JRod
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Wow... you must have been a huge Hammer fan to compare the two.:laughing:
Broke on reality TV is in his future. He can only support his current bills living 3 years in the past for so long.
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Wow... you must have been a huge Hammer fan to compare the two.:laughing:
I kinda doubt it. It's funny what people wish for though.Broke on reality TV is in his future. He can only support his current bills living 3 years in the past for so long.
Tiger still isn't anywhere close to contending for anything, but I think for the first time in a long time it appeared like he was starting an uphill climb instead of slidding further downhill. I think this is the first time in a while where he can see definitively exactly what he needs to work on, whereas lately it's been just a blanket of suck.
I know a couple of players have been mentioned, but I don't remember if Eldrick was one of them: how many people picked him in the contest?
This is what I thought as well, until I started digging deeper. Do you know how many times this has been said over the last 2 years? I mean its almost after every single decent round he has, this is the thought process. Do we not remember his Masters return? The Chevron? The next Masters return? And there are 5 other times it was said as well.
Well would we say the 2011 masters was a success for Tiger after his return.
This is what I thought as well, until I started digging deeper. Do you know how many times this has been said over the last 2 years? I mean its almost after every single decent round he has, this is the thought process. Do we not remember his Masters return? The Chevron? The next Masters return? And there are 5 other times it was said as well.
I wouldn't. A top ten would have been worthy though.Well would we say the 2011 masters was a success for Tiger after his return.
I kinda doubt it. It's funny what people wish for though.
I agree, and it something I thought about as well (because yes, it seems this discussion comes up every time he plays). To me, it's just what I saw and feel. It seemed to me over the past few years that even when he was in it, it never felt like he was really in it. What I saw from tiger the last two days were good iron shots with bad distances (fixable), better putting than it has been (leads me to think that he thinks that his stroke is starting to come back), and to me his big mistakes have all been along the same lines.
What that is, what I think from what he's said, what i've saw, is that he hasn't figured out how he can work the ball with this new swing. He doesn't know, doesn't trust how much each swing will cut or draw the ball. Today on 1 he tried to draw a fairway wood into the fairway starting down the bunkers on the right side, it drew maybe a yard and landed in the bunker. So on two, figuring he wasn't going to cut the ball that much, he tried to hit a cut with his driver starting on the left side going into the middle and hit a bige fade into the woods. He doesn't yet know how much the ball is going to work side to side and as a result he ended up everywhere but the fairway off the tee. Then when he hit iron shots, he hit them good but his distances were terrible that left him with difficult putts assuming he was on the green at all. From there I thought he putted well (aside from the what-the-hell-was-that stroke on 7).
To me, those things are indicators of a player who is on the right track to fixing things as long as said player puts in the time and effort (which we all assume he'll do) to do them. He can practice and figure out how much each swing is going to work the ball, he can figure out how far his new distances are. Whereas before I think he wasn't sure what the hell he was doing or how to do...although while he can figure those things out, we have no idea once he gets it going how it'll hold up under pressure. He always plays well at augusta, and while I think his putting is world's better now than it was at the beginning of the year and last year, he putted himself out of the masters on the back 9 and who's to say that won't happen again the next time.
Real question now is...
will Tiger catch Jack? He is slowly losing time.
I'm pretty sure if he can settle with the ex for 100+ mil and still build the house, he is gonna be ok money wise.Eh? Wish for? Hardly. Just the facts pal. His endorsements are dropping like flies, he has a 54 million dollar mortgage, and he wins nothing on the Tour. You do the math.
I'm pretty sure if he can settle with the ex for 100+ mil and still build the house, he is gonna be ok money wise.
So what did you feel was taking place at the Chevron last year out of curiosity?
I realize this is off the topic of Tiger, but does anyone think that the PGA and the USGA have switched personalities in the last few years? It used to be that the US Open was the tournament where par was the most important thing, whereas the PGA Championship had the reputation of the "most fair setup" of the 4 major championships.
Since Mike Davis took over course setup for the USGA, the course setups have gotten easier and more creative (drivable par 4's, etc.), and the scores have been a bit lower, with the most glaring example being at Congressional earlier this year. On the other hand, it seems like the PGA is going to tougher course setups with the winning score being closer to par. In particular, multiple players have criticized this week's course setup. One other note: I was at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island last fall, and they had spray-paint on the fairways at that time where they were considering putting the fairway margins for the 2012 PGA, and the fairways are going to be half as wide as they normally are, which makes some of the bunkers that are normally in play completely out of the equation. If the wind blows down there with 20 yard wide fairways, the winning score there will be over par. Congratulations to the PGA, you now have the most boring major of the year, in addition to the least heralded major.
Congressional was overly micromanaged leading to it being the birdie fest that it was, imho. They cut the rough, adjusted Saturdays pins to easy placements, etc... I just think distance alone isn't enough of a challenge, they need to let rough grow out, and tuck the pins. The Canadian was a great setup. These guys are pros, hitting the fairway should be mandatory not an option. I'm liking everything but the leaderboard at AAC.
And you'd think Latrell Spreewell making 15 mil a year would be the same. Or Evander Holyfield making 20 mil a fight.
Only time will tell.