Lol... ya as if you or I never hit a tree on our tee shot.
Ohh wait a minute you do play golf right.
Irrelevant comment. My golfing abilities have nothing to do with his tee shot on 18
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Irrelevant comment. My golfing abilities have nothing to do with his tee shot on 18
Look I'm not a Tiger hater - I will be the first one to say that Tiger dominated the sport like no golfer I've ever seen or am likely to see in my lifetime. But I don't have my tongue so tightly wound around Tiger's nut sack that I'm going to call Jordan Spieth a choker when he's barely out of college and is 3/4 of the way to a career Grand Slam.
Well if shooting the best final round in Masters history is choking they better reevaluate what choking is.
Straw man argument. His round score has nothing to do with dropping a 5 on 18 with the green jacket on the line.
WTF? All errors in golf are "unforced" - unless I'm missing something and the other golfers are playing defense.
Or unless someone makes a really ridiculous comment and is trying to find a feeble way to rationalize it.
Reed won it yesterday by his play in the rain, Spieth didn't lose it today....
Not going to argue with someone that hasn't been in this position before.
Agree to disagree. Putting your drive into a tree that you already hit this tournament on 18 with the masters on the line is more than the typical bad shot. He put up a great score but he also had no pressure on him until the last few holes, which he has struggled with in the past. He has a history of choking
No, Spieth really doesn't have a history of choking. If he had a history of choking, he wouldn't have won three separate majors by age 24 and be one of the favorites to win pretty much every major he enters. Is it possible that he just happens to be the guy that some people compare to your hero, and you are way overcompensating?
That's a "history" of choking?
I'll grant you, though, it has been almost a year since Spieth won a major. Not sure how he recovers from a drought like that.
I'll grant you, though, it has been almost a year since Spieth won a major. Not sure how he recovers from a drought like that.
So I think it was a bad shot as well, but unless you have stood on that tee box, you have no idea how difficult that shot is. Literally when you stand there all you can see is trees and a giant bunker uphill 290 yards away. My surprise is that shots like that do not happen more often especially under pressure.
Man, you’ve really got it out for Tiger...
And I used to be a fan of his. He was a great golfer, and very likeable. Now not so much on either account.
I have stood on that tee box as well and it is a very tight shoot with very little room for error. Jordan did not choke, he just hit a poor shot that got knocked down by a tree. If you want to talk about choking I think you should be talking about Rory. He was 2 shots back to start the day and hit a lot of bad shots today. That's who choked.
lol, I see unforced errors in my league when a guy has the match won and starts tossing balls out of bounds.
But, but.... Spieth has a history of choking! Somehow he and Jack Nicklaus are the only two people to win three legs of the career Grand Slam before turning 24. And somehow Spieth has the second-most major championships this decade (3, vs. 4 for McIlroy) despite not even turning pro until 2013. All this, despite that sorry history as a choker.
