So cool. Makes me feel young again for some reason.
OT: Enjoy Jose Maria Olazabal during his practice round yesterday...
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You should teach. PGA of America isn't quite diluted enough in talent and expertise. You could actually push it off the edge (which would be great!)...
Robbie,
I asked an innocent question, but wasn’t expecting a snarky answer from you.
The tradition unlike any other has provided another one.
During Monday’s practice round at Augusta National in advance of this week’s Masters Tournament, players have taken up the ritual of trying to skip a shot across the pond on the 170-yard par-3 16th hole, and two-time winner of the green jacket José María Olazábal nearly punched his in the hole. https://sports.yahoo.com/jose-maria...le-shot-no-16-augusta-national-200417916.html
I was being serious - with the PGA of America part anyway. Take away their Ryder Cup TV money, and they would swim w/ the fishes.Robbie,
I asked an innocent question, but wasn’t expecting a snarky answer from you.
But why was he hitting from an area between the tee box and the pond?
You either legitimately skip it across the pond from the tee box or you “cheat” and scald a blade from the low rough just above the pond. How hard is that?
Robbie knows all about scalding blades, especially near 100 yd sprinkler heads
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It is just pre-Masters fun, like the par 3 tournament.
As to how hard it is, that is one of the most amazing shots, I have seen in many, many years of golf. Jose is well known for his great hands and touch. That shot showed perfect touch and flight of the ball. (My father was a teaching golf pro, and I played junior tournament golf. In my day, I might have been able to hit 2 or 3 skips, but nothing anywhere near what Jose did.) I should add that it is not like most pros would practice this type of shot. Jose is so good and talented that he was able to perfectly create on the spot.
Think you are thinking Jean Van de Velde who only needed a 6 to win, and thought it was not "sporting" to play safe. Pretty sure Jose shot a 63 at Firestone one time with the old style clubs and won the tournament, which is indicative of how talented he is.
Angel Cabrera looks like he swallowed a car and washed it down with a bottle of scotch. I can see why he's 400/1.
The most brutal melt down I have EVER seen in any sport. It makes me cringe just thinking of it. The poor bastard.
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His second shot was awful, but he really got hosed by the bounce directly backward towards him from the grandstand. If the ball had simply stayed in the stands, he’d have gotten a free drop and if it had bounced out perpendicular from the grandstand it would have simply been in the rough near the green or the greenside sand trap. Heck, even if it had gone into the stream he could have dropped three pitched on in four and two putted to win. As it was, the awful bounce directly backward 40+ yds into an awful lie set up the third shot into the stream, four out, five into the trap, six on and he sank a 7-8 ft putt to get into a three-way, four hole playoff. After all that, he had no chance in hell to win it.
His tee shot was bad and the second shot was bad.....but he was really really unfairly screwed by the richochet from the grandstand.
His second shot was awful, but he really got hosed by the bounce directly backward towards him from the grandstand. If the ball had simply stayed in the stands, he’d have gotten a free drop and if it had bounced out perpendicular from the grandstand it would have simply been in the rough near the green or the greenside sand trap. Heck, even if it had gone into the stream he could have dropped three pitched on in four and two putted to win. As it was, the awful bounce directly backward 40+ yds into an awful lie set up the third shot into the stream, four out, five into the trap, six on and he sank a 7-8 ft putt to get into a three-way, four hole playoff. After all that, he had no chance in hell to win it.
His tee shot was bad and the second shot was bad.....but he was really really unfairly screwed by the richochet from the grandstand.
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Arnold Palmer losing to Billy Casper after having been up by 7 with 9 holes to play was almost as bad at Olympic in 66.
Hard to be billing clients and making accurate posts on the board at the same time.
No, it can be done. Just requires practice.
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Was just talking to the Mrs. about this today. Vijay actually did ace this a while ago by skipping the ball across the water. Horrible grainy video here:
Arnie didn't have any double or triple bogeys on that back nine. And Casper did shoot 32.
YOu are right. I thought Palmer had a double bogey or two on the back nine. A lot of it was Casper getting hot.
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