OT: The Masters - Should Tiger DQ himself?

[pixburgher66]

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE! OI OI OI! What a finish man.

 

[beantownmaniac]

mid 90's is average round.
so I'm happy if I get into the 80's (i.e. 'break' 90)
low round ever was 86

just need to work on consistency.
like everyone else, i would imagine
oh, and fending off a pesky slice

How's your putting? That's the best part of my game and saves me at least 5 strokes per round. My best round was 84 but that was in the spring with shorter holes as they were seeding the tee boxes. Best round from tee boxes was an 86 like you

If you can, I recommend taking a couple lessons from a local pro. He'll straighten out that slice

 

[beantownmaniac]

Guan is gettin lots of tail when he gets back to China

 

[Dacks]

Fantastic! Great finish by both. Glad to see Scott win though.

 

[puckhead]

How's your putting? That's the best part of my game and saves me at least 5 strokes per round. My best round was 84 but that was in the spring with shorter holes as they were seeding the tee boxes. Best round from tee boxes was an 86 like you

If you can, I recommend taking a couple lessons from a local pro. He'll straighten out that slice

strength is probably lag putting.
I don't sink many from beyond 10 feet, but if I have a 30+ footer I usually nestle it in reasonably close.
Cold definitely use professional help, it's a struggle having my hands catch up to my swing

ah well, it would be a less interesting game with a perfect swing

 

[beantownmaniac]

strength is probably lag putting.
I don't sink many from beyond 10 feet, but if I have a 30+ footer I usually nestle it in reasonably close.
Cold definitely use professional help, it's a struggle having my hands catch up to my swing

ah well, it would be a less interesting game with a perfect swing

Logging off but if you swing hard try slowing your swing a bit to a nice smooth swing. I cut 6 strokes or so doing that and hit it a lot straighter. Hitting long isn't good of it's 220 out, 50 to the right. Have a good night

 

[forty_three]

Logging off but if you swing hard try slowing your swing a bit to a nice smooth swing. I cut 6 strokes or so doing that and hit it a lot straighter. Hitting long isn't good of it's 220 out, 50 to the right. Have a good night

^^

When I started hitting far right, I started pulling one club higher and loosening up the swing a little. Like if the situation called for an 8, I'd pull a 7 and choke down bit and swing easier. Straightened me right out. Although, it gets me some ribbing when I hit a 3 wood off a tee when everyone else plays their hybrids. But that swing pace REALLY helps when I bring out the boom stick.

I also play bogie golf. I aim at 1 over on each hole as par for me. Par is often just unrealistic. It's all mental, but takes a lot of pressure off if your tee shot goes astray. Par becomes a birdie in my mind. Keeps me in the mid 80's usually.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

No the new rule wasn't put in to save Tigers ass as he's never been penalized for a rules violation as a pro as far as I know. Look, I get it, you don't like him, but that doesn't mean he should be DQ'ed. And as for golf coverage, 70% of the players at Augusta are barely shown, if at all, and not all TV viewers have direct TV. Just because you're biased towards Tiger, probably because of his off the course behavior, doesn't mean you're right, which in this case (claiming the rule was put in place to save his ass), you're wrong. I'm done with this thread.

I didn't say the new rule was put in for Tiger. I said it saved his butt. I believe if it had been somebody nobody knew that golfer would have been disqualified. That's just my opinion. Tiger is in a league of his own. There will always be special treatment for the best players.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I didn't say the new rule was put in for Tiger. I said it saved his butt. I believe if it had been somebody nobody knew that golfer would have been disqualified. That's just my opinion. Tiger is in a league of his own. There will always be special treatment for the best players.

If it was a golfer nobody knew they wouldn't have been on TV and wouldn't have had a viewer call in the violation.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

If it was a golfer nobody knew they wouldn't have been on TV and wouldn't have had a viewer call in the violation.

Somebody would have brought it up at some point. Tiger brought it up himself. You do realize there are officials on every hole right? Tiger didn't ask for a ruling because he didn't want to hold up play for his playing partners & the players behind his group.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

While that is true, I think part of the integrity of golf is officiating yourselves. Whoever he was paired up with didn't call it on him, no official called it on him, he did not knowingly sign an incorrect scorecard, as far as anybody knew no rules were broken that day. He should absolutely have been given the penalty, but should not have been DQ'd.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

While that is true, I think part of the integrity of golf is officiating yourselves. Whoever he was paired up with didn't call it on him, no official called it on him, he did not knowingly sign an incorrect scorecard, as far as anybody knew no rules were broken that day. He should absolutely have been given the penalty, but should not have been DQ'd.

Looking at it from a fairness standpoint you are right. Nobody brought it up at the time so Tiger had no idea he did anything wrong. In this instance the right decision was probably made. However, I still think if it had been some nobody he would have been disqualified Saturday morning. I know it's wrong to feel this way, but we're talking about Tiger Woods. If Tiger had been disqualified CBS would have been up in arms. Their people would have thrown a FIT.

 

[forty_three]

If it was a golfer nobody knew they wouldn't have been on TV and wouldn't have had a viewer call in the violation.

Wait, what?

 

[Dacks]

The violation was brought up during the round, and Tiger was told he hadn't broken any rules.

It wasn't until after signing his scorecard and doing an interview that the officials realized he had broken a rule different than what they thought.

I don't think the timing of when you discover a rule was broken should be the deciding factor between penalty strokes and DQ, and with the advent of televised events and multiple replays, neither do officials.

And for all the retired golfers who said Tiger should self-DQ, I wonder how many times they unknowingly violated a rule, but it was never discovered because of limited coverage? Whole thing was overblown to me. Anybody but Tiger, this thing probably goes unnoticed and they don't even get a 2-stroke penalty, let alone discussion of DQ.

 

[beantownmaniac]

^^

When I started hitting far right, I started pulling one club higher and loosening up the swing a little. Like if the situation called for an 8, I'd pull a 7 and choke down bit and swing easier. Straightened me right out. Although, it gets me some ribbing when I hit a 3 wood off a tee when everyone else plays their hybrids. But that swing pace REALLY helps when I bring out the boom stick.

I also play bogie golf. I aim at 1 over on each hole as par for me. Par is often just unrealistic. It's all mental, but takes a lot of pressure off if your tee shot goes astray. Par becomes a birdie in my mind. Keeps me in the mid 80's usually.

Who usually has the better score? Me and a buddy went out one Tuesday morning and the course put a 79 year old guy with us. He didn't hit it long but straight as an arrow and beat us both by better than 5 strokes