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Bubba doesn’t strike me as the type to do a lot of fine tuning. We know about his focus problems and how he says he probably has undiagnosed ADHD. He doesn’t have (and has never had) a swing coach and does everything by feel. It wouldn’t surprise me if he didn’t really analyze the Volik ball all that much before signing on and putting it in play. He probably used the a few times and figured it was good enough. It wouldn’t surprise me if he didn’t take a closer look at the Trackman data which could have pointed out potential red flags with the ball.
 
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Sends trying to play it out of the water on 17. First attempt came back down off the bank and back into the water. 2nd attempt and it hung up on the grass.
 
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Tigers turns at -1. Bogey’d 16. It’s really tough out there. He is playing with Kizzire and Sneds who are 3 and 4 over. Up ahead, Sergio is +4.
 
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This course is an absolute beast right now with the wind blowing like this. Carnage in the featured groups on PGA Tour Live.
 
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Wouldn't be surprised to see Tiger struggle today with how the course is playing. Seems as though he can get a few parts of his game working, but can't get everything working at the same time yet. It'll come and if he plays well today, that will be a good sign.
 
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Big fist pump as he saves par on 11. Drove it in the rough, had to just punch out, got up-and-down from about 100 yards.
 
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His last four iron shots have been 10+ yards short. His short game has bailed him out so far but is looking at Double on 15
 
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Birdies 17. Go figure.

If he can get one on 18 to get back to E, that would be some momentum to carry over to tomorrow.
 
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cshea said:
Birdies 17. Go figure.

If he can get one on 18 to get back to E, that would be some momentum to carry over to tomorrow.
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If he finishes at +1, I think that's pretty good momentum anyway. Not a lot of low scores out there right now. If he does get the bird, it would be fantastic.
 
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I understand why they did it. But if they are going to make a change, go to a format like the British Open (4 hole aggregate) or go right to sudden death.

A 2 hole aggregate score playoff is puzzlingly uninspiring.
 
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I understand why they did it. But if they are going to make a change, go to a format like the British Open (4 hole aggregate) or go right to sudden death.

A 2 hole aggregate score playoff is puzzlingly uninspiring.
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It's so weak. I agree, do four holes, not two.
 
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I presume they're doing 2 holes instead of 4 because they want to end the final round as late in the day as possible (for television/ratings reasons) and still leave enough light for the playoff holes. The PGA Championship can struggle with daylight issues, but it's not such a ratings cash cow that an earlier start is so problematic; the Open Championship doesn't have such issues, but that's because the summer days in the UK are so long regardless of where the event is being held.

Still, this sucks. The US Open used to have a 36-hole playoff (in a single day)...and in 1931, Billy Burke and George Von Elm were tied after the 36 holes on Monday and played *another* 36 holes on Tuesday to determine the winner. That was when men were men and the US Open really was the toughest test in golf. Now, not so much. (As a UK resident, I particularly liked the Monday finish because it meant I got an extra day's golf in prime time, although I'll grant that this isn't so much of a bonus for everyone in the US.)
 
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Pretty good breakdown of Tiger's stats:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tiger-woods-has-now-played-enough-rounds-to-qualify-for-the-pga-tours-stat-leaders-heres-how-he-stacks-up

As expected, he's absolutely terrible with the driver. It's actually quite impressive what he's done with basically the worst tee game on tour. If he can figure some of this stuff out, watch out. I think he makes some noise at Augusta.
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The very small sample size cited in that article masks the trend lines. More specifically, he hit the ball better off the tee last weekend than he has for years.

If that Tiger shows up, then yes, he'll be a factor at Augusta.
 
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I really don't think he does. And that's nothing against Tiger - it's just really, really difficult to play only a few regular tournaments and come back into contention at a major, even a major that ought to set up very well for Tiger historically.
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I think a reason why he can compete at Ausuta is that it is the one major that is played at the same course every year. He knows his way around Augusta.

The Masters is also probably the easiest of the 4 majors, so if he’s going to contend, that would be the one.
 
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ConigliarosPotential said:
What do you think a realistic over-under regarding Tiger's final position in the tournament would be - 20th? 30th? Whatever it is, I'll take the under (as in, I think he'll do worse than the break-even line)...but reasonable minds may differ!
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Top 10-15ish? In 2009 he finished T6, that was coming off the knee injury from the 08 US Open and only had a handful of starts leading in to the tournament (3, I think). His last appearance was 2015 where he came in with injures and without tournament reps, having withdrawn from the Waste Management in early February. He didn’t make a single start between the WM and Augusta and finished T17. He was T5 after 3 rounds and then faded on Sunday, but I guess you could quibble with “contention” since that was the year Spieth ran away and Tiger entered Sunday 10 shots back.

As a pro, he has made 18 starts, 13 top 10’s, 17 top 25’s. He’s finished lower than T22 only once. I don’t know. I think you can blind fold him and make him only use a 7-iron and he’d get around the place just fine.
 
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ConigliarosPotential said:
What do you think a realistic over-under regarding Tiger's final position in the tournament would be - 20th? 30th? Whatever it is, I'll take the under (as in, I think he'll do worse than the break-even line)...but reasonable minds may differ!
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I'll take that bet straight up. We'll split the difference and say 25th, I'll take the over and you take the under. Bet is for a dozen balls of winners choice.
 
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