The 2009 Players' Championship

#76
#76
What about Tigger? +3 over for the day, is that not a choke job?
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#77
#77
Those greens are dying soon. Note to self: avoid Sawgrass this year.
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#80
#80
It's a pretty amazing stat that Tiger has been in the final group something like 80 times and the worst he's ever shot was 73 - which he's only done 3 times including today.

. . . but you can just tell that despite all the top 10 finishes and the win at Bay Hill, he's not all the way back.
 
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#81
#81
Tiger had a bad day and still finished with a couple birds,the guy's unbelievable. You guys who say he's a choke artist,what happened at the open last year???
 
#82
#82
bigorange114 said:
Tiger had a bad day and still finished with a couple birds,the guy's unbelievable. You guys who say he's a choke artist,what happened at the open last year???
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No one actually meant he was a choke artist, but to pretend he didn't wilt away today is just comical.
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#83
#83
volfanbill said:
No one actually meant he was a choke artist, but to pretend he didn't wilt away is just comical.
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I agree. He did a good job of stopping the bleeding, but that start was terrible.
 
#85
#85
on a side note, I had no idea Stenson had stripped to his tightie whities for a shot at the CA Championships. That's hilarious and sad at the same time. I would post the pictures I found, but I don't think any of the golf thread regulars would want to see them.
 
#86
#86
volfanbill said:
No one actually meant he was a choke artist, but to pretend he didn't wilt away today is just comical.
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His inability to hit it finally caught up with him. Had they not shave the rough to Abilene Muni standards, he misses that cut. Same at Quail Hollow.
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#87
#87
BigPapaVol said:
His inability to hit it finally caught up with him. Had they not shave the rough to Abilene Muni standards, he misses that cut. Same at Quail Hollow.
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i'm guessing between now and August, we're not going to see much of Tiger. He may play one more tourney before the US, but I think that will be about it. And then, unless he wins at Bethpage, I wouldn't bank on seeing him at all until Turnberry.
 
#90
#90
vol_in_ar said:
How much longer do you think Tiger keeps Haney on the payroll
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I know I'm in the minority here, but I still think he might scrap some of his Nike equipment before ditching Haney. I think he definitely does one of the two really soon.
 
#91
#91
volfanbill said:
I know I'm in the minority here, but I still think he might scrap some of his Nike equipment before ditching Haney. I think he definitely does one of the two really soon.
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I could see that, but Nike's club business would close up shop, if he goes to another manufacturer
 
#92
#92
vol_in_ar said:
I could see that, but Nike's club business would close up shop, if he goes to another manufacturer
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I don't think he'll ditch Nike altogether by any means. He's hitting the irons and that 3 wood fabulously. Either he ditches the driver or he ditches Hank and goes back to that low boring flight (the stinger) that he put in the fairway so often. Like I mentioned earlier in this thread, I noticed he was back to playing Vokey wedges in this tourney. I know that players have certain types of wedges they like for certain courses, but you figure Nike could make something close enough for Tiger to use instead of a Titleist. I've even heard some players use negative bounce wedges for certain courses.
 
#94
#94
vol_in_ar said:
Maybe he'll go with Calloway, and he and Phil can bond
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If he does ditch the Nike driver, I doubt it will be made publicly and he won't actually pick up a sponsor out of it. A number of players "hide" specific clubs under their actual sponsors headcovers.
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#95
#95
BigPapaVol said:
His inability to hit it finally caught up with him. Had they not shave the rough to Abilene Muni standards, he misses that cut. Same at Quail Hollow.
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Agreed. Not even Tiger, for all of his incredible skills, can get away with driving the ball that erratically. Everything else is fine. I honestly am surprised, though, seeing as how he was in the final group on Sunday, that he didn't throttle back to the 3 wood more often on a course that doesn't require you to be prodigiously long.
 
#96
#96
I saw him hit the driver on 9 and I'm sure he hit it on 11 and probably hit it on 16 but the coverage didn't show those 2 tee balls. He hit 3 or 5 wood on every other hole.

Interestingly enough, he hit the fairway 2 out of the 3 times he hit the driver. If he did hit it on 16
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#97
#97
volfanbill said:
If he does ditch the Nike driver, I doubt it will be made publicly and he won't actually pick up a sponsor out of it. A number of players "hide" specific clubs under their actual sponsors headcovers.
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He won't have to hide anything. As I have already stated, his contract with Nike says he can play any club that he desires
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#98
#98
ridethelightening said:
He won't have to hide anything. As I have already stated, his contract with Nike says he can play any club that he desires
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As do most player contracts, but a Callaway guy still hides a Nickent hybrid under a Callaway headcover.
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#99
#99
volfanbill said:
As do most player contracts, but a Callaway guy still hides a Nickent hybrid under a Callaway headcover.
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Either way, his driver problems are more about the swing and timing than the equipment.
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#100
#100
ridethelightening said:
I saw him hit the driver on 9 and I'm sure he hit it on 11 and probably hit it on 16 but the coverage didn't show those 2 tee balls. He hit 3 or 5 wood on every other hole.

Interestingly enough, he hit the fairway 2 out of the 3 times he hit the driver. If he did hit it on 16
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i don't think many were hitting driver on 16. Tee shot needs too much hook.
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