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Mickelson wins second major title [PGA Championship]
ESPN online ^ | 8/15/05 | AP

Posted on 08/15/2005 8:47:12 AM PDT by TheBigB

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Phil Mickelson delivered another dramatic finish in a major on Monday, flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet for a birdie on the final hole and a one-shot victory in the PGA Championship.

The putt wasn't nearly as long as his 18-footer to win the Masters last year, and there was no need to jump for joy this time.

Still, it was a sweet conclusion to a major championship season that had gone sour until he put together his best golf of the summer stretched over five days at Baltusrol by a storm-delayed final round.

It was the first Monday finish at the PGA Championship in 19 years. And not since 1986 at Inverness had a player from the last group won with a birdie on the 72nd hole at the final major.

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To: evad
Glad you finally agree.....sorry to criticize your hero. He's all natural like you say....just a strong work ethic. I can tell by those pipes that just about rip his sleeves off his shirt. His Bonds face doesn't say anything either, or his pecs that point straight to the ground.
161 posted on 08/15/2005 3:38:08 PM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids
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To: Archie Bunker on steroids
heh..you're so wrong on so many counts it's hard to know where to start... so...I won't.

Good luck in the future development of your thought processes :)

162 posted on 08/15/2005 3:41:09 PM PDT by evad ( PC KILLS..and so do liberal judges.)
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To: evad

Thanks for sparing me.


163 posted on 08/15/2005 3:46:48 PM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids
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To: Mr. Mojo

From the outset, I thought the Elk could win. He had that look about him.

I happen to like Sergio Garcia. No matter that he's ranked #6 by World Golf Assn, the US media totally ignores him even when he wins. He didn't do so great this weekend but I don't know where he finished. Sixth? Tenth?

As for Mickelson, his posture is so awful, it amazes me that he can hit the ball at all. Nice guy, but he seems to be working against himself all the time.


164 posted on 08/15/2005 3:48:50 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Veto!
the US media totally ignores him even when he wins.

I like Serg too..and I think the media would love to get "on his side". All he needs to do is win a couple of big ones.

165 posted on 08/15/2005 4:08:20 PM PDT by evad ( PC KILLS..and so do liberal judges.)
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To: chimera

No doubt about it, those are great points.


166 posted on 08/15/2005 4:28:07 PM PDT by ValenB4 ("Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets." - Isaac Asimov)
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To: Publius Valerius
>>Well, one needs look no further than this week. On Friday, Woods came to the 17th -4 and on the cut line. If he parred the final two holes, he would make the cut.<<

Fair enough, it was +4 but let's take a peek anyway.

>>On 17, he blasts a huge drive down the middle of the fairway, and, for some unknown reason, tries to hit the green of a 650 yard par-5, which had only been reach twice before in major championship history (and at shorter lengths).<<

Not unknown at all. Tiger was trying to make eagle which would have been implausible under your scenario. Contrary to what you say, reaching the green or getting close to the green in 2 was no big deal for Tiger once he got off the monster drive.

>> There was ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to go for the green in two. What happened? Woods missed his second shot and carded a bogey, forcing him to birdie 18 to make the cut.<<

Beautiful hindsight and totally results oriented but irrelevant to the point. Woods was a victim of what is known as "That's Golf". He wound up in an impossible lie 6 feet from the green and 15 feet from the pin. That could have happened if he used nothing but wedges to reach the green. How can you say that someone "missed the shot" when he hit a 300 yard shot 6 feet from being perfect.

>>Incidentally, sitting in the clubhouse at -3 would have looked a lot better on Sunday, wouldn't it? <<

Actually, if he had made eagle instead of bogey, 5 under would have looked a lot better.

You'd no doubt make a great caddy for Fred Funk or Jeff Sluman but don't try it with the big guys.

167 posted on 08/15/2005 5:31:10 PM PDT by evad ( PC KILLS..and so do liberal judges.)
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To: evad

The tour is trying to kill off guys like Sluman and Funk with these 7500 yd courses.


168 posted on 08/15/2005 6:25:22 PM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids
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To: evad
don't try it with the big guys.

You mean the guys with bad course management? You're trying to justify a stupid decision. When you are sitting on the cut line and you need two pars to make the cut, you don't take major risks. That's called BAD course management. BAD. What he did was STUPID. Plain and simple.

Woods was a victim of what is known as "That's Golf".

Close. Actually a victim of bad course management. Knowing when to take risks is a part of golf. Knowing when to play it safe is also a part of golf. A lesson that you, and Tiger, have not learned.

So, when Jean Van De Velde pulls out driver on the 72nd hole of the Open Championship, I imagine that Caddy Evad would have said, "Grip it and rip it, Jean; a three would look GREAT on the scorecard."

169 posted on 08/18/2005 9:36:05 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Rummyfan

Yeah, I agree--I love the Walker Cup, and I think it's scheduling stupidity to put it on the same weekend as the PGA. Like I said before, the PGA and USGA are really screwing up amateur golf in this country.


170 posted on 08/18/2005 9:37:30 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Publius Valerius
So, when Jean Van De Velde pulls out driver on the 72nd hole of the Open Championship, I imagine that Caddy Evad would have said, "Grip it and rip it, Jean; a three would look GREAT on the scorecard."

Heh..caddy evad wouldn't say that. As a matter of fact, if he had to he'd break every club in the bag except the 5 iron, wedge and putter.

Your colorful analogy is the classic example of apples and oranges...but I'm willing to bet you can't you see that?

I'm also willing to bet there's nothing based on logic or reasoning that I can add to this subject for you so I bid you ado.

171 posted on 08/19/2005 1:47:09 PM PDT by evad ( PC KILLS..and so do liberal judges.)
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To: evad

You're right. Logic and reasoning calls for Tiger to lay up on the 17th on Friday.


172 posted on 08/19/2005 8:03:55 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: evad

By the way, was it good course management for Tiger, as clubhouse leader at -2, to fly back to Florida before the final round was completed on Monday? He risked being disqualified because he wasn't in New Jersey. Was that good "course management?"

No, it was just being a poor sport, not to mention stupid. Golf is a gentlemen's game. Tiger is not.


173 posted on 08/19/2005 8:07:20 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Publius Valerius
I see how you think.

Like I said, nothing more to be said.

174 posted on 08/20/2005 3:17:18 AM PDT by evad ( PC KILLS..and so do liberal judges.)
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