Never mind the fact that my man Jim Furyk went 5-0, and never once had to complain about his dead weight luggage of a partner, Phil Mickelson during the partnered sessions.
No, the story is about Eldrick, and will always be about him, until probably he signs up for the Senior Tour. At which time, the annoucers in the golf media will likely ask: "Could he be the first guy to win the Senior Grand Slam AND the regular Grand Slam in the same year? You know you just can't count him out."
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Thomas Jefferson once said to Madison, about Hamilton....for god sakes man take up your pen and cut him to pieces....Sigh. Yes indeed, "Tiger Clinches Cup" is how it goes. Freddie Vindicated. Tiger is "Back". Yada, yada.
Well that’s how I feel after reading all the headlines (which you predicted) about how tiger clinched the victory for the U.S. That’s a little like saying that they guy who scored the 3rd run in a 10 to 2 baseball game "won the game". I have also read how couples has them eating crow with his pick of tiger....please I'm sick of it, and beg of you...for god sakes man take up your pen (or microphone) and cut them to pieces. Looking forward to the podcast tomorrow...
Your number one fan (although I'm not sure how exact those polls are)..lol
Richard from the 260
Look, Tiger played great on Sunday. Struck it pure, and made putts. But he beat a guy who hasn't been relevant since we last saw his head melt on Saturday at Oakmont with the lead a few years ago.
He played okay the first 4 rounds, but the talk quickly devolved into how much his partners weren't helping him any. Which of course, is such a dramatic fall from the old Tiger, who would lift even a drunken 15 handicapper over his shoulder and carry him to a 5&4 victory.
In an exhibition, match play, with very wide fairways, short par-4's, wispy light rough, against just one opponent, not a field of 156, Tiger is pretty money.
But let's see him against a full field again of the world's best. You know, the kind of field he used to slay with regularity.
I think he certainly is hitting it better there days. But I doubt his lethal sniper putting will EVER come back the way it used to be.
So let me just put this out there as my official stance: I'll admit Tiger is "back" when he wins his SECOND full field stroke play event on the US Tour, in a single season.
Until then, it's just Charlie Rymer sitting in the dark waiting for golf's "Great Pumpkin" to arrive.
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Photo 1: Here's a fun game! Try to find the guy in the photo who cheated on his perfect, pretty Tour wife with 87 skanky strippers and porn stars? He really blends in, so take your time.
Photo 2: Jim Furyk with his wife Tabitha. Duh. Winning.
Czabe did you actually watch the telecast, see the course. I will admit the media is drooling for a comeback. And I agree, your man JF played fabulously and put on a tremendous display of putting and deserves more props. But Tiger hit something crazy like 80% of greens and fairways. Which on any course is a quite a feat. His day three performance was one of the best ball striking days I have ever seen. He missed 10 putts by a collective 1". Finally, having been to RM, it is not an easy course...period. That statement is just silly.
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