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06-01-2008, 09:30 PM
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He's gunna skip Torrey Pines? LOL...He is playing pretty well for somebody about to turn 48.
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07-14-2008, 01:31 AM
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That makes 3, right? Also he lost a playoff when he got a particularly bad bounce(into the water) off of a tree trunk.
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07-14-2008, 08:25 AM
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No...he's not going over and he is catching some grief about it too. He is staying in the States and will be in Wisconsin this week. The guy is an independent contractor...it's his choice as to where he wants to play.
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07-14-2008, 08:47 AM
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The major's don't mean that much to him anymore. I think it's awesome that the guy made 1 goal at the start of the year..and that was to make the Ryder Cup team. At the start of the year he was ranked #94 in the world and had 30 American players ahead of him on the Ryder Cup ranking. He has 3 wins, a 2nd, 3rd and has made 18 of 19 cuts. He is 2nd in the Fed Ex Cup points (actually 1st since Tiger is done for the year), now ranked #20 in the world and will be on the Ryder Cup team. Anytime someone sets a goal like that and achieves above and beyond that, is awesome IMO.
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07-14-2008, 08:38 AM
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07-14-2008, 08:49 AM
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But if you want to be considered one of the best in the game Kev you can't be ducking majors don't you think? Last edited by docicu3 : 07-14-2008 at 09:27 AM.
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07-14-2008, 08:54 AM
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Different people have different priorities. He has said it before...he never wanted to be a superstar. Not everyone wants or craves the #1 status...and the hassle that comes with it....nor can everyone handle it. Fred Couples was clearly uncomfortable when he was near the top.
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07-14-2008, 08:57 AM
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07-14-2008, 08:15 PM
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It's actually refreshing to have you guys singing the praises of a guy who has priorities I admire such as his connection to his family and being a man of his word with his commitments professionally. I am all for that if that is what has him staying on this side of the pond this week. On my best day as 10-12 type of golfer I have no clue what game these guys actually play but it's not golf as I know it for sure. Having said that I am sure you guys are right about "his game" and strengths not being "links friendly" but the guy is on such a roll it almost seems like his putter is nothing short of spectacular which to some extent is "always" what the game is about at some point in a golf tournament. The guy has been unconscious the last month and I thought it would be the time to push the envelope and see what happens. Who knows how long this putter is going to act like it's magnetized to the hole. I mean the guy was making 20 ft saves for par on a decent course last week like they were tap ins. Certainly you want to applaud a guy who just says no to the spotlight but just think what they would be saying if he ever won over there as nutz as that sounds...
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07-14-2008, 12:48 PM
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also i don't think his game fits links style, but, kev would know better he hasn't played over there a lot i am looking at geoff ogliveve this week at 25/1 with no tiger as a underlay with good value to win also congrtas to Paula on here win, but , Vicky Hurst an 18 yr old won again oon the futures tour, she is carving them up out there, and this week gets her chance with the big girls in Ill
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07-14-2008, 03:28 PM
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I think the PGA Championship is the major most suited to the game of the majority of pro golfers in the world. The Ryder Cup and the PGA Championship are not easily set up, but they aren't set up the same as the Masters and the U.S. Open. There is a reason why Rocco has had some success in the U.S. Open. It somehow suits his game(the course set up.) I remember seeing Kenny struggling in practice rounds the week of a U.S. Open. He was not able to chip out of the high grass close to the green(not at all.) Look at the courses he has traditionally done well at. He does well at the course in Michigan(The Buick.) The John Deere is not played on a particularly difficult course. For instance, David Gossett In 2006, made his first cut on the PGA TOUR since the 2004 season in July at the John Deere Classic in Moline, IL. Finished T75 at the 2006 John Deere Classic, where he won his only PGA event in 2001(I think he shot like -19.) Gossett made the cut there, and that's like the only PGA EVENT he has made the cut in for the last 3-4 years. He also does well at the Colonial in Dallas(short course.) He has had some success at Jack's tournament(that's probably the most difficult track he has won at.) He has had some success in Milwaukee
  That's not a difficult course(public course that short hittin' Sluman destroyed one year.) What major did Sluman win? Uh huh. That's the same major Kenny's game is suited for. What I am saying is that Kenny is a very good golfer, but his game is not as complete as to ever really be ready for these majors that he is skipping. The 1st 2 majors test all areas of a golfer's game. Kenny knows his game isn't up for that. I don't know why he is skipping the British Open, but it could be he simply knows he doesn't have the overall game to play some of the shots he would have on a links style course. This is not a guy who can recover from a poor shot hit into deep major tournament rough. Maybe someone strong like Andy Bean or obviously Tiger can recover with a miracle shot, but Kenny's week would most likely be done. Kenny contended strongly at a very difficult course(Players Championship.) I don't think he choked there. I think the difficulty of the course finally took it's toll. That's why I was confident he would be able to rebound(he was contending in a tournament he normally wouldn't have traditionally had the game to quite contend in.) When he got to easier tracks, he has taken off.
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