Stifle it  ;-))

It will snow in Las Vegas in July before that happens

I'll offer my final analysis,  actually his strategy in the end wasn't all that bad and he could have won with it.

Hole 6 today was not the total reason he lost,  he had it back to -5 after that debacle, before he made bogey on 13, 14, & 15.  Pars there and then the birdie at 18 would have had him to -6 one shot off the lead.

The real reason he lost though was two fold,  his play on the par 5's was -1 and that was by the good graces of that chip in he made from the puckerbrush yesterday.   Tiger playing par 5's over four rounds at -1 isn't going to get him over the finish line in a major.   Ernie played them 3 under,  Scott played them 6 under.   When do you ever remember Tiger having that big of a gap against anyone on long holes?  Also I made the point yesterday the bogey on #1 when he airmailed the green and then hit the bad chip after that got him off to a bad start and I think contributed to his 70 on round three.   he lost the Mojo right out of the gate.

Here's my take on the reason Tiger lost the Open Championship. Someone else had fewer strokes. That's all I can say about it because I am not the professional. I will leave it up to Tiger----the Professional----to figure it out.

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Well.....I think sitting on the sidelines it's very easy to say "he should have, could have"...... We can't see the true angles, the indulations of the greens, feel the "heat" of the tournament.  Tiger has made great strides this year.  Remember just the past January he was 52 in OWGR......he's crept his way back with 3 wins, 4 top tens to being #2 OWGR, #1 Fed Ex Cup, #1 Ryder Cup Points, #1 on $$$$ list, and #1 scoring average.  No to shabby IMHO. 

Every tournament regular event and major Tiger plays he has the opportunity to truly test his new swing....go home and make adjustments and come to the next tournament in a much better place.  I stick with my opinion that once he gets his approach shots dialed in the putts will fall as birdies not pars or bogeys.  I was impressed with his bunker play this week (except for #6 today) and he has shown great improvement on chipping.  It's coming together and if he doesn't snag the PGA, he will get a major in 2013. 

I was pleased to see him play well this week.....maybe he should have, could have and things would have turned out differently.....but it's history now.....on to the next tournament!

 

Arm chair quaterbacking......should have, could have......  Let the man play his game! 

WELL SAID VG

thanks, Paul

 

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