OT: Master's Week

kapyoche

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Rory takes it. He looks relaxed.
I just can't see Reed shooing int he 60s tomorrow. He will have to if he wants to win.
It is very hard for the last group to shoot a low round on Sunday.
Rory shoots 68 and Reed shoots 72.
Rory wins by 1 stroke.
 

Jtung230

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Reed has the fire power to match Rory. If conditions hold up, Reed wins easily.
 

RUScrew85

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A Reed-McIlroy final group tomorrow will be interesting.

Great chance for Rory to win, but Reed is very strong and has played under pressure in Ryder Cup.

Well Reed has never closed out a win in a major so I'd have to say advantage Rory going into Sunday. Lots of potential first time major winners collapse with a lead in the last round of a major.
 

Knightmoves

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Where’s Tiger?!

Tiger will almost be putting out on 18 before the leaders tee off today.

He looks as skilled as the top players. I expect him to improve as he plays more Tour events and can be in the mix in upcoming majors. He wasn’t sharp this week in Augusta.
 

WhiteBus

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Sunday at the Masters. My favorite single sports day. Outshines them all.
My initial thought is that this is a two horse race but there were three rounds of 65 yesterday and the greens should still be receptive after the rain yesterday. Still, once you get out of the top five you are talking a miracle. 8 strokes behind Reed, 5 behind Rory. Way too much would have to happen for the -6 crowd to win. And I'll throw Stenson out too. Dont think he has that -7, -8 round in him. I do think any of the top four can go real low but Reed still needs to fall off the rails first.
As far as my personal rooting interest, I really don't have one. I like all these guys so I'm just going to sit back and enjoy.
 

Jtung230

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Agree with Caliknight, so tired of the Tiger crap. People thought he might win this week.
If you are tired of it, tell Cali stop posting about him.

The only thing that can hold back Reed is law of averages. Odds are against him posting another sub 70 round. But think 70 or 71 gets it done.
 

RuSnp

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Tiger will almost be putting out on 18 before the leaders tee off today.

He looks as skilled as the top players. I expect him to improve as he plays more Tour events and can be in the mix in upcoming majors. He wasn’t sharp this week in Augusta.
You definitely see the flashes from him. But it is like everything else. You get old and some days you just don't have it - knee hurts, back hurts, tired, whatever. You overswing a bit to compensate and boom - in the water, rough, whatever.

There is no margin for error in a tournament like this, with arguably the best young crop of players the game has seen.

To win a tournament like this the stars will have to really align for him. That said he will certainly be in the conversation (top 10 or so) at a major soon enough IMO.
 
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chase07470

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100 on every event he makes the cut. Done?
Tiger was picked by Vegas as a favorite based on his play since returning. That game didn't show up at Augusta. The "A" game of many, many other pros didn't, either. That's golf.

Any narrative that he can't win a major is preposterous. Vegas Odds makers just said so. His statistics so far, say so. Nearly every golf commentator and player says so. In the meantime, the tiger haters will just have to deal with the wall to wall coverage of him no matter where he is in a tournament. Must be annoying for them.

Reed is an interesting character, to say the least. The fact he has McIlroy again, head to head, on a stage that's equivalent to Hazeltine in the final day of a Ryder Cup, is just fascinating. Out of all the players today, no one seems to thrive more on that sort of stage and energy than he does. But McIlroy does too. Will these two go out and drop bomb after bomb on each other, again? Ride the emotional energy of the huge crowd, the stage, pull away from the pack completely and produce a brilliant duel? Likely.
 

kapyoche

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Couples was amazing on Saturday. It looked like he belonged at a Rehab clinic the way he was walking. The guy may have the best swing for that course.
If he could putt better, he would be among the leaders. He hit so many shots so close to the hole.
 

knightfan7

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Jul 30, 2003
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Phil is -5 for his round heading to 18 tee. Eagle on 15, 5 birdies, and 2 bogeys.

Low scores are out there. Pin at 15 is in the middle, 16 is the regular Sunday location, and 17 is according to the talking heads not that difficult to get close.
 

Mikemarc

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Nov 28, 2005
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Tiger won’t win another Major. My prediction.

Tiger is still the player everyone wants to see in golf. Hence, that’s why players, reporters, analysts hype him up. It’s great for the game.

As someone else says, the stars will have to align perfectly for him to win again. Don’t see it happening.

Rooting for a Fowler rally today, but just don’t see it happening
 
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kapyoche

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Great win for Reed. The !3th, 14th and 17th were key holes to his victory. He got lucky on the 13th but all Masters major champion need a luck break like that.
He made a great putt on the 14th and again got a good break on the 17th to slow down the long putt and he made a clutch come back putt.
Well deserved champion.
 

WhiteBus

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Was a great win for Reed but played the scared to lose round. Speith made it enjoyable final.
 

Jtung230

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Reed got away with one today. Really was a poor round but was able to hang on. Congrats.
 

Knightmoves

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Was a great win for Reed but played the scared to lose round. Speith made it enjoyable final.

Reed played scared to lose?

I thought he stayed aggressive on a day when he was anything but sharp. I give him great credit for grinding out a Masters win when others played better. He is a highly skilled Tour player who is fearless on the course.
 

WhiteBus

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Reed got away with one today. Really was a poor round but was able to hang on. Congrats.
Poor round? The only guy that made a move was Speith. When you have a big lead on the field there is no need to go for it.
 

WhiteBus

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Reed played scared to lose?

I thought he stayed aggressive on a day when he was anything but sharp. I give him great credit for grinding out a Masters win when others played better. He is a highly skilled Tour player who is fearless on the course.
He wasn't aggrssive like he was in first 3 rounds. Where did I say he wasn't a high skilled player?? It wasn't a fluke he won but it was his worst round of the week for a reason. He changed his focus. He took zero risks.
 

kapyoche

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It will be very hard for Tiger to win another major. There are too many world class players who are young and tested such as Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowlers and now Patrick Reed,

We are seeing too many players in their 20s winning majors which does not bode well for Tiger's chances for winning majors.
Also, you have to wonder if he has the patience to play when he is not on the top.
 

RUinPinehurst

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He wasn't aggrssive like he was in first 3 rounds. Where did I say he wasn't a high skilled player?? It wasn't a fluke he won but it was his worst round of the week for a reason. He changed his focus. He took zero risks.

And he won.
 

Jtung230

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It will be very hard for Tiger to win another major. There are too many world class players who are young and tested such as Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowlers and now Patrick Reed,

We are seeing too many players in their 20s winning majors which does not bode well for Tiger's chances for winning majors.
Also, you have to wonder if he has the patience to play when he is not on the top.
Did you think Sergio was going to win the Masters against all those world class players? What about Danny Willett?
 
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Knightmoves

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He wasn't aggrssive like he was in first 3 rounds. Where did I say he wasn't a high skilled player?? It wasn't a fluke he won but it was his worst round of the week for a reason. He changed his focus. He took zero risks.

David Duval, Frank Nobilo and the others on the post Masters coverage all praised Reed for being aggressive in his game on Sunday. Being risk averse and changing focus were never mentioned.
 

WhiteBus

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David Duval, Frank Nobilo and the others on the post Masters coverage all praised Reed for being aggressive in his game on Sunday. Being risk averse and changing focus were never mentioned.
My bad than he was just bad than. :sunglasses:
 

chase07470

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Gutsy Sunday from Reed. Every time he had a chance to cough up the lead, he delivered a shot or a putt. Rory came up small...again. Spieth...he's going to regret that Friday start for a long time. Great show, as usual.
 

Caliknight

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This generation of golfers are so good. It’s going to be fun watching them battle it out in the years to come.
 

knightfan7

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Did you think Sergio was going to win the Masters against all those world class players? What about Danny Willett?

I had Sergio in my pool last year.

As I said earlier I had Casey this year. He played the last 2 rounds -10. Unfortunately the first 2 rounds also counted.