womfalcs7

I just can't get enough of this shot. I must've watched it 150 times since I saw it live.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...84892738160457


It's incredible.

ratbastid

Yeah. Just amazing. Nike's advertising department had a freaking orgasm watching their logo roll up into the cup.

cameroncrazy822

That guy has more shots in bag than anyone I have ever seen or heard of in my life. He is truly a phenomenon that comes along once in a lifetime. I personally am incredibly cised to have seen him from the beginning. Oh, and it was also nice seeing a guy named Jordan from the beginning to the end. I have experienced the career of two of the top 5 athletes in history in my lifetime. I am money!!!!

highthief

Well, it's a good shot, but 90% luck. Everyone knew that was the play, but you need a break for it to go in the hole, regardless of whether your name is Woods, Nicklaus, or Joe Six Pack.

But, it is another Tiger moment.

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womfalcs7

Luck was definitely involved, and he himself said that; however, when you constantly hit it close, a few are bound to go in with luck. The probability increases. Just like with the 2nd shot off the 14th fairway at Hoylake this past Open Championship....he made it in for an eagle (it was a par 4).

fatbob

I still don't think that Tiger is good enough off of the Tee to be the best ever...not convinced that without all the new technology and changes in types of course that he would have done so well.
Of course he can prove that wrong by winning an Open on a really tough course in the wind someday and I'm sure he will.

In short great player but not the greatest.

And I agree Nike must have been very happy! Actually I use that ball, very nice it is too, prefer it to the Pro V's for some reason...

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Glory's Sun

Tiger didn't always have that technology and he was still winning. Jack played with crap comparatively, but take Jack at his prime with today's technology and Tiger would still win out IMO. That's not a downer to Jack, I just think that Tiger is obsessed with golf, works hard to get to perfection every day and has such an incredible drive to win that he will become the greatest ever.

highthief

But would Tiger have been as good as Jack back in the day when golfers made (comparatively) a fraction of the money and had fewer guaranteed pay days and had to drive from event to event rather than fly his private jet? We've all seen Tiger's lack of finishing when he's playing for something other than dollar figures (i.e., Ryder Cup). When first is out of reach, Tiger has a poor record of other top finishes in majors compared to Jack, who if he didn't win, finished 2nd or 3rd.

Right now, I view them as co-equals, each great in their own right. Head to head, all things being equal, Tiger would probably win more often than not, thanks to his superior short iron play and chipping/pitching.

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Glory's Sun

It's hard to say how Tiger would fare in those settings. I do think however that since his dad died, he's not just about money. He's out to prove a point and become the best of of pride and for his dad.

I wonder.. how does Tiger's putting compare to that of Jack's?

womfalcs7

Tiger won the Open Championship without using his driver when all of his competitors did. Technology was excluded and he still won over those using it.

highthief

Well. no. The greatest technological improvements in golf have been to the ball itself, but aside from that technology has improved the irons and wedges too, which Tiger used. Tiger elected not to use driver, which, given his length on the relatively short Hoylake course, was a good decision. Other golfers win events not using certain clubs - for example, some players carry 2 wedges and others carry as many as 4; some carry 5 woods, and some play 2 irons. You can't say those players didn't use technology anymore than you can say Tiger didn't use technology.

What Tiger did use to win at Hoylake was his brain - something Mickelson forgot about at the US Open, and Daly forgets about everytime he tees it up.
Tiger's biggest attribute is his brain, IMO. He rarely tries a shot he doesn't think he can pull off. People talk of his desire, his physical ability, and so on, but his thinking his way around a course is what wins him tournaments so consistently.

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fatbob

yip he is mentally tough but the way he does it i guess is why i have never really warmed to him, he seems too focused, too detached from his emotions...i really like people who wear their hearts on their sleeves, so for the moment sergio is the golfer that i like most - although he really needs to win something big soon, otherwise he'll be the new monty!

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Glory's Sun

Tiger shows no emotion? Wow I think that's a first. Tiger is intense. His fist pump is now a trademark. Most people on the course just give a tip of the hat and move on. Tiger plays with tons of emotion.

Sergio is boring, overrated and has lost all confidence. He won't win any major tournaments.

fatbob

guccilvr, really you think that a fist pump is emotion? well i guess it is, but it is aggressive i like vulnerability and humanity in a sportserpson, i like to see flawed people being victorious, george best, ricky hatton, serena williams, arton seena, shayne warne...tiger showed another emotion over the sad loss of his father but normally it is focused aggression...
i'm from scotland and am a very keen golfer. i've watched a lot of great golf and great golfers and am not a fan of the fist pump, there is emotion in golf and it doesn't need to be robotic like the 'fist pump' just watch darren clarke in the ryder cup recently and you'll know what i mean...

seriously i have no idea how you can call sergio boring! he is fantastic supporting him is a real roller-coaster - hey who wants to win all the time!

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Glory's Sun

I don't really cheer for any particular golfer. I just find Sergio boring and way overrated. I like the aggressiveness of Tiger. It's similar to how I play. I'm aggressive. I'm not the best but I have fun.

fatbob

that's cool - different stokes, etc

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