Arnold Palmer invitational

[oncewasagolfer]

Well I got up at 6 to watch tiger win and regain the world number 1 ranking only to find that play is suspended for bad weather. Tiger has regained his putting and looks unstoppable atm and it is good to watch.

[Daves]

Did anyone see Sergio's backward "chip" out of the tree?

[3Puttpete]

Did anyone see Sergio's backward "chip" out of the tree?

Awesome shot

[BGH]

Here it is for people who missed it


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10jORLiU7Ak

[Lagerlover]

"Maybe it's a tree iron".... DAD JOKES RULE

[Frank]

Looks like he has withdrawn. Must of hurt himself jumping out of the tree.
Great shot though.

[matty]

Nice one. Did he salvage par?

[BGH]

Looks like he has withdrawn. Must of hurt himself jumping out of the tree.
Great shot though.

From pgatour.com

"Two holes later, the horn sounded. McGirt said Garcia handed him the scorecard and said, "I'm out of here." Garcia earlier had taken a 9 on the par-5 sixth hole."

[Daves]

Nice one. Did he salvage par?

nah, doubled it apparently.

[popper81]

How good a shot was it. Gee I wish he could putt. He could be anything.

[oncewasagolfer]

So tiger has a 3 shot lead thru 2 holes today or did they get back out their? Was a great shot of Sergio's to get it in the fairway from the palm tree.

[matty]

Does it seem to be becoming more popular to walk off during a poor round?

[oncewasagolfer]

I'm sure they will come up with something to tell the media, maybe he had a tooth ache;)

[oncewasagolfer]

Did anyone watch the Malaysian open yesterday and see that player top an iron into the water hazard then hit a shank? He went from about -9 to finish even unfortunately I can't find a video of it:)

[shavey]

Did anyone watch the Malaysian open yesterday and see that player top an iron into the water hazard then hit a shank? He went from about -9 to finish even unfortunately I can't find a video of it:)

That is just cruel! Good to see the pros can play 'that' shot as well.

[chinaski]

Now available to record via IQ

Final round starts at 01:00 tomorrow!

[oncewasagolfer]

Unfortunately my IQ = 0.

[shavey]

Not to get caught up in the euphoria of Sergio's tree save..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AeWxAlmRtu8

[oncewasagolfer]

This was pretty special too
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AeWxAlmRtu8

[shavey]

This was pretty special too

You must have me on ignore, see previous post :mrgreen:

[oncewasagolfer]

I didn't click on your link because I thought it was the Sergio shot out of the tree....
my bad:)

[oncewasagolfer]

Plus on the iPod YouTube links don't work unless I copy and paste into jasmine app. Must be something to do with YouTube being taken out of the iOS.

[Johnny Canuck]

Sergio looks like he gets zero enjoyment out of playing golf.

[idgolfguy]

TW is number 1 again.

[fireblade]

where's Rory+Nike? maybe if he used them muiras with a nike swosh like Tiger he might win again :lol:

[oncewasagolfer]

Good to see tiger get back to no. 1 can he win a major this year?

[PeteyD]

Looks lot more like the old Tiger now.

[JADO75]

I'm sure they will come up with something to tell the media, maybe he had a tooth ache;)

Signed with Nike?

[wizard_of_oz]

Looks lot more like the old Tiger now.
I don't know why people say this based on this win. He was spraying his tee shot all over the place and looking at his stats, he only made fairways 53.6% of the time. I looked at Rickie, and I thought, he played very well besides the crucial triple bogey. Tiger was fading and pushing his ball the whole day. I didn't see the dominance that the Tiger of old used to have, he just managed to putt decently well. Which I suppose, in itself, says quite a bit. Tiger on a bad day can't be beat by anyone else on a good day.

[PeteyD]

He has won 3 tournaments this year and is back to world #1. That would seem to indicate that he is heading back to the dominance he had, hence the more like the old tiger now.

[Monsta]

hence the more like the old tiger now.

Seems a shame, his girlfriend is a good sort

Ohhhh you meant his golf...........:razz:

[oncewasagolfer]

He had a good win but was helped to a certain degree by fowler's bad triple and rose's bad 3rd round. It would be good to see how he goes when those players in contention don't faulter when the pressures on.

[matty]

Tiger was fading and pushing his ball the whole day.

I didn't watch golf at the time Tiger was dominant. Has he always been wayward with the driver?

If so, it wouldn't seem to matter when his short game and putter are on fire.

[Lucasto23]

I didn't watch golf at the time Tiger was dominant. Has he always been wayward with the driver?

If so, it wouldn't seem to matter when his short game and putter are on fire.

Spot on, the guy has made more putts when he needed too than anyone else of his generation

[IanO]

The commentators were saying that, when Tiger was at his best he averaged 72% of fairways hit vs mid 60's now. So it is his short game that does it.

[Iain]

The commentators were saying that, when Tiger was at his best he averaged 72% of fairways hit vs mid 60's now. So it is his short game that does it.

Yeah, but everyone is hitting less fairways. And I think his misses in general over the last year have been better than previously.

[Puji]

Only tiger gets criticised when winning tournaments back to back.

Is he as good as he was in his prime? Who knows.

Is he better than everyone else? Yes.

[matty]

[QUOTE=Iain;944436]Yeah, but everyone is hitting less fairways.[QUOTE]

Can't say I've noticed. Poorer golf or tougher course set ups?

[idgolfguy]

As he has been so far ahead of his peers, he isn't even the yardstick that the others can measured up to. He end up being measured against himself.

[Iain]

[QUOTE=Iain;944436]Yeah, but everyone is hitting less fairways.[QUOTE]

Can't say I've noticed. Poorer golf or tougher course set ups?

Type of play. Bomb and gauge.

Heres some PGA tour stats on driving accuracy.

2001 - number of players over 70% fairways for the year - 69

2012 - number of players over 70% fairways for the year - 5

2013 - so far number of players over 70% - 8, and I think they're all short hitters.

[matty]

Incredible.

[fredstar]

Might not be AS dominant as he was, but he IS dominating right now! Majors are his measuring stick though.

[mrbluu]

I was watching the coverage and commentators bagging Tiger has gotten beyond a joke. There was one stage there in the final round, he was leading by 4 and all the commentators could talk about his faults and the shots he can't hit. The only reason fowler got close cos he made some bombs for birdie. His ball striking wasn't better than tiger's.

It's just a big media beat up as Tiger is one of the few players of all time that they will show almost every shot of every round so he is going to miss a few shots. They will then compare tiger's stats or swing with someone who is having a career week.

Even last year, he played well and won 3 times playing the most difficult courses with the deepest fields. He also was 3rd in scoring ave on the PGA Tour which is not bad for a crappy year.

[Puji]

^^ well said!!!

[virge666]

It's just a big media beat up as Tiger is one of the few players of all time that they will show almost every shot of every round so he is going to miss a few shots. They will then compare tiger's stats or swing with someone who is having a career week.


Fkn well said - it is beyond a joke.

He is smashing the field over 72 holes because the other guys cant play 72 holes like he can. Rose was 6 ahead at -13 and faltered and no one else could pull off the shots.

It was a bloody hard golf course and Tiger smashed them. But every bad shot... was met with utter drivel. He cant do this and he cant do that. Is he back? Can he win majors? He had 2 bogeys today, maybe he is finished...

FFS - it just was a bunch of Muppets trying to stir something up.

[mrbluu]

I was streaming it and the english guyswho where hosting it where like look how dominate he is. The US commentators are like if he is crap....he he bogies a few more holes and the other guys make more birdies....looks like he is shakey.

On of the funniest ones is when they sre talking about keagan playin so well bu couldn't pull within 4 shots of tiger. I think he finished 3rd but was never in eith a chance.

Bring on the masters I say.

[sms316]

Maybe Tiger is sandbagging?

[Captain Nemo]

Maybe Tiger is sandbagging?

Agree, prob trying to get a better price going into The Masters....:lol:

[virge666]

Maybe Tiger is sandbagging?

Seniors Pennants ?

[Sydney Hacker]

Seniors Pennants ?

Having a look at his hair line after the win, he may just get away with bluffing his way into the Senior team!

[oncewasagolfer]

He is going through a bit of a recession:)

[TheNuclearOne]

New Nike ad making waves

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/7268/tigerwoodsad.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/tigerwoodsad.jpg/)

[virge666]

Nice TNO.

Not true though... unless you change it to "Winning Majors" taking care of everything.

[TheNuclearOne]

You've got a point. I'm a (present day) knocker but even i would be shocked if he can't pull one, or even more off this year. Call me bizarre but i think being publically attached again and partnered up is a sign he's at a decent place mentally and is on the up to where he needed to be.

[mrbluu]

The USA commentators are at it again. Keagan Bradley is on fire this year as he had 3 top 10 in a row and 4 in total this year. Obviously not winning is much netter than winning 3 times!!!

[BayBum]

God damn laughable aint it. Bradley of all people getting the props....

[mrbluu]

Kevin Na at his worst is still be easier to watch than Bradley.