Masters Week 2007

[GPK]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

Got Tiger Spray? With all these par 5 holes...Tiger will never be out of it.He can play so poorly,and still be alive.So much the better.If anybody else was spraying like this, they would be so far out of this.

Scuds...the fact he is only 5 shots out of this tournament is amazing. A trained chimp could drive the ball better right now. If he gets any kind of decent swing going tomorrow (which I think he will) he is gonna be very dangerous this weekend.

I just hope Vijay doesn't win.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

I just hope Vijay doesn't win.

Not a fan???

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

I just hope Vijay doesn't win.

Could easily win.Actually it is kind of the way he usually wins(the best guys appear to be having off weeks,and he is up there with guys who haven't won majors.)

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by GPK

Scuds...the fact he is only 5 shots out of this tournament is amazing. A trained chimp could drive the ball better right now. If he gets any kind of decent swing going tomorrow (which I think he will) he is gonna be very dangerous this weekend.

Supposed to be really cold though.Ain't his weather,but he did battle back to keep himself close to a bunch of guys who(for the most part) don't know how to win a major.

[MinnSkinny]

Well guys, I just spent two days there, and I'm impressed beyond description. Having played the game since I was 7 years old, I finally got the chance to see it for real. Walked the course entirely from 1 to 18 on Thursday, following fellow Iowan Zach Johnson, and sat with some Members (accidentally) at 16 for most of the afternoon Friday.
My Impressions: 1. The tee shot on #11 is right out of the scariest movie you have ever seen. 2. The "patrons" know more about golf than most of the guys I play with. 3. The pitch, roll, and slope of the greens can't be described, and certainly are much more dramatic than TV shows you. 4. My calves still hurt from Thursday's stroll. 5. It has it's own brand of cool: You can strike up a conversation with a total stranger and become great friends in 5 minutes. 6. They don't want your money, ridiculously cheap food & beverage (and that's my line of work), they just want you to enjoy. 6. The gift shop is another story, you can burn $600 in ten minutes, but that's your call (guilty). 7. Cigars are still cool there. 8. Pin placements both days looked like Sunday's. Go for a flag, and unless you hit your career best shot, suffer the consequences. Crenshaw said "triple tough" and thats the best description I heard. 9. The beauty of the place: perfect turf, but hard as a brick. The flowers are too numerous to recognize individually, it's just a blur of color. The speed of the greens, 14.5 on Thursday, lag putts all day, then leave the uphillers short. 10. They haven't missed a thing in runnning a tournament, there's a volunteer for everything.
Ya gotta go if ever you can, especially if you love the game like I do.
And I have no clue who's gonna win this thing, but he'll have some magic working to do it.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by MinnSkinny

Well guys, I just spent two days there, and I'm impressed beyond description. Having played the game since I was 7 years old, I finally got the chance to see it for real. Walked the course entirely from 1 to 18 on Thursday, following fellow Iowan Zach Johnson, and sat with some Members (accidentally) at 16 for most of the afternoon Friday.
My Impressions: 1. The tee shot on #11 is right out of the scariest movie you have ever seen. 2. The "patrons" know more about golf than most of the guys I play with. 3. The pitch, roll, and slope of the greens can't be described, and certainly are much more dramatic than TV shows you. 4. My calves still hurt from Thursday's stroll. 5. It has it's own brand of cool: You can strike up a conversation with a total stranger and become great friends in 5 minutes. 6. They don't want your money, ridiculously cheap food & beverage (and that's my line of work), they just want you to enjoy. 6. The gift shop is another story, you can burn $600 in ten minutes, but that's your call (guilty). 7. Cigars are still cool there. 8. Pin placements both days looked like Sunday's. Go for a flag, and unless you hit your career best shot, suffer the consequences. Crenshaw said "triple tough" and thats the best description I heard. 9. The beauty of the place: perfect turf, but hard as a brick. The flowers are too numerous to recognize individually, it's just a blur of color. The speed of the greens, 14.5 on Thursday, lag putts all day, then leave the uphillers short. 10. They haven't missed a thing in runnning a tournament, there's a volunteer for everything.
Ya gotta go if ever you can, especially if you love the game like I do.
And I have no clue who's gonna win this thing, but he'll have some magic working to do it.

Thanks Terry. Every year after the tournament I am always kicking myself in the ass for not going down there for a couple days. This year will be no different, I'm sure. Pin placements may get easier the next two days. They have done that before in the past. Have a crowded leader board heading into Sunday...and then make the pins easy on Sunday so that there can be a shoot out the last 18.

[MinnSkinny]

Hey Kev, I hope they do. The only thing missing was the roars around the course. When you see how close 11 & 12 are, and 15 & 16 & 17 are, you can understand why they wait for one another to putt out. Golf Channel interviewed Fuzzy, he mentioned this too. Mittens & Stocking caps this morning, with a 1 hour delay to get it started. Should be a great afternoon!

[timmgirvan]

Whoever wins this tourney...it will be called 'winning ugly'!

[MinnSkinny]

Originally Posted by GPK

Thanks Terry. Every year after the tournament I am always kicking myself in the ass for not going down there for a couple days. This year will be no different, I'm sure. Pin placements may get easier the next two days. They have done that before in the past. Have a crowded leader board heading into Sunday...and then make the pins easy on Sunday so that there can be a shoot out the last 18.

Kev, at about 6:45 PM Eastern time, we may just get what we want for Sunday, there's a whole bunch lined up now, +1 to +4, including you know who. I thought maybe they killed this toonament, but it may end up one of the best. I just hope they water the greens some and we can hear the roars Sunday afternoon..................and let Vaugh Taylor make a run for it!

[SCUDSBROTHER]

What a bunch of f'n gaggers.They are beggin' Tiger to take this.

[GPK]

I would guestimate on my BEST DAY...I would have shot 85 there today in those conditions.

Tiger being 2 under through 16 was freaking remarkable.

[GPK]

what we all need to realize is this....

since they made all the changes....this is the first time the course has played "hard and fast". They have had no rain at all this year...and that has not been the case the last few years...and the winning scores have been under par when the course receives rain.

2006 - 7 under par wins. 13 players finish under par for 72 holes
2005 - 12 under par wins in a playoff. 15 players finish under par for 72 holes
2004 - 9 under par wins. 12 players finish under par


What do those 3 years have in common? Rain the week of the Masters...either before or during the tournament.

No rain this week = hard, fast and TOUGH conditions. Everyone is playing the same course...from the same tees. Great players adjust accordingly.

[GPK]

Tiger fails to win from behind again.....he sucks....


throw all his previous 12 majors in the trash.....

throw all previous 50+ PGA Tour wins in the trash....



he is a LOSER because he fails to win when trailing on Sunday.....