The Masters Tournament

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#728
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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What was each attempting to do? People put shots close on #2 all day doing exactly what Oosty did. His hit exactly right and went in. Improbable? Hell yes. He wasn't trying to hole it though. He landed close to where he wanted with a straight shot that got the right bounce and roll. That should be self explanatory.

If I bounced one off the cart path, hit a tree and it went in then it would be a miracle shot but hardly a great shot. Oosty hit a great shot that did much more than he expected.

Bubba worked a shot for a 40 yard turn over 160 yards with the game on the line to hit the green with a possible birdie putt.

If Oosty needed a alby to win it would have been the greatest shot in the history of golf. As it was, it was a great shot early in the day that got even better because it went in.
 
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#729
volinbham said:
What was each attempting to do? People put shots close on #2 all day doing exactly what Oosty did. His hit exactly right and went in. Improbable? Hell yes. He wasn't trying to hole it though. He landed close to where he wanted with a straight shot that got the right bounce and roll. That should be self explanatory.

If I bounced one off the cart path, hit a tree and it went in then it would be a miracle shot but hardly a great shot. Oosty hit a great shot that did much more than he expected.

Bubba worked a shot for a 40 yard turn over 160 yards with the game on the line to hit the green with a possible birdie putt.

If Oosty needed a alby to win it would have been the greatest shot in the history of golf. As it was, it was a great shot early in the day that got even better because it went in.
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You do realize Bubba hits that shot all the time & he does it from the tee & middle of the fairway. Maybe not 40 yards but pretty damn close.
 
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#740
govols/cc said:
You do realize Bubba hits that shot all the time & he does it from the tee & middle of the fairway. Maybe not 40 yards but pretty damn close.
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Oh I see, Bubba hits a curve ball every shot so one more is no big deal. Watching Oosty it appears he hits the ball straight nearly every shot so his was pretty routine too.

Turns out neither shot was much to get excited about.
 
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#741
volinbham said:
Oh I see, Bubba hits a curve ball every shot so one more is no big deal. Watching Oosty it appears he hits the ball straight nearly every shot so his was pretty routine too.

Turns out neither shot was much to get excited about.
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It was a nice shot but it's a shot he pulls off every time he plays. It's how he plays. Yes both shots were awesome but you don't see a double eagle everyday whereas the other you see all the time.
 
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#742
govols/cc said:
It was a nice shot but it's a shot he pulls off every time he plays. It's how he plays. Yes both shots were awesome but you don't see a double eagle everyday whereas the other you see all the time.
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Oosty hits the green from 210 out every time he plays.

Rarity is not the only criteria.
 
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#745
govols/cc said:
It was a nice shot but it's a shot he pulls off every time he plays. It's how he plays. Yes both shots were awesome but you don't see a double eagle everyday whereas the other you see all the time.
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Really? You see a guy bend it like that every time they play? I must be watching the wrong golf every week then...
 
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#749
I've actually had a double eagle, and I've also bent an 8 iron (fade, not hook) about 30 yards also from a pine straw lie while playing in a pro-am at Sugar Loaf. The 8 iron shot did exactly what I wanted it to do (a rarity) and hit pin high and then spent to the right of the hole about 10 ft. The double eagle also did what I wanted it to do... it hit the green. The fact that it went in does not in any way make it a BETTER SHOT. It makes it a shot that occurs infrequently.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I certainly believe the 8 iron shot for me required more skill than hitting a 5 wood relatively straight. Would I trade the albatross for the 8 iron shot?... He11 no! But that doesn't make it a better shot or a harder shot to hit... it makes it a good golf shot with an even better break.
 
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#750
govols/cc said:
Yea from a downhill lie to small opening on the green. It was 253.
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If it was 253 then the shot was luck - Oosty was thinking it was 210 to the front. He must have grabbed the wrong club then an gotten lucky since he didn't know his yardages...
 
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