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GAVol said:
The winning score ended up at -3 and he was standing on the 15th tee at -1. The way guys tend to backup at a US Open, anyone that was under par was in contention.
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Not to mention the royal screw job the wave he was in got. To even be in the top 10 with the course conditions that draw had was pretty amazing.
 
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peaygolf89 said:
That is stupid.....watch it because of the great shots, not the interviews.

Angel Cabrarra does'nt speak alot of english....no questions about him?
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i didn't know about Cabrera, but the same holds true.

they're making a good living in this country; learn the language.


cotton said:
I watched the interview, and I got the impression that the translator wasn't there as much for Ji as for the LPGA or the networks. She started to respond to several questions without his assistance, but he broke in and repeated the question in Korean, and she responded in Korean. I was actually glad she won by the time it was finished, as I thought she showed a lot of grit on the back and really just outplayed the hell out of the field except for one stray drive on the short par 4.
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it certainly seemed awkward. it's nice to know that "double bogey" is the same in Korea as it is in America.
 
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i really hate Dick's, but i figured i'd stop in on the way home just to see what they had. walked out with a new Cleveland wedge for 50 bucks. they also had the TaylorMade rac wedges on sale, 2 for $100 again, and the Tour Burner wedges for 50 bucks as well.

might be worth a trip in there for somebody. was for me.

i hate the fact a manufacturer can't make a club without putting 567 stickers on the shaft.
 
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doozer said:
i didn't know about Cabrera, but the same holds true.

they're making a good living in this country; learn the language.
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You could have an argument for the tour. Interaction with the media is part of what makes the tour, especially a second tier tour like the LPGA, work, and if players can't interact directly with the media, it hurts the sport.

The Open championship, or any individual tournament, for that matter, is a different situation, IMHO. If a person can qualify, then come here and win the thing, more power to her (or him.) Cabrera, if I read correctly, is a member of the European tour. Ji came to the US in '06 and advanced to the LPGA Qschool.
 
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Am I the only one that considers the British their favorite of the four majors? I don't know if it's the "birthplace of golf"/history angle, the scenery over there, or some other factor, but I've always enjoyed them the most.
 
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tidwell said:
Am I the only one that considers the British their favorite of the four majors? I don't know if it's the "birthplace of golf"/history angle, the scenery over there, or some other factor, but I've always enjoyed them the most.
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I'm a masters guy.
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tidwell said:
Am I the only one that considers the British their favorite of the four majors? I don't know if it's the "birthplace of golf"/history angle, the scenery over there, or some other factor, but I've always enjoyed them the most.
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I'm in the same boat. It makes me feel unpatriotic because Wimbledon is also clearly my favorite tennis major.
 
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tidwell said:
Am I the only one that considers the British their favorite of the four majors? I don't know if it's the "birthplace of golf"/history angle, the scenery over there, or some other factor, but I've always enjoyed them the most.
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I think I would if it were not for the time difference. There is just something wrong with watching final stretch drama at lunchtime.

I'm sure I will be in the minority, but I like the PGA more than the other two. It is last, which feels important, and it doesn't have the US Open's tendency to make the course impossible, which often means unfair.
 
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tidwell said:
Am I the only one that considers the British their favorite of the four majors? I don't know if it's the "birthplace of golf"/history angle, the scenery over there, or some other factor, but I've always enjoyed them the most.
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I love the British as well. Something about the courses that I like. The TV times are great as well. I love the early morning golf on the weekend and it is over around2 pm or so.
 
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cotton said:
I think I would if it were not for the time difference. There is just something wrong with watching final stretch drama at lunchtime.

I'm sure I will be in the minority, but I like the PGA more than the other two. It is last, which feels important, and it doesn't have the US Open's tendency to make the course impossible, which often means unfair.
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I think that the PGA should be replaced by the players.
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doozer said:
i didn't know about Cabrera, but the same holds true.

they're making a good living in this country; learn the language.





it certainly seemed awkward. it's nice to know that "double bogey" is the same in Korea as it is in America.
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so when Tiger or someone else goes over to Dubai, shouldn't he know Arabic? Or what about when they play the courses in Japan?

What about all the Americans that play on the Euro Tour? Do they need to learn French, Dutch, Spanish and German to play over there?
 
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crazyguy said:
I think that the PGA should be replaced by the players.
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What could be better than a championship hosted by the association that runs the tour, as the last major of the season, where the emphasis seems to be on identifying the golfer who plays the best rather than trying to make good golfers look bad by protecting par?

I like it. It is what the US Open should be, IMO.
 
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volfanbill said:
so when Tiger or someone else goes over to Dubai, shouldn't he know Arabic? Or what about when they play the courses in Japan?

What about all the Americans that play on the Euro Tour? Do they need to learn French, Dutch, Spanish and German to play over there?
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i'm not concerned with what goes on in other countries.
 
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tidwell said:
Am I the only one that considers the British their favorite of the four majors? I don't know if it's the "birthplace of golf"/history angle, the scenery over there, or some other factor, but I've always enjoyed them the most.
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I love the British, but it has a tendency to put up some fluky winners because of the weather and generally crappy courses. I wouldn't give $0.50 to play turnberry ever again.
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BigPapaVol said:
I love the British, but it has a tendency to put up some fluky winners because of the weather and generally crappy courses. I wouldn't give $0.50 to play turnberry ever again.
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Todd Hamilton and Ben Curtis aren't really any flukier than Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel (PGA,) or Michael Campbell (US Open.) I'm not sure the annals of golf history are going to show Zach Johnson or Trevor Immelman as giants of the game, either, although the Master's winners list on the surface does look better.

The mid-00's just produced some strange victors on occasion, regardless of the venue. Overall, however, looking back through the winners lists, there are surprisingly few names that are really surprising.
 
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cotton said:
Todd Hamilton and Ben Curtis aren't really any flukier than Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel (PGA,) or Michael Campbell (US Open.) I'm not sure the annals of golf history are going to show Zach Johnson or Trevor Immelman as giants of the game, either, although the Master's winners list on the surface does look better.

The mid-00's just produced some strange victors on occasion, regardless of the venue. Overall, however, looking back through the winners lists, there are surprisingly few names that are really surprising.
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I thought Campbell was actaully going to be a force to be reckoned with. He fell of the face of the map after winning a major.
 
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cotton said:
Todd Hamilton and Ben Curtis aren't really any flukier than Rich Beem and Shaun Micheel (PGA,) or Michael Campbell (US Open.) I'm not sure the annals of golf history are going to show Zach Johnson or Trevor Immelman as giants of the game, either, although the Master's winners list on the surface does look better.

The mid-00's just produced some strange victors on occasion, regardless of the venue. Overall, however, looking back through the winners lists, there are surprisingly few names that are really surprising.
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The courses still generally suck.
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BigPapaVol said:
The courses still generally suck.
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As I haven't set foot on any of them, I can't argue with that. On television, they all pretty much look like a scene from Great Expectations.

I wouldn't mind losing a few golfballs in the heather sometime just to find out how bad they are, though.
 
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Is 23 putts for 9 holes a lot? It sure seemed like a lot. It sure seemed like a pretty good way to ruin a pretty good round of hitting the ball by putting like I was having violent seizures.
 
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cotton said:
Is 23 putts for 9 holes a lot? It sure seemed like a lot. It sure seemed like a pretty good way to ruin a pretty good round of hitting the ball by putting like I was having violent seizures.
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Sounds like you're a 3 putting machine to me....
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