Re: President\'s Cup
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"Biggest" in the context of money, winning, etc., no. But he had the weight of the entire country on him, in a raucous atmosphere of thousands of supporters from both greens watching him (including the players on the other green), playing the best player in the world, with a putt to either square the match or go dormie. Because the Cup was basically secured doesn't necessarily make it that much less important: now him winning was the best thing that could have happened that day for his team and that crowd.
Plus, the weight of expectations can be a killer. Weir himself totally gagged down the stretch a few years ago against Vijay in the Canadian Open before his home crowd. And Tim Duncan shoots a much higher free throw percentage on the road, where there aren't thousands of people counting on him within earshot.
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Tuq
Good points, but in my mind most important is what happend prior. If Tiger was beating Weir by 3Up after 10 or 11 holes, then this putt has much less meaning. I think the fact that Weir lost 4 points in 5 holes and was then down by one, made this putt HUGE. As we have noted before, Weir has been coughing-up a few furballs last couple of years in key situations, so he really didn't need a repeat of his Canadian open loss.
Weir ned to show he could rebound on a big stage.
PS. FWIW, I am Canadian and big Mike Weir fan, However, I belive he is over-rated as a golfer because he is:
A) a really nice guy
B) a little guy
C) Canadian (it's a big market up north, and TaylorMade knows that)
D) he won the Masters
IMO, if he plays up to his potential in the next two or three years, he will be in the 15 to 25 range of the World rankings. I think the media often treats him like a "top 10" golfer that's just trying to regain his form, but I don't see him getting back and staying at that level (but I'd love to be wrong!!)
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