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Old 06-22-2009, 03:51 PM
Gander Gander is offline
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listen tiger fans whether they like it or not still have to come to grips that he hasn't won a major when not leading after 3 rounds

that being said he is 14/14 when he has the lead after 3 rounds in a major and that is probably the greatest achievement in golf in and of itself .....they all have lost with leads after 3 rounds - jones, hogan ,snead , nelson, palmer , nicklaus, trevino , player - tiger has never lost 14/14 is simply remarkable
True. And as the stigma of Phil blowing Majors on the last nine holes continues to grow, so too does the predictablitiy of Tiger Wood's game.
Hes either all or nothing which is why he is such a great frontrunner.

Reminds me of that damn horse who won yesterday's 8th at Belmont- Greenspirit. Give the horse an easy lead and hes damn near 100% sure to win. Tiger is to golf as what Greenspirit is to horse racing.
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Old 06-22-2009, 03:57 PM
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True. And as the stigma of Phil blowing Majors on the last nine holes continues to grow, so too does the predictablitiy of Tiger Wood's game.
Hes either all or nothing which is why he is such a great frontrunner.

Reminds me of that damn horse who won yesterday's 8th at Belmont- Greenspirit. Give the horse an easy lead and hes damn near 100% sure to win. Tiger is to golf as what Greenspirit is to horse racing.
still some of his wins were closee timmy , he had an epic battle with bob may , bob really was never heard from again , i personally think tiger wore out duval , he beat dimarco in sudden death at the masters , so while he enjoyed some big wins on big leads , when he got looked in the eye he never let them pass him in deep stretch
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Old 06-22-2009, 04:01 PM
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still some of his wins were closee timmy , he had an epic battle with bob may , bob really was never heard from again , i personally think tiger wore out duval , he beat dimarco in sudden death at the masters , so while he enjoyed some big wins on big leads , when he got looked in the eye he never let them pass him in deep stretch
Okay, so hes a lot better than Greenspirit.
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Old 06-22-2009, 04:04 PM
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still some of his wins were closee timmy , he had an epic battle with bob may , bob really was never heard from again , i personally think tiger wore out duval , he beat dimarco in sudden death at the masters , so while he enjoyed some big wins on big leads , when he got looked in the eye he never let them pass him in deep stretch
Really though, the 2001 Masters and 2006 British are the only times he's faced a close lead through three rounds with big names right behind him and come out to shoot sub 70 and win the tournament. All the others were blowouts, facing overmatched golfers, or shooting in the 70s and still holding on to win. Only twice has he elevated his game in the final round when faced with adversity.
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Old 06-22-2009, 04:17 PM
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Really though, the 2001 Masters and 2006 British are the only times he's faced a close lead through three rounds with big names right behind him and come out to shoot sub 70 and win the tournament. All the others were blowouts, facing overmatched golfers, or shooting in the 70s and still holding on to win. Only twice has he elevated his game in the final round when faced with adversity.

not only is this wrong, but what is it supposed to mean or prove? except nothing?
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Old 06-22-2009, 04:22 PM
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not only is this wrong, but what is it supposed to mean or prove? except nothing?
What exactly is wrong about it? And all it means is that Gales analogy that he's been looked in the eye by all these great golfers in the stretch and prevailed is really only true in two of his Majors.
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Old 06-22-2009, 04:30 PM
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What exactly is wrong about it? And all it means is that Gales analogy that he's been looked in the eye by all these great golfers in the stretch and prevailed is really only true in two of his Majors.

SO the other 12 majors we can say he stared the whole field in the eye over 72 holes and just simply beat their asses into the ground
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Old 06-22-2009, 04:36 PM
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SO the other 12 majors we can say he stared the whole field in the eye over 72 holes and just simply beat their asses into the ground
Yeah, pretty much 54 hole domination and then no one can catch him from behind on Sunday.
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Old 06-22-2009, 04:14 PM
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True. And as the stigma of Phil blowing Majors on the last nine holes continues to grow, so too does the predictablitiy of Tiger Wood's game.
Hes either all or nothing which is why he is such a great frontrunner.

Reminds me of that damn horse who won yesterday's 8th at Belmont- Greenspirit. Give the horse an easy lead and hes damn near 100% sure to win. Tiger is to golf as what Greenspirit is to horse racing.

its still so funny that Tiger's "nothing" game leads to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, place finishes in basically every event.

Tiger's "C" game is still in the top 5 of all golfers.
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