I knew he'd pull up lame if he played bad. He's humped over and limping up 9 like a 90 year old.
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I knew he'd pull up lame if he played bad. He's humped over and limping up 9 like a 90 year old.
Yep. Who knew golf was such a physical sport.
I'm certain that hitting a root with as much speed and torque as these guys generate is quite painful, but there is little doubt that he is playing it up. As nick Faldo stated, he could get a trainer to look at him if it was as bad as he's making it appear.
I'm not watching so I don't know if he is "faking" or not, but: as someone who was laid up in the bed for 3-months with back problems when I was 35-yrs old, that was how I walked around when I had to go piss or eat (which were pretty much the only times I crawled out of bed)...
You kids are being ridiculous. A chunk of wood flew up on that swing. He absolutely smashed a root and that shit is painful. No need to throw rocks at him because of it.
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Did Eldrick "hit a root" a few years ago? ...and walk around like he was in a/violent car wreck? The dude is a drsms queen and has to come up with excuses for losing because his ego can't handle losing.
So, he claimed a bone popped out and he placed it back. The announcers know he is full of shit and I'm not just talking about this instance.
Why are you all so mad at the guy? Does it really matter? Spieth won this on day 1
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Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
The ex took care of his golf game when she wrapped that pitching wedge around his head. Once he got publicly shamed in that scandal he was done for. Much like John Rocker after that interview with the SI reporter.
Jack went thru injuries- put it back together and kept on trucking
Tiger goes thru injuries and a gets caught getting his carrot wet is every Waffle House across the country- and suddenly he is a mental case.
Tiger is the 2nd greatest golfer to ever play. Period. He had an awesome run-but he will never break Jack's record.
Jesus, that was funny. The guy interviewing him (forgot his name) just paused and said "really?" And in that "you're full of shit" tone, not the "that's very interesting" tone.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
Yeah, he just said out loud what everyone was thinking. Perhaps he really did pop a bone back in place, but Tiger is not the most believable person in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by scottycameron
longevity is Jack's only advantage over Tiger. nobody comes close to Tiger's 10 yr run. Tiger did in 10 yrs almost what Jack did in 20. Jack never finished less than 3rd on the money list for 20 straight years. that is something nobody will ever do IMO. I also don't buy into the competition being less these days than the older days. I think the competition is overall better today than it was during Jack's tenure. I also think it is better today than when Tiger started his Ruthian run. I think that may be the reason he doesn't reach that 18th major. gonna be fun to watch and see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Bobby Jones retired as an amateur at 28, and won the Grand Slam in a year's time.
His swing was better than Tiger's. And he used inferior equipment.
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Originally Posted by Bully13
Jack has said himself that the reason Tiger probably wouldn't catch his major record was bc the field is now full of Tigers.
Tiger's the best golfer ever. And I love Jack.
Technology, weight training, etc has the new generation way ahead. That's not a knock on Jack and that field...it's just a different game now. Longer courses are another thing people don't factor in. Anyone saying Jack was better is kidding themselves. Surplant Tiger in Jacks era and he makes them look silly.
And Jones did it without HGH`s !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgcentral
We'll just have to disagree there. Tiger didnt win majors any faster than Jack. Jack finished 2nd in the US Open behind Palmer as an amateur- with Palmer having to shoot a 65 on Sunday to beat him. I do think the tour is very tough now- but I think there was certainly a lull when Tiger first began- and the info shows it with scoring. Just as Tiger never coming from behind to win a major- thats not greatness. Life was great as a frontrunner- but when he was has to battle? He is no better than anybody else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bully13
And of course- no more HGH
if you ever want to see the prettiest swing in golf history, go look at clips of the swing of Bobby Jones. with the equipment they had back then, that swing was imperative for the scores that guy put up.
Give Jack Tiger's equipment and it's a battle. Let Tiger play with wood and those old ironsQuote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
Tiger won his 14 2 yrs faster than Jack but what the hell. pretty equal there. but the fact that tiger won one less tourney championship in 10 years than jack did in 20 speaks volumes. I still think you are right though, it's gonna be tough, based on the modern day field, for tiger to get 4 more majors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
You can't be serious. The tour now is full of a bunch of pansies and chokers who can't close shit on Sunday. What Speith did today is a rarity on the PGA Tour this day in time. Anyone who believes today's competition is tougher than what Jack faced in his time is a fool.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
I totally disagree with everything you said.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrKotter
Jack took 45 Majors to win 10....Tiger took 41Quote:
Originally Posted by Bully13
I don't have the numbers in front of me, but id be willing to bet there were way more tournaments being played in the 10 years that Tiger won them, than there were when Jack was playing. I am pretty sure Jack wasn't ever running off to Dubai to play against a shitty field.
again, it's splitting hairs on the majors. touche. but for tiger to come up with 1 PGA victory short in 10 yrs vs Jack's 20 is note worthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
personally, I want someone else to break Jack's 18 . I don't like Tiger for numerous reasons personally. but I want him around because I like to see him humbled.
So after Tiger proved some of you wrong by not withdrawing and finishing out respectably after what had to be a painful incident at best, you resort to making fun of what he told the TV about it afterwards. Why not just say you don't like the guy and be done with it?
Cause what he told the guy is a joke.
X 10.. and the reason is obvious.. good one coachQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Doesn't change the fact he toughed out the round contrary to the thread's original prediction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
For the record, I thought that response was downright bizarre.
One of his last excuses were that "his glutes weren't firing". What the hell does that even mean? I,for one, can say I'm glad Tiger is done. They actually show the rest of the field on TV now.
maybe he had too much rice and bread before the roundQuote:
Originally Posted by DeltaDawg
Tiger is not done yet. I think he makes one more run.
Couldn't disagree more. You guys have it all wrong acting like the field is weaker nowadays. It is so much stronger now than ever. But some of you just hate Tiger, so you can't accept it. I get that. You're wrong, but I get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrKotter
I think golf got into the 90's and early 2000's where they were missing some truly great players- but Tiger changed the game on these guys and forced a new way of thinking. I agree that the Tour is really good now. It's way more mentally tough than it was 15 years ago
I'm not sure. I think he's finally got his game back in order, but it's going to be hard to win as consistently as he did prior to his "incident" because there are quite a few more guys near or on his level now than there were then.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbcmortgageman
He's not going to make another run I don't think, but he is in position to win another major I think. I think the only question is whether he can handle the pressure now that his opportunities to win majors are infrequent. I could definitely see him pressing too hard now that there's no guarantee that another chance is just around the corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by thf24
Tiger only needs to straighten out his driver and he'll be winning again. If you paid attention to how he played you'd see this. Fixing his tee game is the easiest of all corrections. They thought he'd struggle chipping it but he didn't and his putting is solid as normal. Irons also solid. He corrects his tee box and he'll be same ol Tiger again.
The Tour is drastically deeper in 2015 than in 1965. It's not even an argument. There's several lower tier USA tours nowadays and European, Asian, South African, Australian, Central American and South American golf is light years ahead of where it was in 1965. Some of those areas/countries didn't have one single pro golfer back then. To say golf was better in 1965 is like saying cell phones were better in 1965.
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Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
Golf is a game.