Re: Phickelson's 4 wood

On 7 Jul 2006 21:46:45 -0700, "Ben." <kombi45@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
multi wrote:

I don't know what he does on the tight Euro courses, but his PGA stats
are 285 average, and 9% of his drives are over 300. And he flushed
his drive on 18, meaning he hit a perfect drive about 25-30 yards
shorter than his usual best drive. Bone claimed the conditions would
result in a 4W about 15 yards shorter than usual, which sounds
proportionate. And my question was, who actually hit 4W on 18? Guess
what, citing someone who hit driver is not a great rebuttal.

Ya' missed the point, Pseudonym. The fact that Monty hit the driver to
his usual distance indicates that the wind you and Boner claim was
there was not there - a 15mph wind is noticeable on television.

You're the one missing the point. Monty hit a perfect drive seven
yards less (by your calculation) than his PGA average, and the method
the PGA uses to figure the average drive results in numbers that are
notoriously low. Everybody knows Tiger hits it 340 or more when he
pures one, and his official average is 302. Your claim that you can
estimate wind speed from your couch is too ridiculous for comment,
except to note that it was gusting, so they had to assume the worst,
even if there were lulls.

The
hole was not uphill, the link shows that. That was the point. And to
take it a step further, Bones, being the Company Man he obviously is
(w/ good reason), better damn well cover his player's ass. I would say
the exact same bull*** for a piece of Phil's pie. Doesn't mean it's
true.

If you say your integrity is for sale, I believe you. But it wasn't
just Bones covering Phil's ass. There were 70+ players, 70+ caddies,
and I don't know how many tournament workers, plus thousands of fans,
who were actually there. Find one who contradicts what Bones said
about the wind or slope. Reporters sitting in the press room, though
slightly better than wankers sitting in their living room, don't
count. Their integrity is for sale, too.

Phil called himself an idiot on national television, for the choice he
made on his *second* shot. If he was willing to do that, why would he
lie about his tee shot? Especially when he knew that there were
thousands of on-the-spot witnesses?

But you conveniently avoided the question. Which club would you pull
for $1.4mil; a fairway wood or the driver you had been hitting so
poorly all day?

If I *knew* I could make it past the dogleg with the 4W, I'd hit that.
If I didn't, I'd hit driver. I'd have no choice. That's why I said
it was a mistake to leave the 3W home. I can't know for sure that he
couldn't reach the dogleg, but it will be a cold day in hell before I
take your unsupported opinion over that of Phil and Bones.

Here's another experiment you can do --- next time they show the final
round on TGC, watch them on the tee. If they look like they are
arguing about which club to use, you'll have a point. If they don't,
then either they finished 1-1-2 in the last three majors while knowing
nothing about golf, or you're wrong.

And if you say you would pull the latter, you're
dumber than you come off here. This is, of course, making the broad
assuming you actually play golf instead of fawning over crowd favs on
Usenet. I say that 'cause I don't recall a single post from you
discussing a round, a shot, a hole, a course you've played, a club you
pured, a score, nothing. It's pretty fun - you should get out and try
it some time...singles are welcome at most courses after a certain
hour.

At my best, I had a handicap in the low teens on an easy course, but I
don't play any more. I don't play football any more, either; does
that mean I can't watch the Super Bowl?

.