Its called self confidence and sex appeal...lol

Also....chicks dig a guy that can make them laugh. Gotta have the sense of humor.

And Mickelson with a very nice round in the clubhouse at even par with Vijay also a nice round at one over. :)

Phil played well...got it up and down nicely when missed greens. Afternoon is gonna be much tougher on everyone with the wind picking up.

justin leonard
 

hope he makes the cut now at least , otherwise i'm dead in the office pool

Good God.How can it be that nobody has had the nerve to off this irritating,pompous ass called Donald Trump?

Tiger is lucky he didn't take a piece of some old lady's head off(when he hit the ball into the grandstand.)Folks, Tiger is an incredibly honest individual.If he doesn't have it on Thursday,it is rare that he finds it.He always says he is o.k. if he puts in 2 good rounds.Problem is he usually can't play much better on Friday.He can rally with a crippled game for a piece,but not the whole thing.I will tell you this.About 3 yrs. ago I saw a guy get a 2 or 3 shot lead on Saturday afternoon in the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.He choked hard on the last 2 holes,and fell back into a tie going into Sunday.Many thought this player would continue to choke on Sunday.He did not.He won.His name is Shaun McHEEL(close enough.)I wouldn't be surprised if the player who had a 3 shot lead at one time today(and choked it away,)now goes out and plays like Shaun did on Sunday.The fact of the matter is that one person had enough game to get to -4 today,and to do that,he had to be playing at a very high level.Nobody else came close to playing that well.I think the British Open,and the Masters often do have a fluke 1st round leader that falls away.Sometimes the PGA AS WELL.I think this tournament and the PGA TOURNAMENT OF 2003(THAT McHEEL won)are similiar in that they played very,very hard.I think somebody who gets a 3 shot lead in the Masters in the 1st round can be a quite different situation than somebody getting to -4 in this tournament(in the 1st round.)I think his game (Howell's) had to be very good to do it,and I don't think it was a fluke.Sure,he had a nervous fit out there.It was a very new situation for him(leading a major by 3 shots.)I have seen this cat play.I have tried to beat him.I can tell you that this SOB can sink putt after putt on you.If he got rid of his nerves today(I think it is possibly the case,)then look out.This guy just might be the best putter I have ever seen play.Anyways,David Howell at 12-1 is my choice to win it.

Used 4 Players...howell 12/1......odds Really Are Crap Considering The Task At Hand.

K Ferrie150/1(not 125/1)......real Good Ballstriker..poor Putter.

John Cook 125/1...son Caddying.


Kevin Stadler...125/1..streaky As It Gets.

Scuds...I put $$ on 3 players

D. Howell at 16-1 (clearly Europes best chance)
G. Olgivy at 18-1
C. Montgomerie at 20-1

what was furyk at?

I wanna say he was 8-1...but my memory is fading in my old age.

Monty is 20/1 right now, leading the tournament? How can that be?

I dont think we can assume Tiger would be tearing up this course if he hadnt taken the last 2 months off. Sure he would have probably shot better than +6 but in my opinion based on the other player's scores, I dont think Tiger would have been all that much better. Hes had rounds similar to this in big tournaments, not many, but he has had bad rounds in the past.

I look for Tiger to go for it today and either

1) Shoot 2 or 3 under par and put him in position to be within 3-4 shots from the lead after today.

2) Shoot another high round, maybe +4 or +5 ending his realistic chances to win this weekend, but maybe still making the cut.

Kev,Howell is getting frustrated(something you can't allow to happen on a U.S. OPEN Course.)I figure the winner of this tournament is going to be even par or worse.These guys need to stick like glue in the even par to +5 range,and not freak about the bad shot they just made(obviously if only one person is under par,then defense is offense right now.)My guess is Ogilvy will be your lowest score at the end of today.Wow,Howell just hit a beautiful shot to hopefully save par on a par 5.He needs to keep it in the +3 to+5 range (because I think his mind will turn off and quit if he gets to the +6 to +7 range.)

That was why I like Ogilvy...hes normally rock solid, emotions wise.

If ever there was a track for that boring FURYK to win at,it is this one.The guy simply is unwatchable.Your mind will wonder.He is just simply the most boring player (to watch) who ever played this game.He is the king of hanging around like algae,and that attribute will do you much good at this track.

I love him on this track, but I needed better than 8-1 on him.

Yea,I can't bet that algae,but his whole game is about hanging around for a top 5/10,and that can easily become the winner here.

Nice to see Striker playing well.Reminds me of a 80k claimer running for 6,250.It ain't about whether the thing is gunna fall apart,but when it will do that. Unfortunately,he is mentally diseased.Not a thing wrong with his game.

Howell doubled the par 3 7th hole.LOL..Not tough enough (mentally) to hang in there.Got frustrated,and the swing was that of a 5 year old.He will have many more chances to win a major.

Lost 7 shots in 7 holes.No better(mentally)than a weekend hacker.This is the same guy that looked Tiger in the eye in China,and simply would not give an inch? English papers will crucify this guy.

Stricker's always been a good player. Golf was never a top priority with him. Even full time he never played an overabundance of events and when his wife started having kids and stopped caddying for him, I think his interest waned further. He's playing very well this year. Doesn't have his full time card the last two years and has made about 600 grand on tour this year in only 5 events and he ran away with the sectional qualifier in Chicago shooting something like 63. He's loaded with top 10 finishes in majors. A top 10 in the Masters, two top 5's in the US Open and a 2nd at the PGA. Winning the World Match Play is nice as well even though the field was depleted for the event that year when it was held in Australia. He beat some nice players in that event including Harrington amongst others.

But a guy with multiple PGA tour wins, several top 10s in majors, 9 million in career earnings is hardly an 80k claimer. It is likely he'll fall apart, but I think he is a more likely major winner than Ben Curtis and Todd Hamilton were. You never know.

Well,he has talent.Guy lost his card because he was mentally weak.I remember when it happened.He needed to make the cut at the last full field event,and couldn't do it.He said he didn't know what to say.Said he wasn't going to Tour School though.So,this stuff about not being able to play that much is B.S.The guy refused to simply go get his card back at Q SCHOOL.OBVIOUSLY NOTHING HAS BEEN WRONG WITH HIS GAME,and he is getting some confidence back.I will be happy for him if he wins,but the reason he lost his card was blamed on poor driving.So,now he wins on the most demanding driving set up they play?DOUBT IT,BUT yes.I would like to see him win it.

"Golf was never a top priority with him. Even full time he never played an overabundance of events and when his wife started having kids and stopped caddying for him, I think his interest waned further."



Again..mentally weak.Look at this guy named Brant Jobe.Plenty of game.Mental weakling though.How can you shoot that well that often,and continually go away on the weekend? Amazing.

Hang in there ya fat Ferrie.

A 76 on Saturday. I know the mentally handicapped .

I believe this was after the first round...:cool:

18-1 after the first round I got this guy at....:D

Nice Kev, did you have $20 on him?

I feel bad for Phil today. Even I cant say that finish made me happy. I didnt want to see the slob win but I didnt want to see him lose like that.

I don't like Phil, but I refuse to say anything bad about him today. The pressure in that situation is unreal. He played well all week, but just made a really stupid mistake on 18. After 50+ majors played and 3 wins, you have to know better.

Kev how could you possible put money on mentally weak players?

I mean for God's sake, its not like the ball ever rolls the wrong way randomly. The famous Scudsian sports psychiatry clearly states... Jezz Louise that thing could have gone many different ways??? Does it ever say that?

Does everybody in California listen too instructional I LIKE ME tapes?

A few jabs to the face to get the hands high, and then an upper cut to the ribs. Thats called ribbing.

Yeah, but he'll be playing in the Masters and US Open in 2007 with his full time PGA card back in hand. I wish I was mentally handicapped at the game as he is.

He has a ton of talent,but is a consistent choker.You wish you had his talent,and somebody else's mind.Guy wants to win that crappy Milwaukee open so badly,but chokes every damn year on that simple set-up on that muni course.

FActs are he lost his card after 2004 season. He was 183,000 short of top 125, he needed to do a heckuva lot more than just make the cut. That means he needed to finish top 3 in last full field event to retain his card. He got in 21 events last year on past champion status, sponsor exemptions etc which is pretty much what he played with his card. His schedule when he was playing well in late 90s through 2003 was always 20-22 events per year. He did not play a lot then. He could have played more but he chose not too. He did go to Q school in 2005 as the longer you go without your card, the harder it is to get sponsor expemptions, so 2004 was the only year he didn't go to Q school and as I said he got into plenty of events as it was. He was like 3 shots short of qualifying this year.

I really don't know about his mental handicaps, but making 9 million dollars playing golf is really a nice mental handicap to have.