Masters Running Thread

[shotglass]

On another note ... something that's bugging me about the telecast.

They're really going heavy on the past-year replays today. You lift your head up, see a ball rolling in from 50 feet away, and you think it's live. And it never is.

Perhaps a little "REPLAY" graphic presence might be called for.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

And if you don't care about it at all, why are you posting about it?

QUESTION: HAS TIGER EVER TRAILED GOING INTO THE LAST ROUND OF A MAJOR AND PULLED OUT A COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN?

i ask 'cause i really don't know. but it seems to me the "greatest golfer of all time" should be more than just a frontrunner who can't be caught.

It's the elephant in the room.

 

[nafselon]

It's a silly argument. It's like saying have the 49ers ever won the Super Bowl from the Wild Card position. Who gives a ship?

 

[Boobie Miles]

Forget Tiger, Elin looks like she has some competition too. Good work Mr. Immelmann.

 

[buckweaver]

It's a silly argument. It's like saying have the 49ers ever won the Super Bowl from the Wild Card position. Who gives a ship?

I agree, despite Simon's valid point. It's really not that significant.

But hey, at least Tiger has another runner-up finish. Catching up to Jack's 19, eh?

 

[Small Town Guy]

Didn't Tiger used to get criticized as well because he didn't have any runner-up finishes? "And Jack had so many, that makes him better too." The last two-and-a-half years, Tiger either wins, or finishes second. So now it'll be the "he's never come from behind" argument. It's a blemish, but doesn't detract from anything, and he's got, what, 12 to 15 years to fix it. Nicklaus lost majors after being ahead after three rounds, something Tiger's never done. Does that take away from Nicklaus's accomplishments? Obviously no.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

OK, I think CBS screwed it's own defenders on this thread just a few minutes ago. While Immelman and Snedeker are lining up their putts on 17, the announcer, Oosterhaus, I think says, "Somehow, Tiger has fought his way back to second, only three strokes back."
Dude, your own network already did an interview with Woods. Tiger is fighting his way back to his street clothes in the champions' locker room. He's not playing anymore! Now you can shut up about him. Please?

 

[TwoGloves]

Jim Nantz: "This was anything but a benign performance by Trevor Immelman."

 

[shotglass]

No, at times, it was downright malignant.

 

[Boobie Miles]

Didn't Tiger used to get criticized as well because he didn't have any runner-up finishes? "And Jack had so many, that makes him better too." The last two-and-a-half years, Tiger either wins, or finishes second. So now it'll be the "he's never come from behind" argument. It's a blemish, but doesn't detract from anything, and he's got, what, 12 to 15 years to fix it. Nicklaus lost majors after being ahead after three rounds, something Tiger's never done. Does that take away from Nicklaus's accomplishments? Obviously no.

Yeah, you can go either way on the second place thing just like you can go either way on Tiger never coming from behind. One on hand why is it a great thing that you had all the chances to win a major and came up just short? On the other hand it's pretty telling that you're coming in second that much, in addition to all of the wins, meaning you're almost always in contention.

With Woods you can say he's never come from behind, but then again he's been so far ahead at times that majors have been over on Saturday night. There's nothing wrong with dominating the tournament early and not needing to come from behind.

Bottom line: the number is 18. I think most ashume Tiger will get there and then some. But until he does I think Jack stills occupies the top spot.

 

[Chef]

Immelman is always the last South African you think about when you bring up the names of Els, Goosen, Sabbatini and Immelman.

But he has one thing the other 4 don't; And that would be a Green Jacket.

Nicely done, Mr. Immelman.

 

[TwoGloves]

And if you don't care about it at all, why are you posting about it?

i understand why folks enjoy playing golf. just don't understand the allure of watching others play. to me, it's a step above bowling. i get that people like bowling themselves. just don't get watching competition against a course as opposed to a human opponent.

To each his own. For instance, I don't understand how somebody can watch a baseball game that takes three-plus hours where the batter steps out of the box every five freaking seconds or the pitcher steps off the rubber every seven freaking seconds. Or an NFL game, where there's about 11 minutes of actions and 700 commercials. Nothing is more boring in person than an NFL game with all the stoppages. I used to love watching baseball as a kid. Now? Haven't watched a full game that I didn't cover in 10-15 years.