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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On the other hand, Tiger could take 2 years off and his streak would be in tact....Ripken had to play every game I believe.
The streaks are hard to compare. Woods streak would be the equivalent of a pitcher giving up 2 runs or less every outing for 142 starts.
Ripkens would be for a guy to play every tour event without a break for 15 years.
Still consider myself a beginner after almost 2 years of golf. But I do see a direct parallel to a baseball swing. Rather than keeping your eye on the pitcher you keep your eye on the ball. The swing is all about keeping on the plane. The plane changes in golf depending on the slope and depth where the ball sits. The plane changes in baseball depending on the slope of the pitch. Same principles, just a lower plane for golf. Love the game. It's intellectual, individualist, super-athletic (yes, it's all about control of every part of your body), ambitious, addictive and spiritual (in that most courses are surrounded by nature).
"It was one of those mornings when all of nature shouted 'fore!'" That quote is from this book: (get it read it relish it)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517057948/qid=1116103487/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-4611525-2803939
Her father and mother had had eight kids......... they did not have a lot of money......... so I said, "Mary, lets go up to Ligoneer, PA (Arnold Palmer's place) and get married by a judge, and save your dad a lot of cash. It was great.............
Rick Rhoden.... pitcher for the Pirates and a friend of mine.......and others have done well on some tours............. but he was a PITCHER///////much different than the effects of being a hitter.
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Ripken's would be for a guy to play every tour event without a break for 15 years.........
Hey dogleg............... Ripken could stink up the joint every once in a while. 0 for 4, etc.
Ripken was great............ is great............. but this is different.
Look up "sport" in the dictionary, then go to sleep!
Great Pride?. . how about inordinate pride, . . .pardon me if I defer your invitation to boast of my volunteer work and all that I've done to further the game of golf. My God, you really are overflowing with self-importance. ..why don't you open a window and take alook around, pal (if your head will fit, that is). . .it's a big old world out there. . why not share it with a few others? You know what. . .the true seving volunteers that have genuinely touched and affected lives usually talk very little about what they have done. . in fact the ones that talk are the ones that are usually taking credit for what others have done. Go play tennis with yourself.
you may be a veggie
I'm with you bud. Tennis is a sport. Golf is a game.
Some think he's already playing with himself.
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............ and you suck at it too?
No wonder you think it's a game.
Look up "sport" in the dictionary, then get back to this thread.
I've had several and finally listened to the last one who has made an everlasting improvement in my life.
He said give it up and I did! Life has been good ever since........The Sundays agonizing on the links are now tranquility in my garden.
Whoever these "golf is a game" posters are it is clear they don't play golf or play at it. Golf requires the same athletic movement of all sports involving contact with a ball or puck. The weight shift, the contact the follow through. The difference is, that golf requires those skills at a much higher level of development.
LOL! What a great piece of advice. I was looking for a Labrador Retriever once and a breeder told me that the most important thing in training a retriever was to start with a good dog. I guess some retrievers shouldn't retrieve and some "golfers" shouldn't play.
That was my point "Mr. read the post". Tiger had to perform at a certain level everytime out, Ripken didn't. On the other hand, Woods could skip a tournament if he didn't like the course or felt a little off......the two records are incredible, but apples and oranges.
.... balls with stitches and balls with dimples.
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I'm on my way out of the door to hit some of those balls with dimples.
What have you done to further the game of golf. Call me names all you want. Insults from you are a waste of bandwidth.
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