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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Yeah I am back watching it, bad decision not to the whole time.

    Good to see a good round out of Freddy. True story, at one point in my life i was a distant relative of his. His ex wife who committed suicide was some sort of cousin of my mom. I met him a couple times during the bc open but thats about it.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    And I have an irrational dislike of Phil. Dude remInds me of shooter mcgavin to a t.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    This is one of my favorite sports journalism pieces i have read in a long time.

    http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/01/31/t ... back-time/
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,963
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    And I have an irrational dislike of Phil. Dude remInds me of shooter mcgavin to a t.

    Hopefully Sunday will come down to Phil "Shooter" Michelson vs Rory Mcllroy then. A girl in our office yesterday asked me & another coworker if the movie Tin Cup was based on Mcllroy :lol: We had a chuckle. Its nice being the boss as we have a tv in the office, in order for us to be able to watch all big sporting events like the Masters, British Open, World Junior Hockey, man we are spoiled.
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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    This is one of my favorite sports journalism pieces i have read in a long time.

    http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/01/31/t ... back-time/

    That's a great article. Everybody is waiting for the magic to come back, maybe it never will. Sad to think.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    eddiec wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    This is one of my favorite sports journalism pieces i have read in a long time.

    http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/01/31/t ... back-time/

    That's a great article. Everybody is waiting for the magic to come back, maybe it never will. Sad to think.
    I agree, a great article even though I didn't know most of the characters in the first part. When your time is up it's up. It'll be sad if Tiger is remembered for his shagging rather than his golf.

    There seem to be a few comments here re McElroy. I wouldn't write this guy off as he seems to get better each year and is very young. We shall see.
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    i have the opposite feeling than most when it comes to retirement ... for me - it's all about the reason for playing ...

    if an athlete plays a game because of his/her pure joy and passion for it - i say play until you can't play no more ... if you're doing it for the adulation and the fame - then the sport will let you know when it's time to go ... but the idea that you need to go out on top is based strictly on some desire of fans to not want to see their beloved athlete in anything less than prime ... to me, that's ridiculous ... if they have a true love and pasion for the game and they aren't hurting themselves health wise ... keep playing ...
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    phil had 3 birdies and 3 bogeys on the front 9 :shock: :lol:
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    tiger with a 66...3 back

    jason day with a 64 today :shock:

    tomorrow is moving day...greatest weekend of the year! :mrgreen:
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I finally had a chance this evening to catch up on the tourney. Tiger's gonna win this thing. Rory won't hold and same for Jason Day. KJ Choi is more proven and certainly has a chance, but this is Tiger's weekend. Amazing considering where his game was just a few weeks ago.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    I would absolutely love to see tiger win it but he has yet to put 4 rounds together. I think he is getting close and would love for it to happen, I just don't know.
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    What if the little leprechaun won Cliffy? I'm tired of hearing about who'll emerge as the new dominant young player in the game. If it's Rory, let's see it now.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    I like rory, always have. He's a kid and has great game. I think he is going to be number 1 in the world for a long time. He's only 21, there are not many players like him and tiger who have that game at 21. Would like to see him win, but not this weekend.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    I also didn't see tigers 18, hear his second shot there was impressive. Was away from the tv for tigers 17 and 18
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    If Tiger can hold it together today he has a chance. He's still a bit erratic, could shoot 65 or 75.
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,963
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    I also didn't see tigers 18, hear his second shot there was impressive. Was away from the tv for tigers 17 and 18

    Tiger stuck it on 18 for a 12 footer and drained it. I for one hope he can win the Masters. I just want to see him win again. Although I have Phil in the pool. Lets just say it would be nice if Phil and Tiger are challenging each other on Sunday like they did about 3-4 yrs ago where they were about the only 2 guys under par for the Sunday and nobody else was making any moves. I just remember watching and it was awesome.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    sunday at the masters!! my favorite day! :mrgreen:


    who thinks tiger pulls a jack from 25 years ago and shoots a 65 and watches the leader crumble...that'd be awesome!
  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,518
    norm wrote:
    sunday at the masters!! my favorite day! :mrgreen:


    who thinks tiger pulls a jack from 25 years ago and shoots a 65 and watches the leader crumble...that'd be awesome!
    That would be awesome!

    I think McIlroy will hold on though.

    Really hope that there is some kind of close finish to make it interesting.

    Watch out for Cabrerra.
    #FHP
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Horrible start for Rory. Tiger could be 3 back in a couple minutes.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,804
    Mr. Mcilroy.......

    Welcome to Sunday at the Masters........

    hehehehe

    GO TIGER!!!!!!!

    And it wont be long before Cabrera starts puffing on a Marlboro......

    Cabrera was my pick to win...But I would LOVE to see Tiger make a CHARGE!!!!!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....

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