The Open Championship at Royal Portrush GC/Dunluce Links - Shane Lowry is the 2019 Champion Golfer

[TreyWingbat]

> @"Birdie Mac" said:

> > @TreyWingbat said:

> > Eldrick definitely needs to play more.

> > I think he had only 6 competitive rounds since his remarkable win at Augusta.

> Make that three: The PGA, Memorial, and US Open. This is his fourth tournament since the Masters. Rest assured he would have put in more practice time and tournaments if his body allowed. I think when he says the Masters win took a toll on him, it's not just words.

>

 

Yeah, I was thinking rounds... 2 at the PGA, 4 at the US Open. I forgot about the Memorial.

[Jackhammer993]

Tiger only really has a chance at The Masters. It is a limited field event and those are the only type he has won. I love Tiger but time for a reality check.

[aenemated]

> @pmadden86 said:

> It's great to see these guys play a course where all mistakes are punished - generally always resulting in bogey or worse, it's takes a miraculous recovery to get the par. Very rare on tour these days.

 

Agreed. Really enjoying this. Especially having played links golf recently. I've got a whole new appreciation for how challenging these courses can be.

[bscinstnct]

> @Jackhammer993 said:

> Tiger only really has a chance at The Masters. It is a limited field event and those are the only type he has won. I love Tiger but time for a reality check.

 

Open Championship seems to have the most older or random winners. Watson almost won at 59. US Open is never happening, PGA either.

[Krt22]

> @Jackhammer993 said:

> Tiger only really has a chance at The Masters. It is a limited field event and those are the only type he has won. I love Tiger but time for a reality check.

 

And it's typically warm. Cold weather and slow greens are not his friend right now

[Naptime]

I think TW's preparation strategy post Masters isn't looking real good. Good to see some typical Open weather though.

[gvogel]

> @Krt22 said:

> > @Jackhammer993 said:

> > Tiger only really has a chance at The Masters. It is a limited field event and those are the only type he has won. I love Tiger but time for a reality check.

>

> And it's typically warm. Cold weather and slow greens are not his friend right now

 

There is a swing of Tiger's on the Open Championship website. He's grimacing after impact. He's hurting.

[BobMorris]

> @KRAMER1997 said:

> I think if Tiger's gonna beat or tie Nicklaus, it's gonna happened by 2021. This week is a wash, but I think the next 2 years are going to be crucial. He's always a factor at Augusta, he's won at Harding Park (2020 PGA Championship), and in 2021 the US Open is at Torrey Pines and the Open is at St Andrews. I think he has a slim chance to get to 18 or 19, but he needs to stay healthy and play enough to get in Major form.

 

I don't think familiarity will have anything to do with it. He's got a great track record at Pebble, and look what happened. Previously won at Bethpage....again, disaster. He won the Masters in 2005....then took 14 years to win again. No....if he can manage to play well enough to win, he'll compete. Regardless of the layout or not. If he continues to play like this, no amount of course familiarity will help him. As for reaching Jack's record, I think that's very much pie-in-the-sky at this point.

[cardoustie]

Westwood and the Barn Rat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it going lads ..............

[cardoustie]

> @aenemated said:

> > @pmadden86 said:

> > It's great to see these guys play a course where all mistakes are punished - generally always resulting in bogey or worse, it's takes a miraculous recovery to get the par. Very rare on tour these days.

>

> Agreed. Really enjoying this. Especially having played links golf recently. I've got a whole new appreciation for how challenging these courses can be.

 

What a great post and so true. Tour set ups thru lightly lined fairways with wispy rough makes recoveries a snap. Here you pay the piper for your wayward shots. AWESOME

Once again the R&A shows how a major should be run. They should hold a tutorial for the USGA

[Cincy_Ken]

> @bscinstnct said:

> > @Jackhammer993 said:

> > Tiger only really has a chance at The Masters. It is a limited field event and those are the only type he has won. I love Tiger but time for a reality check.

>

> Open Championship seems to have the most older or random winners. Watson almost won at 59. US Open is never happening, PGA either.

 

It definitely has been the most friendly championship for older golfers but it's also the coldest which for Tiger's back seems to be a terrible fit. US Opens are young mans games; his last chance would have been this year with the shortness of Pebble. PGAs potentially would be doable but not on courses the difficulty Bethpage was this year. Masters clearly is the best shot for him moving forward

 

Between last years PGA, Tour Championship, and this years Master's there seems to be a pattern that he can perform well in warm conditions and that cold conditions are not friendly to him.

[cardoustie]

> @pmadden86 said:

> It's great to see these guys play a course where all mistakes are punished - generally always resulting in bogey or worse, it's takes a miraculous recovery to get the par. Very rare on tour these days.

 

I meant to quote @pmadden86 .. bang on sir

[MK7Golf21]

> @gvogel said:

> > @Krt22 said:

> > > @Jackhammer993 said:

> > > Tiger only really has a chance at The Masters. It is a limited field event and those are the only type he has won. I love Tiger but time for a reality check.

> >

> > And it's typically warm. Cold weather and slow greens are not his friend right now

>

> There is a swing of Tiger's on the Open Championship website. He's grimacing after impact. He's hurting.

 

guys, what do you expect? He didn't play hardly any golf lately, he even mentioned his game wasn't sharp in press conference Tuesday. This is all because he says he played too much golf last year and is trying to reduce it. He didn't have a chance to begin with because he hasn't played. Hopefully he learns that he has to play more and finds a happy medium.

[Rangeballz]

All of the massive optimism following the Masters regarding Tiger's chances to catch Jack has quickly evaporated.

[Moleman]

> @cardoustie said:

> This Brooks guy pulls his thong aside and c r a p s ice cubes in majors

 

Quite the mental image there, thanks for that! ?

 

 

[pgapromex]

Another major thread and 90 % of comments are who can come up with most ridiculous excuse for Tiger/Rors hacktastic play. Give it a break fanboys

[Birdie Mac]

> @TreyWingbat said:

> > @"Birdie Mac" said:

> > > @TreyWingbat said:

> > > Eldrick definitely needs to play more.

> > > I think he had only 6 competitive rounds since his remarkable win at Augusta.

> > Make that three: The PGA, Memorial, and US Open. This is his fourth tournament since the Masters. Rest assured he would have put in more practice time and tournaments if his body allowed. I think when he says the Masters win took a toll on him, it's not just words.

> >

>

> Yeah, I was thinking rounds... 2 at the PGA, 4 at the US Open. I forgot about the Memorial.

I noticed you said rounds and not tournaments, but it still didn't come back to six. Never say never with Tiger, but like others have said, you can't play well if you don't practice, but you can't practice if your body won't allow. He's been playing since he was a tot, and his body has taken a beating. Nobody wants to see Picasso reduced to paint by numbers.

 

[TreyWingbat]

I knew he pulled out of the Wells Fargo last second.

He'll have to play more going forward though... today has been a disaster.

 

[tgtaggie]

Lol at a little humor from Tiger with the long bird.

[TheGulag]

Tigers first birdie, about time

 

[imakaveli]

I wonder if they ever realize they f***ed it up and put pga championship back in august.

[cardoustie]

> @Rangeballz said:

> All of the massive optimism following the Masters regarding Tiger's chances to catch Jack has quickly evaporated.

 

Tiger needs majors to be at ... A. ANGC or B. shorter faster courses at The Open

His barely playing schedule is not going to help him

[Lagavulin62]

> @cardoustie said:

> Westwood and the Barn Rat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it going lads ..............

 

Westwood has been playing in the shadows. But I’m afraid if they turn the cameras his way he might wake up and start looking too far ahead.

[Whit1969]

> @KRAMER1997 said:

> I think if Tiger's gonna beat or tie Nicklaus, it's gonna happened by 2021. This week is a wash, but I think the next 2 years are going to be crucial. He's always a factor at Augusta, he's won at Harding Park (2020 PGA Championship), and in 2021 the US Open is at Torrey Pines and the Open is at St Andrews. I think he has a slim chance to get to 18 or 19, but he needs to stay healthy and play enough to get in Major form.

 

 

 

 

[Golfnutgalen]

Tiger played well at the Open, PGA, and Masters. I'm not ready to give up on the remainder of his career just yet! Sure his last 3 majors have been disappointing, but winning that 15th major took a lot out of him, when it happened my gut feeling was he wasn't going to be competitive again until next year especially after he said he would play an extremely limited schedule.

[salmon1a]

lol I wonder if> @cardoustie said:

> > @Rangeballz said:

> > All of the massive optimism following the Masters regarding Tiger's chances to catch Jack has quickly evaporated.

>

> Tiger needs majors to be at ... A. ANGC or B. shorter faster courses at The Open

> His barely playing schedule is not going to help him

Yeah looks like Harrington was right about his lack of preparation for this year's Open.

 

 

[Lagavulin62]

> @Rangeballz said:

> All of the massive optimism following the Masters regarding Tiger's chances to catch Jack has quickly evaporated.

 

I don’t think any serious fan believed he could catch Jack. But there was an expectation he could at least compete this year.

[mocokid]

great victory at Augusta for Tiger, but honestly, did anyone think he was going to win another MAJOR this year. Dude put everything he had into getting that deal done. And he's done for 2019. He be getting ready for 2020, 2021

[EvTEC]

Did you see the AWFUL weather Tiger play in on the front nine?

[bscinstnct]

> @pgapromex said:

> Another major thread and 90 % of comments are who can come up with most ridiculous excuse for Tiger/Rors hacktastic play. Give it a break fanboys

 

What are the ridiculous excuses you see?