Tiger vs. Phil in "The Match." **MERGED**

[lowheel]

 

Bermuda or kikuya like?

 

Brazilian Zoysia or Kentucky blue grass. Your choice ;)

 

Boy, I sure wish I had invested $20 of my money to watch this historic event. Instead I wasted it on a worthless actual round of golf in 75 degree weather.

 

good for you...

[LeoLeo99]

Boy, I sure wish I had invested $20 of my money to watch this historic event. Instead I wasted it on a worthless actual round of golf in 75 degree weather.

 

Good for you.

[new2g0lf]

My take on this s*** show:

 

- would have been better with little to no media

- would have been better with cameras "out of the way" so to speak

- would have been better with fans more out of the way

 

I guess what I'm trying to say is this would have been better if it wasn't such a production. Walking down #1 fairway Figjam and Tiger are talking about how SLJ is "the king of cool." No one cares about SLJ in this match, but Figjam was trying to break the ice because it was so f****** awkward to start out. The production was way over done.

 

Would have been so much better to have Tiger and Fig mic'd up and then get the hell out of their way. No hoopla, no interviews, no cameras from every angle. This was like a weird stage play.

 

I think they were in unknown territory and weren't sure how much chatter there would be between Tiger and Phil. As the match progressed they spoke less and became more focused on winning so production had to fill the dead air with something. I thought Barkley was entertaining, SLJ aside from the commercials was a waste and Natalie Gulbis was under utilized, she should have gotten more interviews and pushed for some more betting, maybe Pat Perez would have been better in that spot. I also think the match running over impacted a lot of the "hoopla" they might have planned for after the match.

[golfnoob25]

The first 19 holes were great.

 

Playing a 93 yard par 3 to settle 9 million is cheesy.

 

Should have kept playing 17/18.

 

 

No reason to start the event at noon either. Should have started at 10am

[golfnoob25]

If given an option

 

 

14 club challenge

Or

93 yard par 3

 

 

What do you guys pick?

[manku]

Was up in Santa Barbara for the holiday...totally forgot about match until I checked my phone after it was over...instead I witnessed this battle at the SB Zoo...it had to be better, right?

[BenSeattle]

It must be newsworthy, the match result is the top story at ESPN.com. The PPV problems are the second top story.

 

It is also the top story on the BBC Sport page.

 

Ha. Good one. The "top story" on a day when there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE GOING ON. And for this we should be impressed. The John Deere classic carries vastly more prestige.

 

Prestige? You get into the Open by winning it, but The Match has a much bigger presence. With that said, Tiger said the one shot he'd like back in his career was at the Quad Cities.

 

You also get into the Masters. And a two-year exemption. And a Tour win. And World Ranking Points. And FedEx Cup points. And the respect of your peers. Need more?

 

Phil + Tiger = Liberace = Crying All The Way To The Bank.

[MK7Golf21]

Kind of fitting for Phil to win even though was close. You could tell that this match idea was Phils "baby".

[BenSeattle]

Kind of fitting for Phil to win even though was close. You could tell that this match idea was Phils "baby".

 

 

Yep, the dude was shilling this fiasco over every medium known to man. Hunting for suckers.

[grm24]

Pay per view cut out at the end???? Who did Phil donate the money too?

Billy Walters

[jgonz69]

Pay per view cut out at the end???? Who did Phil donate the money too?

Billy Walters

Running things from jail, that’s boss.

[Arpeggi]

Boy, I sure wish I had invested $20 of my money to watch this historic event. Instead I wasted it on a worthless actual round of golf in 75 degree weather.

 

Good for you.

[RobotDoctor]

I’m sorry, didn’t purchase and don’t have time to read the play by play, what was the final?

 

The takeaway from The Match is that deadsolid...shank should learn to use the internet and type things in to a search engine or ESPN.

 

Edgy stuff... deadsolid is a valued member of this community whos always down to talk golf. Hes sincerely asking what happened and wanted members perspective.you know some people are away from screens and phones for a bit this holiday weekend and some are travelling.A little less snark and a little more kindness would go a long way.

 

I agree. It's all too easy to respond in a manner that is snarky these days. Civility goes a long way to anyone, especially a respected member. Maybe SullGolf can learn to show a bit more respect instead of their backside.

[Marco]

lol at Tiger's short misses or his 2x93 yard misses in a row, looked staged, and the gimme he gave to Phil on 18 like wtf...

[Holy Moses]

lol at Tiger's short misses or his 2x93 yard misses in a row, looked staged, and the gimme he gave to Phil on 18 like wtf...

 

Tiger’s putt on the final hole looked like he just gave up

[johngalt312]

I look forward to Greg Norman and George Clooney calling the next Pistons v Pacers game.

[Tzoid]

It was pretty lack luster golf but I'm not going to criticize it entirely. As soon as Phil made the final putt my PPV feed froze and I didn't see anything else. I called my Cable provider

and was told there was a Nationwide outage and that I would be getting a Refund for the PPV

[MK7Golf21]

lol at Tiger's short misses or his 2x93 yard misses in a row, looked staged, and the gimme he gave to Phil on 18 like wtf...

 

Playing Phil in a wedge contest off a green would of been quite the challenge, probably one of the worst guys to play that against

 

Regarding tigers short misses, he did that a few times during the season. Missed like 10 4 footers at the memorial. Plus those greens looked punched

[OldTomMorris]

Surprised to see the "match" listed on the PGA Tour website schedule. Does it help or harm the PGA Tour brand??

 

https://www.pgatour....s/schedule.html

 

 

Can only help. How could it hurt ? Positive publicity, plus a chance to see the two best of an era once more.

 

If this experiment goes forward, my prediction is it won't, not sure the PGA Tour will want to be associated with that kind of "positive publicity".

[shoot4par]

We're all arguing offering opinions on the match- is it a good idea or bad? First it both increases popularity while also hurting the game. We can look at this two ways from the perspective of financial success, statistics and ratings (ppv #s) & black/red or in terms of growth. It hurts the spirit of the game and they didn't have their best stuff till 13 really. I guess the issue I have with this is that it makes golf look MORE elitist when what we really need is something like this that is open to the entire viewing audience. It was a tremendous opportunity to grow the game and it was squandered in a way. I enjoyed some of it and hated parts of it but still these two men have done more to grow the game than any single golfer in the last 20 years. It's a swan song of sorts but I watched Pacquiao Mayweather lol. That was a sad example of PPV sports and in measuring the two I'm much happier to have paid for this and watched it then I was watching that for FREE at my bosses house.

[Marco]

lol at Tiger's short misses or his 2x93 yard misses in a row, looked staged, and the gimme he gave to Phil on 18 like wtf...

 

Tiger's putt on the final hole looked like he just gave up

 

yeah that putt was bad lol, he looked tired, was it cold ?

 

I just checked and he played an unofficial 69 first 18, thought he hit it worse but grinded pretty good

[straightshot7]

Boy, I sure wish I had invested $20 of my money to watch this historic event. Instead I wasted it on a worthless actual round of golf in 75 degree weather.

 

You missed out. We got to witness multiple birdies.

[TheMoneyShot]

Looking forward to the “Rematch” next year....

[imakaveli]

Looking forward to the “Rematch” next year....

 

Tiger didn’t win, there won’t be another one.

[falken19150]

So did the $9M come from Capital One? Or did Tiger have to pony up?

[fly787]

Peter Jacobsen ruined this thing for me. The whole thing was marketed on the banter between the players, the side bets etc. We missed 80 percent of this while the fools in the booth yapped on and on and on. Awful production value, limited graphics on the screen, no technical feedback on numbers from top tracer,... plus now with social media providing instant feedback, the producers could have gotten instant feedback from the viewers on the horrible production, they then could have run to Home Depot, purchased some duct tape and taped all of the announcers mouth’s shut. Also, the greens were punched.... I’m not hating on it, I just think it could have been so much better.

[LongWayToGo]

This match made me feel nauseous, literally. Tiger's my favorite golfer of all time and Phil, one of my least favorite. Tiger was having a very off day, especially with his putting.

[Tim Sherwood]

I only watched about 3 holes as it was free on Sky Sports here in the UK. Glad I didn't have to pay for it, it was insanely dull.

[80sFredriksson]

I don't have the same trust in Tiger to make key putts that he used to back in his prime. Today was another reason to think that.

I don’t think mentally Tiger can handle the pressure quite like he use to. The Tour Champ’s may have been the exception as we’ve seen him looking mentally fragile in the key pressure moments time and again this season. I’m really curious to see how he stacks up next season.

 

Lol here comes CR again, chip in on 17 begs to differ

[OldTomMorris]

I don't have the same trust in Tiger to make key putts that he used to back in his prime. Today was another reason to think that.

 

I don't think mentally Tiger can handle the pressure quite like he use to. The Tour Champ's may have been the exception as we've seen him looking mentally fragile in the key pressure moments time and again this season. I'm really curious to see how he stacks up next season.

 

Lol here comes CR again, chip in on 17 begs to differ

 

The 2018 season proves he can't close/handle pressure like he once did, still clearly good enough to win big events (eg. Tour Championship) but in the past he'd have won 3/4 times with those chances. A chip in during an exhibition match I don't see as evidence to the contrary.