Continuing the fun of the Golf Pride contests this year with the PGA Championship. This will also serve as our official thread for the tournament bringing the banter and conversation through the weekend.
The Prize
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How to Enter
Post in this thread who you think will win.
For the tie breaker, include in your entry, how many players in the top 10, will be using Golf Pride Grips.
If nobody picks the winner, we will choose based on the tie breaker.
Entries must be posted by the time the first players tee off.
His gains (in size, strength, speed and distance) are impressive – now he needs to learn how to wield them intelligently.
(Just IMHO)
I’m so glad that DJ was able to slide into T2 so Casey had to split up the prize money and WR points.
With all the marbles on the line in a major, this beats that drive.
I was watching live for both, tho!
Also, my first time guessing the winner on THP!
I guess it depends on how much you like DJ.
I say it’s a choke. He went in with the lead and got outplayed by a lot of people. And according to the graphic on Golf Channel right now, he’s 0/4 in converting 54 hole leads/co-leads in majors.
You don’t get the karma you want, you get the karma you deserve…..
I’d say it’s more of him just not being able to walk the walk after he talked the talk. Maybe he should hang around Tiger more so maybe it’d rub off on him.
i agree. lots of rounds in the mid 60s. kinda seems like today was set up for scoring. does that favor a fearless young gun, where a more challenging and strategic layout favors the veteran? i’m not sure.
personally i think there were some pretty compelling storylines that didn’t deliver. dj closing. finau closing. dechambeau validation. koepka threepete. paul casey finally getting his. for me the rookie storyline wasn’t the most interesting, but the kid played a helluva round and i hope he keeps it up because golf needs more consistently good play.
i also don’t remember seeing a major championship where so many putts were left short. nobody had to be defensive on the greens. kinda made it not feel very majorish.
That would have had to have happened about 7-8 years ago then.
Yes, some habits can be expensive.
Meh, Tigers prime may be long past but if he’s tied for the lead on a Sunday I still like him head to head against anyone out there.
I didn’t see one. Seemed like he bailed.
I didn’t see one either, and didn’t see one on the Golf Channel afterward.
They were talking about him on the Golf Channel after the tournament and he was taking some heat over his post-round interview on Saturday when he threw shade at DJ (when asked about competing with DJ on Sunday he essentially said "I like my chances – I’ve been there before several times and won, he’s only done it once"). The talking heads on Golf Channel were all over it, and they showed a clip of an interview where Rory was asked what he thought about it. Rory is pretty diplomatic and measured in his responses, but he said he thought it was a little inappropriate and disrespectful.
IMO, one of the biggest things Tiger has lost is the huge, tremendous psychological advantage he had. When he was in his prime, I think everybody else showed up pretty much already knowing that they were competing for second place at best (whether they would ever admit that out loud or not). Playing against him on a Sunday afternoon, he already had the advantage before the first shot was even hit, because he was in their heads big time – they knew that beating Tiger was next to impossible. And Tiger knew that they knew that too.
A lot of these young guns who grew up watching him certainly remember his dominance in that era, but now he’s more like an ‘elder statesman’ figure – they admire/respect him and his accomplishments, but they also know he’s not that old Tiger anymore, and he can be beaten. I don’t think he gets in people’s heads anymore and I don’t think any of the top tier contenders would be shaking in their golf shoes facing him on a Sunday. Sure, they know he can still golf the ball and they need to bring their "A" game, but I don’t think any of them would walk to the first tee feeling like he’s invincible like he was back in the day. He doesn’t intimidate people like that anymore (again, IMO).
Everyone from the 2019 Masters must feel like a bunch of chumps after getting beat by a guy with nothing left in the tank then, huh?
Momtgomerie admitted they were playing for 2nd place before Tiger had ever won a major.
Yeah, finally ……. it’s about time! Weren’t they just about to start including him in the "most starts without a major" list?
YE Yang says otherwise. He took down Tiger head to head to win the 2009 PGA, coming from two shots back in the final round . Tiger led through each of the first three rounds that year, with a two shot lead at the start of the final round. Paired with Tiger, Yang shot 70 in the final round to Tiger’s 75. Yang won by three shots.. The 2009 Tiger was a lot closer to his prime than the 2020 version.
I would agree with all the points you guys made. A lot of Tigers intimidation factor is gone, especially without the fans around to build his momentum. He is no where near his prime and will never regain it.
The reason I would still take Tiger is his all world competitiveness and demeanor. Only a few guys in history in any sport have been able to match world class talent with the ruthless competitiveness and confidence (Michael Jordan and Jerry Rice come to mind). His talent may have faded but he is still a very good pro golfer and his mental game allows him to dig down deep and find something other guys don’t have. Maybe it’s wishful thinking but I’m still backing the GOAT tied for the lead on a Sunday.
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