homestretch. If Phil just shot an excellent 69 instead of a ridiculous 66 (best final round in a major since 2000), the whole finish is dramatic - because everyone in contention was +2 to +4 on the day.