Golf - Classic or Dud?

::lights joint::

garrigus just made a sic eagle chip

LOL @ FURYK

faldo just reading the leaderboard is p good commentary

golf is classic. if it wasn't for the devastating "slice" that plagued my swing when i was on the golf team my junior year of high school, causing me to -- in a match at Blair Academy's mountainous course -- lose all ten of the golf balls i brought with me, i probably would have never learned what true desperation feels like.

john senden looks a lil like grienke y/n? idk i cld see carlos quentin tackling him mid-swing

ouch tiger on 15

How many 5-hour Energys did Furyk down before today's round? And how many in his trailer?

Tiger dq'd? Dodgy drop on 15th?

i can never want tiger to win, but i wouldn't wish this on him.

Can't see them going thru with it but who knows.

So annoying how the BBC only get the two final rounds of this now..

would be insane in tiger gets dq'd

if

http://espn.go.com/golf/masters13/story/_/id/9167230/2013-masters-tiger-penalized-2-strokes-ball-drop-15

Wow--that would drop him to one under. My first thought was that (somehow) the network would never allow him be disqualified from a major where he was two back going into the weekend. I don't know: Augusta is supposedly all-powerful when it comes to dictating what's what, but then television can be too. Anyway, the penalty could effectively end his chances anyway, though it's still early.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ki71ip61xg9jpg/k-bigpic.jpg

Wait, so you can sign for an incorrect (lower) score now?

Once a cheater always a cheater, amirite Elin?

Surely he should have known he was taking an illegal drop? Therefore should be dq'd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_ratings

I mean it would be a BS thing to get kicked for but under the rules I don't see how they come up with that compromise.

Be interesting if he goes on to win it

Okay, the 3 examples I can see of where they may not dq someone for a breach of the rules aren't anything like Tiger did. i)a double hit not felt by the competitor or seen by his playing partner only picked up via super slow replay. ii)HD tv replay showing a few grains of sands being displaced during backswing when playing from wall of a bunker iii) when replacing a marked ball on the putting green pushing the ball frwd a tiny amount but being sure that it oscillated back to it's original spot only to discover on HD replay that it did not.

http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2013/04/tiger-woods-hit-with-2-stroke-penalty-at-the-masters-for-illegal-drop-no-dq.html?eref=sihp

I don't Twitter--are there any players calling for Woods to withdraw?

i really had no idea about this rule change - traditionally he would be disqualified. i guess the point of the new rule is that there are so many people (television viewers) other than the player himself, his fellow-competitor, or rules officials who can see a breach of the rules which no one else would reasonably notice. it sort of goes against the sport's tradition of self-policing and i'd imagine a lot of people think he should withdraw

david duval tweeted tiger shd wd, but no1 shd listen to him obv

do they not do amen corner live online anymore or could i just not find it yesterday

Hate Tiger to bits but this almost makes me want to win it.

Not that he was wronged or anything, just be amazing to see.

if that's to happen, it has to be by 2 shots or less for maximum effect

Rules of golf suck anyway hon tiger g'lad yourself

This is the guy who declares Tiger a lock in every major as soon as he makes his first birdie, so take it with a huge grain of salt:

http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/tiger-woods-has-chance-win-2013-greatest-victory-career?eref=sihp

this is very much out of character for me but i think the rules are pretty awesome for the most part

i dont really know what that guy is trying to say except that he loves tiger.

tim clark needs a par on 18 for 66

(xpost) It's an odd article. I also don't think it would be awesome if Tiger came back and won--it would inevitably be a tainted victory (no matter by how many strokes, if you believe he shouldn't have continued at all).

<3 cabrera

Did I hear right that his only PGA victories are the two majors? If he wins tomorrow, that will be quite a strange resume. (That's not a knock, I like him too.)

Angel is one of the best characters in golf atm.

xp yup, and he hasn't been a big winner in europe either. the masters is one thing, esp because some ppl seem to have a knack for the course, but winning a us open is pretty nuts.

another masters, another year in which freddie c. falls out of contention during the weekend.

yea sad he lost it down the stretch there tho i truly never expected him 2 hang in it all 4 rds

ditto, love watching him play so much tho. that swing

As my posts here indicate, I've rooted for Tiger Woods long past the point of most people. But it's sad to go to cnnsi.com this morning and see that their front-page story is again one Michael Rosenberg defending Tiger playing on, and explaining all the bad luck he's had to keep him from the lead. Not Angel Cabrera, who gets a link tucked underneath: "Snedeker, Cabrera share Round 3 lead." That's not Woods' fault--they really ought to give this writer some time off, though.

thank you for alerting me to the existence of this guy; he is hilarious

The weirdest thing is not just dwelling on the penalty, but still making a big deal about the shot that led to it, the one off the flagstick back into the water. Hitting a good golf shot and getting a less than favourable result--that never ever happens in golf, right?

"And at the 8th hole on Saturday, a short birdie circled the cup before spinning out."

Again--unheard of. This is a bizarre chain of events Tiger's been subjected to.

to be fair, both those were very unusual -- tiger himself said hed never seen a lip out like that one. & im sure theres some advanced stats out there abt hitting the pin, it's gotta be like once in a thousand approach shots or something?

dont get me wrong, that article was garbage

Hitting a great/perfect shot into a hazard doesn't happen often.

that lip out was wild

it spun round the whole cup