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07-21-2008 , 12:00 AM

#476

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Originally Posted by 4_2_it

LOL. I've been watching golf longer than most of you have been alive.

You should turn pro. Seriously.

Okay, not so seriously. But I'm definitely using that the next time I talk golf with kids at the club.

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07-21-2008 , 12:03 AM

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His final round 77 was the worst score of anyone who finished in the top 31 expect for KJ Choi (79) and Wakefield (79). That is a choke plain and simple.

So his final round 77 was the second best score in the last two groups.

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07-21-2008 , 12:04 AM

#478

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Originally Posted by bonds

You should turn pro. Seriously.

Okay, not so seriously. But I'm definitely using that the next time I talk golf with kids at the club.

I prefer. There's more golf in my craps, then some of you got in your whole body.

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07-21-2008 , 12:24 AM

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Totally unrelated note but I always wondered if you OU fockers play Boomer Sooner at your weddings for many reasons but number 1 being that's the only song any of you know/listen to.

speaking of chokes

darren sproles destroys OU

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07-21-2008 , 12:33 AM

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speaking of chokes

darren sproles destroys OU

oh man. you sir, are absolutely positively in the wrong in the open championship thread.

that said, did pruitt wear 43? (j/k)

and that open field tackle on the punt return just before the 2:00 mark is something special.

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07-21-2008 , 12:43 AM

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So his final round 77 was the second best score in the last two groups.

There certainly was a lot of choking in the those last two groups.

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07-21-2008 , 12:45 AM

#482

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speaking of chokes

darren sproles destroys OU

Wrong forum.

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I'm happy for KSU. That's their one big win for the last 100 years, so how could you not be?

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07-21-2008 , 12:46 AM

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There certainly was a lot of choking in the those last two groups.

Maybe. I guess that isn't what I focus on. As I said before, the guy I was disappointed for was Wakefield, who ended up probably where he was expected to end up, but in my mind, played a lot better.

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07-21-2008 , 12:47 AM

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Guy to feel bad for is Norman's caddy; the bogey on 18 cost him about 15 grand or so.

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07-21-2008 , 01:57 AM

#485

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Originally Posted by BigSoonerFan

You don't know that. If he were to shoot 72, then everything else changes. He then actually puts some pressure on Padraig. THere was no pressure on PH because Norman couldn't hit a fairway, couldn't make a birdie, and was fortunate to make pars.

So, you didn't think Norman choked in '96. His level of "choke" didn't get to '96 levels, but there definitely was some "subconscious alteration of his game due to the pressure) there.

Well, we do agree on that.

Hey, beautiful. "A subconscious alteration to his game due to pressure." Where were you guys when the damnable fools ranted for "no such thing as pressure performance differences" for a hundred pages.

BigSoonerFan, you're the only man I ever met that gave me hope.

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07-21-2008 , 05:55 AM

#486

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Originally Posted by Bilko111

but I think the Open was a great tournament to watch. I like seeing golfers having to play shots they normally never would, to me it's golf being played as it should be. I hate watching target golf, it's boring.

Like the two Carnoustie Opens, this was one of the best ever, and without doubt links golf at any rate as it should be. By contrast Hoylake was one of the worst ever Opens with no wind and fairways totally burned out so that hitting driver was almost never a factor.

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07-21-2008 , 05:56 AM

#487

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Tiger would have lost by at least 10 shots.

FYP.

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07-21-2008 , 11:09 AM

#488

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Okay. WITHOUT LOOKING. Name the former champions who finished in the top 20!

Harrington
Curtis
Norman
Leonard

....think I'm missing one.

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07-21-2008 , 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Chomp

Harrington
Curtis
Norman
Leonard

....think I'm missing one.

lehman
els
?

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07-21-2008 , 11:22 AM

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Harrington
Curtis
Norman
Leonard

....think I'm missing one.

The name you are missing was in the top ten.

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07-21-2008 , 11:23 AM

#491

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ernie

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07-21-2008 , 11:24 AM

#492

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lehman
els
?

? and the Mysterians indeed had their day, but never won an Open. One of the other names was not in the top 20-- as you can easily look up.

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07-21-2008 , 11:26 AM

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i was trying to do it without cheating

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07-21-2008 , 11:27 AM

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i was trying to do it without cheating

I think he cheated too.

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07-21-2008 , 12:20 PM

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If you want a choke in the Open see 1972 Tony Jacklin. You can catch some of the story and video at http://www.opengolf.com/Championship...ventid=1998052

Or Harrington in 2007 of course. What was he doing on 18? It seemed he was on a mission to redeem himself by winning this time with a solid finish. And that he did.

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07-21-2008 , 09:32 PM

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If you want a choke in the Open see 1972 Tony Jacklin.

Nice front page on that leaderboard.

1 Lee TREVINO 71 70 66 71 278
2 Jack NICKLAUS 70 72 71 66 279
3 Tony JACKLIN 69 72 67 72 280
4 Doug SANDERS 71 71 69 70 281
5 Brian BARNES 71 72 69 71 283
6 Gary PLAYER 71 71 76 67 285
7 David VAUGHAN 74 73 70 69 286
7 Guy HUNT 75 72 67 72 286
7 Arnold PALMER 73 73 69 71 286
7 Tom WEISKOPF 73 74 70 69 286

ETA: HOW Many Former Champions were in the top 10 -- without looking at the-- DOH!

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07-22-2008 , 05:09 AM

#497

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Vaughan, Barnes and Hunt are the only ones that has not won the Open?

(Or has Barnes won it?)

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07-22-2008 , 08:25 AM

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In 1970 Doug Sanders needed only par at the 18th hole at St. Andrews to beat Nicklaus by one stroke. He pitched his approach 30 feet above the hole and 3-putted, eventually losing to Nicklaus in a playoff. The par putt he missed was 30 inches. I believe Sanders never won a major.

Have you ever heard the story of the white tee?

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.c...9747/index.htm