Golf - Classic or Dud?

To watch it is tres boring, to play, I should suspect it would be entertaining for an afternoon.

And loathe as I am to disagree with Mark S, Caddyshack's greatness is surely despite the golf stuff, not because of it. (This is also true of the qualities of Updike and Wodehouse on the subject.)

I've always associated it with appalingly-dressed middle-aged upper- middle-class white racists not letting Jews or black people into their stupid fucking clubs. How much dudder could anything get?

Crazy golf=Classic, however. Despite Andrew L injuring me once while playing it!

spencer levin just dropkicked his hat after a bogey on pga tour

finally managed to break 80

78 on my local par 70 course. worked it out too: I only took 28 (!!) putts. if I had any game from tee to green I would've torn it up

shot 85 (11+) at a par 74/6500 yd course in troon today in the howling wind. jack nicklaus shot 82 here at the height of his powers in 1966 so I'm chuffed with that - especially considering it included a horrendous 6 at a par 3 (hit from bunker to bunker) and two careless doubles

There are occasional links courses in the States, sort of as a novelty -- are there many US style parkland courses in the British Isles?

the types of courses you tend to get are: links, parkland, heathland/moorland, hillside

imagine the parkland courses we have here aren't quite as ~lush~ but they are still green, with soily turf. much prefer links. hate hillside courses

my local course (inland, just out of the city) is a typical parkland course

there are no desert courses in britain iirc ;)

That would be a novelty course. It wouldn't be hard to simulate the terrain, though! Just the temperatures.

I played Lake Shastina once in far northern California, a bit north of Mount Shasta. The front was parkland, with a lot of changes in elevation, but the back nine was links-ish, very flat, few trees, and with a neverending wind blowing down from Shasta. A real test of club selection, with long holes into the wind, short holes with the wind behind you, and vice versa. A really really fun course.

played the work's golf day today... 3rd out of 12, playing off 12. gutted though, out in +4 (39) but junked it on the second nine carding a 47 (+12)

not fussed about winning but annoyed about shitting up my card on the back 9, especially when the back 9 was quite a bit easier all-told. lost concentration/energy or something. was playing with the CEO and getting no chat... all game-face. not ideal, sometimes you want a bit of banter to take your mind off the golf in-between shots

p crazy mahan vs jay haas in a playoff - winner gets tour champ title & fed ex cup ($10 mil)

loser prob also does p ok for themselves so not as wildly dramatic as it perhaps could be

runner up in the fed ex cup "only gets" $700k!

both make great pars on 18

unbelievable par save out of shallow water by haas on 17

lol @ me calling him jay; bill haas obv, & he won; that water shot was f'in crazy

first round of the year

anyone seen my shoes

let's do this

Henrik Stenson hacking up the 18th was horrifying/amusing y'day.

i *wish* id've seen that

phil having like 50 ppl help try to find his wayward drive on 10 (i think) was a trip. good on him to get back to +2 after all that

Stenson's 18th hole
1- 3W duck hook into trees left and short of fairway.
2- Half topped attempted 40 yard bump under and through trees back to fairway (ended up 5 yards short of fairway in woodchip spectator walkway
3-Long iron to the green topped about 120 yards
4-Straight at pin but overshoots the green maybe 10 yards
5-Chip fails to make the green
6- Putt from the fringe 6 feet beyond cup
7-Miss
8-Holed

Some of the driving y'day was just appalling, like 40-50 yards off line (I'm looking at you Phil/Tiger)

damn wanted 2 see tiger hit there & fall into the creek on #13

faldo "i think we can officially say tiger has lost his game......and his mind"

faldo otm

yeah he's just straight casting right now, it's bizarre

loving the woods meltdown

hope he bogeys every hole for the next two days

god, he just left a 7 iron 20 yards short

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12277
nantz gets so worked up & self important here its ridic

I find it incredible that Woods got around in 75 y'day. He was so terrible an 85 seemed more fitting.

my dad has 20 quid on dufner at 150-1.

To win? Or top 5? I guess 150-1 must be to win. Dufner seems like a chill dude, kinda completely unassuming.

In order of preference I'd like to see Sergio, Freddie, Rory, Miguel win.

don't think he has it ew, not sure though. he texts me his bets during every major golf tournament, love it!

sergio & rory **hugglez**

every time i see bubba watson i feel a little uncomfortable

this back 9 for phil could be insane, already is great

i just turned it on and they were talking about phil making the shot of the tournament so far?

fehrety wents nuts abt it yea - hit a v hi pitch flop shot on the last hole facing the water & landed it 5 ft from the pin

phil was even on his rd @ the turn, now -5

too bad he didn't hit a better tee shot on 16

yeesh, freddie

good lord, mickelson just came in in 30

!!!

out in 30, v sick phil

yea i mean in doh

he played a back 9 like that 2 yrs ago i think?

yea this was his saturday rd in 2010 ~ shot a 67, including a dramatic eagle-eagle-birdie on 13, 14 and 15, but that was only a 33 on the back

yeahhh i remember that

good on him to get back to +2 after all that

― johnny crunch, Friday, April 6, 2012 7:04 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

re: phils thurs rd i would like to point out that i was otm itt

looks like 2 mini-eli mannings in the stands fist pumping on 18 when that putt went in

always felt bubba shd grow a beard and go for this look

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KYgjpL1TYxQ/SWYoP01TdrI/AAAAAAAABTM/kQHJsYgFqfk/s400/royal-tenenbaums-richie.jpg

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1047414/phill.gif

http://www.sbnation.com/golf/2012/4/7/2933107/phil-mickelson-fist-pump-gif

does everyone else think of that as suggest ban-nation.com btw?

I do

yes

damn, bo van pelt put up an -8 64

13-18 he went - eagle, birdie, par, eagle (hole in one), par, birdie

good god

jeez

king louie

omg he just made a 2 on 2

if he wins that ball he tossed to some random fan is going to be worth billions

i bet that patron really needs the money too

this is gonna be an interesting couple of third shots on 2

Great to see Harrington back to any sort of form in the majors.

fuck disaster here underway for mick

he loves showing off that backward clubface shot but cmon bro use ur brain

we're all watching mickelson's 4th hole right

"there's something you don't see very often from phil mickelson"

uhhh which phil mickelson have you been watching for the last 15 years? i was yelling at my tv the moment he identified his ball

Anybody else enjoying Vaughan asking questions for the Beeb - to Tiger Woods:

So you've won this tournament three times, who is gonna win today?

Tiger [nice long pause] *big grin*: um, its four times actually...[goes onto give ans]

xp yup, at that pt his caddy really should have forcibly taken the club out of his hand

yes I've been watching them with a certain amount of curiosity as well. I covered my eyes briefly during that Woods one. xpost.

He was doing alright till then. Funny to do that w/Woods, of all people.

At least we don't have both V and Gary Lineker presenting. We have to contend w/banalities from Hazel instead.

ahahahaa mickelson is a fud

oostie is leaking a bit, now shit gets interesting

westwood at -5 through 12

and has about 6 feet for another birdie

wow close one phil

Westwood gets it: -6

watching 11-12-13 is so great

yeah there is nothing better

westwood!

woah, westwood has 10 feet for a 3 on 15 and a tie for the lead

wow bizarre shot from hanson, puts it 10 yards short of the water on 12

aw westwood needed that one

great effort from kooch there

poulter shoes & belt furnished by oregon football

haha

perfect drive from phil on 13

he should pick up a shot here

amazing chip

oh man if ooz put that in

lee has missed A LOT of makable putts this rd

yeah seems like a 64 was pretty doable today the way hes hitting it

wait haha i thought he was like -6 for the day

lol hanson

dude just wants to go home

wow, great shot phil

phil fuckin owns 13

kooch is firing darts

oosties speed has been so good

yeah that ball seemed to crawl into the hole on its own

man, if kooch had even holed that

look how close bubba is ffs

louie really has done fuck all this rd other than the dble eagle now that i look at it

well thats clutch

big shot coming up for phil

something just happened

watching him alone in the frame feeling the wind looking zoned out is amazing

wayward drive after birdie to tie the lead is TEXTBOOK BUBBA

now these guys are leaving it open for phil

lunquist w/ "no breeze" (pause) "slight breeze" killed me

that bubba putt was like - go in > win masters, not hit the hole > lose masters - as it is, hi drama

haha otm

:O @ bubba's swag after that tee shot

playoff! come on bubba

https://mobile.twitter.com/swish41/status/189126437180162048

hmpf could a bogey here win? i guess either guy could get fortunate and not be buried

louis has some patrons using the foot wedge 4 him imo

wowwwwwww bubba

jesus there was a lot of action on that ball

that'll do it

aw! bubba is such a bro

that was really moving actually

BUBBA

great finish, <3 Bubba

well done bubba, seems a good guy.

Westwood having 21 putts more than Phil thru 3 rounds and only being 4 shots behind him is amazing to me.

Of all the English top 10s who aren't going to win a major ever, his is the saddest case.

i didn't know too much about bubba before this. apparently he doesn't employ a coach and hasn't had a golf lesson since he was 10, which makes that shot on the second playoff hole even more awesome.

tempted to place a bet on the open

who do we reckon as a tasty outsider?

was impressed by fowler at last year’s open, but think he may just be too young yet

yeah i won a few quid on him last year. am off sick today so will take a look at some stage.

http://www.paddypower.com/bet/golf/open-championship?ev_oc_grp_ids=34304

zach johnson won in the states last week, could be worth a shot at 66-1. so many long-priced possibles there though, the allure of betting on golf before a ball has been hit.

Matt Kuchar or Peter Hansen are my outsiders. It should be noted that I never actually place hard earned money down on these things.

How about Snedeker at 175-1. Dufner could be a good call, but he may be more of a target golf guy. Zach Johnson really hot lately, i could see those odds narrow as more money put on him closer to tomorrow.

One thing I know is i will never bet on lee westwood again. he handles his putter like its a black mamba or something.

I find it impossible to make predictions on the British because so much seems to depend on whether your game is suitable to the course and conditions.

maybe woods is the right pick at this point because he is almost exclusively playing that low stinging fade which seems perfect for Open style golf. OBviously he's not a longshot.

i went for:

£5 e/w on zach johnson at 66-1.

£2 win on adam scott at 40-1.

£3 e/w on rickie fowler at 33-1.

adam scott going along nicely. considering there is zero wind atm the course seems to be awfully tough. tiger going along serenely tho.

Couple of lads at my work have a couple of quid each way on Paul Lawrie, seems like a decent outside bet.

yeah he's going well so far.

i'm off sick today, and it's actually genuine, not sure anything could beat golf for sick tv.

love the way the narrative of the open every year is "not enough wind, those americans don't know their born" with a faint edge of boredom as everyone annihilates the course v "horrible, horrible stuff, only the strong survive" as some deathly rain and wind rips everyone to pieces.

don't know they're born... obv

£5 e/w on zach johnson at 66-1.

£2 win on adam scott at 40-1.

Not bad!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Smx2RdNYnrY/TMTpp6ej5dI/AAAAAAAAAF4/paoZyI6wQZg/s1600/Crystal+Ball.jpg

i know :)

just as likely to end up with nothing as ever though.

Couple of lads at my work have a couple of quid each way on Paul Lawrie, seems like a decent outside bet.

― ailsa, Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:21 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

golf tips from ilx...

lol

i forgot to mention i have £10 on colsaerts at 1000-1.

just felt his time had come.

He did ok at US Open, at least for the first couple rounds. There would be worse places to put your dough

dud except when Jay Kordich does it

Based on scores, course looks to be playing much easier than anybody thought.

as a rule, 1st day is generally lowest scores - easy pin placement

colsaerts has done really well on euro tour this yr also, tho notably has faded on several sundays when he was in contention

the weather has been really kind too, up until the last couple of hours. there was no wind earlier.

zachary's odds narrowed substantially now

if zach wins i may not make it in to work on monday

McIlroy nearly killed a kid with a sliced drive

i know, terrifying! he gave him a glove with "sorry" on it though.

The guy headed it OOB! I'd have taken the glove back off him if I were Rory.

peter alliss and wayne grady just had the following exchange:

wayne: "peter, you were the biggest baby of all time when you were born, is that right?"

peter: "not quite wayne, i was the heaviest baby born in europe for oh, 80 or 90 years. 14 pounds and two ounces."

I love when the British Open comes around and we get to hear Allis for part of the broadcast here in the States. Paul Azinger, Curtis Strange and Mike Tirico are godawful.

How about Snedeker at 175-1. Dufner could be a good call, but he may be more of a target golf guy. Zach Johnson really hot lately, i could see those odds narrow as more money put on him closer to tomorrow.

― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:34 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

How am i looking here, motherfuckahhs!

I hope Tiger sticks to this underclub-down-the-fairway strategy; seems like something he should do more often.

How about Snedeker at 175-1.

― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:34 (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can I just

give me props? yes.

Seriously we all need a syndicate (esp now zach is crumbling)

peter alliss heavy baby is one of my favourite autocomplete results

a baby so heavy that he was heavier than his own body-weight in golf balls

zach lighting up again. need the snedophile & scott to fall back a bit

still in the hunt

nothing I enjoy more than laughing at tiger woods. joyless dick

who is this ernie els fellow

A joyless dick

I have an irrational dislike of Adam Scott

What were the odds on calc pre-tourney

Scott/Tiger final pairing would be fun tomorrow for the caddy drama. (That already happened in another tournament, didn't it? Not the final round, though, and not a major.)

If Tiger could only get these approach shots to stop rolling. Hope Scott doesn't run away with this over the next few holes.

£5 e/w on zach johnson at 66-1.

£2 win on adam scott at 40-1.

― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:26 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fingers crossed for you Ronan!

The wind is looking up and as long as Tiger falls apart it should be good Going for Graeme to win this.

otoh I love this run of 18 new major winners to continue.

oh god tiger

wowww

RIP

I'll hang on with Tiger for a few more holes and then, if he hasn't made up some ground, start rooting for Phil Collins.

man oh man wasn't that tripple bogey so much joy!

Though he's made a birdie since but it should be over.

Graeme made a nice birdie at the last but he'll drop one at the 9th - its Scott's but everybody is dropping shots.

Drops one at the 10th, not 9th.

Scott looks assured, then again there isn't much pressure

I'm feeling confident

holy wow graeme

Watching Tiger on Sundays has become a form of masochism.

really? i'm enjoying it

Whoah--this should be fun.

Tiger is history.

Scott is on a mini-meltdown, this is goig to test everything he's got.

omg!

oopsie

shit is getting real

oh no..

at least get it to a play-off.

four shots in three holes

Major Championsips don't begin until the last afternoon you know..

rip adam scott

oh my lord

ok, excellent 3rd shot but what a putt to tie

v good shot

i love a good vandevelde reference

cut to the piss running down his leg

wow!

aw :(

i do love ernie though

Ah fuck off Peter with the whole "tears aren't far away"

arsehole

long putters are an affront

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 10, 2011 6:14 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That was tough. Sorry, LocalGarda.

I kept thinking during the afternoon that it all seemed too easy for Scott, that guys rarely coast to a major, but that even if he fall back a couple of strokes, it wouldn't matter--Els couldn't make a putt, and the other three guys were all over the place. Majors are just so unpredictable over the final few holes.

@jadande
I hate to see any athlete gag like that, but I always root against golfers who use extra-long putters.
1:24pm - 22 Jul 12

^ my exact thoughts

lol xp

lol @ BBC interviewer to Adam Scott: "That run of three bogeys didn't help you at all, did it?"

Just so fkn unprofessional.

So I did hear that question right--even Scott couldn't suppress a disbelieving laugh. "No, the bogeys set me up well for a possible playoff."

who is that ernie els guy

ernest els

Jesus... what a choke. Ah well... I won't starve.

http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ZOMG-GOLF.gif

smdh

Last major of the year. Tiger was listed as the favourite yesterday--9-1, with Donald next at 18-1--which surprises me, but I guess that's simply guided by where bettors are actually putting their money. Absent that, I wouldn't make him the favourite in a major right now. The only logical favourite these days is whoever hasn't won one within the last four years.

Woods is just one of the guys now, which is actually an improvement over the last 2 years, but really they're all just one of the guys now. No one player or two players have separated themselves from the pack in the last 4 years so I guess he's as much a favourite as anyone else.

I have no clue who'll win this. Dustin Johnson maybe? Even tho' he's having a less than stellar season.

LUKE DONALD????????????????????

Anybody can win this one. Do you have a link to the odds?

These are a little different than what I saw yesterday, but pretty close:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/tiger-woods-remains-odds-favorite-win-pga-championship-203127881--golf.html

Thanks. I like Dufner at 25-1

phil couldve carded an 80 2day, & anyone but him would have. insane scrambling.

paidi a good shout after day 1 i'd say.

tiger now leading, cue rick reilly

dud

dud

vijay @ -4 is lookin v nice

I haven't said a word about the Olympics yet--not that interested, but the rest of the world loves them, so go crazy. I can't watch the PGA today because of Olympic coverage, though, so I'm officially registering a complaint.

welp, keegan just hit the ball in the ocean

& petersson is playing croquet w the flagstick

Didn't get to see a second of this, but I see Tiger ended the day tied for the lead. When was the last time he led after 36? I know he's been close a number of times.

please another Tiger meltdown..can't get enough of those.

Best I've seen Tiger drive for years. Also McIlroy hit literally the worst putt I have ever seen from a professional golfer.

whos this 'sandy area' they keep talkin abt

5 birds in a row for poulter 2 start his rd

im begging u, pls stop showing the evo wilco ad

Mcllroy in being awesome then...to come back from the kind of form he was showing earlier in the season is quite something.

PGA is the duddest of the 4 majors. Still cool to see Rory run away with it after Poulter drifted backwards.

hes the best golfer in the world, according to Norm MacDonald

The way he's won the two majors is highly impressive.

By eight shots!

Yeah we haven't seen this since you-know-who

v v controlled yday. ominous.

Catching up with the 20th century:

http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/augusta-national-adds-condoleezza-rice-and-darla-moore-first-female-members?sct=hp_t11_a0&eref=sihp

‏

@EdgeofSports
Very glad that after leading this nation to wars based on lies, at cost of countless lives, Condi Rice now gets to play golf.

‏@EdgeofSports
The thousands of Iraqi women killed in last decade want to congratulate Condi Rice on her trailblazing entry into Augusta National.

@EdgeofSports
The 30% of women in US military who report sexual assault while in combat zone want to congratulate Condi Rice on Augusta membership.

Yeah--not necessarily the best choice if you're trying to deflect controversy.

Who did Zirin expect them to invite, Jane Fonda and Angela Davis???

So close to a final round McIlroy/Tiger pairing--would have been great. (Damn other-guy making all those birdies.)

When is the ryder cup?

fed ex cup championship is next wkend so prob the following wk

25th-30th

ok thanks!

wow, six inches shorter and he has a tap-in for a playoff

yea that was an insane shot

can't figure out if tiger is the challenger to mcilroy or vice versa these days.

this is going to ruffle some feathers

"What makes it such an awful position to be in is I have grown up my whole life playing for Ireland under the Golfing Union of Ireland umbrella, But the fact is, I’ve always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don’t know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the UK than with Ireland. And so I have to weigh that up against the fact that I’ve always played for Ireland and so it is tough. Whatever I do, I know my decision is going to upset some people but I just hope the vast majority will understand."

Do you reckon? I think people will have been ready for it. He is a big Ulster rugby fan etc.

"big Ulster rugby fan etc" a polite way of saying it

it might ruffle some feathers but surely the majority of ppl are far enough along now to realise that UK citizens living in NI might identify with that side of the heritage as easily and legitimately as eg Irvine insisting on the tricolour in F1. Can't imagine it'll be a big deal.

Forget it jake, it's Portadown

what is annoying is it will slightly affect our ability to cheer him on as one of our own, and that's going to be important when he starts winning 3/4 majors a year.

if you accept that, you lose at least some of the ability to cheer any of the NI athletes. I don't think he has a problem with being claimed by both sides, it's got to be something that all NI celebrities are aware of. Can't imagine that he's asking the irish to stop cheering for him, he's just clarifying his own position, which he's obv got the right to do.

I don't find it gratifying when someone who identifies as Irish feels the need to use their celebrity to have a go at the UK heritage of NI either.

it's not really that I'd stop from the POV of disowning him or something, more that I'd feel less entitled to do so after he's had to sort of declare himself as UK. but yeah of course will always root for him. what's weird is that both him and g-mac seem Irish to me.

na no fuckin way gmac has such a unionist chin it's untrue, they both do tbh. it's in the walk, too, a kinda straightback duckwaddle that gmac has, i'm tellin ya we'd spot in in the communion line in an instant.

pure van morrison head on the two boys, surely

I guess I mean more the way they speak. Rory looks Irish for sure tho.

hmmm idk, van morrison head like

clown head, a bloke in my class in school was the image of him. surname walsh.

irl cackle @ unionist chin. and the walk thing is so true!

https://twitter.com/McIlroyRory/status/245216699652132864/photo/1/large

everything about McIlroy suggests he's the product of a mixed marriage. as you say, it's going to be an issue with NI celebs. I think he could become someone for both communities, sort of like Best (who was Protestant iirc).

I'm p sure Gmac leans Irish but I understand why neither of them want to come down firmly on one side. They wave the NI flag after tournaments.

couldn't understand any of the last ten posts

really looking forward to tiger and rory duking it out over the next few years, though part of me feels sad for tiger - it almost seems beneath him to have to chase some young gun like this - ten years ago we all thought he'd be dominating into his forties

idk, a year ago if you offered tiger the chance to be duking it out with *anyone* for top spots again he'd have taken it i'm sure. And mcilroy isn't beneath anyone as an opponent, dude is setting about dominating the sport in his own right

phil shot a 29 on the back-9 just now (still has the front to play)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10jORLiU7Ak

amazing circus shot from sergio - somehow his drive found rest 10 feet up in a tree, so he climbs the tree & hits a backwards, one-handed shot into the fairway

reminds me of ernie's par out of a bush in the british open years back, which for some reason is impossible to find on youtube

lol @ 'tree iron'

anyone betting on the masters… ?

was just thinking about this.

can't access odds in work but i might try and get involved when i get home. tho after adam scott burned me for the open i am not sure i can stomach another failure.

I know nothing about golf but i've got money on Kuchar and Watney. Yeah!

^ privilege

am only in a pool but i like stricker a bit. also kj choi always plays well in augusta iirc

im v curious 2 see snedeker too. if hes healthy, dude was killing it back in february

I'll root for Tiger, as always. I'm still on the fence as to whether he'll ever win another major. I feel like it's like an all-or-nothing question: if he's able to win one, he'll then breeze past Nicklaus within the next few years.

ok, leishman birdies 13, 14, 15, 16

saw him win in hfd last year, his only win on tour

now that i think abt it, bubbas 1st tour win was here too. cromwell, ct catapults u 2 the green jacket, i shouldve realized

Good shout on kj so far Mr crunch

This 14 yr old kid's game is ridiculous.

wtf 1 stroke penalty for slow play on guan? never heard that shit called ever

racists

yeah total bummer it had to happen to him

freddieeee

fukkin freddie & angel cabrera both play so well here

last time someone got a slow play stroke penalty in a major was 2004

"bababooie" heard after Tiger drive

yeah she was days

― call all destroyer, Sunday, April 10, 2011 6:38 PM (2 years ago)

i still think about this post

::lights joint::

garrigus just made a sic eagle chip

LOL @ FURYK

faldo just reading the leaderboard is p good commentary

golf is classic. if it wasn't for the devastating "slice" that plagued my swing when i was on the golf team my junior year of high school, causing me to -- in a match at Blair Academy's mountainous course -- lose all ten of the golf balls i brought with me, i probably would have never learned what true desperation feels like.

john senden looks a lil like grienke y/n? idk i cld see carlos quentin tackling him mid-swing

ouch tiger on 15

How many 5-hour Energys did Furyk down before today's round? And how many in his trailer?

Tiger dq'd? Dodgy drop on 15th?

i can never want tiger to win, but i wouldn't wish this on him.

Can't see them going thru with it but who knows.

So annoying how the BBC only get the two final rounds of this now..

would be insane in tiger gets dq'd

if

http://espn.go.com/golf/masters13/story/_/id/9167230/2013-masters-tiger-penalized-2-strokes-ball-drop-15

Wow--that would drop him to one under. My first thought was that (somehow) the network would never allow him be disqualified from a major where he was two back going into the weekend. I don't know: Augusta is supposedly all-powerful when it comes to dictating what's what, but then television can be too. Anyway, the penalty could effectively end his chances anyway, though it's still early.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ki71ip61xg9jpg/k-bigpic.jpg

Wait, so you can sign for an incorrect (lower) score now?

Once a cheater always a cheater, amirite Elin?

Surely he should have known he was taking an illegal drop? Therefore should be dq'd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_ratings

I mean it would be a BS thing to get kicked for but under the rules I don't see how they come up with that compromise.

Be interesting if he goes on to win it

Okay, the 3 examples I can see of where they may not dq someone for a breach of the rules aren't anything like Tiger did. i)a double hit not felt by the competitor or seen by his playing partner only picked up via super slow replay. ii)HD tv replay showing a few grains of sands being displaced during backswing when playing from wall of a bunker iii) when replacing a marked ball on the putting green pushing the ball frwd a tiny amount but being sure that it oscillated back to it's original spot only to discover on HD replay that it did not.

http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2013/04/tiger-woods-hit-with-2-stroke-penalty-at-the-masters-for-illegal-drop-no-dq.html?eref=sihp

I don't Twitter--are there any players calling for Woods to withdraw?

i really had no idea about this rule change - traditionally he would be disqualified. i guess the point of the new rule is that there are so many people (television viewers) other than the player himself, his fellow-competitor, or rules officials who can see a breach of the rules which no one else would reasonably notice. it sort of goes against the sport's tradition of self-policing and i'd imagine a lot of people think he should withdraw

david duval tweeted tiger shd wd, but no1 shd listen to him obv

do they not do amen corner live online anymore or could i just not find it yesterday

Hate Tiger to bits but this almost makes me want to win it.

Not that he was wronged or anything, just be amazing to see.

if that's to happen, it has to be by 2 shots or less for maximum effect

Rules of golf suck anyway hon tiger g'lad yourself

This is the guy who declares Tiger a lock in every major as soon as he makes his first birdie, so take it with a huge grain of salt:

http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/tiger-woods-has-chance-win-2013-greatest-victory-career?eref=sihp

this is very much out of character for me but i think the rules are pretty awesome for the most part

i dont really know what that guy is trying to say except that he loves tiger.

tim clark needs a par on 18 for 66

(xpost) It's an odd article. I also don't think it would be awesome if Tiger came back and won--it would inevitably be a tainted victory (no matter by how many strokes, if you believe he shouldn't have continued at all).

<3 cabrera

Did I hear right that his only PGA victories are the two majors? If he wins tomorrow, that will be quite a strange resume. (That's not a knock, I like him too.)

Angel is one of the best characters in golf atm.

xp yup, and he hasn't been a big winner in europe either. the masters is one thing, esp because some ppl seem to have a knack for the course, but winning a us open is pretty nuts.

another masters, another year in which freddie c. falls out of contention during the weekend.

yea sad he lost it down the stretch there tho i truly never expected him 2 hang in it all 4 rds

ditto, love watching him play so much tho. that swing

As my posts here indicate, I've rooted for Tiger Woods long past the point of most people. But it's sad to go to cnnsi.com this morning and see that their front-page story is again one Michael Rosenberg defending Tiger playing on, and explaining all the bad luck he's had to keep him from the lead. Not Angel Cabrera, who gets a link tucked underneath: "Snedeker, Cabrera share Round 3 lead." That's not Woods' fault--they really ought to give this writer some time off, though.

thank you for alerting me to the existence of this guy; he is hilarious

The weirdest thing is not just dwelling on the penalty, but still making a big deal about the shot that led to it, the one off the flagstick back into the water. Hitting a good golf shot and getting a less than favourable result--that never ever happens in golf, right?

"And at the 8th hole on Saturday, a short birdie circled the cup before spinning out."

Again--unheard of. This is a bizarre chain of events Tiger's been subjected to.

to be fair, both those were very unusual -- tiger himself said hed never seen a lip out like that one. & im sure theres some advanced stats out there abt hitting the pin, it's gotta be like once in a thousand approach shots or something?

dont get me wrong, that article was garbage

Hitting a great/perfect shot into a hazard doesn't happen often.

that lip out was wild

it spun round the whole cup

I just watched the shot again, and I think you can make the argument that--like any shot that hits the flagstick on the fly--it wasn't a good shot at all. If it doesn't hit the stick, maybe he ends up on the other side of the green--depends how much spin he had on it. The line was obviously perfect; the weight, I don't know.

(You've got to go about three YouTube screens in to get a playable replay; some goofball posted a whole bunch of fake clips that lead to a media-player download.)

man, 2d hole is set up for some scoring

langer's a damn fine player. i know hes been dominating the sr tour

Sweary tiger alert

Came to say how perfectly Snedeker struck his first two shots, but Day kind of upstaged that.

yea looking like sneds is locked in

xxp yeah that tiger approach looked like it was coming in a little hot to me.

really nice par saves on 4&5 by langer

Love how Cabrera's already walking up the fairway, head down, as the ball rolls closer and closer. Langer won in '85?

p sure brandt snedeker's caddie is actually henry owings

Ouch bubba with a 10 on a 3 par

angel wtf!

cabreras bailing out of these drives like crazy

yeah i noticed that too

geez what happened to brandt today

dudes are spraying the ball now

that approach by cabrera was hideous

cabrera

http://bradfrostweb.com/presentations/smad/images/dance_steps.png

cabrera looks like he wants to get off the course. does he know he's one stroke back?

who wants it

angel!

el pato loves the rain

angel is an enigma man

day cmon dude

i'm gonna lol if -7 is the winning score

big putt

WOW ANGEL

fuuck

wow angel

what a golf shot

this is a nerve-wracking putt for an old guy

solid

yeah no drama there

i know he wasnt but i like to imagine cabrera said 'quack, quack' after he hit that iron in

jesus good thing scott didnt hit a 9

both feelin the pressure

fffffuuuuuuuuuu

oh man angel almost canned that

i think i'm rooting for angel? i like both

half

angel seems like hes a tough match play player

yeah i like both too

oh can't leave that chip short

This is intense feel like cabrera has the bit now tho

even these wee tiddlers must be shakey in this atmosphere

normally i'd root for the guy who hadn't won before but scott is a little modern-boring-golf-guy and angel is an original

so intense

damn this is a big par 4

and angel gets to where scott was with an iron

playing a 1 iron

what a boss

srsly

also love how little compunction angel feels in telling everybody to stfu

dude what a fucking shot with a blade

"If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron."

- Lee Trevino

can I just

man there is some fucking GOLF being played right now

otm

"cabrera's done some of his best work in the dark" - p.alliss

christ almighty

ahhhhhhhhhh

lol, my podunk local affiliate lost the feed

12 feet or so

cabrera left a curler on the lip and scott has 12 feet to win

SCOTT

wow

well played

can't begrudge him that

damn fine playoff, there are no losers here

what a last couple of hours

Yeah nobody lost that scott str8 took it

jim nantz is losing it

Too bad we didnt get something like this
http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bubba-watson-handshake.gif
but the last but of this tournament paid off, for sure.

bit*

so this time he doesn't choke

Jordan Spieth first teenager (by a few days) to win a PGA event since the '30s. Unfortunately, he beat a Canadian in a playoff, but something to see anyway.

http://deadspin.com/robert-garrigus-sinks-incredible-putt-from-the-fairway-839095334?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

its fucking amazing that jimenez can do this like every yr btw

I notice that cnnsi.com doesn't have Michael Rosenberg on the front page (or anywhere) today, assuring everyone that Tiger's got this one locked up. Instead, Cameron Morfit:

"A good spot. What do we make of that? He's been in other good spots at the majors over the last five years, getting within a few strokes of the lead or even in the lead through two rounds. Each time he's fallen down the board, sometimes way down. Woods used to be as predictable as gravity, but now he's more like the weather."

A little more realistic, I'd say.

Can't get into this Open yet, largely because the cricket's more interesting

who is this silly man announcing the players on the first tee

jesus laird is fuuuckd

For all the times he's been close, has Tiger held an outright lead as late as Saturday during this drought? I might be wrong, but I don't think he has.

yeah laird basically burst into flames out there

Driver-driver-putt (from off the green)--happens all the time.

http://www.sbnation.com/golf/2013/7/20/4540908/miguel-angel-jimenez-gif-british-open

imgination is one reason i'll always love golf

The usual war of attrition. Will be surprised if anybody's under par by the end of the day.

jesus, Schwartzel just drove the green- 448 yards

That was mind blowing. I squealed and my wife said "what's wrong?!" from the other room.

will there ever be a golden albatross in pro tournament play y/n

I don't know, but I had a wounded pigeon (11 on a par 5) just the other day.

what's a golden albatross? 4 under?

watching this tournament in Mississippi for those guys who don't go over to Scotland. Golf in Mississippi in July must be something.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080528000353AA74VUm

i'm getting the Ken Venturi's watching this MS tournament

once played a 6 hour round when it was 95F with high humidity. worst day of my golfing life.

Christ, I don't even wanna think about it. All I did was run errands in Tupelo today, in an air conditioned truck, and I was drenched when I got home and finished unloading stuff. Had to change everything but my socks. I've played in this heat before, but I was a younger man.

Come on Westwood!

Poulter is going insane.

3x birdies and one eagle

Westwood drops to -2

yea poulter is unconscious

o_0 poulter

Just misses another, still he is on par with five holes left.

Tiger drops a shot - may it continue.

Westwood manages a birdie after fiding a bunker on the 5th!

Poulter drops one, fun while it lasted.

Westwood looking solid - surely this time..

Just when i say that its bunker meltdown

That was huge--thought he was headed for a 6.

Incredible putt by Scott - two in a row. Tiger doesn't help himself to an easier one so its par for the major drought to almost certainly continue.

Fantastic putt by Westwood to drop the one. That could be huge! xp

Poulter is just screaming out there to find a great 2nd shot from the rough.

Stenson rly should've sunk that in.

westwood is grinding really hard, all the blood in his body is in his head

I know no one shares this, but it's so frustrating rooting for Tiger the past few years. At some point, he digs himself into a hole every major now.

3x straight birdies for Scott.

Westwood drops another one...oh dear

xyzzzz jinxed lee something fierce

Tiger does get a birdie!

Its all going wrong - three way tie for the lead now.

I'm in the weird position of wanting Tiger to win, with Westwood my second choice. It'd be a lot easier if they were both far ahead of the field.

i can't really decide if i like westwood or not

Think Adam Scott looks the steadiest in the last few..

yeah

Outside of Tiger, I tend to root for stories more than players. Westwood finally winning a major would be nice.

westwood is not winninfg this

what a shot by mahan

Poulter shoots 67 - doubt anyone will better this today.

Westwood going down...

Tiger drops another again...

Takes a par 5 for Westwood to stop the rot.

Phil...think I'd like to be where he is, playing a few holes up ahead.

stacked leaderboard jesus

Mickelson now one behind. If Westwood doesn't win it then its Mickelson or Scott, if only to erase the awful memories of last year.

Scott leading the Open!

Another by Mickelson!

Westwood hanging on for two tough pars. But remains one behind Scott.

nice little run by phil

ooh, its gonna be a tricky one for par y Phil.

Scott hits a wayward one into the rough.

haha phil trickles that one in!

Westwood has a chance for birdie on the 12th

miracle shot from scott

westwoods really righted himself last few holes

Another par for Westwood - that's four in a row. If he keeps doing that he'll win

Scott misses!! Now sharing the lead

gettin messy out there

ffs! Awful from Westwood.

where did that even end up

Massive par for Mickelson

fuck knows xp

yea phil is at least gonna post something where poulter can catch his flight

"Followed the advice of his caddy: 'Keep hitting good shots.'"

So that's why they get the big bucks.

nice recovery from W/Wood. Can he get a par?

drops another, one behind.

lol @ zach losing his balance

it was too exciting.

Scott hit a laughable putt. Mickelson looking good.

back-to-back bogeys for scott.

Mickelson has an eagle putt to come.

Birdie Mickelson - two ahead!

Westwood falls short for another par

If Mickelson doesn't drop a shot then I think that will be it actually.

Man I love watching Tiger - no one believes he can do anything in the last afternoon of a major, not least himself.

Another anaemic putt by Scott - at least not the meltdown of last year.

wow! Mickelson misses the bunker - great bounce but hes played great!

lol @ drop in the bunker for Tiger - this man provides joy in awful times.

Your Tiger hate is intense.

Birdie for Mickelson!!

yeah i know, ws gonna say sorry clemenza but...y'know..

Mickelson winning this would be incredible

that was some immaculate sunday golf

And Westwood misses by a whisker. three behind, another major slips by!

yea 66 not bad

66 on a Sunday in an Open (either one) to come from behind, I wonder how many times that's been done. Fewer than 10, I bet.

Especially after the disappointment of the US open, its pretty special.

next yrs us open is @ pinehurst, where phil has 1 of his 2nds (99 to payne stewart)

career grand slam would be p. sick

Lee Westwood just makes me sad.

Breaks me up everytime.. :-(

For the record: a *deep breath* first-time kind of gem from Peter Alliss: *ball hits the fairway and pulls back*..."oh that's bad"...*pulls back* "oh that's horrid"...*pulls back some more*"oh that's 'write-your-letter-to-the-Times' bad".

I didn't want to smash my TV anyway..

I know Tiger usually owns this course but he's two pars away from a 59 right now

oops that isn't accurate - he needs to birdie 18

crazy round. that par on 18 was amazing.

hot take: golf is a lot more exciting when tiger is playing

he is imploding rn tho :(

smh tiger

wow he was -3 when I last checked

YOOOO

matsuyama balling. tiger balling.

matsuyama is -71 over his past 4 tournaments

tiger sucking now

When you give no fucks

John Daly is 56-years-old and currently tied for the lead at the PGA Championship. Legend. pic.twitter.com/6T4RFVj2me

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) May 19, 2022

John Daly was at +100000 to win the PGA Championship — that means a $10 bet would pay $10,000 😂

And yes, I know he's only through 7 holes. It's still awesome.

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) May 19, 2022

wonder how much money he's got on himself :)

Amazing piece, especially as the UK and parts of the US state attack and deny trans and abortion rights.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2022/jun/11/in-their-naked-self-interest-liv-golfers-are-being-refreshingly-true-to-the-sports-roots

* not the UK for abortion but certainly The Guardian UK publishes anti-trans rhetoric day and night. I wouldn't be all high and mighty about Saudi's crimes without a hint of reflection as to where that's coming from.

Looks like an exciting finish at the US open

huge fucking DUD, at least croquet has flamingos

that

was a great finish. so happy for Matt Fitzpatrick. Only missing 1 green in reg in the final round is some playing. scheffler and zalatoris were good. rahm was terrible.

i thought wills put on 18 was good as soon as it left the putter. matts shot out of the sand is an all timer

that 60 foot putt that fitzpatrick made earlier on was also pretty spectacular

*48 foot

yea crazy to put himself in that position in the sand on 18…. in his interview after winning he said the shot he had to least confidence in overall was a bunker long iron shot… good on him to pull it off

also hat tip to schlefflers front nine especially the approach to #1 out of the divot, great attitude and execution.

felt like the whole tournament was scotties to lose and he lost it on holes 10-14 on sat/sun. especially Saturday.

i thought wills put on 18 was good as soon as it left the putter.

Couldn't believe when it didn't go in...I didn't watch much, but the last few holes were great.

bye bye brooksy

rumors that xander and (gasp) morikawa are next

lets keep the golf chat to one thread

Golf - classic or dud

Agree--maybe a moderator could lock this one.