The 108th U.S. Open Championship

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volfanbill said:
i mostly meant that for those that went after me last night when I said this tournament was far from over. Although I had to listen to XM radio for the 18th hole and playoff and one of their announcers actually said no one gave Rocco a chance in this playoff.
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I heard that too...was driving back from Cincy...he said it like 3 or 4 times and said if you said it you were lying...

As for Tiger, he's fun to watch...
 
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volfanbill said:
i mostly meant that for those that went after me last night when I said this tournament was far from over. Although I had to listen to XM radio for the 18th hole and playoff and one of their announcers actually said no one gave Rocco a chance in this playoff.
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I was one of them. And while RM made a go of it, and it was obviously as close as it can possibly get, in the end you must admit that Tiger simply willed himself to win this one. That's why I thought it was over.

I am sure that Tiger will one day lose a Sunday lead at a major. But you could see yesterday that he had made up his mind that this was not going to be that one.


volinbham said:
Overall, Torrey and the Sahn Dee-ah-go area fared very well. The course was in great shape and uniformly praised by the players yet still gave up only even par.

The crowds were huge and enthusiastic.

The views were awesome - some of the holes are simply breath taking. It makes the most recent US Open at Pinehurst look pretty poor IMHO.
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I am going to Irvine in late August. Friend's step-dad and I may drive down mid-week to play it. $145 a pop, which if you ask me is reasonable for that course.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I was one of them. And while RM made a go of it, and it was obviously as close as it can possibly get, in the end you must admit that Tiger simply willed himself to win this one. That's why I thought it was over.

I am sure that Tiger will one day lose a Sunday lead at a major. But you could see yesterday that he had made up his mind that this was not going to be that one.
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if Rocco doesn't let his nerves get it to him on nine, this would have been that day. Tiger played great, but there was nothing about yesterday that said it was already over for anyone that knows about the game of golf.

As i said last night, he's grimaced in pain all week long after good shots, bad shots and so so shots. He had also sprayed his driver all over Torrey Pines Golf Course. He also struggled on many holes yesterday (and today) to get the speed down on his putts. Meanwhile, Rocco played very steady and solid golf and had it not been for his hiccup on nine (and nothing of Tiger's doing), we would have a first time major winner right now.
 
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Rocco is such a good guy. it was tough seeing him lose but i think he handled it very well. wouldn't expect anything less from him.
 
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doozer said:
Rocco is such a good guy. it was tough seeing him lose but i think he handled it very well. wouldn't expect anything less from him.
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had to love the fact that he wore red and black as well today. That had to be planned by Rocco for a little more fun.
 
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volfanbill said:
But, if you're cool enough to call Tiger by "Eldrick" obviously you're one savvy golfer full of knowledge that can be topped by no one.
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You saying that there was still a lot of golf to be played (considering there was an 18 hole playoff today and Tiger having to battle a bum knee), was the understatement of the year. That was why I was was getting on you. That and the fact that you were obviously trying to find a reason to hate on Tiger.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
You saying that there was still a lot of golf to be played (considering there was an 18 hole playoff today and Tiger having to battle a bum knee), was the understatement of the year. That was why I was was getting on you. That and the fact that you were obviously trying to find a reason to hate on Tiger.
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do you really think anyone believes that?

You're the one that busted on me when I mentioned Tiger didn't barely make his birdie on Sunday, that instead he all but drained it. All your pro Tiger garbage proves you wrong. You truly thought it was over because you think no matter what Tiger is invincible. He's great. He's legendary. However, with a bum knee and driver he can't control, he's not invincible
 
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he's as close to being invincible as you can be without actually being invincible.

even with a bum knee, he's still the best. Rocco gave him a hell of a run.
 
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doozer said:
he's as close to being invincible as you can be without actually being invincible.
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not with a bum knee and a wayward driver though. Often times, yes, he's invincible. This weekend he was not, the field just folded too many times.
 
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volfanbill said:
do you really think anyone believes that?

You're the one that busted on me when I mentioned Tiger didn't barely make his birdie on Sunday, that instead he all but drained it. All your pro Tiger garbage proves you wrong. You truly thought it was over because you think no matter what Tiger is invincible. He's great. He's legendary. However, with a bum knee and driver he can't control, he's not invincible
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I never said the tournament was over. I'm pro-Tiger. But I knew Monday was going to be a long day. You, on the otherhand, tried to point out everything under the sun to try to take away from his greatness. If it wasn't the unfair coverage of Tiger or Tiger throwing his clubs or saying Tiger had a long way to go to win (when everyone in humanity realized that an 18 hole playoff wasn't going to be a walk in the meadow), you still managed to find a negative. And even now, you are gritting your teeth like Tiger after drive this weekend just to say after the fact that Tiger is great/legendary.
 
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Two individual competitors with the mental toughness to keep coming back against each other again and again, on their sport's biggest stage.

It is the rarest of things. Borg/McEnroe Wimbledon in '80, and Sampras/Agassi at the Open in '01 are the kind of examples that come to mind. Rocco/Tiger in the '08 US Open now joins one of the smallest lists in sports.

What a treat it was to see what I saw yesterday. I'm a lucky dude.
 
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orange+white=heaven said:
Two individual competitors with the mental toughness to keep coming back against each other again and again, on their sport's biggest stage.

It is the rarest of things. Borg/McEnroe Wimbledon in '80, and Sampras/Agassi at the Open in '01 are the kind of examples that come to mind. Rocco/Tiger in the '08 US Open now joins one of the smallest lists in sports.

What a treat it was to see what I saw yesterday. I'm a lucky dude.
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Nicklaus and Watson had a couple of similar battles.
 
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volfanbill said:
well no one gets away with cursing like that in other sports and you never saw Rocco busting out the "damn" when a shot didn't go his way.
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I've heard a highly regarded Major League pitcher lay down a f-bomb after giving up a HR. If you watch any NBA, you'll occasionally hear a "stoppage of sound" after fouls; it ain't a mic issue. Do you think NFL sacks and pileup tackles are laced with "excuse me, sir" and "pardon me" statements? Of course not. Like it or not, cursing is a part of American sports. Tiger's mouth just gets way more coverage than others who surely curse on the PGA Tour, like every other athlete with thousands or even millions of dollars on the line.
 
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I was amazed at Roc's poise answering some pretty loaded questions from Costas afterwards. It really felt like he was trying to push Roc to say something he'd regret, but all the man would give up was "I wish I had won, but Tiger is great."

What a rare personality these days. It is easy to be the nice guy when you win, but extremely difficult to have that kind of respect and humility right after you lose.
 
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Yeah, Rocco's a class act. Actually its not an act at all, Scott Van Pelt said on the radio that he's always genuinely modest like that, whether its NBC or The Golf Channel.
 
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i cuss on the golf course so i have no problem with anybody else who does it. the only difference is nobody is watching me play.
 
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volfanbill said:
Rocco played very steady and solid golf and had it not been for his hiccup on nine (and nothing of Tiger's doing), we would have a first time major winner right now.
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Not so sure about that. Both guys can point to several places where they gave up shots, but Rocco's draining 3 birdies in a row pretty much made up for the one on 9.
 
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