2022 Masters - The Return of Tiger

[dcar00 14605]

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Yeah, so that tee is fine back there on a normal day. When it’s cold and the wind is howling play it as a 520 yard park 5 it’s always been. I think like 2 people went for the green on Thursday. That makes the golf less fun. Don’t do that. 

Its OK to have a par 5 they can't reach to give some importance to short wedge game.

[Newdoc 3465]

1 hour ago, Dewey said:

it's cold and the cold causes shrinkage

[Wulaw Horn 19236]

3 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

15 is dead into the wind today

I know. So play the old tee. Same with Thursday. Wind never used to make the hole an auto lay up. 
fuck chip beck still for laying up there about 100 years ago. Back then it was unheard of and that was 100 years ago. They went too far. 

[Incredulity 11687]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

I know. So play the old tee. Same with Thursday. Wind never used to make the hole an auto lay up. 
fuck chip beck still for laying up there about 100 years ago. Back then it was unheard of and that was 100 years ago. They went too far. 

Zach won the tournament laying up

 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9435]

Verne loves to restate the obvious in as slow and deep a voice as possible.  

He's already got two of the most memorable sound bites (Jack's eagle in '86, Tiger's chip in birdie at 16) in Masters history. He's desperately trying for one more, but he's lost it.

Hey, I'm sure if someone offered to pay me ridiculous money to sit in a tower at Augusta & add some commentary I'd be hesitant to give it up. But a man's gotta know his limitations.

[Wulaw Horn 19236]

3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

Its OK to have a par 5 they can't reach to give some importance to short wedge game.

They have so many hard holes now and they e made 5, 10, 11 so much tougher. You have to have some risk reward. 8 has always been a home that’s almost never eagled but eagle being in play on 13 and 15 and double being in play on 12 and 11 and sometimes 17 or 18 is what gave that back 9 so much juice. 

[Wulaw Horn 19236]

1 minute ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

He's already got two of the most memorable sound bites (Jack's eagle in '86, Tiger's chip in birdie at 16) in Masters history. He's desperately trying for one more, but he's lost it.

Hey, I'm sure if someone offered to pay me ridiculous money to sit in a tower at Augusta & add some commentary I'd be hesitant to give it up. But a man's gotta know his limitations.
 

Fuck that shit man- I’ve got a job that cool they are going to have to frog March me out by gunpoint or carry me in a body bag. I’m not giving that up. Same with Corso. Or any ball player. 

[LonghornSean 4036]

3 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

He's already got two of the most memorable sound bites (Jack's eagle in '86, Tiger's chip in birdie at 16) in Masters history. He's desperately trying for one more, but he's lost it.

Hey, I'm sure if someone offered to pay me ridiculous money to sit in a tower at Augusta & add some commentary I'd be hesitant to give it up. But a man's gotta know his limitations.
 

This is my third most memorable Verne soundbite

 

[Incredulity 11687]

Verne is awesome.  

[ConferenceRoom 6148]

Schwartzel is just going to be along for the ride.

Hell of a ride.

[Pato del Muerto 52870]

Charl 

[Sbbruin 21912]

Chuck!  Boom!

[tbone_ 14258]

Yea that was a decent approach

[4th&Five 41701]

The real question is how they get Verne’s old ass into the tower. 

[Incredulity 11687]

It would be nice to have some competition on the back 9 tomorrow.

[Pato del Muerto 52870]

I don’t think kisner is enjoying himself. 
aside from dressing like it’s 25 degrees there, putting off the green and then a bunker shot over the green and into the stands. 

[Incredulity 11687]

Just now, 4th&Five said:

The real question is how they get Verne’s old ass into the tower. 

 

painted green of course 

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

2 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

The real question is how they get Verne’s old ass into the tower. 

[tbone_ 14258]

Tiger chopping some broccoli

[Sgt Hulk 14093]

Damn tiger had a day. Not a great one. But a day

[tbone_ 14258]

I bet his leg hurts like hell

[LonghornSean 4036]

Tiger drove it well but everything else was not too sharp. What did he end up with, five 3-putts (including the four-jack)?

[4th&Five 41701]

Too many to keep track of his own score apparently. 

[tx 3 putt 77925]

15 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

Tiger drove it well but everything else was not too sharp. What did he end up with, five 3-putts (including the four-jack)?

 

he had some really bad iron shots 

[tx 3 putt 77925]

sheff needs an up and down here, damage control 

[Wulaw Horn 19236]

17 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

Tiger drove it well but everything else was not too sharp. What did he end up with, five 3-putts (including the four-jack)?

His pitching was really good too. But yeah- scoring irons, chipping and putting weren’t good at all. 

Edited April 9, 2022 by Wulaw Horn

[Jive Turkey 12723]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

sheff needs an up and down here, damage control 

gonna be tough.  just needs to make sure he secures a bogey.

[Pato del Muerto 52870]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

he had some really bad iron shots 

I’ll assume that most tee shots at Augusta that aren’t par 3s don’t have a lot of distance control needed. 
 

 

[Jive Turkey 12723]

Lowry with the f-bomb.

[Pato del Muerto 52870]

Fook?

[Jive Turkey 12723]

Scottie trying to hit a draw is painful to watch.

[Cairn Horn88 8434]

7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

sheff needs an up and down here, damage control 

Come on…..let’s do this:

[Pato del Muerto 52870]

Why bother trying?  Don’t think he can. 
 

play it there with an iron and lay up. 
 

instead of trying for the draw and hoping you actually do it or for a lucky bounce. 

Edited April 9, 2022 by Pato del Muerto

[Sgt Hulk 14093]

Hideki with a plus 5 today Damn 

[Incredulity 11687]

3 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

Scottie trying to hit a draw is painful to watch.

Not if you’re an ankle surgeon.  Looks like money 

[Pato del Muerto 52870]

You guys watching on cbs, was the camera on Scottie as he walked over to the trees and started to unzip?

[Aqua Buddha 14653]

This Masters so boring they keep showing old Tiger highlights.

[dcar00 14605]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

They have so many hard holes now and they e made 5, 10, 11 so much tougher. You have to have some risk reward. 8 has always been a home that’s almost never eagled but eagle being in play on 13 and 15 and double being in play on 12 and 11 and sometimes 17 or 18 is what gave that back 9 so much juice. 

eh, hard holes?  there are guys at -5, -7, -10 and that is in windy and tough conditions most of the 3 rounds.

its fine to have 15 be a 3 shot part 5 one day out of 4.  Scheff just got a shot on sssssharrrrl-ie because of it.

Edited April 9, 2022 by dcar00

[Jive Turkey 12723]

Lowry was taking it out on his caddie on 13. 

 

[dcar00 14605]

20 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

Lowry with the f-bomb.

but he's such an affable, happy go lucky guy, amirite?

[Pato del Muerto 52870]

Still with the pleated pants for charl huh. 

[Wulaw Horn 19236]

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

eh, hard holes?  there are guys at -5, -7, -10 and that is in windy and tough conditions most of the 3 rounds.

its fine to have 15 be a 3 shot part 5 one day out of 4.

This is the second day out of 3 so far that it’s been a 3 shot hole. This is also the first year with the new set up so who knows. 
These guys are at the absolute peak of their games coming in and there are 7 guys under par. It’s playing ridiculously hard. The masters has never been about protecting par, it’s been about proper positional golf where the holes are hard and daring and greatness when there is an opportunity. When you make 15 a 3 shot hole you more or less narrow the reasonable outcomes on that hole from 3-7 to 4-6. That’s fine. It’s just radically different than how that hole has ALWAYS played. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

Is Cam Smith nibbling on cheese between holes?

[dcar00 14605]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

This is the second day out of 3 so far that it’s been a 3 shot hole. This is also the first year with the new set up so who knows. 
These guys are at the absolute peak of their games coming in and there are 7 guys under par. It’s playing ridiculously hard. The masters has never been about protecting par, it’s been about proper positional golf where the holes are hard and daring and greatness when there is an opportunity. When you make 15 a 3 shot hole you more or less narrow the reasonable outcomes on that hole from 3-7 to 4-6. That’s fine. It’s just radically different than how that hole has ALWAYS played. 

Its a 3 shot hole because of the wind today.  Its a par 5.  sometimes it takes 3 shots to get there as Old Tom Morris intended.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9435]

Still with the pleated pants for charl huh. 

He stopped by a Mervyn's on the way in.

[dcar00 14605]

9 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Still with the pleated pants for charl huh. 

my guess is they are the same pants he wore in 2011.

[Wulaw Horn 19236]

15 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

Its a 3 shot hole because of the wind today.  Its a par 5.  sometimes it takes 3 shots to get there as Old Tom Morris intended.

The hole is playing over par. Par 5’s shouldn’t do that. It was a 3 shot hole Thursday and most of Friday. I mean- they can make it play over par, I guess but it makes things less exiting. I’m not arguing it’s a crime against humanity or anything but look at all the great moments in the history of the tournament that happened on 15 because it was such a great risk/reward hole. That’s been missing this week. 

Edited April 9, 2022 by Wulaw Horn

[GhostOfTomJoad 9435]

The hole is playing over par. Par 5’s shouldn’t do that. It was a 3 shot hole Thursday and most of Friday. I mean- they can make it play over par, I guess but it makes things less exiting. I’m not arguing it’s a crime against humanity or anything but look at all the great moments in the history of the tournament that happened on 15 because it was such a great risk/reward hole. That’s been missing this week. 

So they made an adjustment to try and maintain the historical vision of the hole (a superior shot will be rewarded; substandard will be punished). And they are desperately trying to get the next generation to have to land at least a mid iron into the green.

Mother nature didn't play according to plan. So what? The course is a living being. That's the rub of the green and the best golfers will adjust accordingly.

[Jive Turkey 12723]

final pairing is gonna be #1 and #2 on the money list this year.

Scottie is bringing dudes back into this.  need to finish strong.  don't drop any more shots.

looks even more miserable out there.

[dcar00 14605]

5 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

So they made an adjustment to try and maintain the historical vision of the hole (a superior shot will be rewarded; substandard will be punished). And they are desperately trying to get the next generation to have to land at least a mid iron into the green.

Mother nature didn't play according to plan. So what? The course is a living being. That's the rub of the green and the best golfers will adjust accordingly.

yep. the best golfer on 15 might be need to be the best wedge player this week.