Presidents Cup

The media in Canada are making a huge deal about Mike Weir defeating Tiger Woods and what is means for golf in Canada.

Personally, while it may be a big achievement, Weir needs to win more PGA tournaments and get back to the form he was in when he won the Masters. 2004 is the last time he won anything.

http://www.tsn.ca/ctvnews/sportsstory.asp?story_id=219591

I really hope this "personal victory" for Weir is the confidence booster he needs to win titles or have better placements in tournaments.

 

I'm sorry. I was so enthralled by the FedEx Cup that I have had to take a break from golf for fear of overstimulating myself.
Seriously, though, I'm a fan of the Ryder Cup, but I just can't seem to get myself jazzed up for the Presidents Cup. For me, it was enough to catch the highlights on ESPN. But I didn't spend any time watching the actual coverage.

 

The Weir/Woods match was pretty damn good.

Weir was up 3 after nine and then Tiger won four holes in a row.

On the 17th, Weir dropped a ten footer to even everything up.

Woods fucked up his t-shot on 18, missed his chip in for par and conceded.

Since the Americans had pretty much wrapped this thing up before they even started Sunday, the Weir/Wood story was the only story left.

 

Yikes. Weir beat Tiger in a glorified exhibition. If that gives golf in Canada a huge boost, golf in Canada must be dead. On a side note, I always have to laugh when I'm in Canada and I check out the scores in the paper and they always put the one or two Canadians in the field in bold type.

 

Golf in Canada is far from dead. Per capita, there are more golfers here than in the U.S.

I didn't realise the President's Cup was a glorified exhibtion. I'm sure the players weren't treating it that way.

 

JR, the thing is there are not as many Canadian players on the PGA tour.

Glorified exhibition...wowza! I did not think this is what the President's Cup is considered.

 

Tiger: 61 victories, 12 majors.
Weir: 7 victories, 1 major.

I don't think Tiger is losing much sleep over this.

 

I understand it's not the Ryder Cup but it's not exactly a "friendly"

Given the reaction of some of the players to bad shots and missed putts, most of them looked like they were taking it pretty seriously.

They're professionals playing in a tournament.

 

Who said he was?

Another pointless post by Hondo.

 

Who said he was?
What the fuck is your point?

 

Can we keep this a little clean?

I was under the impression that Tiger was a perfectionist, so losing would be something he would lose sleep over. And considering the US won the Cup and Tiger still lost his match to Weir, I am thinking that it would not sit well with Tiger, regardless of the records.