THWACK! The Golf Thread
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I was bagging on basketball in another thread - and I don't know if I can qualify golf as a real sport - but I can appreciate greatness when I see it. Maybe it's because at my age it's the only game I have left, so I can relate to how good you have to be to play even decent golf and not embarrass yourself. Whereas I can't stand to watch basketball on the tele, I could watch golf for hours. The way these guys make shot after shot look routine (and the occasional melt-down, natch) is fascinating to me.My karma just ran over your dogma.Comment
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I'm hearing you, mate. That final 9 at Augusta has been some of the most entertaining tv I've ever seen. Just watching dudes try to hold it together while battling their own minds and nerves is spectacular. Can't wait for the weekend.
Btw, Aussie Rugby League is a pretty good watch, too! Saturday night's game South Sydney vs Melbourne will be epic. Both teams are undefeated after 5 rounds...Comment
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Yeah, Tiger's twisty, turny hole out was pretty good. Yet you have never felt anything that compares, unless you happened to be hanging around the fairway, somewhat sunburnt and beer sodden, when this little nipper fired the shot heard around the world. And yes, there is a monument honoring his shot that day.
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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To this day, it's the most remarkable shot I've ever witnessed. The tv clips do not serve the story justice, as the crowd's ovation roar was louder than anything I've ever heard, and that includes a Deep Purple/Nazareth show from 1975 or 76.
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aah, the marvellous ritual of rising at 5am to find an aussie atop the leaderboard!!
it's 5:42 am here now; sun's not up yet...Comment
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Still don't get the "exception" rule that allows Woods to continue to play, yet as coverage ended here in the states we have 3 Aussies in the top five. Nicely performed fellows and well, well played.
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