THWACK! The Golf Thread

[ashstralia]

A machine?

Pretty much, Z! He was amazing that weekend. And how about that chip in at 16 a few years ago? (I think it was '05) that was pure art.

[Zing!]

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.

[ashstralia]

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...

[chefcraig]

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.

[Zing!]

You can't end a round of golf much better than that unless there were strippers in the clubhouse cracking open the champagne.

[Fairwrning]

Ill go with Rory McIlroy this weekend

[ashstralia]

yeah! popeye's shot was pretty freakin cool...

[chefcraig]

You can't end a round of golf much better than that unless there were strippers in the clubhouse cracking open the champagne.

yeah! popeye's shot was pretty freakin cool...

What a great deal of folks don't know is the poor bastard almost missed the match entirely. For one reason or another, he snoozed through his wake up call and awoke in his hotel to find he was roughly ten minutes from his tee time. He ran into the bathroom, wiped his face, and still wearing the clothes from the previous evening, got in a cab to meet his caddy. About three to five minutes late, he teed off and managed to survive his opening round. He did better the next day, scoring a round that made the cut. After that, he kinda laid back, not drawing much attention on Saturday, yet come Sunday, he was on top. As I recall, (and bear in mind, I was somewhat sloshed) Scott Verplank hit a long hook that went into the trees at the bend on the 18th, meaning he'd need to create one hell of a long snap to merely reach the green. Instead, the fireplug unleashed the most unexpected shot in the history of golf, flying straight into the wind over water and dropping the ball after a single bounce right into the cup.

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.

[ashstralia]

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...

[ashstralia]

all 4 aussies within 2...

c'mon boys!!!

[Whorehey]

Day for birdie on 17...

[ashstralia]

freddy and jason..

[Fairwrning]

Man, I put a jinx on Rory..he did well til today

[chefcraig]

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.

[Zing!]

I think the exception has something to do with his last name being Woods.

9 out of 10 TV ratings agree.