90th PGA Championship

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doozer

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i admit i don't know much about the South Course at Oakland Hills. looks like it plays about 7300 yards and is a par 70.

weather looks to be pretty good for the weekend and maybe a few showers on Thursday or Friday, which could change.

i'd like to see Kenny Perry win it. or one of the club pros playing, but we know the odds of that happening are pretty low.

who ya got winning the bastard child of the majors?
 
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I think Lee Westwood is due. He has played well all season....challenged at the US Open. He is driving the ball LONG and STRAIGHT right now creating wonderful scoring opportunities for himself. I don't think you can count Lefty out and Goosen might be prime for another major. He has played well in recent weeks.

"Feel good" pick would be Kenny Perry or Rocco. Would probably rather see either one of them win it than those previously mentioned, but I don't think it will happen.
 
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The course is a beast, but I think the rough has been taken down a bit. That helps eliminate some of the freaky winners that US Open courses give us.

I wouldn't be surprised at all by Westwood winning it. He's driving it very straight and that relatively new, mega-slow takeaway putting has been a godsend to him.

His chipping and pitching are still a relative disaster, so he better hit a ton of greens if he's gonna win.

I actually like Mickelson here because it looked like he was onto something with his driver on Sunday.
 
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orange+white=heaven said:
I'm looking outside the box a little this weekend..

KJ Choi, Robert Allenby

Not far outside the box, just a little.
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I like the Choi pick. Don't think Allenby can win a major. He seems to get rattled a little too easily at times. Usually over his own play.
 
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one person who isn't watching this weekend: Tiger Woods.

he mentioned as much today on the Scott Van Pelt show. right after he surgery he said he spent most of his time sitting on his butt playing video games. he also said he can play real golf much better than he can his video game.

funny because i'm the opposite. i'll just tell people that's the difference between me and him.
 
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anthony kim might have a shot this weekend too....and Furyk should hang around like he always does.
 
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jakez4ut said:
anthony kim might have a shot this weekend too....and Furyk should hang around like he always does.
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ain't a good setup for Furyk. If he's gonna win, he better stop sliding on putts and make a bunch of them.
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jakez4ut said:
anthony kim might have a shot this weekend too....and Furyk should hang around like he always does.
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BigPapaVol said:
ain't a good setup for Furyk. If he's gonna win, he better stop sliding on putts and make a bunch of them.
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Ain't a good settup for a rookie, either. If Kim can place on the front page on a course as tough as this is reported to be, with as much pressure as he's going to face, I will be astounded.
 
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Furyk just has a knack of hanging around the top 10....if a few things go the right way, he could be there.

Kim is just a young talent......can he keep it together for 4 days? dunno......but he did have a gret tournament out here at Quail Hollow......
 
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cotton said:
Ain't a good settup for a rookie, either. If Kim can place on the front page on a course as tough as this is reported to be, with as much pressure as he's going to face, I will be astounded.
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Kim won at Quail Hollow, and that's as quality as any course the big boys play.
 
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cotton said:
"Quality" is one thing; "major set-up" is another. The PGA isn't exactly the US Open, but I still don't like a rookie.
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this is the major that a rookie or first time major winner is most likely to take. Why not, 'cause Kim is a bad motorscooter.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
The course is a beast, but I think the rough has been taken down a bit. That helps eliminate some of the freaky winners that US Open courses give us.

I wouldn't be surprised at all by Westwood winning it. He's driving it very straight and that relatively new, mega-slow takeaway putting has been a godsend to him.

His chipping and pitching are still a relative disaster, so he better hit a ton of greens if he's gonna win.

I actually like Mickelson here because it looked like he was onto something with his driver on Sunday.
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I'd like to see him win another Major to get over his meltdown at Winged Foot
 
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vol_in_ar said:
I'd like to see him win another Major to get over his meltdown at Winged Foot
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I don't really care if he ever wins again (except Ryder Cups), but if he drives it well, those nasty greens give him an edge.
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I didn't see all of this weekend's tournament, but didn't he bogey 3 of the last 4..
I did see him in the trees on 18 after his drive
 
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vol_in_ar said:
I didn't see all of this weekend's tournament, but didn't he bogey 3 of the last 4..
I did see him in the trees on 18 after his drive
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he did miss 18 fway pretty good, but the others he didn't hit all that poorly.
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my buddy was calling him Phail Mickelson after that late round disaster Sunday.

yeah, he's great player, but he can also be pretty fail in key moments too. personally, i enjoy a good Phil melt as much as a Norman melt.
 
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doozer said:
my buddy was calling him Phail Mickelson after that late round disaster Sunday.

yeah, he's great player, but he can also be pretty fail in key moments too. personally, i enjoy a good Phil melt as much as a Norman melt.
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can't stand mickelson, but he needs the boost for the Ryder Cup team, IMO.
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Appleby. He's due. He's got tons of game. Many players seem to win their first (and sometimes last) major at the PGA. That being said, it wouldn't shock me to see someone win it completely out of the blue, a relative unknown, this year's Rich Beem.
 
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Haven't gotten to see any and can't find the stats, but Karlsson is killing it and Mickelson with 3 bogeys and 2 birdies through his first seven must be hitting it all over the lot. That ain't good with those hideous greens.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
this is the major that a rookie or first time major winner is most likely to take. Why not, 'cause Kim is a bad motorscooter.
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Yep . . . The PGA tends to give us winners like Mark Brooks, John Daly, Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel.
 
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i'm ready for the TV coverage of the actually play on the course to start.

i've had enough of the talking head on TGC for one day.
 
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DowntownVol said:
Appleby. He's due. He's got tons of game. Many players seem to win their first (and sometimes last) major at the PGA. That being said, it wouldn't shock me to see someone win it completely out of the blue, a relative unknown, this year's Rich Beem.
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Appleby has had a bad habit of folding up like a chaise lounge on Sundays of majors. Would like to see him get past the choking
 
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