First thing I said when I heard he won. fark, 7 hours during the work day of DP, Cowherd, Rome, SVP and the local sports talk about Tiger.

Jack Nicklaus called his holed flop shot on 16 both the gutsiest shot he had ever seen and the BEST SHOT HE HAD EVER SEEN given the curcumstances......

I wish golf would just hurry up and die already.

One thing I'd like to know -- is Tiger back banging strippers non-stop?

MAYORBOB: One thing I'd like to know -- is Tiger back banging strippers non-stop?

Well, now is the time....less expensive....

Tiger won a tournament, so now we're in for 6 more weeks of "Is Tiger Back?" inane sports talk

Must have missed where Tiger won a major today.

Also, you wont be able to get a damned lap-dance anywhere with a tournament again.

As opposed to the inane talk of Miami breaking up Bosh/'Bron/Wade or the Yankees being sold or NFL Power Rankings during OTA's or if Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum will be in LA or....

/It's a slow news period outside of the NBA and NHL
//And will be until August

mathmatix: Tiger won a tournament, so now we're in for 6 more weeks of "Is Tiger Back?" inane sports talk

Must have missed where Tiger won a major today.

Figures. Guy wins what, 20% of his starts this year but he still sucks unless he wins one of those four tourneys, right?

JohnBigBootay: Figures. Guy wins what, 20% of his starts this year but he still sucks unless he wins one of those four tourneys, right?

Yup! That's how everyone else gets treated!

Interesting to note that while Tiger was shooting 67 to win the tournament, his playing partner, Rickie Fowler shot 84!!!

I'm sure Mike and Mike will drone on and on about this tomorrow morning. They will conveniently take opposite sides of the debate and annoy the hell out of me.

BUT IS TIGER BACK.????

IAmRight: JohnBigBootay: Figures. Guy wins what, 20% of his starts this year but he still sucks unless he wins one of those four tourneys, right?

Yup! That's how everyone else gets treated!

Hey, if one of them steps up and wins, oh let's say 10 more majors and maybe 50 or so regular tournaments, then they'll have accomplished some meaningful percentage of what he's done. Then they will get a similar amount of interest.

I'm ready for tomorrow's Cowherd to hear about how Tiger is a Type-A guy that really gets it. He's just like the people that listen to Cowherd; good looking, tough, athletic, smart guys that really get it. Guys like Pete Carrol and USC football. Type-A guys that really get it.

Guy wins a tournament, playing well for the first time in several months, and all of a sudden, an unscientific poll on ESPN's home page shows 48% consider him the favorite to win the US Open. I'm thinking, no.

IAmRight: JohnBigBootay: Figures. Guy wins what, 20% of his starts this year but he still sucks unless he wins one of those four tourneys, right?

Yup! That's how everyone else gets treated!

Nobody else wins 20% of their starts.

Rapmaster2000: I'm ready for tomorrow's Cowherd to hear about how Tiger is a Type-A guy that really gets it. He's just like the people that listen to Cowherd; good looking, tough, athletic, smart guys that really get it. Guys like Pete Carrol and USC football. Type-A guys that really get it.

Not one of these "prisoners-of-the-moment" types, right?

skinink: but Tiger's shot outside of the 16th green is pretty impressive.

The only shot I can recall that he's made that was better was at the British Open a bunch of years back when it was St. Andrews. One of the holes isn't so much uphill as you tee off, the you hit your second shot onto the green, which you can't really see because it's elevated on a plateau. Woods hit his drive into the rough, which at St. Andrews is what most people would call underbrush. No sane person would've faulted him for just hitting it 20 feet sideways onto the fairway. Woods instead, grabbed his club, and having no ability to see the green, no expectation the ball would go where he wanted given where he was hitting it from, and hit the hell out of it. The shot didn't just end up on the green, he ended up with an easy put. It was one of those moments where you could feel everyone else on the course going "Well, that settles it, I'm going home, just give Tiger the trophy".

MAYORBOB: One thing I'd like to know -- is Tiger back banging strippers non-stop?

Who knows? You can be sure,though,that a drooling Gloria Allred's literally lurking in the shadows. Waiting....

Greatest shot Ive ever seen him hit was the final hole at Firestone in 2000.....Tourney was rain delayed and Tiger had to be at the prime time "Battle at the Bighorn" in Cali the following night. He was leading by 10 shots and his playing partner agreed to keep playing into the dark to get finished. On 18, Tiger couldnt even see the pin in the dark from 180ish out, yet stuffed it to a back left pin to about a foot! The crowd was holding up lighters as he strolled up 18 after the shot.
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I think his mother was from Thailand, so he's only half back.

I've always wanted to see Tiger walk up to the tee on a whole where everyone else is using a driver with a 3 wood or a 2 iron. Just to mess with people. I know he can hit a 3 wood farther than most PGA golfers can hit a tee shot with a driver. And he can hit a 2 iron just some insane distance. Hell he's used 6 and 7 irons from places everyone else is grabbing a 3 or 4 iron.

madden101: Guy wins a tournament, playing well for the first time in several months, and all of a sudden, an unscientific poll on ESPN's home page shows 48% consider him the favorite to win the US Open. I'm thinking, no.

Who would you make the favorite right now? Rory McIlroy has missed three consecutive cuts. Phil and the US Open don't exactly have a great relationship. Bubba Watson missed the cut this week and has only played in two tournaments since the Masters. Lee Westwood can't win a major.

WhyteRaven74: I've always wanted to see Tiger walk up to the tee on a whole where everyone else is using a driver with a 3 wood or a 2 iron. Just to mess with people. I know he can hit a 3 wood farther than most PGA golfers can hit a tee shot with a driver. And he can hit a 2 iron just some insane distance. Hell he's used 6 and 7 irons from places everyone else is grabbing a 3 or 4 iron.

You don't watch a lot of golf, do you?

Yanks_RSJ: Lee Westwood can't win a major.

If Tiger is feeling genuinely confident and relaxed, it doesn't matter. When he's confident and relaxed it's Tiger's tournament, you're just filling out a scorecard.

IrishHammer: WhyteRaven74: I've always wanted to see Tiger walk up to the tee on a whole where everyone else is using a driver with a 3 wood or a 2 iron. Just to mess with people. I know he can hit a 3 wood farther than most PGA golfers can hit a tee shot with a driver. And he can hit a 2 iron just some insane distance. Hell he's used 6 and 7 irons from places everyone else is grabbing a 3 or 4 iron.

You don't watch a lot of golf, do you?

Oh, I think he meant well. It was kind of sort of like that at times in the early days when he was comparatively long. But yeah. Lots of guys as long or longer than tiger these days.

IrishHammer: You don't watch a lot of golf, do you?

Ok, I should've clarified, I'd love to see him walk up to a long par 5 tee with a 3 wood or 2 iron. Obviously on many par 4's and pretty much every par 3 the driver is out of the equation. But a nice 500 something yard par 5, pretty much straight away, where everyone including Tiger normally grabs the driver, seeing Tiger walk up with a 3 wood or 2 iron would be hilarious.

WhyteRaven74: Yanks_RSJ: Lee Westwood can't win a major.

If Tiger is feeling genuinely confident and relaxed, it doesn't matter. When he's confident and relaxed it's Tiger's tournament, you're just filling out a scorecard.

For dozens of majors in a row now, apparently.

the biggest redneck here: WhyteRaven74: Yanks_RSJ: Lee Westwood can't win a major.

If Tiger is feeling genuinely confident and relaxed, it doesn't matter. When he's confident and relaxed it's Tiger's tournament, you're just filling out a scorecard.

For dozens of majors in a row now, apparently.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you say he'd never win another tournament?

WhyteRaven74: I've always wanted to see Tiger walk up to the tee on a whole where everyone else is using a driver with a 3 wood or a 2 iron. Just to mess with people. I know he can hit a 3 wood farther than most PGA golfers can hit a tee shot with a driver. And he can hit a 2 iron just some insane distance. Hell he's used 6 and 7 irons from places everyone else is grabbing a 3 or 4 iron.

He doesn't hit his 3 wood farther than the majority of Tour players hit a driver. There are a number of players, especially in recent years, who can either match his length with every club in the bag, or come fairly close. His distance was always impressive but it was never the only reason why he was the best player for a decade. Almost all those guys have more than enough power. That's why so many of them are fade players.

Woods, at his best, had everything between his ears in good working order. He's incredibly competitve and has loads of talent but injuries have taken a real toll. I think it's pretty impressive that he's managed to win twice this year already. He may well still have a shot a the Nicklaus record but it's going to be very tough to do. Five more major titles to go starting from the age of 36. I think Nicklaus had four after that point and it took him ten years. And Nicklaus remained remarkably healthy into his 40s.

Who?

JohnBigBootay: Oh, I think he meant well. It was kind of sort of like that at times in the early days when he was comparatively long. But yeah. Lots of guys as long or longer than tiger these days.

At his first tournament this year he was driving 311 yards on average. And his average for the season is down in part because of the courses he's played at. Give him a wide fairway and favorable wind and he'll still hit it a mile. He himself has said that he's changed his approach to driving to increase his accuracy, but that doesn't mean he can't still hit the ball a very long way.

Ryker's Peninsula: I think his mother was from Thailand, so he's only half back.

Not even half. I know his father is part Native American and, I believe, white as well.