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Posted on 05/17/2019 4:42:56 PM PDT by jazusamo
Despite his thrilling Masters victory last month, Tiger Woods finished his second round at this week's PGA Championship on the wrong side of the cut line.
At 5 over par at Bethpage Black on Long Island, it became clear this wasn't going to be a Masters repeat. The cut was projected to be 4 over, The Associated Press reporter, though there was a chance it could move up to 3 over.
By the way, Brooks Koepka finished up the round with a huge lead at the PGA Championship and another entry in the major championship record book.
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Woods is back...way back at 5 over.
All glory is fleeting.
Watched it, That course is BRUTAL!
Tiger may have been distracted.
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Koepka is going to be the next big thing in golf.
He sure ripped the course yesterday and today.
Big, strong kid with a lot of skill & he has no fear. if he gets this it will be his 4th major in a very short time.
Tiger’s out and so are Rahm and Garcia. Rory is underperforming, has no chance to win.
I think Rahm is going to be one of the greats....hope he stops ridiculous bad play.
Koepka may well be next big thing. I like Rahm too.
Yup....Rory seems to have stalled out somewhat & Jordan does not look right currently.
Get sloshed and get behind the wheel of your Corvette and crash and burn. And die. Darwin nods an “I told you so.” Good thing he didn’t kill any sober motorists or pedestrians. Hope the case gets thrown out.
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From D-day to Pearl Harbor in less than a month.
You’re ridin’ high in April, shot down in May.
He already is. He has won the US Open twice, back-to-back.
Koepka is doing what we all thought Jordan Spieth was going to do.
Woods physically can’t recover week to week. He hasn’t even played since Augusta. He just made it through the Masters, knowing that course like the back of his hand was huge in his win. Bethpage Black, how well does he know that course? Nothing like Augusta. The Summer will wear him down. The US open being at Pebble Beach will be a better opportunity for him... familiar course and cool Coastal weather.
Woods does not play well in windy courses and Pebble falls under that problem with winds less than a week ago close to 14 MPH. This is why Woods seldom plays in Hawaii or Texas. And with his inability to hit fairways, Pebble is a lot less forgiving than the Black Course at Bethpage. Miss a fairway at Pebble and you might be swimming for it a lot more than what he failed at over the last two days.
Another problem the winds cause is the greens being inconsistent. And Woods is not a very good putter as the PGA ranks him tied for 130th in the world in putting. He may be going home early again since he can’t hit fairways, especially in the wind, and is not a good putter to start with without the greens at Pebble being tough.
rwood
Koepka has what is needed for that brutal course - incredible length and the ability to hit even narrow fairways....the lack of driving accuracy has always been an issue with Tiger...which led to his fame as an incredible scrambler...I imagine Tiger’s body was rebelling as evidenced by a few layups out of rough conditions that he used to try to blast his way out of.
Gonna watch again today just to see if Koepka can keep it up ... he’s certainly strong enough(and accurate) to be the next top dog in the PGA.
“...to be the next top dog in the PGA.”
Wish it was that easy, and honest. The PGA is a business and they have used their rankings to market themselves. A player wins a tournament and suddenly they are better than sliced bread. Woods won his first non-artificially handled tournament since 2013 with the Masters and he jumped to number 6. But he has been their device to getting TV time for a lot of years. And they have both abused the public with it.
Johnson with his length is the new one, however. And he brings a bit of story to him because his “big named” father in law, who doesn’t trust him for good reason, travels with him, Wayne Gretzky. Johnson’s a sleaze, also. But chicks dig the long ball because it’s marketed that way. And that puts butts in the seats and get their sponsor’s products sold.
rwood
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