2020 Masters Invitational champion is Dustin Johnson!

[bscinstnct]

58 minutes ago, cardoustie said:

 

Can I say one thing without offending TW fans?

 

Sometimes it is easier to go low when not in the mix.   You see it all the time in club C's and big Am events, someone will be 3 under on the last 12 holes yapping afterwards how they could've been in the mix except for the 7-7-7- run on holes 2-3-4.   I've been that guy.

 

The truth in a lot of cases is, it's easy to go low once you are not contending, the pressure is gone and you are freed up

 

This doesn't 100% apply Tiger because even with a 4 on the 12th he was miles back 

 

Yes, true. But it’s also this great ethic TW has of treating every shot, whether it’s a seemingly meaningless routine shot on Thursday, or a 6 footer to win on Sunday, with the exact same mindset and routine.

 

Easy to say but he’s a rare person who can actually do it. As well as can be done, anyway. 
 

You see guys like Rory get blown out on Sunday because they get down after a bad shot or two, lose focus, can’t overcome their emotions.

 

Tiger has led after 54 holes on 60 occasions. He has closed and won 56 of those leads. That is insane!

 

There must have been a number of time, with a 3, 2, or even 1 shot lead that TW messed up a shot and could have let it take him down mentally and lost focus. But he has the ability to close down thoughts on the last shot and move to the next with the same mind set every time. 

[cardoustie]

4 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Yes, true. But it’s also this great ethic TW has of treating every shot, whether it’s a seemingly meaningless routine shot on Thursday, or a 6 footer to win on Sunday, with the exact same mindset and routine.

 

Easy to say but he’s a rare person who can actually do it. As well as can be done, anyway. 
 

You see guys like Rory get blown out on Sunday because they get down after a bad shot or two, lose focus, can’t overcome their emotions.

 

Tiger has led after 54 holes on 60 occasions. He has closed and won 56 of those leads. That is insane!

 

There must have been a number of time, with a 3, 2, or even 1 shot lead that TW messed up a shot and could have let it take him down mentally and lost focus. But he has the ability to close down thoughts on the last shot and move to the next with the same mind set every time. 

Rory is the worst for quitting.  Guy misses a 4 foot eagle on the second hole and gives up and hands P Reed the 2018 Masters.

[tbowles411]

3 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Yes, true. But it’s also this great ethic TW has of treating every shot, whether it’s a seemingly meaningless routine shot on Thursday, or a 6 footer to win on Sunday, with the exact same mindset and routine.

 

Easy to say but he’s a rare person who can actually do it. As well as can be done, anyway. 
 

You see guys like Rory get blown out on Sunday because they get down after a bad shot or two, lose focus, can’t overcome their emotions.

 

Tiger has led after 54 holes on 60 occasions. He has closed and won 56 of those leads. That is insane!

 

There must have been a number of time, with a 3, 2, or even 1 shot lead that TW messed up a shot and could have let it take him down mentally and lost focus. But he has the ability to close down thoughts on the last shot and move to the next with the same mind set every time. 

Word to your mother!  LOL  I keed!

 

The 10 was a shock for everyone.  My kid said, well, there's no shot now.  I told him there was no chance before the 10 and lets see what he does now.  Then he dug deep and finished strong.  He could have mailed it in, but that's not how he rolls.  If there's a chance to do well, he'll do what he has to.  It was disappointing, but at the same time because there was no quit in him, even though there was no shot.

[milesgiles]

There is a law on bodybuilding forums that, as a thread goes on, the probability of discussing Ronnie Coleman becomes 1.

On Wrx, substitute in Tiger for Ronnie..

[tbowles411]

2 minutes ago, cardoustie said:

Rory is the worst for quitting.  Guy misses a 4 foot eagle on the second hole and gives up and hands P Reed the 2018 Masters.

Maybe not quitting.  I call it losing focus.

[milesgiles]

1 hour ago, kcsf said:

That 'crowd' of voices you keep hearing aren't external, they're in your head. DJ won the Master's and for you to discount it for ANY reason is both inane and petty. Touch the DJ doll where he hurt you..

 

Yes he won, but we’ll just call it a ‘masters’ with a little m. It wasn’t the real deal we all agree on that 

[cardoustie]

 

14 minutes ago, milesgiles said:

 

Yes he won, but we’ll just call it a ‘masters’ with a little m. It wasn’t the real deal we all agree on that 

 

Miles,

 

Seriously poor form casting shade on DJ win, over and over.  You're way off base

 

So many majors have been played historically in both extremely poor and great conditions which may or may not generally favor one style of golfer

 

Any player can win at ANGC, short (Weir, ZJ) or long hitters (TW) or short game artists (PM), in dry or wet conditions .. that is the beauty of that Jones and AM design!  Don't you see that ?

 

Take away the robotic week of driving by one of the runner ups and the wizardly week of short game by the little Aussie and you can say Dustin dusted the field of top ranked tour players including Rahm and JT

 

DJ even birdied 13 and 15 playing them like Mike Weir and Zach J, stony little wedge shots, which for one of the 10 longest tour players in the world is pretty darn impressive on a Sunday with your life's goal hanging in front of you

 

The fact that the top 3 in the world were leading after 36 speaks volumes of the test faced last week.  That is what all major tournament organizers aspire to .. their course revealing the top players  in the game

Edited November 16, 2020 by cardoustie

[Christosterone]

This round was jaw dropping.

If you don’t appreciate then I don’t know what to tell you.

absolute work or art...

DJ is as worthy a champion as anyone ever...

 

 

 

[Hawkeye77]

He'll be under the big tree with a tray table during the Champions Dinner!

 

He won, he won.  No "buts".  He won and displayed a game far above the rest of the field in so doing over 4 days.  Singular performance.

 

 

[bscinstnct]

32 minutes ago, tbowles411 said:

Word to your mother!  LOL  I keed!

 

The 10 was a shock for everyone.  My kid said, well, there's no shot now.  I told him there was no chance before the 10 and lets see what he does now.  Then he dug deep and finished strong.  He could have mailed it in, but that's not how he rolls.  If there's a chance to do well, he'll do what he has to.  It was disappointing, but at the same time because there was no quit in him, even though there was no shot.

Ha! What’s up, t?

 

Ok, time to say “eeeya”, Ice is Audi 5000

 

 

[milesgiles]

22 minutes ago, cardoustie said:

 

 

Miles,

 

Seriously poor form casting shade on DJ win, over and over.  You're way off base

 

So many majors have been played historically in both extremely poor and great conditions which may or may not generally favor one style of golfer

 

Any player can win at ANGC, short (Weir, ZJ) or long hitters (TW) or short game artists (PM), in dry or wet conditions .. that is the beauty of that Jones and AM design!  Don't you see that ?

 

Take away the robotic week of driving by one of the runner ups and the wizardly week of short game by the little Aussie and you can say Dustin dusted the field of top ranked tour players including Rahm and JT

 

DJ even birdied 13 and 15 playing them like Mike Weir and Zach J, stony little wedge shots, which for one of the 10 longest tour players in the world is pretty darn impressive on a Sunday with your life's goal hanging in front of you

 

The fact that the top 3 in the world were leading after 36 speaks volumes of the test faced last week.  That is what all major tournament organizers aspire to .. their course revealing the top players  in the game

I

 

he deserved it 100% and I linked his youtube round in another thread. Love the approach on 11 at 3.30, it was even better on top tracer from behind.

 

he couldn’t do anything about the lack of fans or the relative softness. But it was really the only Master I remember watching where the last 6 holes held such little danger and made it ultimately unexciting

[Dr. Block]

24 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

Ha! What’s up, t?

 

Ok, time to say “eeeya”, Ice is Audi 5000

 

 

Nice change to Fran Tarkenton 

 

[SwooshLT]

29 minutes ago, milesgiles said:

I

 

he deserved it 100% and I linked his youtube round in another thread. Love the approach on 11 at 3.30, it was even better on top tracer from behind.

 

he couldn’t do anything about the lack of fans or the relative softness. But it was really the only Master I remember watching where the last 6 holes held such little danger and made it ultimately unexciting

 

 

Then you must younger than 25 because Tiger walked the field by 12 in 97 and no one has called that final round BORING! 

 

Not sure if you're making these statements to have more attention than necessary......but if you truly believe anything that you have written then I'll stop interacting with you ......because you're so very wrong on everything you've posted and you're wasting WRX collective time with asinine commentary. SERIOUSLY 

[Bad9]

1 hour ago, milesgiles said:

 

 It wasn’t the real deal we all agree on that 

Actually we don't, far from it. Just because you say it doesn't make it true.

[oikos1]

48 minutes ago, milesgiles said:

I

 

he deserved it 100% and I linked his youtube round in another thread. Love the approach on 11 at 3.30, it was even better on top tracer from behind.

 

he couldn’t do anything about the lack of fans or the relative softness. But it was really the only Master I remember watching where the last 6 holes held such little danger and made it ultimately unexciting

That's a different tune from "half a major" and "it wasn't the real deal".

[Christosterone]

1 hour ago, bscinstnct said:

Ha! What’s up, t?

 

Ok, time to say “eeeya”, Ice is Audi 5000

 

 

The whole video must be shown after seeing that...

I owned a 1990 mustang GT 5.0....

ahh, those were the days

 

 

[bscinstnct]

19 minutes ago, Christosterone said:

The whole video must be shown after seeing that...

I owned a 1990 mustang GT 5.0....

ahh, those were the days

 

 

Ha! Would have never guessed. And that’s a compliment; )

 

This one kid had a white one, hard top, lowered, custom, hysterical to think we’d cruise around and think we were cool in that.

 

Car had some low end, though. This other kid crashed his the very day he picked it up cause he fishtailed trying to pick up speed fast from a dead stop and make a turn simultaneously. Man, he was cryin...

Edited November 16, 2020 by bscinstnct

[Christen_The_Sloop]

41 minutes ago, milesgiles said:

I

 

he deserved it 100% and I linked his youtube round in another thread. Love the approach on 11 at 3.30, it was even better on top tracer from behind.

 

he couldn’t do anything about the lack of fans or the relative softness. But it was really the only Master I remember watching where the last 6 holes held such little danger and made it ultimately unexciting

I think it's the ultimate compliment that he made the final round boring. He managed his miscues masterfully. He made every putt he had to. The par on 11 to begin the back nine, comes to mind as one that kept the momentum coming into the home stretch. Whatever charge there was in the competition he absolutely snuffed out. And, he did it with wedges on the par 5s. I found myself hoping that he would close, though I've never been a fan. Other than the very start of the round, I've rarely ever seen a player so in control over every aspect of their game. 

 

And, this win didn't come out of nowhere. I am sure Johnson felt he was the favorite coming in. In his last 12 events he's finished in the top two seven times. It's going to be interesting to see how long he can maintain this form. 

[Yuck]

I think if you overlay all the tracer’s for Sungjae’s drives on one screen, you have a single thick line, starting 5 yards left of center and finishing on the sprinkler line.  
 

Never seen someone hit their driver that much straighter than their irons.

Edited November 17, 2020 by Yuck

[CasualLie]

The only downsides I saw in the Covid edition of The Masters were:

- Starting/Ending R4 early to get in some football.

- Pin placement on 16.  I kept getting confused on every tee shot at 16 replayed.

- Someone trying to sell their Masters facemask on Ebay for $300

- Too much coverage of the mad bomber with a tummy ache

 

Missing fans?  No big deal, nice change of pace.

Soft conditions?  So what.  In so many years we see a back 9 run snatch the title from the front runner.  Where was that this year?  Conditions were ripe for it, but it didn't happen.  And there were some tradeoffs with the soft conditions.  Firing at the pin may have been more opportune, but the usual driving lines and roll outs were not there.

No asterisk from me.  Great win for DJ.  Remember when he fell off the stairs a few years ago when in top form?  Now that is erased as well as coming within inches of taking down Tiger last year.

 

And speaking of TIger. It's so hard for some of you to let go.  He's not going to win any more majors.  He is not physically well enough to challenge like Jack did in '86.  He can't even play 27 holes in a day.  That getting up at 3:30 stuff to prep...that gets old too.  Somehow he might sneak in one more win when no one expects it so he can have most wins all to himself.  But this idea that he will be a regular contender for majors is wishful thinking at best.  It's ok, back away from the cliff, and just enjoy all those years witnessed in Tiger's prime.  The sun sets for us all.

 

 

[Krt22]

2 hours ago, cardoustie said:

 

 

Miles,

 

Seriously poor form casting shade on DJ win, over and over.  You're way off base

 

So many majors have been played historically in both extremely poor and great conditions which may or may not generally favor one style of golfer

 

Any player can win at ANGC, short (Weir, ZJ) or long hitters (TW) or short game artists (PM), in dry or wet conditions .. that is the beauty of that Jones and AM design!  Don't you see that ?

 

Take away the robotic week of driving by one of the runner ups and the wizardly week of short game by the little Aussie and you can say Dustin dusted the field of top ranked tour players including Rahm and JT

 

DJ even birdied 13 and 15 playing them like Mike Weir and Zach J, stony little wedge shots, which for one of the 10 longest tour players in the world is pretty darn impressive on a Sunday with your life's goal hanging in front of you

 

The fact that the top 3 in the world were leading after 36 speaks volumes of the test faced last week.  That is what all major tournament organizers aspire to .. their course revealing the top players  in the game

Thank you for the reply. Let us all agree to stop giving miles any attention, he is obviously either a troll or an out of touch grump, neither of which deserves much attention at all 🙂

 

[bladehunter]

2 hours ago, milesgiles said:

There is a law on bodybuilding forums that, as a thread goes on, the probability of discussing Ronnie Coleman becomes 1.

On Wrx, substitute in Tiger for Ronnie..

I don’t know this Ronnie Coleman.  But he must be one hell of a dude.  Lol.  

[FakeClubPro]

3 hours ago, milesgiles said:

There is a law on bodybuilding forums that, as a thread goes on, the probability of discussing Ronnie Coleman becomes 1.

On Wrx, substitute in Tiger for Ronnie..

The real body builder was Steve Reeves with no juice.  Fanboys would have no clue.

[tiderider]

2 minutes ago, FakeClubPro said:

The real body builder was Steve Reeves with no juice.  Fanboys would have no clue.

bet they could fire their glutes ... 

[geakins]

When DJ shows up and shuts up Brooks. Yeah DJ is a picker, he gets to pick nexts years champions dinner. Whereas Brooks is a digger, he keeps digging his hole deeper and deeper. DJ you the man! Well played.

Edited November 17, 2020 by geakins

[jbrunk]

21 hours ago, Sonja Henie said:

I wondered about that, but does the X5 come in a center shafted version.  His putter this week was definitely center shafted.  

Did you see this pic? Definitely not phantom x or x5.

[Shilgy]

10 hours ago, milesgiles said:

 

No, he played a course akin to a normal tour event. Prior to this he’d won 1 major and what, 25 regular events? 

Oh, what could have been.....if only they played the US Open every week Andy North would be the greatest of all time.  Not all majors have a more difficult setup than all tour events. 
 

It rained....rain softens the course....players adapt. They still hold the event and there is a winner...a whole winner.

[Shilgy]

6 hours ago, cardoustie said:

MilesGiles,

 

Please take -5.5 majors away from Tiger and the records he set at The Old Course

 

Sunny and warm, no wind.  We Canadians call that BENIGN weather, he wasn't playing in Scotland that week, it was like a holiday round with the chaps in Southern Spain

 

Please give Hogan eleventeen more majors for his work at Carnoustie

And take away twelveteen for Hogan apparently missing a fairway at Carnoustie...and another dozen for them calling this rough in the first place.

 

[geakins]

21 minutes ago, jbrunk said:

Did you see this pic? Definitely not phantom x or x5.

I wish this would come out in this years new line up! 

[Shilgy]

3 hours ago, milesgiles said:

I

 

he deserved it 100% and I linked his youtube round in another thread. Love the approach on 11 at 3.30, it was even better on top tracer from behind.

 

he couldn’t do anything about the lack of fans or the relative softness. But it was really the only Master I remember watching where the last 6 holes held such little danger and made it ultimately unexciting

You must not have watched in ‘97.   Tiger won by 12 and he wrapped it up somewhere around hole 50.