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That was the most insane Masters Sunday I can remember. So f***ing pumped that Rors finally got his green jacket and completes the Grand Slam!
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That was quite the roller coaster. Glad he won as well, one of my favorites. Can’t even imagine the emotions he was going thru today, gotta be hard to stop the ‘oh shit, not again’ from taking over your thought process. But he fought thru it, that’s where all the mental prep comes into it.
 
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Full Swing season 4 is going to need to have at least half of their episodes just on this years tourney alone, just endless drama.
 
That round from Rory was maybe the strangest I've ever seen from any player, but it couldn't be more Rory. For every time he made an insane mistake or miss, he met it with an equally insane shot to get it back. The wedge shot on 13 is quite possibly the worst shot I've ever seen in my life all things considered, but then went on to 15 and hit one of the best shots I've ever seen all things considered. Just whiplash haha.

I'm happy he got it done, I have no idea what would have happened to his career had he blown it. I think he's now in a position where he could rack up a bunch of major wins over the next 5 or so years, but on the other hand I don't know if he gets another one if he managed to lose this Masters.
 
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K1984 said:
That round from Rory was maybe the strangest I've ever seen from any player, but it couldn't be more Rory. For every time he made an insane mistake or miss, he met it with an equally insane shot to get it back. The wedge shot on 13 is quite possibly the worst shot I've ever seen in my life all things considered, but then went on to 15 and hit one of the best shots I've ever seen all things considered. Just whiplash haha.

I'm happy he got it done, I have no idea what would have happened to his career had he blown it. I think he's now in a position where he could rack up a bunch of major wins over the next 5 or so years, but on the other hand I don't know if he gets another one if he managed to lose this Masters.
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pretty indicative of his entire week at the Masters...he was -4 on Thursday where he double bogeyed TWICE in the final 4 holes to finish Even
bounces back with a 66 on Friday
then shoots 66 on Saturday

then starts off with another double bogey on Sunday and bounces back
when he put that 2nd shot into the sand on 18 I thought he would choke for sure

wild up and down week
 
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K1984 said:
That round from Rory was maybe the strangest I've ever seen from any player, but it couldn't be more Rory. For every time he made an insane mistake or miss, he met it with an equally insane shot to get it back. The wedge shot on 13 is quite possibly the worst shot I've ever seen in my life all things considered, but then went on to 15 and hit one of the best shots I've ever seen all things considered. Just whiplash haha.

I'm happy he got it done, I have no idea what would have happened to his career had he blown it. I think he's now in a position where he could rack up a bunch of major wins over the next 5 or so years, but on the other hand I don't know if he gets another one if he managed to lose this Masters.
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Yup, 86 yards out and just hit the green, anywhere. A shot most amateur 20 handicaps can make 8 out of 10 times. And he shanks it into the water. Then on 15, and again on 17, makes a shot most humans can only dream about. And then misses a routine approach on 18 into the sand, and then a very makeable 6 foot putt. And finally, a remarkable 180 yard approach to 2 feet from the pin in the playoff. And everyone waiting for him to inevitably f*** up the putt. So glad to see him finally beat the demons.

And it should be noted that Justin Rose was very gracious in defeat. A true gentleman.
 
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Stoneman89 said:
Yup, 86 yards out and just hit the green. A shot most amateur 20 handicaps can make 8 out of 10 times. And he shanks it into the water. Then on 15, and again on 17, makes a shot most humans can only dream about. And then misses a routine approach on 18 into the sand, and then a very makeable 6 foot putt. And finally, a remarkable 180 yard approach to 2 feet of the pin. And everyone waiting for him to inevitably f*** up the put. So glad to see him finally beat the demons.

And it should be noted that Justin Rose was very gracious in defeat. A true gentleman.
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That shot on 13 is shocking to me even still when I think about it. Especially on that green, you just have to slap one into the middle of a massive, wide mound and it settles down to the hole. Among the easier pitch shots on that entire course.

I'm a 10 handicap with kind of a mediocre short game - even at that I don't know if I put it in the creek any more than 5 times at the very most if I had 100 shots at it. Even then, it would be on a random shank. Rory looked like he pured it right in.

Agree on Rose, it's too bad it had to be him that took the loss. Battled on that back 9.
 
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I see where LIV golf has just hired the "mastermind" marketing rep that was earlier fired from Budweiser for her brilliant campaign promoting a trans celebrity, and losing the company about a billion and a half $'s.
 
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K1984 said:
That shot on 13 is shocking to me even still when I think about it. Especially on that green, you just have to slap one into the middle of a massive, wide mound and it settles down to the hole. Among the easier pitch shots on that entire course.

I'm a 10 handicap with kind of a mediocre short game - even at that I don't know if I put it in the creek any more than 5 times at the very most if I had 100 shots at it. Even then, it would be on a random shank. Rory looked like he pured it right in.

Agree on Rose, it's too bad it had to be him that took the loss. Battled on that back 9.
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I had money on JT and if anyone else was to win it, I wanted it to be Rory but at the end I couldn’t help but find myself rooting for Rosey. Can’t imagine how hard it would be to go into the weekend with a lead like that knowing it’s a bunch of dogs chasing you. To come back like he did on Sunday was incredible.

It was just an incredible weekend of golf, lots of leaderboard movement, a few surprises and some of the usual suspects, I just kept waiting for Scheffler to go on a run and he just never did.

Gotta feel for Aberg, gave himself a chance and the last hole meltdown cost him big time.
 
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SupremeTeam16 said:
I had money on JT and if anyone else was to win it, I wanted it to be Rory but at the end I couldn’t help but find myself rooting for Rosey. Can’t imagine how hard it would be to go into the weekend with a lead like that knowing it’s a bunch of dogs chasing you. To come back like he did on Sunday was incredible.

It was just an incredible weekend of golf, lots of leaderboard movement, a few surprises and some of the usual suspects, I just kept waiting for Scheffler to go on a run and he just never did.

Gotta feel for Aberg, gave himself a chance and the last hole meltdown cost him big time.
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Scheffler is about half a step off in almost all aspects of his game. It will come back, but it just isn’t there now.
 
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K1984 said:
Scheffler is about half a step off in almost all aspects of his game. It will come back, but it just isn’t there now.
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Having a kid at probably the height of your career maybe isn’t the best decision lol.

Luckily for Scottie even though he looks 40 he’s only 28 so plenty of time to get it back as you say. But there’s plenty of cautionary tales out there of guys like Spieth or McIlroy whose careers were absolutely rolling and suddenly fell off the map. Took Rory almost a decade to get back to being the dominant player he once was but its definitely possible.

The funny thing about doing anything at the highest level is that often when you’re at your very best it all just flows and seems to come so natural but when you’re in a place like Scottie is now where you’re still high level but not quite peak, the more you chase it the further away you get and that can be extremely frustrating and difficult to cope with. I think that’s something Rory deal with for years.
 
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Having a kid at probably the height of your career maybe isn’t the best decision lol.

Luckily for Scottie even though he looks 40 he’s only 28 so plenty of time to get it back as you say. But there’s plenty of cautionary tales out there of guys like Spieth or McIlroy whose careers were absolutely rolling and suddenly fell off the map. Took Rory almost a decade to get back to being the dominant player he once was but its definitely possible.

The funny thing about doing anything at the highest level is that often when you’re at your very best it all just flows and seems to come so natural but when you’re in a place like Scottie is now where you’re still high level but not quite peak, the more you chase it the further away you get and that can be extremely frustrating and difficult to cope with. I think that’s something Rory deal with for years.
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Tiger seems to be the only young prodigy to actually sustain results past the first run of majors, although even he self destructed after about a decade of it because it got boring. The rest seem to start hot and then hit a bit of a wall. Even Arnold Palmer was like that going back historically.

I think Scottie will be back, I think the injury and the late start to the year stung him a bit. Although I wonder how long it will be before the pressure mounts for him to win a major that isn't the Masters.
 
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Having a kid at probably the height of your career maybe isn’t the best decision lol.

Luckily for Scottie even though he looks 40 he’s only 28 so plenty of time to get it back as you say. But there’s plenty of cautionary tales out there of guys like Spieth or McIlroy whose careers were absolutely rolling and suddenly fell off the map. Took Rory almost a decade to get back to being the dominant player he once was but its definitely possible.

The funny thing about doing anything at the highest level is that often when you’re at your very best it all just flows and seems to come so natural but when you’re in a place like Scottie is now where you’re still high level but not quite peak, the more you chase it the further away you get and that can be extremely frustrating and difficult to cope with. I think that’s something Rory deal with for years.
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I don't think Rory ever fell off the map. He was still playing brilliant golf but he just couldn't close. A ton of tight finishes, and he was starting to look like the 2nd coming of Greg Norman. Painful to watch at times, and if it would have happened this time, it would have been the most crushing of all. Such a huge mental hurdle to overcome, and I think it's now very possible he goes on a bit of a run here and collects some more majors now that he's found his mojo again. Although that will be very tough with the quality of competition these days and more on the way.
 
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Stoneman89 said:
I don't think Rory ever fell off the map. He was still playing brilliant golf but he just couldn't close. A ton of tight finishes, and he was starting to look like the 2nd coming of Greg Norman. Painful to watch at times, and if it would have happened this time, it would have been the most crushing of all. Such a huge mental hurdle to overcome, and I think it's now very possible he goes on a bit of a run here and collects some more majors now that he's found his mojo again. Although that will be very tough with the quality of competition these days and more on the way.
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By falling off the map I'm referring to majors only, but yes he's been knocking on the door the last 5 or so years repeatedly.

However, there was a good 5 year stretch between 2015 and 2020 where his finishes at majors were fuelled by backdoor runs on the weekend after taking himself out of it with a over par round on Thursday or Friday. It was rare he went into the weekend at the top of the leaderboard.
 
K1984 said:
By falling off the map I'm referring to majors only, but yes he's been knocking on the door the last 5 or so years repeatedly.

However, there was a good 5 year stretch between 2015 and 2020 where his finishes at majors were fuelled by backdoor runs on the weekend after taking himself out of it with a over par round on Thursday or Friday. It was rare he went into the weekend at the top of the leaderboard.
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Wasn't referring to yourself saying he fell off the map. Agreed that he had the blowup rounds early in a lot of tournaments. He had a raft of top 10 finishes and a bunch of top 5 finishes in majors, but could never put together 4 solid rounds or close out on the final day. When he fought his way back, he could never seem to complete the comeback. He won lots of other tournaments of course, but always seemed to have that nagging blow up shot(s) or crucial missed easy putt in his game that he never had early in his career. For most other players though, his success ratio in those years would be considered outstanding. But comparing him to Speith is an injustice in my mind, as Speith hasn't been remotely relevant for ages.
 
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Stoneman89 said:
Wasn't referring to yourself saying he fell off the map. Agreed that he had the blowup rounds early in a lot of tournaments. He had a raft of top 10 finishes and a bunch of top 5 finishes in majors, but could never put together 4 solid rounds or close out on the final day. When he fought his way back, he could never seem to complete the comeback. He won lots of other tournaments of course, but always seemed to have that nagging blow up shot(s) or crucial missed easy putt in his game that he never had early in his career. For most other players though, his success ratio in those years would be considered outstanding. But comparing him to Speith is an injustice in my mind, as Speith hasn't been remotely relevant for ages.
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I think Arnold Palmer is the closest comp. Won 6 of his 7 majors between 1958 and 1962, with one more in 64. He still won every year until '73 with only one year without in between. He was still competitive in Majors after that which included a Rory like run of a lot of Top 10's through '65 to '75, but unlike Rory never managed to get it done again. Sustained run of one of the best in the game, but not in majors.

Will be interesting to see where Rory's career goes from here. To me he's already at the Palmer level, but he has an opportunity to put himself comfortably in the position of 3rd all time after Tiger and Jack if he manages to win 3-5 more majors. Now that he has the monkey off his back I think it could happen.
 
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K1984 said:
Tiger and Jack eems to be the only young prodigy to actually sustain results past the first run of majors, although even he self destructed after about a decade of it because it got boring. The rest seem to start hot and then hit a bit of a wall. Even Arnold Palmer was like that going back historically.

I think Scottie will be back, I think the injury and the late start to the year stung him a bit. Although I wonder how long it will be before the pressure mounts for him to win a major that isn't the Masters.
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Not to be nit picky
 
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