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I know that he was grateful, humble, classy and authentic in a trophy presentation, But there's a right way to be grateful, humble, classy, authentic in a trophy presentation.

My thoughts were he's saying the right things but this crowd is buying his bs.

 

How do we know all of us just aren't buying your BS?

I apologize my observation offended you.

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I like Jordan. He is a competitor first golfer second. Slow play won't afffect my viewership and I don't really know how much it really affects growth of the game. I'm not saying right or wrong. But if slow play didnt apply today can we just not ever bring it up again?

 

Competitor first, golfer second is a brilliant comment. Most golf gurus want to tear his game apart. That is a waste of time. Despite his jawboning with his caddie, his strategy is pretty cave man like, "Major Championship, put ball in hole, win trophy."

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Not shitposting legitimately confused on this. If Speith's ball was in play why did he get to drop behind the hill it was not where he entered. Not sure on the rule, can someone explain?

 

unplayable...keep where ball lies between him and the hole and go as far back as he wants (while still on course). Tour trailers where immovable obstructions, then got drop for line of sight.

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Spieth is pure class. End of story.

 

didn't happen to see his Greller nut slap before this post, did ya? (BTW, he is still class, maybe not pure) Hick's response is great!

 

https://twitter.com/...185370780254209

 

Your right, why should people have fun.

 

they shouldn't...golf isn't fun anyway...but, just in case my post is misconstrued, I'm still laughing because it's hilarious, even more so 'cause NBC didn't know what to do with it...quick cut away back to announcers and Hicks cracking up...

For all of the well deserved "we's" that get thrown around, I'm guessing Mikey knows that the pouch punch does not get reciprocated.

 

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How many fairways has speith hit in the final round ?

 

Doesn't matter. GIRs matter. Spieth lapped the field in GIRs.

 

Pathetic rough , and trampled dunes further wide

 

Would not have had the chance to hit GIR

 

I miss how golf was in the late 90s when if you missed the fairway is was a question of hacking it back to the fairway

Sort of happens when over quarter of a million come!

The rough hadn't been cut for a couple of months according to one of the 'on course' segments Sky did during one of the practice days. Some areas seemed 'wispy' as you get at links, other places seemed really lush and to be avoided at all costs.

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Not shitposting legitimately confused on this. If Speith's ball was in play why did he get to drop behind the hill it was not where he entered. Not sure on the rule, can someone explain?

Because he was taking an "unplayable" drop he could go to the nearest place of relief that is no closer to the hole. Because he was so far right the closest place of relief was over on that practice area.

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Ashley Schaeffer

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Not shitposting legitimately confused on this. If Speith's ball was in play why did he get to drop behind the hill it was not where he entered. Not sure on the rule, can someone explain?

 

unplayable...keep where ball lies between him and the hole and go as far back as he wants (while still on course).

 

And, in this instance, take free relief from a TIO. All within the rules of golf per the Ruler of Golf and Protector of the Realm.

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Spieth is pure class. End of story.

 

didn't happen to see his Greller nut slap before this post, did ya? (BTW, he is still class, maybe not pure) Hick's response is great!

 

https://twitter.com/...185370780254209

 

Your right, why should people have fun.

 

they shouldn't...golf isn't fun anyway...but, just in case my post is misconstrued, I'm still laughing because it's hilarious, even more so 'cause NBC didn't know what to do with it...quick cut away back to announcers and Hicks cracking up...

For all of the well deserved "we's" that get thrown around, I'm guessing Mikey knows that the pouch punch does not get reciprocated.

 

That's taking one for the team...yeah, pretty sure there's no give there.

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Not shitposting legitimately confused on this. If Speith's ball was in play why did he get to drop behind the hill it was not where he entered. Not sure on the rule, can someone explain?

Because he was taking an "unplayable" drop he could go to the nearest place of relief that is no closer to the hole. Because he was so far right the closest place of relief was over on that practice area.

 

Not exactly. The nearest point of relief would have been 1mm from his ball. He took line of sight relief, which was obstructed by the trucks, then took further relief from those, which was on the range. I don't care that much, but I wonder whether the nearest point of relief from the TIO would've been left, back in the rough.

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The comparisons with Tiger are expected, but the one that stands out to me is the 2016 Masters. On 11 on Sunday I said to myself...This is Tiger stuff. Then 12 happened. "They" collapsed. Tiger never did that.

 

So, there is still a gap between the two unless Spieth does something extra special to overcome it.

 

As far as who was more talented.. Not even close. Hitting the ball higher and farther than his contemporaries, and doing it in victory, is a talent, and JS will never have that.

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Spieth is pure class. End of story.

 

didn't happen to see his Greller nut slap before this post, did ya? (BTW, he is still class, maybe not pure) Hick's response is great!

 

https://twitter.com/...185370780254209

 

Your right, why should people have fun.

 

they shouldn't...golf isn't fun anyway...but, just in case my post is misconstrued, I'm still laughing because it's hilarious, even more so 'cause NBC didn't know what to do with it...quick cut away back to announcers and Hicks cracking up...

For all of the well deserved "we's" that get thrown around, I'm guessing Mikey knows that the pouch punch does not get reciprocated.

??

 

That was Beautiful!!

 

Nice dip by the Jordster prior to the slap, lmao

 

Boy, one is NEVER out of a camera's range, lmao

 

Cheers?

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Not shitposting legitimately confused on this. If Speith's ball was in play why did he get to drop behind the hill it was not where he entered. Not sure on the rule, can someone explain?

Because he was taking an "unplayable" drop he could go to the nearest place of relief that is no closer to the hole. Because he was so far right the closest place of relief was over on that practice area.

 

Not exactly. The nearest point of relief would have been 1mm from his ball. He took line of sight relief, which was obstructed by the trucks, then took further relief from those, which was on the range. I don't care that much, but I wonder whether the nearest point of relief from the TIO would've been left, back in the rough.

 

he could do what he did - take two club lengths no nearer the hole - or go back to spot of original shot

 

enough officials there to determine it was correct spot...

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Not shitposting legitimately confused on this. If Speith's ball was in play why did he get to drop behind the hill it was not where he entered. Not sure on the rule, can someone explain?

Because he was taking an "unplayable" drop he could go to the nearest place of relief that is no closer to the hole. Because he was so far right the closest place of relief was over on that practice area.

 

With unplayable there is not a "nearest place of relief". You will either hit again from where you first hit, drop within 2 club lengths or go back in flag line (flag-ball) as far back as you want. This was at the range, then there happened to be either immovable objects or temporary immovable objects (trucks, tents, etc), which resulted in additional twists.

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Not shitposting legitimately confused on this. If Speith's ball was in play why did he get to drop behind the hill it was not where he entered. Not sure on the rule, can someone explain?

Because he was taking an "unplayable" drop he could go to the nearest place of relief that is no closer to the hole. Because he was so far right the closest place of relief was over on that practice area.

 

Not exactly. The nearest point of relief would have been 1mm from his ball. He took line of sight relief, which was obstructed by the trucks, then took further relief from those, which was on the range. I don't care that much, but I wonder whether the nearest point of relief from the TIO would've been left, back in the rough.

 

he could do what he did - take two club lengths no nearer the hole - or go back to spot of original shot

 

enough officials there to determine it was correct spot...

 

Yeah, I know. Thanks. It was all within the rules.

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Not shitposting legitimately confused on this. If Speith's ball was in play why did he get to drop behind the hill it was not where he entered. Not sure on the rule, can someone explain?

Because he was taking an "unplayable" drop he could go to the nearest place of relief that is no closer to the hole. Because he was so far right the closest place of relief was over on that practice area.

 

Not exactly. The nearest point of relief would have been 1mm from his ball. He took line of sight relief, which was obstructed by the trucks, then took further relief from those, which was on the range. I don't care that much, but I wonder whether the nearest point of relief from the TIO would've been left, back in the rough.

 

he could do what he did - take two club lengths no nearer the hole - or go back to spot of original shot

 

enough officials there to determine it was correct spot...

 

Yeah, I know. Thanks. It was all within the rules.

 

just adding...not correcting...I thought the same thing but until the internet sleuths come up with a GPS located map showing the nearest point was in fact on the left by 2mm, I'm believing it was proper...hell he even told Mike he couldn't stand anywhere close to his line...

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That's like saying your heart surgery " took too long " but was a complete success. Sometimes a ruling talkes as long as it takes. Virtually no way to speed it up and get it right.

 

A large amount of the time was the ruling and the efforts to move the crowd out of the way. Then after he hit the shot, he RAN toward the green to make up time. Then APOLOGIZED to Kuch.

 

I don't know how he could have handled it any better than that.

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That's like saying your heart surgery " took too long " but was a complete success. Sometimes a ruling talkes as long as it takes. Virtually no way to speed it up and get it right.

 

A large amount of the time was the ruling and the efforts to move the crowd out of the way. Then after he hit the shot, he RAN toward the green to make up time. Then APOLOGIZED to Kuch.

 

I don't know how he could have handled it any better than that.

 

He couldn't.

 

I was fairly ambivalent about Spieth until today but his performance reinforced the fact he is a consummate professional not to mention ridiculously talented.

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just adding...not correcting...I thought the same thing but until the internet sleuths come up with a GPS located map showing the nearest point was in fact on the left by 2mm, I'm believing it was proper...hell he even told Mike he couldn't stand anywhere close to his line...

 

Oh, snap! I hadn't seen the sleuthing, but I knew people would question it. Thanks for the info. I think he still would've made five from anywhere.

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Not shitposting legitimately confused on this. If Speith's ball was in play why did he get to drop behind the hill it was not where he entered. Not sure on the rule, can someone explain?

 

He declared his ball to be unplayable. At that point he had 3 options and he chose the 3rd one listed below.

 

1. He could go back to the teebox and play what would have been his 3rd shot from there.

2. He could have dropped 2 club lengths from where his ball was and, with a one stroke penalty, played his 3rd shot.

3. He could keep the point where his ball lay between him and the hole and go back as far as he wanted and dropped it. Again, with a penalty of stroke, he would be playing his 3rd shot.

 

After choosing option 3, it got complicated as there were tour vans in his line of sight. Therefore he got to drop away from them, per the rules of golf, as they are considered "temporary immovable obstructions" commonly referred to as TIO's.

 

It was also further complicated by having mounds in the way that made it difficult to determine exactly where his drop should be in order to keep where his ball was between him and the hole.

 

Spieth knew exactly what he doing as would have most any other pro. He did absolutely nothing wrong nor was anything out line with the entire process including how long it took.

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That's like saying your heart surgery " took too long " but was a complete success. Sometimes a ruling talkes as long as it takes. Virtually no way to speed it up and get it right.

 

A large amount of the time was the ruling and the efforts to move the crowd out of the way. Then after he hit the shot, he RAN toward the green to make up time. Then APOLOGIZED to Kuch.

 

I don't know how he could have handled it any better than that.

 

Reasonable people realize that. Unreasonable people not so much.

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The comparisons with Tiger are expected, but the one that stands out to me is the 2016 Masters. On 11 on Sunday I said to myself...This is Tiger stuff. Then 12 happened. "They" collapsed. Tiger never did that.

 

As far as who was more talented.. Not even close. Hitting the ball higher and farther than his contemporaries, and doing it in victory, is a talent, and JS will never have that.

Aw, how cute is your TW worship! That's very special.
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