Players Championship

Originally Posted by GPK

smirking at someone else's bad shot vs. beating yourself up after your own bad shot.

I will take the latter. I promise you Pillow...95% of the guys out there curse after missing putts....the mics just happen to be on Tiger much more than the others.

I'm just glad there have never been any mics on me when I missed putts while playing...

Hey I don't like Mickelson either but I would much rather him smirk at a missed putt I make and not know about it until after the fact rather than make a putt to beat me and put on the biggest overblown celebration known to mankind.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Hey I don't like Mickelson either but I would much rather him smirk at a missed putt I make and not know about it until after the fact rather than make a putt to beat me and put on the biggest overblown celebration known to mankind.

Tiger may tend to "over celebrate", but to a guy like me, who has followed the PGA Tour religiously for the past 17-18 years, it's refreshing to see a guy with the attitude of just wanting to win. Too many of those guys out there are content with a top 10 finish and taking home $300K for a weeks work. Sean OHair has now become on of my favorites as well. Him telling Roger Maltbie yesterday that he wasn't playing for 2nd place tells me where this kids heart is. How many guys in his place yesterday would have played safe on 17, hit to the middle of the green and just been content to finish runner up? A great deal of them...I promise you.

I like guys that their sole desire is to win.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

Originally Posted by GPK

Tiger may tend to "over celebrate", but to a guy like me, who has followed the PGA Tour religiously for the past 17-18 years, it's refreshing to see a guy with the attitude of just wanting to win. Too many of those guys out there are content with a top 10 finish and taking home $300K for a weeks work. Sean OHair has now become on of my favorites as well. Him telling Roger Maltbie yesterday that he wasn't playing for 2nd place tells me where this kids heart is. How many guys in his place yesterday would have played safe on 17, hit to the middle of the green and just been content to finish runner up? A great deal of them...I promise you.

I like guys that their sole desire is to win.

tin cup would have gone for it

[GPK]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

tin cup would have gone for it

W.W.M.N.D??

[pmayjr]

Kev,
On a generalized PGA note, have you ever seen Sergio hit a big putt on Sunday?
That stuff yesterday doesn't count, becase c'mon... was he ever really in it? His only true pressure came coming in on Saturday, when he missed a very makeable birdie putt on 17, and Double Bogey'd 18. A 3 shot swing right there...

[GPK]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

Kev,
On a generalized PGA note, have you ever seen Sergio hit a big putt on Sunday?
That stuff yesterday doesn't count, becase c'mon... was he ever really in it? His only true pressure came coming in on Saturday, when he missed a very makeable birdie putt on 17, and Double Bogey'd 18. A 3 shot swing right there...

Pete, I have seen him hit plenty of big putts on Sunday...he just never made very many of them. Yesterday was a classic example of him having a suck up 2nd place finish. He started the day 7 shots out of the lead...so there is ZERO pressure on him. Seen it from him too many times. Just look at his Ryder Cup record...he is AWESOME when partnered with someone during the 2 man matches (13-1-2)...but his singles matches (1-3-0)...that speaks volumes.

Kev would you reply to my post on #17 if you dont mind. I am not the golf guy, but I have heard so much about this hole I had to chime in after watching this weekend. So is it fair to let weather conditions that are so unpredictable to affect a golf score so much? or am I way off base...?

I feel like if it impossible to assess conditions, the punishment should not be so severe. I realize all players have to play the same hole, I just feel like its too much of a roll of the dice and it costs way too much.