Agree, the media making too much of this. How many times do we hear players dropping f-bombs and GD near live microphones and no one says squat. To me that’s just as bad and sets a bad look yet they’re not penalized for their conduct.
2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock
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Agree, the media making too much of this. How many times do we hear players dropping f-bombs and GD near live microphones and no one says squat. To me that’s just as bad and sets a bad look yet they’re not penalized for their conduct.
That was a terrible look. That is a terrible when you are playing with your buds on a Saturday much less a HOFer and 5 time major winner.
It is about as bad a look since Tiger's illegal drop at the Masters which was obvious to most pro's and golfers as a cheating move.
These *** bags in the NY area that try to be funny with comments are the worst. No more Majors or Ryder cups until these wise guys learn to be quiet and act a little grown up, the USA chants, the silly comments. It is so NY wise guy stuff. This is a US Open and not a Ryder cup.
No more tourney's there until they can grow up.
It is about as bad a look since Tiger's illegal drop at the Masters which was obvious to most pro's and golfers as a cheating move.
These *** bags in the NY area that try to be funny with comments are the worst. No more Majors or Ryder cups until these wise guys learn to be quiet and act a little grown up, the USA chants, the silly comments. It is so NY wise guy stuff. This is a US Open and not a Ryder cup.
No more tourney's there until they can grow up.
Guarantee if you had an unedited broadcast like that along with players throwing F bombs and such, ratings would be better than any other sport by a long shot.
216 microphones being used by Fox. That averages out to 12 a hole. Is that really necessary?
Fox probably wishes they had one less that didn’t pick up that guy talking about his sexual adventures that were aired live.:smiley:
No one and I mean no one hopes the wind picks up to 50 mph and the greens dry rock hard more than Tommy F'ing Fleetwood.
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Tigers bone headed drop was not intentional. You don’t think you can get away with drop like that in front of millions. He was flustered and screwed up but he did not have intent. Phil had intent.
The stupid yelling of phrases, (baba booey mashed potatoes, etc) after every T shot is pissing me off trying to watch this. Love this tourney, even more than the masters, but the masters does it best and kicks the douche bags off the course for yelling stupid crap. Actually would like to see that done every week at every tournament. Getting older I know, but damn I can’t stand stupidity!!!!!!
The commenting from the gallery is some of the worst I remember. GD yankees just have to be insufferable. Serve them anti-freeze lemonade and end it.
Another major win with PED’s. Tiger had about 10 of them and now this younger generation is following his pathetic lead. Almost as bad as cycling.
Yeah... it was. He intentionally went back further than allowed and said as much. He may have forgotten about the rule but the action was intentional.
Awesome tournament. If you don’t like Koepka, you don’t like anyone. Solid dude, and the first to go back to back in almost 30 years. Cool stuff.
As far as Lefty yesterday, not a great look for him, but he’s owed a mulligan after all the good will he’s built up.
Hell, Tiger’s still considered a God, and he’s cheated on his wife, cursed numerous times with the mic on him, slammed clubs, and acted like a petulant child. I don’t remember the press going off on him for any of these transgressions.
As far as Lefty yesterday, not a great look for him, but he’s owed a mulligan after all the good will he’s built up.
Hell, Tiger’s still considered a God, and he’s cheated on his wife, cursed numerous times with the mic on him, slammed clubs, and acted like a petulant child. I don’t remember the press going off on him for any of these transgressions.
He said as much but it was not intentional. No one even noticed until he said something, his statement alerted everyone to his mistake. It was absolutely not intentional.
^ No **** but he admitted it in the interview.
“Woods made an illegal drop during the second round. This is inarguable. It's inarguable because Woods admitted during his post-round interviews Friday that he dropped the ball "2 yards further back" than the original divot made while hitting his third shot on the par-5 15th hole. You can't do that.
Except that Woods didn't realize he had done anything wrong. Nor did his playing partners. Nor, apparently, did the rules official assigned to the hole. Nor did the rules committee, which reviewed a TV viewer call-in and took a pass. Nor did any of us geniuses in the media.
Woods is many things, but he wouldn't take a crowbar to his Masters chances by intentionally violating the rules of golf (seemingly all 10 million of them). He obviously doesn't know all the rules, but nobody can really think he was purposely trying to pull a fast one on worldwide television -- and then brag about it in a post-round presser, right?”
In no way shape or form was it ever intentional.
“Woods made an illegal drop during the second round. This is inarguable. It's inarguable because Woods admitted during his post-round interviews Friday that he dropped the ball "2 yards further back" than the original divot made while hitting his third shot on the par-5 15th hole. You can't do that.
Except that Woods didn't realize he had done anything wrong. Nor did his playing partners. Nor, apparently, did the rules official assigned to the hole. Nor did the rules committee, which reviewed a TV viewer call-in and took a pass. Nor did any of us geniuses in the media.
Woods is many things, but he wouldn't take a crowbar to his Masters chances by intentionally violating the rules of golf (seemingly all 10 million of them). He obviously doesn't know all the rules, but nobody can really think he was purposely trying to pull a fast one on worldwide television -- and then brag about it in a post-round presser, right?”
In no way shape or form was it ever intentional.
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.golf.com/tour-and-news/tiger-woods-drop-masters-2013-inside-story
My bad. I took what you said as meaning he reported the violation himself. A lot of golfers in the Masters thought he got a break that they wouldn’t have gotten.
My bad. I took what you said as meaning he reported the violation himself. A lot of golfers in the Masters thought he got a break that they wouldn’t have gotten.
I picked 3. The winner, a middle of the pack and missed cut. But I picked the first back to back champion since Grumpy Strange.
The act was absolutely, 100% intentional. He intentionally took a drop that was against the rules. In the moment, did he realize it was against the rules? Probably not. But it was still an intentional act and against the rules.
Lol, give it up. It was not intentional. You just said it, he didn’t realize it. How can it be intentional when one does not realize it’s against the rules? Phil knew what he was doing, Tiger made a mistake and did not realize it was a rules violation.<===and for that matter all on the scene, most at home watching, rules official on hand, fans, players and caddies in the grouping didn’t realize it. It was a blunder but no intent. Fact.
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The act can absolutely be intentional while not realizing it also is a rules violation. He intentionally dropped 2 yards back. He didn’t accidentally drop 2 yards back. It was planned. It was intentional. The ball didn’t fall out of his pocket. No idea how you can dispute that.
