[nitehawk]

Why did tiger ask the crowd to be quite -- he said he thought garcia had hid already ( LIE)--- would you ask the crowd to be quiet if you thought garcia had hit --- also said marshal said ok to hit - (i wonder) nobody knows--- marshal unavailable for comment

[Tom Grooms]

It wasn't a "very bad decision", he just missed it. That ball flies another yard, he makes birdie, Tiger hears the huge roar, all of a sudden it was the shot of the tournament and Sergio wins. He wanted to win it on 17 and came up 4 feet short.

It's easy for the arm chair quarterbacks to make the calls after the results are posted.

[Golfingnut]

I am very pleased the way the tournament ended. Tiger won, three great players including a 49 year old tied for second and Garcia not even on the final leader board. Karma my friends.

[perrjojo]

OMG!!! What a scare...I'm a little dislexic and I thought the thread said GRACIE was acting like a spoiled child. Then I started reading about the golf game WHEW!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Tom Grooms

It wasn't a "very bad decision", he just missed it. That ball flies another yard, he makes birdie, Tiger hears the huge roar, all of a sudden it was the shot of the tournament and Sergio wins. He wanted to win it on 17 and came up 4 feet short.

It's easy for the arm chair quarterbacks to make the calls after the results are posted.

It was a bad decision because the risks outweighed the rewards. The margin for error hitting the ball on that line is very, very small. By hitting the ball over the bunker you have the possibility of it catching the slope and running down to the hole for a birdie. If it doesn't you still make par and are still in the tournament. Or you can make the long putt and still make birdie. By hitting it at the flag, you might have a 10% chance of hitting your target and winning the tournament. You have a 90% chance of the ball ending up in the water.
I don't think that any other player on tour would have aimed that shot at the flag.
If a player is two shots behind then and only then is the risk worth it. He would have to make two birdies in order to tie for the lead so he wouldn't have much choice unless he's counting on the leader making bogie on 18.
He was short by much more than a yard. It was more like three or four yards. And if he does hit it that additional three or four yards, he might hit the bulkhead and bounce into the water. If he hits it an additional ten yards it might go in the water over the green. The point is that he has to hit a very, very precise shot with almost no margin for error and the results on not hitting that exact distance would be catastrophic.
It's not a question of being a Monday morning quarterback. I would have said the same thing if you had asked me when he was standing on the tee. I would have aimed it at the center of the bunker if it were me standing there in that position and I think that almost every other pro on the tour would have aimed it over the bunker if he were in that position. It was a bonehead play that lost any chance to win the tournament. While Sergio didn't exactly lose the tournament, (he was only tied for first) he did hand the tournament to Tiger on a silver platter.

It was the worst decision that I have witnessed on the PGA tour since Phil Mickelson's masacre at Winged Foot

[ROCKETMAN]

Garcia did not have any reason to go for the flag at 17. The match was tied and only 1 golfer out of 77 was right of the flag. The incident on friday as noted that garcia had time to reload and wait until the noise stopped. I find among my golfer friends that those who don't like tiger, never liked him even before his off course problems.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by ROCKETMAN

Garcia did not have any reason to go for the flag at 17. The match was tied and only 1 golfer out of 77 was right of the flag. The incident on friday as noted that garcia had time to reload and wait until the noise stopped. I find among my golfer friends that those who don't like tiger, never liked him even before his off course problems.

Bingo

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

It was a bad decision because the risks outweighed the rewards. The margin for error hitting the ball on that line is very, very small. By hitting the ball over the bunker you have the possibility of it catching the slope and running down to the hole for a birdie. If it doesn't you still make par and are still in the tournament. Or you can make the long putt and still make birdie. By hitting it at the flag, you might have a 10% chance of hitting your target and winning the tournament. You have a 90% chance of the ball ending up in the water.
I don't think that any other player on tour would have aimed that shot at the flag.
If a player is two shots behind then and only then is the risk worth it. He would have to make two birdies in order to tie for the lead so he wouldn't have much choice unless he's counting on the leader making bogie on 18.
He was short by much more than a yard. It was more like three or four yards. And if he does hit it that additional three or four yards, he might hit the bulkhead and bounce into the water. If he hits it an additional ten yards it might go in the water over the green. The point is that he has to hit a very, very precise shot with almost no margin for error and the results on not hitting that exact distance would be catastrophic.
It's not a question of being a Monday morning quarterback. I would have said the same thing if you had asked me when he was standing on the tee. I would have aimed it at the center of the bunker if it were me standing there in that position and I think that almost every other pro on the tour would have aimed it over the bunker if he were in that position. It was a bonehead play that lost any chance to win the tournament. While Sergio didn't exactly lose the tournament, (he was only tied for first) he did hand the tournament to Tiger on a silver platter.

It was the worst decision that I have witnessed on the PGA tour since Phil Mickelson's masacre at Winged Foot

Perfect analagy.

[nitehawk]

How dare Garcia say something derogatory about our beloved tiger --- Garcia just got another fan

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by nitehawk

How dare Garcia say something derogatory about our beloved tiger --- Garcia just got another fan

The point should be that a professional in my sport of golf should have the class not to say something derogatory about ANYONE period during a professional event. Tiger took the high road as a pro should.

[ROCKETMAN]

Originally Posted by nitehawk

How dare Garcia say something derogatory about our beloved tiger --- Garcia just got another fan

Now he must have 2 fans. He can go back to spain and pout.

[Tom Grooms]

He's not pouting, he had a fantastic weekend.

[Tom Grooms]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

The point should be that a professional in my sport of golf should have the class not to say something derogatory about ANYONE period during a professional event. Tiger took the high road as a pro should.

We must have been watching a different tournament. I saw Sergio answer questions about being distracted by the crowd noise. I then saw Tiger say he was not surprised about the complaining of Sergio.

That's the high road? Hahahahahaha

[batman911]

I believe Sergio has earned two new nick names for himself: Splashio and Tin Cup

[davecz1]

Johnny Miller never has been a "Tiger fan". If anything he goes out of his way to point out failures. As for Sergio, I personally cannot understand how anyone could be a fan of his. He is a spoiled brat.