What a great matchup today. Hope they play the course and don't get caught up in playing each other.
What a great matchup today. Hope they play the course and don't get caught up in playing each other.
Well, after day 3, if I told you I didn't want to see Smylie give Spieth a good run for his money, I'd be lying to you.
Originally Posted by mvp 78
Colossal idiocy from Speith going to his driver on 17, seemingly forgetting what a bad idea it was last year and history repeated itself, along with a double bogey on 18.
Priorities:
1. Yankees lose
2. Red Sox win
Spieth with two in the water at 12, giving Danny Willett a two shot lead. Wow.
How do you take a 7 on a par 3?
Priorities:
1. Yankees lose
2. Red Sox win
Well I do all the time, so it's certainly conceivable.
I did a par 3 course once, can't even remember my score. I think I was averaging six per hole probably. But I'm not a world class professional golfer.
Priorities:
1. Yankees lose
2. Red Sox win
Number 12 at Augusta is an easy place to do it. The green is very shallow and the winds swirl quite a bit. There have been many disasters there over the years.
I had to change the channel when Spieth hit the second one in the water. Golf is a cruel game. I hope he can bounce back from this.
Danny Willett played a hell of a round though, he's a worthy champion.
It is called choking and it was on full display for everyone to see yesterday. Some baseball fans don't want to believe that professional athletes choke, but they do. Every golfer knows about choking and every golfer chokes, except for Jack Nicklaus (a golfing god).
The King of TalkSox has Spoken.
Spieth is in fine company:
Jordan Spieth’s choke at the Masters was bad, but these five were worse:
By Matt Bonesteel April 11 at 9:44 AM
(AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Jordan Spieth’s 12th-hole disaster on Sunday at the Masters will go down as one of the bigger collapses in major-championship history, but when you consider some of the other major choke jobs of yore, it actually doesn’t look that bad. These five might be worse.
[Boswell: After repeat bid falls flat, what’s next for Jordan Spieth?]
1. Greg Norman, 1996 Masters
Spieth has much to overcome if he wants to wrestle the biggest choke ever award away from Norman, who led the 1996 Masters by six strokes after 54 holes yet lost to Nick Faldo by five after a final-round 78.
2. Scott Hoch, 1987 PGA Championship and 1989 Masters
Spieth will consider himself lucky if he goes his entire career without choking twice at a major, which is exactly what Hoch did. In 1987, Hoch three-putted from inside 10 feet on the 18th hole; a two-putt would have put him into the playoff with Larry Nelson and Lanny Wadkins. In 1989, Hoch missed a two-footer on the first playoff hole, which would have won him the green jacket. Faldo again was the beneficiary. Hmmm.
And the saying “Hoch as in choke” was born.
3. Jean van de Velde, 1999 British Open
Van de Velde led by five strokes entering the final round and by three strokes entering the 18th hole, a lead so large that his name already had been engraved on the Claret Jug. And then...
He ended up in a playoff with Paul Lawrie and Justin Leonard after his misadventure and lost to Lawrie by three strokes.
4. Arnold Palmer, 1966 U.S. Open
Palmer led Billy Casper by seven strokes at the turn of the final round, his second U.S. Open title and perhaps the all-time U.S. Open low score in sight. But things quickly unraveled and Palmer ended up needing a tough up-and-down par from the rough on 18 just to force the playoff, which he lost after another choke: He led by two shots after nine holes but went bogey-bogey-double bogey on holes 13-15 and lost by four shots.
5. Phil Mickelson and Colin Montgomerie, 2006 U.S. Open
The lefthander was gunning for his third straight major title and had a one stroke lead entering the 18th hole. He needed just a par for his first U.S. Open title Montgomerie was in the same boat. But Mickelson made the ill-fated decision to trust his driver and ended up hitting the roof of a hospitality tent. Montgomerie, who had just hit a 60-foot putt for birdie on No. 17 and was in the middle of the fairway after his drive, but his second shot found the rough. He and Mickelson both double-bogeyed, handing the title to Geoff Ogilvy.
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The King of TalkSox has Spoken.
There's no question that choking is an integral part of golf. Nicklaus's ability to not choke was almost inhuman.
And it is the reason why the other golfers have such reverence for him.
The King of TalkSox has Spoken.
I want footage of Weiskopf scoring 13 at the 12th in 1980.
Priorities:
1. Yankees lose
2. Red Sox win
One thing that surprises me a little is that women's golf doesn't do better financially. It goes without saying, but these girls can seriously play. There is no lack of eye candy (Sexy Lexi Thompson for example). And if you appreciate things like behavior and attitude and sportsmanship (sportspersonship?) you will not see any better examples. They smile a lot and hardly ever make a fuss like the men do. At the end of every round they hug each other and all the caddies.
The other amazing thing about women's golf is how dominated it is by the Korean girls. Funny how a nation can be so good at one particular sport.
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