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Byron Nelson Plays on Without Tiger Woods (He's Human!)
yahoo.com ^ | 5/14/05 | unknown

Posted on 05/14/2005 6:12:23 AM PDT by beyond the sea

IRVING, Texas - The moment was packed with the kind of tension usually seen only at a major. In the locker room at the Byron Nelson Championship, players huddled around the television as Tiger Woods stood over a 15-foot putt. Upstairs in the family dining area, about 60 people set down their silverware and stopped their chatter to watch. On the course, the 1,500 fans surrounding the 18th green went stone silent.

They witnessed something that had not happened on the PGA Tour in seven years and 142 tournaments.

Woods missed the cut.

"Every guy in the locker room was watching," Jesper Parnevik said. "We're not allowed to bet, but guys were offering $1,000 he would make it."

No wonder there were no takers.

Woods made a slippery 6-foot birdie putt at Torrey Pines three years ago to make the cut on the number. He made a downhill par putt from 4 feet in the Masters two years ago to do the same thing. And who can forget that 6-foot putt in the 2000 PGA Championship to force a playoff, or that 15-footer in the dark at the Presidents Cup.

Maybe that's what was so surprising about this one.

He studied the line from both sides, consulted his caddie, then stood over the ball and went through his routine. One look at the cup. Shift his feet and give it another look. A third look and pull the trigger.

The ball broke gently to the right toward the cup, then flattened out in the final 6 inches and trickled by, a dramatic end to one of the greatest streaks in sports.

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KEYWORDS: excellence; golf; streak; tiger; woods
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This streak (142 'cuts made' in a row) is one of the greatest streaks in sports, perhaps the greatest, imo. Presently, Ernie Els has the longest 'cuts made' streak --- 20!

Good luck, Ernie.

1 posted on 05/14/2005 6:12:23 AM PDT by beyond the sea
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To: beyond the sea

Yeah no kidding. Besides I'm sure Tiger likes being out of the limelight sometimes to tend to his marriage. Waiting for a tiger cub. He needs to get going my mother insists *lol*


2 posted on 05/14/2005 6:15:02 AM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: 1Old Pro; yawningotter; Baynative; mdittmar; Jackson Brown; woodyinscc; Rummyfan; NittanyLion; ...

Streak ping......


3 posted on 05/14/2005 6:16:52 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Cops to Jenn: Can we stop looking for the blue van now and talk about the flatware deficit?)
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To: cyborg
Rumor is that the very lovely 'Mrs. Tiger' is tired of just cooking for herself on the weekends. ;-)

But seriously, this seven year streak was an incredible accomplishment!

And, I'm expecting a 'Tiger cub' before he misses another cut.

4 posted on 05/14/2005 6:20:31 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Cops to Jenn: Can we stop looking for the blue van now and talk about the flatware deficit?)
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To: beyond the sea
And who can forget that 6-foot putt in the 2000 PGA Championship to force a playoff,

I believe it was this putt that I was watching in an airport bar. The place was pretty busy and those watching the tube gave a collective "WOW" when he made it. Made everybody else who hadn't been paying attention watch for the replay.

I love to watch pro-golf. I love to be amazed. And I find satisfaction when I also see them make a bad drive or putt. Massages my ego just a little bit....LOL

5 posted on 05/14/2005 6:22:24 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (Hillary's Chappaquiddick. Check it out at: www.Hillcap.org)
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To: beyond the sea
This streak (142 'cuts made' in a row) is one of the greatest streaks in sports...

Golf is not a sport. It's a pastime, a hobby, a stroll through the grass....

6 posted on 05/14/2005 6:27:25 AM PDT by raybbr
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To: cyborg

That's what happens when one gets tangled up with women. So long Tiger, been nice knowin' ya......... /sarcasm


7 posted on 05/14/2005 6:31:30 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (After 32 years of dealing with stupid people I still haven't earned the right to just shoot them.)
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To: raybbr
Golf is not a sport. It's a pastime, a hobby, a stroll through the grass...

Yeah right...... and Hillary is not a socialist. Get a grip.

It's apparent that you are clueless on this matter. Try walking 24 miles and playing brilliant golf.

Meds please.

8 posted on 05/14/2005 6:31:50 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Cops to Jenn: Can we stop looking for the blue van now and talk about the flatware deficit?)
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To: Hot Tabasco

LOL I think that myth is exactly that... a myth. A wife can help a golf game if she wants to :-)


9 posted on 05/14/2005 6:34:42 AM PDT by cyborg (Serving fresh, hot Anti-opus since 18 April 2005)
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To: raybbr
***Golf is not a sport. It's a pastime, a hobby, a stroll through the grass....***

Uh-huh. A stroll through "the grass". Except if you have a slice. Then it resembles....



THIS....

10 posted on 05/14/2005 6:36:29 AM PDT by Condor51 (Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
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To: prairiebreeze
I love to watch pro-golf.
Helps me get my Saturday afternoon nap ;)

a stroll through the grass

You must be a better golfer than me, I usually stroll through the woods.
The Scots have an expresion - "Golf is a good walk ruined"
11 posted on 05/14/2005 6:36:36 AM PDT by ProudVet77 (Warning: Frequent sarcastic posts)
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To: Hat-Trick; Bluegrass Conservative; Tax-chick; Baynative; pissant

ping


12 posted on 05/14/2005 6:38:59 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Cops to Jenn: Can we stop looking for the blue van now and talk about the flatware deficit?)
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To: Condor51

ROFL!


13 posted on 05/14/2005 6:39:38 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Cops to Jenn: Can we stop looking for the blue van now and talk about the flatware deficit?)
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To: Condor51

I despise Jack Nicklaus for a reason that I won't get into but I had the satisfaction of being about 20 feet behind him at the Seniors TPC in Dearborn a bunch of years ago when his drive was off to the right of the fairway in tall thick grass stuff about 3 feet high. Took him 3 shots just to get his ball back on the fairway. Revenge was very sweet to me that day........


14 posted on 05/14/2005 6:42:53 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (After 32 years of dealing with stupid people I still haven't earned the right to just shoot them.)
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To: raybbr
Golf is not a sport.

Try telling that to the high school golf kids who have to carry their bags up and down hills, in 90 degree heat, for over 7000 yards. You may wind up with a club wrapped around your neck.

15 posted on 05/14/2005 6:49:28 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (islam and the dumbocRATs are two cancers on this Earth.)
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To: beyond the sea
Try walking 24 miles and playing brilliant golf.

Huh? Who walks 24 miles? You mean over a four day period with your every whim catered to? Oh my! What exertion! You get a grip. Golf is a pastime, a hobby, a stroll through the woods or the grass. It's like billiards or bowling.

16 posted on 05/14/2005 6:53:58 AM PDT by raybbr
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Try telling that to the high school golf kids who have to carry their bags up and down hills, in 90 degree heat, for over 7000 yards. You may wind up with a club wrapped around your neck.

You must be kidding, right? I play three sets of tennis in the same heat for two hours. No comparison. Not even close.

17 posted on 05/14/2005 6:55:38 AM PDT by raybbr
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To: Baynative
As a sport golf is far more exacting and tedious than any of the team exhibitons performed by witless thugs for adoring fans with their hats on backwards.

I kind of agree. But comparing it to say, tennis or fencing, where you have to move quickly, keep your balance, counter an opponents moves and thoughts just doesn't hold water.

19 posted on 05/14/2005 6:59:17 AM PDT by raybbr
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