Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Phil at Pebble

First, the last 3 winners on PGA Tour were 7 shots, 8 shots and 6 shots back heading into the final round. Will we ever see 3 tournaments in a row won by players trailing by 6 or more.  I think not!
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Phil:
Watching Phil take apart Pebble was a reminder of what only a few golfers like he and Tiger are capable of doing at any given time.  A final round  64 on Sunday with Tigger watching is impressive! 
Or is it just another tease?
It confirms what we has always known, if he could just putt a little better than average week end and week out, he would have 60 wins instead of an impressive 40.

In their last 12 head to head rounds, Lefty is 8-3-1.  5-0 in last 5 tourneys since Harmon became his coach.
 There career record in matches head to head 13-13-4. this stat amazes me and confuses all perception.
I never expected it, but maybe we should not be surprised that when Phil is mentally paying attention he is scary.
  Notah Begay, once said in an apologetic manner, that even though Tiger was his friend, Phil can do things with a golf ball, no one else can.
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I still  feel Tigger is misreading his putts and he knows it, which is making everything seem off for him.
His new swing looks good and the distance control is correctable on his irons.
He will win before Augusta on sheer talent and a good putting day.
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Did I mention Romo is good, 9 Birdies in last two Rounds.
The team finished 23 under, Woods shot 8 under. 
Romo unlike the other Am partners did not get any strokes, but he did play the front Tees. 
Still an amazing number of under par shots for Romo. 
Woods has 18 birdies in 4 days, I would venture to guess that Romo had around the same number.

j

2 comments:

Sport Thought said...

Seeing the list of career PGA wins when Phil hit # 40 was an eye opener. I've probably been overly critical of him in terms of wasting his talent. I still think he should have done a little more with his talent, but 40 wins is a great number.

The drama for me on Tiger is whether he could actually make a 3rd major swing overhaul in his career and get back to elite level. That just amazes me.

S

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