why cant he say anything? is golf a representation of how karma works? if anything golf should teach you that because you have had a string of bad bounces doesnt mean your less likely to have more or vise versa. also i think there is a difference in "lucky bounces." as much as his back to back shots were highly unlikely to be pulled off, he was making an attempt at that particular shot. of course he could not have anticipated such a positive result, but is it the same as someone who slices a drive off the tee 150 yards into the trees with OB lurking behind only to hit a branch and pop back onto the fairway?

Or maybe Tiger wants to learn how to swing a golf club. How much must it suck to be old, injured, crooked, and short after a half decade of Shawn Fully.

What I dont understand is Reed will bring his wife back on the bag. Maybe she calms him or something?

Reed may have come across as cocky though when an athlete gives an honesty answer he gets that label. Did Tiger even do an interview after another brutal Sunday?

Its like asking an Athlete do you think your team will win. Do we expect him to say nah were gonna lose?

Next time Reed wins he needs to say he isn't going to talk about the top 5 stuff anymore and that he'll let his clubs do the talking. Then he should go on to say he's just happy to have won on a day when he didn't have his A game.

Didn't Poulter at one time say if he played his best it would only be him and Tiger in his league? And that was like late 07 or early 08 back when Poulter had much less of a record of accomplishments under his belt.

That was kind of funny and way more distanced from reality than anything Reed has said. Still don't think it was worth of criticism or being called an arrogant prick or a douchenozzle or whatever other put downs PHB can come up with when feigning outrage.

Maybe she likes doing it? If it's worked, she knows his game better than anyone and wants to do it then I don't see why he would change things up at this point.

Though I've seen in my own circle of friends that motherhood can sometimes change a woman's perspective and priorities more than she thinks it will going in.

Is Reed's wife a caddie that can help him read lines and give him thoughts on yardage etc., or is it always like yesterday where he does it all his own except carry the bag?

im a top 5 golfer in the world too! it's true because im just being a positive thinker!

That's exactly the same thing as saying "I'm a top 5 golfer in the world" and mentioning yourself in the same vein as "the legends of the game".

If you want to talk about something Poulter said 7 years ago that's cool. I didn't think it was that weird to talk about Reed's post-game interview hours after his post-game interview. I'm not outraged at what he said. I think it was really dumb but certainly not outrageous. What Sergio said about Tiger last year was outrageous. This is just a guy being really dumb and hard to root for now.

Yeah, I think she's a pretty good amateur golfer and actually helps him on the greens and stuff. I think it's pretty cool. If I was a pro golfer there's no way I could play with my wife there I don't think. But it's neat that he can. And save a lot of money by not having to pay somebody else. Can't wait for her to come out and declare herself a top 5 caddy.

Am I wrong thinking that someone in the pga, especially if they are trying to be top 5, is giving themselves a major handicap by not having a professional caddie?

When you're top 5 in the world you don't really need someone else telling you what you already know.

She is a professional caddy. But yeah there are probably better caddies he can find who are knowledgeable about various courses. She's preggo right now so she wasn't on the bag this week anyway.

Reed Reed Reed !

Yes. And no.

The most important thing a caddie does is know his player's game, and obviously his wife knows more about that than anybody. But the other factors involved are mostly player dependent, just how much help does he need on the course? Some players prefer to do all the green reading themselves, others at times simply hit the ball where they are told, akin to what you see frequently on the LPGA Tour.

Do you want somebody else suggesting a club or do you want to do it yourself? Do you want somebody else suggesting a certain shot shape or do you want to decide all by yourself? And so on and so on.

And when it's all said and done, you have to get along with your caddy, it has to be a free and easy relationship. And let's face it, sometimes two people just don't get along. So a great player and a great caddy could do absolutely terrible if they did not mesh.

But of course most courses on tour have been in the rotation for many years, a tour rookie could be helped quite a bit by a veteran looper who has seen these courses many times.

For some pros, a caddy is more of a bag carrier. For others, they are a close extension of themselves. Just up to the individual.

BO

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf...der_cup_031114

ARC gonna love it !

Give her 2 more years and she will be shopping with the rest of the wife's.

2021 us open returning to Torrey Pines. I would have preferred Riviera, but I guess it's too short and too small a venue for the modern circus.

Why are people killing Reed for laying up on 18? Is using strategy not allowed in sports?

I think it was only DisGunBGood who called him a pussy. He's pretty bad at having thoughts, though. Everytime I see his posts I think "Dis gonna be bad".

His strategy of playing for up-and-down-par/bogey was ideal. That is a tough par hole as it is and can turn into an easy double (or worse), costing him probably 6 figures.

It's a rather easy bogey, though, if you hit your second to where he did giving him a good angle to the flag. I think it just looked silly because his tee shot didn't reach the fairway.

But overall DisGunBAwful is just always severely butthurt when Tiger doesn't win every single tournament. So he calls the real winners "pussies".

They were killing more on the guy in second. Flat out saying he was only palying for the money

Talk radio hosts on 3 different stations are killing Reed saying that a top player would never lay up. Who cares? They are really adamant that Phil or Tiger would never lay up.

That's historically stupid thinking. Did they even watch the tournament? Do they have any ****ing idea what a beast that hole was for both the first AND second shots?

****ing idiots. Who cares what Phil and Tiger would do? Phil might go for it, slice his driver 30 yards into the lake, then in the post-round presser call himself an idiot.

Playing that as a 3-shot hole when up by 2 seems by far the best strategy.

Anybody else want to opine? BO, Ship? I'm a hack but I'm pretty sure I'm right here.

You should call in and remind them tiger played 18 3i, 8i,wedge in 2007 with a 3 shot lead

Yeah I was just curious if there are unwritten rules in golf that I am not aware of. 2 shot lead on that hole, I'm sure these guys can play for a bogey and convert at a relatively high percentage.

And if he hit driver off tee into water they pound him for not laying up