The Players - Major Withdrawal (spoiler inside)

[MegaWatty]

Tiger has withdrawn after shooting +6 on the front nine citing leg injury.

Dave1, I made sure you weren't able to see thus in the topic. You're welcome.

This can also be the main Players thread.

[markTHEblake]

what a big girls blouse.

but if he turns up at ozgolf i will say i didnt know he was an american and feign an apology.

[TheTrueReview]

He's a different guy to the one who hobbled to victory at Torrey Pines.

[Jarro]

He'll never win another major

[Flavzz]

Even the pro's can't take a month off without hitting a ball then expect to come back and be competitive. Couldn't believe he started favourite with the bookies either

[Flavzz]

Nice putter snap by Hoffman as well.

[Marto65]

The majority of aussies stunk it up big time ...

[MegaWatty]

Mark O'Who? ;)

[TheTrueReview]

Mark O'Who? ;)

Mark O'Two-major-winner. :)

[MegaWatty]

I was shocked to see his name up there.

[PeteyD]

Jason Day shooting well.

[Sydney Hacker]

Mark O'Two-major-winner. :)

Marks It Nearer got a run for a while too didn't it ?

[mint]

Tiger's days are gone with the new blood on the PGA and Euro tours. He will still have a win here and there but will only be a shadow of the player he was.
Two knee ops and now achillies problems.. looks bad for the great man

[Veefore]

He'll never win another major

I said that two majors ago. If I keep saying it eventually i'll be right.

[virge666]

Bullshit - he will be back. And he will smash Jack's 18 major record.

The guy has played like a total chump and still manages to post a score and not miss a cut.

I will take bets now from anyone who reckons he will not win another major.

[MegaWatty]

I thought you were a knocker Virge.

Surely, surely, surely Foley is going to be shown the door.

[Jarro]

How long are you willing to give him virge ?

[IanO]

This sounds very much like all the commentary on him when he had a 17 month dry spell. He came back then with a vengeance, I think he will do so again once he is fit.

[markTHEblake]

hogan won a bunch of majors after he broke his back. Tiger has a broken toenail in comparison.

[goughy]

And 10+ years until he's in his mid 40's where we've seen other players over the years still competitive. Just needs to pull his head in, disappear for a while and ask Butch what to do. Then get Fluff back on the bag.

[Eag's]

You would be a brave man betting against him winning another Major.

[TheTrueReview]

This sounds very much like all the commentary on him when he had a 17 month dry spell. ...

What sort of 'dry spell' are you talking about there? ;)

[sms316]

And 10+ years until he's in his mid 40's where we've seen other players over the years still competitive. Just needs to pull his head in, disappear for a while and ask Butch what to do. Then get Fluff back on the bag.

Tiger needs a fluffer?

[Veefore]

When Palmer won his last major nobody in the world would have believed he wouldnt win another. Tiger will be the same. He will always seem like he has many more in him until one day everyone realises it is too late. I really don't know when that will be, nobody does, it could be now or it could be in 6 majors time. As someone who doesn't worship tiger I still laugh when I see him hit a good shot and the commentators and fanbois range about how only he could have every hit that shot (even though we've seen others do it many times in the past) and how he is going to win 20 majors.

Seriously I really don't think he will pass Jack & I really wouldnt be surprised if he didn't win another one.

[idgolfguy]

I've always believed that 18 is within his reach. He may lose interest after he reaches his personal goal...which he has never publicized. Probably a couple more than Jack's.

Golf is the instrument to get to the record. He'll probably start to like the game after he gets the record. Then he'll hit his sublime period.

I don't think he has ever played for the love of the game. He has only played because he dominates. And played because that is all he has known.

[Johnny Canuck]

I think that he doesn't have the heart.

He won't be able to handle mediocrity and will semi-retire at a very young age once he realises that he/his body can't compete.

[mike]

Heard an amazing stat on the coverage this morning.

Over the years, Mickelson is 35 under par for holes 1-16 at Sawgrass and 38 over par for holes 17 and 18.

[MegaWatty]

He is miles over par for the Par 3's and 4's and 88 under for the par 5's.

[mike]

They said he's put more in the piss on 17 than any other player.

[mike]

Ever.

[Johnny Canuck]

Heard an amazing stat on the coverage this morning.

Over the years, Mickelson is 35 under par for holes 1-16 at Sawgrass and 38 over par for holes 17 and 18.

That's a pretty incredible stat.

[Marto65]

They said he's put more in the piss on 17 than any other player.

Even I've only put one in there ...

[dc68]

Pffft ...........I am that good I have never hit one in there!!!

[simmsy]

i can't see him passing 18 majors - his body is badly beat up. He has never had a smooth easy going swing, it's very hard on the body what he does/did, he has lost the magic he held over the golfing & non-golfing public he is now seen as just another bloke that had it all but decided to 'ho it up instead, i reckon he is still hurting mentally from the damage his public image has received.

Like said here earlier, i reckon he doesn't love the sport now and is just playing for records and i'm not sure that would be enough to get the job done.

[BayBum]

I've always believed that 18 is within his reach. He may lose interest after he reaches his personal goal...which he has never publicized. Probably a couple more than Jack's.

Golf is the instrument to get to the record. He'll probably start to like the game after he gets the record. Then he'll hit his sublime period.

I don't think he has ever played for the love of the game. He has only played because he dominates. And played because that is all he has known.

Stevie spilled the beans in a nz tv interview a couple years back.Tiger told him to pick a number,21 was the reply :)

[henno]

http://i.imgur.com/CZEQ9.jpg

[Jarro]

:lol:

[adlo]

That's what she said!

[Yossarian]

A guy is using a 28" putter!

[MegaWatty]

A guy is using a 28" putter!

Old news. Next.

[Outcast]

A guy is using a 28" putter!

Heard Nick Faldo a few months ago commentating on that; he said everyone should switch to a 28" putter.....

He then added that it makes them easier to throw in the bin after a bad round..... Boom, Boom....:lol:

[Captain Nemo]

Bullshit - he will be back. And he will smash Jack's 18 major record.

The guy has played like a total chump and still manages to post a score and not miss a cut.

I will take bets now from anyone who reckons he will not
win another major.

Virge what sort of odds and time frame.
I'd be keen to get on him not winning in the next 7 majors want to get on! :)

[markTHEblake]

And 10+ years until he's in his mid 40's where we've seen other players over the years still competitive.

We virtually see no top players maintain their competitiveness after the age of 43*. Its as if the golf gods draw a line through that age and they steadily decline from there, until they get their second wind at 50.

I see no reason for Tiger to be any different. He has won 4 majors in the last 5 years, he is getting worse not better, and his 'premiership window' is open for about another 8 years at the most, and he needs 5 more for his personal goal to pass Jack. At the moment I wouldn't be making bets that he will get there.

* The only exception in this generation has been Kenny Perry, he actually has continually improved throughout his 40's, but obviously he wasn't a top player before that.

[Ned]

Golf Channel showing some highlights of shots on the 17th, Bubba had a double dunk, sucked one back into the water from the centre of the green. (That was his second ball from the drop zone after dunking his tee shot short)

Phil nearly holed out, then made a little girls day by handing over his golf ball.

[Yossarian]

The Kenny Perry rough technique certainly helped my game.

[Johnny Canuck]

Golf Channel showing some highlights of shots on the 17th, Bubba had a double dunk, sucked one back into the water from the centre of the green. (That was his second ball from the drop zone after dunking his tee shot short)

Phil nearly holed out, then made a little girls day by handing over his golf ball.

Phil's a class act.

[WBennett]

The Kenny Perry rough technique certainly helped my game.
:)

The squash the grass, improve the lie, then chip it close technique you mean?

[Eldrick]

what was metro boy Poulter doing running ahead to the tee on 18?

[virge666]

what was metro boy Poulter doing running ahead to the tee on 18?

Trying to finish so he got some extra sleep the next morning !!

[Yossarian]

Phil's a class act.

I am taking back a lot of the initial disdain I had for Phil.

[kpac]

Watch out for Badds i recon. He's made oodles of birdies this week, if he goes bogey free again today he'll give it a nudge!!

[sms316]

Cool hole for a playoff.

[kpac]

another great finish for Day!

[PeteyD]

Despite my natural feeling of dislike for lefties, Phil is earning my respect as a gentleman and genuinely nice guy.

[Jarro]

Nice win for KJ .... he's a damn solid player !!

David Toms also earns an honourable mention for leading during the last round and managing a birdie on the last hole (from a sand filled divot) to force a playoff.

Shame he missed from inside 5 feet on the playoff (17th) for the first time this week to hand it to KJ :(

[Sydney Hacker]

Nice win for KJ .... he's a damn solid player !!

David Toms also earns an honourable mention for leading during the last round and managing a birdie on the last hole (from a sand filled divot) to force a playoff.

Shame he missed from inside 5 feet on the playoff (17th) for the first time this week to hand it to KJ :(

The commentators would probably been more upset then Toms, they were definately cheering for him over KJ.

[TheTrueReview]

The commentators would probably been more upset then Toms, they were definately cheering for him over KJ.

I think because he had that slight 'underdog' feel & the sense of his sunset years as a PGA pro not being too far away.

[PerryGroves]

Older guys who all hit it straight, KJ (40), Toms (44) and Goydos (46). Wonder if they do an overs / unders 35 bet for the US Open

[Jarro]

The commentators would probably been more upset then Toms, they were definately cheering for him over KJ.

... as were the crowd :roll:

[Goldy]

The commentators would probably been more upset then Toms, they were definately cheering for him over KJ.

I'm sure it had NOTHING to do with his nationality.

[PeteyD]

Why is it a crime for them to support someone from their country? FFS wankers.

[sms316]

Toms' missus wasn't the worst sort either.

[Goldy]

No problem with the crowd doing it Petey. Absolutely sh1ts me to death hearing the commentators barracking. It's like listening to an AFL game broadcast from Adelaide - 5AA wankers can't help themselves. They're supposed to be providing commentary, not adding to the biased crowd hysteria.

[PeteyD]

Aah. Watching NRL has made me immune to commentator bias.

[Sydney Hacker]

No problem with the crowd doing it Petey. Absolutely sh1ts me to death hearing the commentators barracking. It's like listening to an AFL game broadcast from Adelaide - 5AA wankers can't help themselves. They're supposed to be providing commentary, not adding to the biased crowd hysteria.

+1 to this, that was what I was getting at in my original post.

[Toolish]

Toms' missus wasn't the worst sort either.

Agreed

http://dudewheresmypar.tumblr.com/post/586932443/golfers-that-punch-way-above-their-weight-in-the-wife

[TheTrueReview]

Toms' missus wasn't the worst sort either.

If he's 44 y.o., she looks a fair bit younger than him despite the fact of a couple of semi-grown kids.

http://img.timeinc.net/golf/i/polls/wives/Toms_600x600.jpg

[Eag's]

Man he should be spending more time at home :smt047

[kpac]

all skin and bones

[Pieface]

At least she seems to understand the role of trophy wife.

[Webster]

That pic is at least 10 years old. She looks more like your typical MILF these days.

[Captain Nemo]

That pic is at least 10 years old. She looks more like your typical MILF these days.

id like to see that, something like www.redtu........:smt119