@Billy-Tell said in Its the Masters baby!:
Last round went from tense to boring. Tiger did nothing except not make mistakes while everyone else imploded around him, especially the Italian.
You make it sound like a bad thing.
I'm pretty sure that's how almost every golf tournament is won. Especially the last rounds of big ones when the pressure is really on.
@Chester-Draws Michael Campbells major win...he plodded along while others imploded
I wouldn't say he played boring golf, that shot on 16 was a pearler.
But it was a bit of a throwback to the early 2000s 'tiger effect', where good golfers would go to water (metaphorically and literally) in the final round of a major when Tiger was stalking them.
He's by no means a good person, but I love a comeback story. Sets up a great year of major golf. The only shame was it had all finished before any of us woke up!
I'm the opposite of a Tiger fan but he was the only one of the leaders to stand up on the back 9 - the other who did were coming from a few shots back. Incredible that the 4 players closest to him all went into the water on 12 and took 5 while he played for a dull middle of the green par. Frankie was a bit unlucky with his 7 on 15 though, to hit the pine cone and then for that to cause a splashdown - but then he had already crumbled at 12.
I think the difference for this version of Tiger is that he has finally accepted his physical limitations and is playing the percentages. Pre back repair, a couple of birdies and he would be trying to hit booming drives and get wild, now he is being outdriven by the young bucks but is a good enough all round player to get through.
@KiwiPie said in Its the Masters baby!:
I think the difference for this version of Tiger is that he has finally accepted his physical limitations and is playing the percentages. Pre back repair, a couple of birdies and he would be trying to hit booming drives and get wild, now he is being outdriven by the young bucks but is a good enough all round player to get through.
If that is true he is even more dangerous now. Who would bet against him going on a majors tear if his body continues to hold up?
@Billy-Tell said in Its the Masters baby!:
Last round went from tense to boring. Tiger did nothing except not make mistakes while everyone else imploded around him, especially the Italian.
Tiger only par'd 8 of 18 holes in the last round and ended up 2 under for the day? He made a truck load of "mistakes"
Finally got to watch the highlights of the final round. That final round was an absolute classic. So many guys in contention right until the final few holes. And the Tiger back from the dead narrative. Might be one of the most amazing Masters finishes ever. Molinari couldn't hold it, he just blew up big time after looking invincible. Tiger was like a robot, no emotional breakdown at the end. If it was me, after everything he's been through physically (the personal stuff was his own doing) and the fact that a year ago he was on the verge of giving it away, I think the dust on course would have had me weeping big time
@canefan said in Its the Masters baby!:
Finally got to watch the highlights of the final round. That final round was an absolute classic. So many guys in contention right until the final few holes. And the Tiger back from the dead narrative. Might be one of the most amazing Masters finishes ever. Molinari couldn't hold it, he just blew up big time after looking invincible. Tiger was like a robot, no emotional breakdown at the end. If it was me, after everything he's been through physically (the personal stuff was his own doing) and the fact that a year ago he was on the verge of giving it away, I think the dust on course would have had me weeping big time
and that shot on 16....... that shot!!!!!
@taniwharugby not too much written about this shot which baffles me.
Watching it live on tv, will go down as one of the best sporting moments of My life
@MajorRage looks like they are mates, or at least met several times before, but yeah I thought it was cools seeing him willing the ball on with Tiger.
@Hooroo said in Its the Masters baby!:
@canefan said in Its the Masters baby!:
Finally got to watch the highlights of the final round. That final round was an absolute classic. So many guys in contention right until the final few holes. And the Tiger back from the dead narrative. Might be one of the most amazing Masters finishes ever. Molinari couldn't hold it, he just blew up big time after looking invincible. Tiger was like a robot, no emotional breakdown at the end. If it was me, after everything he's been through physically (the personal stuff was his own doing) and the fact that a year ago he was on the verge of giving it away, I think the dust on course would have had me weeping big time
and that shot on 16....... that shot!!!!!
It was the biggest example of the pressure he brought to bear on the rest of the field. Molinari felt it, and you saw what happened. When he chunked that short hop into the water on 15? I thought that's the kind of shot I'd hit!
@taniwharugby said in Its the Masters baby!:
@MajorRage looks like they are mates, or at least met several times before, but yeah I thought it was cools seeing him willing the ball on with Tiger.
Who is it?
@canefan said in Its the Masters baby!:
@Hooroo said in Its the Masters baby!:
@canefan said in Its the Masters baby!:
Finally got to watch the highlights of the final round. That final round was an absolute classic. So many guys in contention right until the final few holes. And the Tiger back from the dead narrative. Might be one of the most amazing Masters finishes ever. Molinari couldn't hold it, he just blew up big time after looking invincible. Tiger was like a robot, no emotional breakdown at the end. If it was me, after everything he's been through physically (the personal stuff was his own doing) and the fact that a year ago he was on the verge of giving it away, I think the dust on course would have had me weeping big time
and that shot on 16....... that shot!!!!!
It was the biggest example of the pressure he brought to bear on the rest of the field. Molinari felt it, and you saw what happened. When he chunked that short hop into the water on 15? I thought that's the kind of shot I'd hit!
To be fair, it hit a pine Cone. I don't think he really chunked it too much. Had it missed the tree, it was on the green to two putt for par.
@MajorRage @taniwharugby oh right! Yeah, that is cool.
RS are just talking to Phillip Tautaurangi and they replayed the chat they had with him last week, and it was here I heard that bit about the rank of players to win...apparently it worked out player on rank 12.7 or so usually wins it, Tiger was 12th leading in, but PT said but I wont pick him to win....
