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Lennon Mccartney

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As a great fan of Italian golf, I worry that Francesco will now fall down the same path so many have after a brutal collapse/choke against Tiger...The water balls on 12 and 15 remind me of Greg Norman in 96...it is truly difficult to ever bounce back in a major again after this.. i could see him doing well in regular tour stops like Wentworth or exhibition/charity events like the Ryder cup....but I feel as though Francesco's intimidation factor is now gone and the "francesco effect" is no longer alive...i only bring this up because there are not many great Italian golfers to root for ...As an Italian-American i was rooting for Francesco to pull it out on Sunday...Faldo's career was never the same after Tiger showed him what the future of golf would look like in 97' and I fear Francesco will go down the same path...#TDO

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this thread can't be serious. no, he's not done. out of the entirety of the tournament, he took (imo) one bad swing; on 12.

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Beatle (see what I did there?), I don't think you have any reason to worry. Francesco's already had the opportunity to go toe to toe with Tiger and win. Will he be as dominant as Tiger was from 2000-2004, no, but no one will ever be like that. No one who follows golf would be surprised if he picked up a major this year, and I don't think he's prone to dumb mistakes like Norman. He's also way more talented than Faldo (I see Faldo as kinda the inverse of John Daly - he made the absolute most of his talent), and I'm sure he'll be back in the major winner's circle in the next 24 months.

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Scar tissue, in golf is a real thing and it builds as time goes on... I like franky, as I've got a lot of Pisan's who are lifelong friends, some family.. But he just gained some this weekend.. but I only think it will affect his game when he pairs with Tiger. Those thoughts will haunt Franky, for many years.

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From memory Molinari has gone head to head with Tiger on 4 occasions

Ryder cup 2012

Ryder cup 2018 (grant you it was foursomes)

Carnoustie (The open) 2018

Masters 2019

He lost only once

He will be just fine

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Why do people jump on a pro for literally ONE bad tourney/round/swing. 12 is a much harder hole than people give credit to and he also had to go first. If anything I'd say Finau could be more affected by #12 going forward than Franceso.

 

He is absolutely not done winning. His swing is incredibly repeatable and his putting has improved dramatically. Just a blip that he will overcome.

 

 

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> @gioguy21 said:

> this thread can't be serious. no, he's not done. out of the entirety of the tournament, he took (imo) one bad swing; on 12.

 

To be fair. Many said spieth was done with the same bad swing on 12. Some are still saying it in another threAd.

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> @bladehunter said:

> > @gioguy21 said:

> > this thread can't be serious. no, he's not done. out of the entirety of the tournament, he took (imo) one bad swing; on 12.

>

> To be fair. Many said spieth was done with the same bad swing on 12. Some are still saying it in another threAd.

 

to be fair-erer...lol molinari isn't a mental case and his game hasn't fallen apart. the man is a robot. talking 2 VERY different people both in games and their mental approaches/personalities.

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> @"Lennon Mccartney" said:

> As a great fan of Italian golf, I worry that Francesco will now fall down the same path so many have after a brutal collapse/choke against Tiger...The water balls on 12 and 15 remind me of Greg Norman in 96...it is truly difficult to ever bounce back in a major again after this.. i could see him doing well in regular tour stops like Wentworth or exhibition/charity events like the Ryder cup....but I feel as though Francesco's intimidation factor is now gone and the "francesco effect" is no longer alive...i only bring this up because there are not many great Italian golfers to root for ...As an Italian-American i was rooting for Francesco to pull it out on Sunday...Faldo's career was never the same after Tiger showed him what the future of golf would look like in 97' and I fear Francesco will go down the same path...#TDO

 

molinari had an "intimidation factor" ? ... seriously?

 

 

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I can picture it now. The OP is at home listening to the Beatles wearing giant headphones sitting near a picture of a bra-less Yoko Ono, yelling to his significant other.

 

OP: "Hon, Hon - I'm concerned about Francesco."

OPSO "Who is that, the guy down the street who drives the Fiat?"

OP: "No, the guy who went in the water."

OPSO: "The guy from our swimming club?"

OP: "From the Masters!"

OPSO: "No worries, he'll bounce back."

 

 

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he's already overachieved through very hard work...he came through the ranks and knows..this is just golf. Tiger winning might actually make him feel fine with it. he beat Tiger last year head to head and won the Open. If Cantlay or someone had won... he would probably by heading to Bologna, drive to San Luca and skydive down...with his umbrella

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He has a really strong group of people around him, Dave Alred may not be very well known in golf but, but he is top performance/mental coach.

 

12 and 15 were more mistakes rather than bad swings.

 

 

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I think he will be ok as he was in the same boat with a lot of other great players who faltered...

 

That being said pretty much all players have a shelf life and a window where their game is hot enough to win multiple times let alone multiple majors.

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I was actually impressed with how he scratched out the score he did in the final round. Molinari clearly didn't have anything near his "A" game that day, and the fact that that he still had the lead going into the 12th is a testament to how solid he's become. I'll be shocked in Molinari doesn't get one more major before he is done.

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Post 1- LOL no he is not done

Post 5-LOL no he is not way more talented than was Faldo.

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