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The Tiger Woods Thread

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    #1472
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    NDWC wrote: »
    Chances are I wouldn't have watched any coverage over the first few days if Tiger wasn't playing, probably just Sunday. I could watch him all day so I love the wall to wall Tiger coverage.
    You're probably around 12 years old so.


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    #1473
    fred funk }{
    Registered Users Posts: 6,827 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    NDWC wrote: »
    Chances are I wouldn't have watched any coverage over the first few days if Tiger wasn't playing, probably just Sunday. I could watch him all day so I love the wall to wall Tiger coverage.

    I'm loving it too. Big Tiger fan here.


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    #1474
    HighLine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,378 ✭✭✭HighLine


    mickmackey1 wrote: »
    You're probably around 12 years old so.

    What a silly comment. There is a huge number of viewers this week just like the poster above who will tune in the first couple of days just to see Tiger. Wait until Thursday's viewing figures are released and then come back and comment on it.


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    #1475
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    The guy is frickin awesome.

    Even the hint that he is in the range of cutting it at all in serious pro golf is the biggest thing to hit golf in years. Whats going on at the top of the leaderboard is incidental to the Tiger Show. Its just mega box office. The worlds headlines are that he is playing decent golf - and that in itself is good enough for the moment.

    As a back from the dead redemption sporting story, there has never been anything to rival what the first few scenes are hinting at here. We are talking Wagnerian Nietzschian superman bending the universe to his end by sheer mental will stuff.

    Man, the hype for the Masters will be stratospheric. Cant wait.


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    #1476
    Deeper Blue
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    mickmackey1 wrote: »
    You're probably around 12 years old so.

    You're spot on my friend. In fact, as you'll see from my join date, I started posting on this site at the ripe old age of 2.


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    #1477
    Running Balance
    Registered Users Posts: 688 ✭✭✭Running Balance


    Great to see him back - it's good to make the cut get rounds under the belt.

    The way he grinded to make it shows he still interested/competitive spirit - would be easy for him on Friday afternoon to just throw in the towel when he needed 3 birdies on the back 9..


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    #1478
    charlieIRL
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,215 Mod ✭✭✭✭charlieIRL


    Alright lads. Let’s keep this about Tiger and less of the insults


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    #1479
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users Posts: 5,634 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Hope he can relax a bit today, no pressure. Swing a bit smoother. Shoot something in the sixties, a 69 even.

    Overall I think he's looked fantastic this weekend. He's trying to smash the life out of it and that cost him, but the short game including putting has been excellent. His demeanour is good too and he showed no signs of pain.
    If he could just ease up a bit now, he doesn't have to prove to anyone he can smash it 30 yards past Reed or anyone. If he could do that he could be dangerous again.


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    #1480
    HighLine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,378 ✭✭✭HighLine


    Tiger's last two drives... 357 and 351 yards. Think I'll try getting my own back fused.


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    #1481
    zuutroy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭zuutroy


    Pity about the call-out and the two lipout putts. Would be some craic if he was -8 now!


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    #1482
    Spider Rico
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Spider Rico


    Up at T19 now. This is a great showing and bodes well for the year. Particularly given that his short game has been sharp this week.


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    #1483
    bigtimecharlie
    Registered Users Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭bigtimecharlie


    Who would have thought he'd finish ahead of Mickleson over 72 holes.

    He's back but still not competitive.


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    #1484
    Rikand
    Registered Users Posts: 20,362 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    I haven't bothered with a regular PGA tour event since the FedEx playoffs. This week I tuned in every evening. Its all about The Cat!


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    #1485
    jayo26
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    bigtimecharlie wrote: »
    Who would have thought he'd finish ahead of Mickleson over 72 holes.

    He's back but still not competitive.

    The biggest thing is to keep fit he if he keeps as fit as he seems now it will all start to click for him again he won't dominate like he did before but he can easily win again.


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    #1486
    vienne86
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    I didn't think I was a Tiger fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed that coverage of the Farmers, and watched all four days. Delighted he's back and playing decent golf......if he was playing rubbish, I might be less enthused.

    Looking forward to his next outing.


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    #1487
    Spider Rico
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Spider Rico


    bigtimecharlie wrote: »
    Who would have thought he'd finish ahead of Mickleson over 72 holes.

    He's back but still not competitive.

    I thinks he’s very close to competitive.

    Unfortunately, based on this weekends result, he’s already way more competitive than the 3 Irish who played at the event...


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    #1488
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users Posts: 5,634 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Anyone making the cut in a PGA tour event is competitive be definition. Not winning competitive or even competitive to Tiger's high standards, but they earned their spot there all the same.

    I would argue he's not far from 'Tiger competitive' even since he made the cut playing sh1te. Obviously not sh1te sh1te, his short game was pretty fantastic, but you know the way it feels. You got 37 points but your swing never felt right or even comfortable. You hit it left or right or short or long but never where you want it. You scramble to 37 points but it felt like playing sh1te.
    That's what Tiger seemed like all four days and yet he made the cut.
    I'm only a 12 handicapper but I know when I play sh1te and I get 37 points I'm not far away. Next week it won't feel so bad and I'll have 41 points.


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    #1489
    ziggy
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    #1490
    fullstop
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    Spider Rico wrote: »
    I thinks he’s very close to competitive.

    Unfortunately, based on this weekends result, he’s already way more competitive than the 3 Irish who played at the event...

    Way more competitive because he finished a shot ahead of 2 of them over 2 rounds?!


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    #1491
    Spider Rico
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Spider Rico


    fullstop wrote: »
    Way more competitive because he finished a shot ahead of 2 of them over 2 rounds?!

    Yes, and enjoyed the final 2 rounds.

    2 shots at that level is kind of important.


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    #1492
    fullstop
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    Spider Rico wrote: »
    Yes, and enjoyed the final 2 rounds.

    2 shots at that level is kind of important.

    One shot. He birdied the last to make the cut on the number, but if he didn't hole that one putt he's not competitive is it?


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    #1493
    Spider Rico
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Spider Rico


    fullstop wrote: »
    Spider Rico wrote: »
    Yes, and enjoyed the final 2 rounds.

    2 shots at that level is kind of important.

    One shot. He birdied the last to make the cut on the number, but if he didn't hole that one putt he's not competitive is it?

    Well, yes. He misses that putt and he goes home. Making that putt makes all the difference. He pushed on for a solid finish, and played some quality golf over the weekend, suggesting potential for a very strong season ahead.

    Based on the evidence in front of me at this very early stage of the season, he is indeed more competitive than the Irish players listed. Of course, time will tell.


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    #1494
    Wombatman
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    Ryder cup captains pick?


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    #1495
    charlieIRL
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    Wombatman wrote: »
    Ryder cup captains pick?

    After one tournament? Really?!!


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    #1496
    jayo26
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    Love Tiger and hope he comes back well but it would be a massive kick in the teeth to players that had to play tournaments to qualify and the ones that didn't make it if he got a captains pick this year unless he goes out and wins a tournament or two and shows unreal form.


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    #1497
    bren2001
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    The only captains pick he will get is being a Vice Captain. Assuming he wants to do it.


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    #1498
    Spider Rico
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Spider Rico


    Is it impossible for him to qualify on merit? Obviously it would require him to win tournaments.


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    #1499
    Eric the Eagle
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭Eric the Eagle


    Spider Rico wrote: »
    Is it impossible for him to qualify on merit? Obviously it would require him to win tournaments.

    He is currently 92nd on the US Ryder Cup Standings. If he won a couple of big tournaments it would jump him up significantly. Whether it puts him into the top 8 is another thing...

    Whether he wins a couple of times is also another matter!!


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    #1500
    Wombatman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,337 ✭✭✭Wombatman


    charlieIRL wrote: »
    After one tournament? Really?!!

    Two actually. No but I think if he keeps playing the way he is playing, makes a couple of top tens or a good show in the majors. particularly The Masters, and of course if he stays fit, then I see him as a shoe in. Think of what it will do for the TV viewing figures and hype.


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    #1501
    bren2001
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    Wombatman wrote: »
    Two actually. No but I think if he keeps playing the way he is playing, makes a couple of top tens or a good show in the majors. particularly The Masters, and of course if he stays fit, then I see him as a shoe in. Think of what it will do for the TV viewing figures and hype.

    If he keeps playing the way he has no chance of making the team. He needs to improve quite a bit to make those top tens or do well at Augusta.


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