***Official PGA Championship Thread***

[tuq]

In 1999 I was at my mother and stepfather's place in Iowa. For whatever reason I was crashed out when my mother woke me up. Sergio Garcia is making a run, she said. WTF, who the hell is Sergio Garcia?

This was the major that Tiger had to grind over. For whatever reason, the fans openly turned against him in favor of the young Spaniard. His exhaustion upon making the kick-in for the win was something not seen since.

Seven years later we return to Medinah. Hopefully it will be as dramatic this time around.

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Should be a hotly contested battle for 2nd place.

[Joe_d72]

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Should be a hotly contested battle for 2nd place.

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[mmbt0ne]

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Should be a hotly contested battle for 2nd place.

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Congrats to Shaun Micheel on his 1 stroke victory.

[dogdrool]

Could the PGA management be any more stereotypical fat white guy?

[TheNoodleMan]

When will they quit asking him about his dad? How much longer can they continue to force this into every interview?

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When will they quit asking him about his dad? How much longer can they continue to force this into every interview?

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I predict never. Maybe, just maybe, when he has kids with those twins.

[shemp]

"This was the major that Tiger had to grind over."

Bob May says, "hey."

Be interesting to see what happens with Ryder Cuppers.

'Bout time Sergio starts taking a beating for not winning a major. I followed him a bit when WGC was here -- he knocks it stiff all day and putts poorly -- hate to use the 'y' word on such a young man, but I think he's got the yips.

[HDPM]

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"This was the major that Tiger had to grind over."

Bob May says, "hey."

Be interesting to see what happens with Ryder Cuppers.

'Bout time Sergio starts taking a beating for not winning a major. I followed him a bit when WGC was here -- he knocks it stiff all day and putts poorly -- hate to use the 'y' word on such a young man, but I think he's got the yips.

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Maybe he just doesn't putt well because he isn't a great putter. Seemed like he y'd worse on the waggles a few years ago. Maybe it is the y word. But I don't get how if you are a mediocre ball striker and a hell of a putter you get credit for being scrappy or a scrambler or a great putter. If you are a good ball striker and not a good putter, you get the y word or the choker label. Some people go so far as to say putting should be eliminated or whatevr. I think this kind of cheapens putting skill in that people just assume you should be able to putt if you can hit it. Golf has always been a blend of skills and players had strengths and weaknesses. For a long time people asked what would happen if a guy put it all together, size, strength, power, accuracy, short game, putting, mental game. We have that in Tiger. Sergio is lacking some in his mental game to be sure given some of the whining he does. So maybe he y's. Maybe he is just an incomplete player tho.

[andyfox]

"I don't get how if you are a mediocre ball striker and a hell of a putter you get credit for being scrappy or a scrambler or a great putter. If you are a good ball striker and not a good putter, you get the y word or the choker label."

I think it's the same in most sports: a guy like, say, David Eckstein of the Cardinals is "scrappy"--that means he doesn't have a lot of talent and doesn't hit many home runs. A guy who hits .260 but his .320 in the "clutch" gets a reputation as a big play guy, but if he had been a better player to being with, there wouldn't be as many "clutch" situations come to pass.

You get your score when the ball goes into the hole, so I guess that tends to make people judge a player's "clutchness" by how well he does that. I think it's evident that Sergio has just never been a great putter. I can't imagine he ever will be.