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coremiller

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Well this is Firestone.  Woods owns this course.  He's won there 7 times and has previously shot 62 and 61 there.
 

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WayBackVazquez said:
 
Don't go out on a limb.
 
Fair enough but Tiger has never shot a 60 in tournament play. This course isn't that easy, and at -9 through 13 this has the makings of a very impressive round. 
 

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bostonbeerbelly said:
 
Fair enough but Tiger has never shot a 60 in tournament play. This course isn't that easy, and at -9 through 13 this has the makings of a very impressive round. 
 
I was being sarcastic. He's on pace for a 59 or better. That's historic.
 

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WayBackVazquez said:
 
I was being sarcastic. He's on pace for a 59 or better. That's historic.
 
Sarcasm meter is way off after this long week.  Just went through 6 years of data to find a round that could have been considered more impressive and came up with the course tying 63 he shot in the second round of the 2007 PGA championship which he won. 
 

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Can't believe the TV guys are showing Tiger every hole instead of the fat kid from Thailand.
 

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If that had stayed in the fairway I bet he would have taken a rip at the green.  Too much roll.
 

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Greg29fan said:
the nerves really got to him, huh?
 
Could be nerves, or it could just be that it's really hard to birdie every hole.  It's not like he started playing badly.  He still hasn't made a bogey.
 

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coremiller said:
 
Could be nerves, or it could just be that it's really hard to birdie every hole.  It's not like he started playing badly.  He still hasn't made a bogey.
 
I thought nerves more because he really started missing drives and over-cooked the wedge on 16 rather than his putting.
 

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Guy shoots 61 and everyone's crying about two minor mistakes in an otherwise amazing round. Meanwhile, his competitors are looking at the scoreboard, or the TV, and saying WTF.
 

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Tiger being Tiger.  Just on cruise control today.  1 birdie and all pars through 11 or 12 holes.  A clinic of how to not fuck up, keep things in play and take your shots when you get them.  He looks really good heading into next weekend.  Everyone else seems to be struggling to score today, so it looks like the margin of victory should be in that 7-8 range unless something catastrophic happens.
 

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Yeah. He can still hold a lead. This was the Prime Time Tiger mode for winning. Go low early on a day when nobody else is going low, then cruise in. I don't think he proved a lot this weekend except that he can finish off an easy victory.
 

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First time Tiger's played the "yeah, I'm a dad" card at a tournament?  Easy to forget he even has kids since we never see them like we do, say, Mickelson's kids, after a tournament.  Sort of endearing to see him carry his son up to the clubhouse like that.
 

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Tiger has an absurd .428 winning percentage at WGC events (18 wins in 42 starts). Geoff Ogilvy is 2nd in career WGC wins. With 3. 
 
And yes, I do believe that was the first time he's had his kids with him after a tournament win. 
 

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Are you guys talking about post-divorce?  It's only his 8th win since the divorce was finalized, and 5 of them have been this year.  I also imagine she has custody, so she would have the kids much more often, particularly when he's on the road working. 
 
If you are talking about in his career, that's just wrong.  I know there's been a number of occasions where Elin and the kids were around when the kids were babies after he won a tournament.  A google image search shows about a million of these:
 
 

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WayBackVazquez said:
 
Yeah, and it also says his daughter was at the US Open he won in 2008.  The original poster was saying that it's the first time Tiger's played the "dad" card, which isn't true and what I was responding to.  Prior to the divorce, the kids (particularly Sam, because she was born in 2007) were at plenty of events.   Charlie may not have ever seen him win one because Charlie wasn't even a year old when Tiger won his last tournament prior to the divorce.   If Tiger keeps playing and winning, I would imagine we'll start seeing more and more of the kids as they get older and don't need to be tied to their custodial parent as much.
 

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Deathofthebambino said:
Tiger being Tiger.  Just on cruise control today.  1 birdie and all pars through 11 or 12 holes.  A clinic of how to not fuck up, keep things in play and take your shots when you get them.  He looks really good heading into next weekend.  Everyone else seems to be struggling to score today, so it looks like the margin of victory should be in that 7-8 range unless something catastrophic happens.
 
It felt like a retro Tiger week. Totally enjoyable.
 

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Deathofthebambino said:
 
Yeah, and it also says his daughter was at the US Open he won in 2008.  The original poster was saying that it's the first time Tiger's played the "dad" card, which isn't true and what I was responding to.  Prior to the divorce, the kids (particularly Sam, because she was born in 2007) were at plenty of events.   Charlie may not have ever seen him win one because Charlie wasn't even a year old when Tiger won his last tournament prior to the divorce.   If Tiger keeps playing and winning, I would imagine we'll start seeing more and more of the kids as they get older and don't need to be tied to their custodial parent as much.
 
If you're referring to me (I used the "dad" card phrasing), I wasn't saying that it was his first time, I was asking if it was his first time.  So sorry I can't recall who was at what tournament at what age five years ago.
 

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Listening to the Ian Poulter press conference this morning.  Man I love this guy,  he is just fantastic
 

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Poulter is having a nice little run on twitter following the PGA. He is proposing to taser the idiots who he'll "mashed potatoes" and other crap after shots.

I think Poults can be insufferabld when he starts whining, but he is absolutely right about this.
 

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cshea said:
Poulter is having a nice little run on twitter following the PGA. He is proposing to taser the idiots who he'll "mashed potatoes" and other crap after shots.

I think Poults can be insufferabld when he starts whining, but he is absolutely right about this.
 
The Masters wouldn't tolerate that nonsense. Those people would be dragged off and beaten before being thrown off the grounds and banned for life.
 

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Phil is shooting a crazy low round at the Barclay's.  Was 34th going into the round, now one behind.  He's got 16-17-18 left.
 

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Woodland is taking an unplayable on 5, he'll need to scramble for bogey. Tiger got his first birdie on 5 in the group ahead, now he's playing the par 5 6th. A birdie here and he'd be one back.

Great leaderboard, great venue. I love the Manhattan skyline in the distance.
 

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I'm not a big Tiger fan but it's painful watching him with his back. Been there done that. His bending down gingerly to get the tee looked awful familiar. Mmmm. Flexeril.
 

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It's been a pretty wild back 9. Kuchar imploded, Chaps had a 3 shot lead and puked it all back up in 3 holes and is one behind. Tiger's wounded, and Woodland just inexpicably drove the ball through the fairway and into the water on 13. Everyone is hitting 3-wood off 13 and Woodland, perhaps the longest guy on tour, pulls driver and of course drives it right into the drink.
 

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Anyone ever been to the Deutsche Bank? Tickets are fairly cheap, and I've never been to a PGA event so I'm thinking of heading down last minute if I can squeeze some time on on Sunday. Worth it?