The Masters Tournament

#702
#702
allvol123 said:
It does when it lands you the championship.
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Bubba pulled off a nice shot no doubt but it was Louis' collapse on that hole more than it was Bubba taking the win. Being left handed actually helped him there. I doubt many right handers could bend a short shot that much to the right.
 
#703
#703
govols/cc said:
Bubba pulled off a nice shot no doubt but it was Louis' collapse on that hole more than it was Bubba taking the win. Being left handed actually helped him there. I doubt many right handers could bend a short shot that much to the right.
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Regardless, big time shot that delivered the jacket. It trumps.
 
#707
#707
govols/cc said:
Bubba had an awesome lie in the pine needles. A 150 yard shot that wasn't terribly difficult to hit the green doesn't trump a 250 yard alby.
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The alby was like a half-court shot. I can pretty much guarantee Oosty was trying to get it close but was not trying to hole it. If he missed it, even to the point where he didn't make eagle the match goes merrily along and he has plenty of chances to win. Bubba doesn't execute that shot and at best he has to go to another playoff hole.

It's funny if you read the arguments here that Bubba's shot wasn't that difficult. The same then would be true for Oosty's. Plenty of tour players can lace a 4 iron to a area on the green from a good lie. They do it every week and plenty did it at the Masters. His happened to be in the exact perfect spot but as I said earlier, I seriously doubt he was trying to hole it.
 
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#709
#709
volinbham said:
The alby was like a half-court shot. I can pretty much guarantee Oosty was trying to get it close but was not trying to hole it. If he missed it, even to the point where he didn't make eagle the match goes merrily along and he has plenty of chances to win. Bubba doesn't execute that shot and at best he has to go to another playoff hole.

It's funny if you read the arguments here that Bubba's shot wasn't that difficult. The same then would be true for Oosty's. Plenty of tour players can lace a 4 iron to a area on the green from a good lie. They do it every week and plenty did it at the Masters. His happened to be in the exact perfect spot but as I said earlier, I seriously doubt he was trying to hole it.
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Completely agree. I would even venture to say that many people on here(maybe not a 4 iron) could have hit that exact same shot and got lucky.
 
#710
#710
volinbham said:
The alby was like a half-court shot. I can pretty much guarantee Oosty was trying to get it close but was not trying to hole it. If he missed it, even to the point where he didn't make eagle the match goes merrily along and he has plenty of chances to win. Bubba doesn't execute that shot and at best he has to go to another playoff hole.

It's funny if you read the arguments here that Bubba's shot wasn't that difficult. The same then would be true for Oosty's. Plenty of tour players can lace a 4 iron to a area on the green from a good lie. They do it every week and plenty did it at the Masters. His happened to be in the exact perfect spot but as I said earlier, I seriously doubt he was trying to hole it.
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The difference between hitting a green from 150 yards & holing a shot from 250 should be self explanatory. Because he had to curve the ball some act like its miraculous. Hell he curves every shot. Hooking the ball from a clean lie is not a hard feat. He's gonna pull that shot off more often than not.
 
#711
#711
govols/cc said:
The difference between hitting a green from 150 yards & holing a shot from 250 should be self explanatory. Because he had to curve the ball some act like its miraculous. Hell he curves every shot. Hooking the ball from a clean lie is not a hard feat. He's gonna pull that shot off more often than not.
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You are so right. Circumstances mean nothing. So if I hole a second shot on a par 5 from 250 out at my local course, then that trumps Watson's shot at 10. Makes sense.
 
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#713
#713
allvol123 said:
You are so right. Circumstances mean nothing. So if I hole a second shot on a par 5 from 250 out at my local course, then that trumps Watson's shot at 10. Makes sense.
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Circumstances? Do you realize what they were? Louis butchered his tee shot & had well over 200 yards to the hole from right of the fairway to a green that slopes right to left. He came up short & lay 3 short of the green. Bubba didn't hit a great shot off the tee but got a break & had to hit the green from 150 yards knowing that would give him a chance to seal the deal. Yea he had to curve it but it wasn't terribly difficult. That's the circumstances. Doesn't take away that holing out from 250 is the greater shot.
 
#715
#715
govols/cc said:
Circumstances? Do you realize what they were? Louis butchered his tee shot & had well over 200 yards to the hole from right of the fairway to a green that slopes right to left. He came up short & lay 3 short of the green. Bubba didn't hit a great shot off the tee but got a break & had to hit the green from 150 yards knowing that would give him a chance to seal the deal. Yea he had to curve it but it wasn't terribly difficult. That's the circumstances. Doesn't take away that holing out from 250 is the greater shot.
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I understand the circumstances, it appears you are having trouble with them.
 
#722
#722
Vols520 said:
And he tightened the noose
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Can't say Louis choked. He hit a terrible tee shot yea but his 2nd shot was near impossible & the pitch was very difficult. I'm sure a lot of folks thought he had drained the putt coming back as it burned the edge.
 
#723
#723
govols/cc said:
Can't say Louis choked. He hit a terrible tee shot yea but his 2nd shot was near impossible & the pitch was very difficult. I'm sure a lot of folks thought he had drained the putt coming back as it burned the edge.
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I don't think he choked at all. Just was forced to get a tough up and down.
 
#724
#724
govols/cc said:
You're entitled to think what you want. That shot didn't deliver him the green jacket.
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govols/cc said:
Circumstances? Do you realize what they were? Louis butchered his tee shot & had well over 200 yards to the hole from right of the fairway to a green that slopes right to left. He came up short & lay 3 short of the green. Bubba didn't hit a great shot off the tee but got a break & had to hit the green from 150 yards knowing that would give him a chance to seal the deal. Yea he had to curve it but it wasn't terribly difficult. That's the circumstances. Doesn't take away that holing out from 250 is the greater shot.
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if everyone is entitled to their own thoughts, why do you have to argue with everyone
 
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