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Maybe
he was looking for a starring role. I hear they are looking to do a Tin Cup
2.
Mark A Patton
Howdy.
I didn't think I'd go on with this but
- I forgot to compliment J. Miller, et al upon their amazed commentary and
criticism re; Mickleson's incomprehensible club and shot selections on #18. 2
fairways hit all day with the driver would get even me, with my pitiful lunge,
to change to something other than Boomer. Geez! You can't be the "best" or
second best player in all the world and do what Mickleson did . . . it's
simply goofy.
Certainly I've never been in that situation - a
chance to win the Open. But for sure, like most others on these here pages,
I've been on #18 with a chance to win the Club Championship, or a 3 unit
press, or to secure a Team Match, or to break par. With a lead, you play safe
to win. From behind, you take a chance. That's about as basic as it gets.
Gagged? I guess it depends upon how you define it (ala Clinton's
definition of "is"). Maybe a brain cramp. Maybe panic. Maybe a shot at a
heroic finish. Regardless, it was a blunder ranking right up there with Van De
Velde at Carnoustie, Kennedy/Bay of Pigs, Carter/Iran, Bush II/Iraq . . .
well, maybe a little less blunderbussy than those but . . . :-)
Ah, it's so wonderful to
be right every time - retrospectively.
Cave time
again.
TFlan
BTW: If you want into my lowly hovel, bring beer -
and a TV.
Greg Zachmann wrote:
Couldn't agree more about the loudmouth jerks
posing as fans. They probably couldn't wait to get home and rewind the VCR
to hear themselves on TV. They should be removed from the course. They
wouldn't be missed except by the beer vendors.
Yup, the pressure sure appeared to get the best of
Montgomery and Furyk? Ferrie hung in there admirably. Ogilvy out played them
all and produced the shots when it counted. He should have won and
did.
I
have to disagree on Mickelson though. Unless he was choking from the first
tee shot on Thursday to the last hole today I don't think he gagged. He just
kept on missing fairways right to the end. If he doesn't wake up with this
failure he should be prepared to go down in posterity as a great physical
talent who couldn't handle the mental aspects of the game. How many of you
guys out there have a go-to shot when the pressure is on-if you positively
have to hit the fairway. Here's the #2 golfer in the world and he
hasn't got the wherewithal to realize his driver isn't working and
maybe he should use something else. How he can keep on playing to his
weaknesses and continue to justify it is a mystery to me.
Of
course if he doesn't have that burning desire to the #1 player in the world
and be considered as one of the best ever then that's his choice and I
can accept the kind of performance he put forward in the Open. It's been
said that Phil is a gambler and stubborn. This performance might be better
described by another word starting with the letters S T
U..............................and ending with P I
D.
Any room in that cave!
GregZ
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