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Originally Posted by anothersteve
The "field" beat themselves like always.
Steve
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And many times that's how you win a major. You don't beat yourself while everyone else makes mistakes. To me, the best shot he hit was the nine iron on twelve to the middle of the green. Had Molinari hit that same shoe, he might have won the tournament.
It reminds me of when Sergio went at the flag on 17 in the Players a few years ago. It was one of the dumbest shots I've ever seen. All he had to do was to hit it in the middle of the green and make par and win the tournament. Even bogey gave him a chance.
Mickelson on the eighteenth hole at Winged Foot in The US Open was also an example of an incredibly stupid shot as was his miraculous shot on #13 from the trees at the Masters a few years ago. In that case, he pulled off the shot and won the tournament, but it was an unnecessary risk and could have cost him the tournament.
Tiger doesn't make mistakes like that, neither is Jack. That is why they won so many majors. That's really what separates them from all of their competition.
Other players hit it better than Tiger did yesterday. Other players hit ore greens, other players made more putts. All that is important but not as important was what Tiger did. He made the fewest mistakes.
In the end, the person that takes the fewest number of shots wins the tournaments. Tiger took the fewest mistakes and took the fewest number of shots.