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probably the best tweet I ahve read all year
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probably the best tweet I ahve read all year
I watched Jordan's entire round Thursday on Masters.com, in a feature group, and most of the rest on the broadcasts. What I saw, even in the 66, was a golfer fighting his swing the entire tournament, and with a short game so prolific that he got and held the lead most of the way. If Jordan can come this close in a major playing with AT BEST his "B" game, and remembering that now he has been in the mix to the very end in the last 5 majors, I believe we can expect many more thrills watching Jordan Spieth.
I completely agree with this.I watched Jordan's entire round Thursday on Masters.com, in a feature group, and most of the rest on the broadcasts. What I saw, even in the 66, was a golfer fighting his swing the entire tournament, and with a short game so prolific that he got and held the lead most of the way. If Jordan can come this close in a major playing with AT BEST his "B" game, and remembering that now he has been in the mix to the very end in the last 5 majors, I believe we can expect many more thrills watching Jordan Spieth.
Somewhere in the Masters thread someone quoted the BBC broadcast (?) which determined he took an average of 10 seconds after addressing his ball at last years tournament and 16 seconds this year.I need a reminder from those who know. I don't remember Spieth being a particularly slow player last year or even during Kapalua this year. In fact, I seem to remember comments about how refreshing it was that he just went up and hit the ball last year.
Am I off, or is the speed of play issue new and likely due to the uncertainty of the swing issues (and at least for this week the gusty winds he was trying to wait out)? He was clearly slow this week, and it was tough to watch at times, so not excusing it regardless.
Somewhere in the Masters thread someone quoted the BBC broadcast (?) which determined he took an average of 10 seconds after addressing his ball at last years tournament and 16 seconds this year.
I need a reminder from those who know. I don't remember Spieth being a particularly slow player last year or even during Kapalua this year. In fact, I seem to remember comments about how refreshing it was that he just went up and hit the ball last year.
Am I off, or is the speed of play issue new and likely due to the uncertainty of the swing issues (and at least for this week the gusty winds he was trying to wait out)? He was clearly slow this week, and it was tough to watch at times, so not excusing it regardless.
And he's only 22, he's got years ahead of him, when it's all said and done, I bet he has one heck of a career.2nd.
1st.
2nd.
Seems like we know what's coming for JS in 2017.
And he's only 22, he's got years ahead of him, when it's all said and done, I bet he has one heck of a career.
He's gotten worse than last year and it's troubling to see. It appears to be his mind and he just can't stop fidgeting. The fight seems to be within. All those times this weekend he would step away and asking questions like, "what's the wind doing now" or "what was it to the bunker again" sort of things, it wasn't him really wanting to know those answers; it was him uneasy about the shot, whether the grip felt different or his body didn't seem aligned right, etc.
I thought he was a disaster waiting to happen all weekend long. It just didn't feel right watching him. His short game kept him in it the whole time. But his head is starting to take over and I don't know whether it's the pressure starting to mount or he's just young and still working through what it takes to get through a year on the PGA tour with high expectations. But he's got some work to do to snap out of this.
Good assessment Nate.
For what it's worth, which is probably nothing. I was so happy to see him stripe the drive on 13 and make a great up and down for birdie (especially after seeing Smylie go into the creek from the same spot). Making those two birdies and the tee shot on 16, I think shows he'll be fine in the long run.
But I do agree with the amount of nervousness and stepping off this year. I hadn't really seen him in an event prior to this so, i thought maybe it was due to the conditions on Friday and Saturday.