Tiger is unconscious

[hondo]

Tiger Woods was 3 holes down with five to play against J.B. Holmes. On the last four holes, he's made three birdie putts and an eagle putt at No. 17 to go 1-up. In the 18th fairway.

Never saw an exhibition of putting like this, even from Eldrick himself.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I saw the slug and thought "Did a branch fall out of a tree and hit him?"

 

[hondo]

No, but it looks like it hit J.B. Holmes.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Match play with him is just unfair.

 

[hondo]

Over. Tiger wins 1-up.

 

[John]

Els, on the other hand, was apparently the other kind of unconscious -- losing 6 and 5 to Jonathan Byrd.

 

[beefncheddar]

Match play with him is just unfair.

Considering he hasn't won this event since 2004, it might not be quite that unfair.

 

[MileHigh]

Match play with him is just unfair.

He's got 10 losses in match play singles as a pro, so it's not totally unfair. But those last holes were amazing and probably will kick-start him into at least the semis.

 

[Moderator1]

Didn't he do something similar to VCU's own John Rollins a couple of years ago?

 

[Matt1735]

Didn't he do something similar to VCU's own John Rollins a couple of years ago?

Maybe you should ask someone in VCU's sports information office. They will probably know!

 

[Moderator1]

The office is closed right now, or I would!
Wiseass.

 

[beefncheddar]

If we only had someone at VCU that could find that answer for us ...

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=1744136

 

[doubledown68]

Had the day off and picked up the match about Hole No. 10. El Tigre was sucking it up, topped off by a ****ty drive and unplayable lie on 13.

Then dude just turned it on. The most impressive part was the twister on either 15 or 16... the one he didn't need to make because Holmes slugged his birdie try like 20 feet long. But he made it anyway, as if to say "it's on, *****." Then he eagles 17, with a bomb. Un-be-lievable.

 

[93Devil]

And Tiger said he peaked when he was 11...

Hey, Moddy, I'm sure Maynor could beat him. :-\

 

[Birdscribe]

And none of those were remotely gimmes.

I'm on assignment this week (see sig for details). I'm working on a release and paying cursory attention to this. I look up to see Tiger drain that 40/50-footer on 17, then go back to work.

The next image I see is a graphic under Tiger being interviewed, reading that Tiger will play Arron Oberholser in the second round.

I'm thinking WTF? Wasn't he three down with five to play and hitting the ball all over the desert? Then, I talk to my client, who says that he one-putted the last FIVE holes, none of them from kick-in range.

No wonder Holmes looked like he got hit by a 2-by-4.

 

[GB-Hack]

And Tiger said he peaked when he was 11...

Tiger can be really funny when he wants to be. That line cracked me up.

 

[MileHigh]

And none of those were remotely gimmes.

I'm on assignment this week (see sig for details). I'm working on a release and paying cursory attention to this. I look up to see Tiger drain that 40/50-footer on 17, then go back to work.

The next image I see is a graphic under Tiger being interviewed, reading that Tiger will play Arron Oberholser in the second round.

I'm thinking WTF? Wasn't he three down with five to play and hitting the ball all over the desert? Then, I talk to my client, who says that he one-putted the last FIVE holes, none of them from kick-in range.

No wonder Holmes looked like he got hit by a 2-by-4.

Well, the one-putt on 18 was a kick-in.
But on 14, it was 14 feet, 1 inch.
On 15, it was 17-5.
On 16, it was 21-9.
On 17, it was 36-5.

 

[qtlaw]

He smoked Stephen Ames 9 and 8 a couple of years ago then promptly lost the next round to Nick O'Hern so a huge win is not an automatic tourney win.

 

[micropolitan guy]

So he rallied nicely to defeat this tournament's version of Prairie View A&M or Coppin State. Nice job. Maybe this can carry over to the next Ryder Cup.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Tiger Woods was 3 holes down with five to play against J.B. Holmes. On the last four holes, he's made three birdie putts and an eagle putt at No. 17 to go 1-up. In the 18th fairway.

Never saw an exhibition of putting like this, even from Eldrick himself.

That was almost Nicklaus at Inverrary in 1975 stuff....