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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,816
    Hansen is consistant.....

    5-5-5

    hehehehehehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Only Phil
    I've met Rob

    DEGENERATE FUK

    This place is dead

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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Phils implosion
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Better to do this now than on the back nine
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    AUGUSTA, Ga. — At Augusta National, history wafts through the pines and across the fairways. And every so often, it drops right in your lap.

    Standing in the fairway at the par-5 second hole, one stroke behind the leaders and 260 yards from the pin, Louis Oosthuizen unleashed one of the most magnificent shots in Masters history. His approach hit 28 yards short of the pin, then rolled as if down a gutter, and with one final rotation, dropped into the cup. It was the first albatross, a three-under-par shot, ever struck on 2, and only the fourth in the entire history of the Masters. And it vaulted Oosthuizen from back in the pack into a two-shot lead.

    Smiling his characteristic gap-toothed grin, the one that's given him the nickname "Shrek," Oosthuizen then did the unthinkable: he tossed the potentially historic ball into the crowd.

    The lucky recipient? A gentleman by the name of Wayne Mitchell, who hails from New Tripoli, Pennsylvania. He caught the ball and almost immediately socked it into his pocket. "My biggest fear was that I would drop it," he said later. "I'm not a souvenir chaser. But there were about 100 people behind me who would have gone for it."

    Once Oosthuizen and the following pairing, leaders Peter Hanson and Phil Mickelson, finished out the second hole, a couple of club members in green jackets escorted Mitchell and his wife away from the second green. Mitchell took a moment to speak to the media, but made sure to keep the ball in his pocket. You never know, after all.

    How much might the ball be worth? Green Jacket Auctions immediately offered $20,000 on Twitter if Oosthuizen wins. But Mitchell said he'd be "respectful" of the club and the tournament, whatever he decides to do with the ball.

    Which brings up another point: should Oosthuizen win the Masters, the ball would become an integral part of Augusta National history. And if the club decided it wanted to display the ball, and asked for it? "I'd certainly listen," Mitchell said, his poker face firmly in place.

    Asked if he would play the lottery on his way home, he smiled and said, "Why would I need to?"
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    That's incredible about the ball.

    Good to see Harrington playing well again.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    This back 9 is going to be a lot of fun
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    This back 9 is going to be a lot of fun

    I fucking love this shit :D
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    norm wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    This back 9 is going to be a lot of fun

    I fucking love this shit :D

    Yeah, man. This is the fucking best.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Gotta love it when the pros hit a shot like I do
  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Glad I'm off work tomorrow. (kids off school and I promised him we'd play 18). The beers are flowing watching this
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    DEGENERATE FUK

    This place is dead

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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    For me, the greatest two hours in sports ...the back nine at augusta
  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    norm wrote:
    For me, the greatest two hours in sports ...the back nine at augusta

    I agree, but waking up and watching the leaders go off with my morning coffee at St. Andrews is pretty cool
    I've met Rob

    DEGENERATE FUK

    This place is dead

    "THERE ARE NO CLIQUES, ONLY THOSE WHO DON'T JOIN THE FUN" - Empty circa 2015

    "Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    If Phil can drain this, I may hear the roar in Philly.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Oh fuck yeah, this is awesome. I'm pulling for kuchar
  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Oh fuck yeah, this is awesome. I'm pulling for kuchar

    Always smiling. Whoa, trouble on 16.

    Still smiling though
    I've met Rob

    DEGENERATE FUK

    This place is dead

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    "Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Phil needs to eagle 15 or he's all but done
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Yeah, tough bogey there.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,022
    Bubba. Great showing from him. Never thought he had the head to be here
  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    anyone but Bubba
    I've met Rob

    DEGENERATE FUK

    This place is dead

    "THERE ARE NO CLIQUES, ONLY THOSE WHO DON'T JOIN THE FUN" - Empty circa 2015

    "Kfsbho&$thncds" - F Me In the Brain - circa 2015