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2 Re: The Masters 4/10/2016, 3:27 pm
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Should be a great and close finish. The course is absolutely gorgeous... like usual.
3 Re: The Masters 4/10/2016, 6:41 pm
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Dayum... what a crazy back nine. My boy spieth imploded... but pulled it back together with three to play. I could see the look in his eye on the 12th... he was thinking ahead and lost his concentration. It can be so hard to stay in the moment.
5 Re: The Masters 4/10/2016, 7:46 pm
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It really is. Golf escalates the pressure and exposes weaknesses very well. It's a terrible feeling when it's all slipping away.
I was playing the #1 player from the navy team long ago. He had beaten me a few weeks prior on clay... which favored his game. This time was on hard court which favored my serve and volley game. I was up 6-0, 5-0 in about thirty minutes... which was a little fluky because he was very good. Well... I though to myself... this is going great I'm going to double bagel him. Lol... two hours later I beat him in a third set tie breaker. Those let downs can kill you.
I was playing the #1 player from the navy team long ago. He had beaten me a few weeks prior on clay... which favored his game. This time was on hard court which favored my serve and volley game. I was up 6-0, 5-0 in about thirty minutes... which was a little fluky because he was very good. Well... I though to myself... this is going great I'm going to double bagel him. Lol... two hours later I beat him in a third set tie breaker. Those let downs can kill you.
6 Re: The Masters 4/10/2016, 8:17 pm
Joanimaroni
PkrBum wrote:It really is. Golf escalates the pressure and exposes weaknesses very well. It's a terrible feeling when it's all slipping away.
I was playing the #1 player from the navy team long ago. He had beaten me a few weeks prior on clay... which favored his game. This time was on hard court which favored my serve and volley game. I was up 6-0, 5-0 in about thirty minutes... which was a little fluky because he was very good. Well... I though to myself... this is going great I'm going to double bagel him. Lol... two hours later I beat him in a third set tie breaker. Those let downs can kill you.
I know. It takes a strong mental competitive edge.
I am for competitive competition for athletes. Life is competitive it prepares our youth.Play to win.
7 Re: The Masters 4/10/2016, 9:22 pm
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PkrBum wrote:Dayum... what a crazy back nine. My boy spieth imploded... but pulled it back together with three to play. I could see the look in his eye on the 12th... he was thinking ahead and lost his concentration. It can be so hard to stay in the moment.
I recently learned that Augusta calls it the first and second nine instead of front and back. Supposedly to prevent the possibility of folks calling it the front side and back side.
8 Re: The Masters 4/10/2016, 9:27 pm
Joanimaroni
Like the gallery....it has to be referred to as the patrons.
9 Re: The Masters 4/10/2016, 9:39 pm
knothead
One of the least exciting Masters in memory . . . . . everyone choked but the course was awesome as always . . . .
10 Re: The Masters 4/11/2016, 12:53 pm
Markle
I've played four holes of golf in my life...except for miniature golf. So I'm not exactly a golf aficionado. Maybe I'm just too much of an adrenalin junkie.
I did excel at another sport where I made a lot of money in my youth so I know the feeling of an inexplicable meltdown too.
No one has mentioned the Ernie Ellis, is that right? Who had a three foot, SIX PUTT first hole for a nine on the first hole. I saw a video of that and honestly my heart went out to him.
I do love the photo on this site where he is staring at the putter as if the putter did it itself.
http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/tour/us-masters/augusta-blog/ernie-els-takes-six-masters-89787
I did excel at another sport where I made a lot of money in my youth so I know the feeling of an inexplicable meltdown too.
No one has mentioned the Ernie Ellis, is that right? Who had a three foot, SIX PUTT first hole for a nine on the first hole. I saw a video of that and honestly my heart went out to him.
I do love the photo on this site where he is staring at the putter as if the putter did it itself.
http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/tour/us-masters/augusta-blog/ernie-els-takes-six-masters-89787
12 Re: The Masters 4/11/2016, 9:28 pm
Hospital Bob
I started playing golf as a young teenager and played it all my life until about 3 or 4 years ago.Joanimaroni wrote:It can be brutal.
Whereas most people get better at it over time, I got worse at it. And then when I hit 70 balls in the water at Tiger Point and ran out of balls on the 17th hole, I had gotten so bad that it was time to quit. lol
The most remarkable thing about Spieth's meltdown was that one shot where he took such a large divot that he looked like a duffer. The divot went farther than the ball. Been there and done that (probably a thousand times). lol
13 Re: The Masters 4/11/2016, 9:32 pm
Markle
Bob wrote:I started playing golf as a young teenager and played it all my life until about 3 or 4 years ago.Joanimaroni wrote:It can be brutal.
Whereas most people get better at it over time, I got worse at it. And then when I hit 70 balls in the water at Tiger Point and ran out of balls on the 17th hole, I had gotten so bad that it was time to quit. lol
The most remarkable thing about Spieth's meltdown was that one shot where he took such a large divot that he looked like a duffer. The divot went farther than the ball. Been there and done that (probably a thousand times). lol
It was too expensive for me as a kid and I never caught the bug when I could afford to play. I think I was too impatient and I also have an addictive personality. If I started, I would HAVE to be very good, which you point out, could be impossible and that would drive me nuts...and probably broke.
14 Re: The Masters 4/11/2016, 9:41 pm
Markle
Bob wrote:I started playing golf as a young teenager and played it all my life until about 3 or 4 years ago.Joanimaroni wrote:It can be brutal.
Whereas most people get better at it over time, I got worse at it. And then when I hit 70 balls in the water at Tiger Point and ran out of balls on the 17th hole, I had gotten so bad that it was time to quit. lol
The most remarkable thing about Spieth's meltdown was that one shot where he took such a large divot that he looked like a duffer. The divot went farther than the ball. Been there and done that (probably a thousand times). lol
I don't understand his meltdown either. Usually you find when someone gets over that first hump, he'd won the Master's before, the nerves aren't a problem after that point.
As a teen and young adult, I made a lot of money bowling. I was on all the adult scratch leagues and scratch traveling leagues, averaging around 210. Never did have a 300 game. Once I'd won the money, I tended to slack off.
The last night of one of the traveling leagues, we were 2 games out of first. We had to either win two games and total pins or all three games which made it automatic. I rolled a 300 the first game and then 5 more strikes going into the second and the other team just blew up. After that, it wasn't a big deal. Of course I didn't roll a lot of them but they were no longer "impossible".
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