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nice par save by Darth Duckhook on #1

 [sm_laughing]

You taking the field?

Whats on the line?

Looking at the forecast, this thing might not finish for week.

LOL  It would be a good bet if I wasn't broke.  :-[

Although, I'm not sure if I could take him.  I think Phil my win on sheer crowd support alone.

crowd support ain't gonna help him hit controlled draws off the tee & that is what a LH needs on almost every par4/5 
(except 2 IIRC) at BPB

Ohs Noes!  +4.


Mikhailson   Even  through 1. 

looks like a major advantage for those playing their round 1 at the turn right now.

1st weir
3rd duval

 ??? :o

at the rate this is going they might finish next WED.


oh well... at least it looks like Eld1ck is going to miss the cut.
 [sm_devil]

First!  ;D

All those Thursday morning golfers got hosed by the weather. IIRC Graeme McDowell was the only one under par.

and he's a euro they play in *feces* all the time.  ;)

I misread it earlier, just thought it said this week
 :sad3:

daaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmit

crowd has had a few too many beers
 

how do you tell? I've been to new york and new Jersey on several occasions and find being loud and obnoxious to be the norm.  ;D

LMAO,  Darth Profanity  in full effect.

ahahha  WHIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

LMAO @  Miller talking about that Duval protracer  blah blah "hes great now he's hitting fades again" (as ball is about a 8-10 yard 'draw')

Any chance Barnes doesn't blow up the 4th round?

Oh *feces*! Woods pulls another shot out of his ass!

even he had to break out of his fake "intense mode" and laugh at how much BS that was

crazy shot by weir there.
 :o

time will tell, but his game looks really good right now.

did miller really just say he should have "pooped it out" ?

wtf

fred funk  FTW 
!
 8)

Was that a reference to Funk waving away the funk with his hat after the putt fell in?

Duval's wheels are starting to fall off.

no, it was about someone and how they should play a shot out of the deep greenside rough

I would have used a putter on that shot.  8)

VJ_E7Vce8vU

Duval gets them both back!

i wonder how many of those old oakleys he still has around.  I don't think they make them anymore lol.

 :sad3:

Prediction: -4 will win it.

I like that number.

Barnes is lucky he was able to walk off now and re-group. The way he started he was staring 80 right in the face.

I tuned out after they were still playing round 2 Saturday morning our time.

They were playing round 2 on Saturday our time as well.

wimp!

So has anyone won this thing yet??

Duval winning would by HUGE!!

Mike Weir has run out of gas, so I'm jumping on the other Lefty's bandwagon.

For some reason you Canadians are always big fans of guys from Draper, UT?  Weir is, you know.  Local boy through and through.  Just ask our local press.   ::)

Dude can't even pronounce Alta correctly and they act like he renounced Canada and move into the governor's mansion.  Mike, to his credit, is having none of it.

WTF?!.... shouldn't you all be at work??

What the hell is the time over there right now?

LOL... suck it Tubby out of the bunker...

I watched Ricky Barnes play out here once... he came across as a one-trick-dummy-spitting-hack... he may finish up ok today... just

Epic meltdown in progress.   

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/1874398938_9d9a61e1d9.jpg)

if Duval didn't put up a 6 on the par 3 #3, he'd be in position to win this potentially
 [sm_shock]

Yeah. 

Hell, I can triple that par 3.

m00bs to the top of the board.

epic 3wd whiff from the rough on 18 to lose it pending...

That one dude was dangerously close to a two chip Chen.

You gotta hit it.  DD

Pacman sign?  wtf? lol

LOL  What the hell was that?

barnes bogey 12 out of last 20 holes
 :o :o :o :o :o

Phil in trouble on 17.  [sm_shock]

Duval is on fire.  3 birdies in a row!

Holy *feces*!  DD tied for the lead.

Nice chip out of the rough from phil.

Bogey for Phil.  drops 1 back.

duval in the rough on 17 too.

Huge birdie chance for glover.

nails it to grab the lead.

-3 might win this now.

I wonder if the USGA gets some sort of sadistic pleasure out of seeing all these players puking all over themselves.

duval bogeys 17

prediction: tuesday finish of a 3way playoff

Looks like we're gonna need a VanDeVeldian 18th hole meltdown.

Wouldn't it be crazy if Barnes still ended up winning this?

It need be only Mickelsonian.

wow, Barnes just misses the birdie putt.

Glover wins it.  no problem

just ... wow.

guys who dont wear gloves shouldn't win majors
 [sm_devil]

Agreed.

And I don't care if you and family are proper, well mannered southerners. If you win your first major I want some more emotion from you. And the wife.  [sm_devil]

Dunno. Worked for Vijay and Fred Couples for most of their careers. You can add Bobby Jones and anybody else that played before 1955 or so to that list.

So, does this end up being a fluke or a career-rejuvenating tourney for Duval?

Good question.  Should restore enough confidence to get back to where he was.  Although I read that he said his biggest thing was after winning the major, he convinced himself that there was nothing else after that.

I wonder though if the fact that he didn't win it will play a part.

I'd say somewhere in between. It would be cool to see him become a factor again though. I always thought he could have been the consistent rival to Tiger that some have wished for had he not lost his passion for the game.

Lost his passion for the game? Are you serious? Apparently you haven't been following along very closely.  ;D

 [sm_dontknow]

If not "passion", insert word of your choice. Injuries, private demons, confidence....bottom line is he fell off the map after he won the Open. I remember him saying that after he won the Open he had a feeling like "is this really all there is?"

At any rate, I always liked him and loved watching him play. I hope he can continue at this level.

This is all from my memory so the details may be out of sync. Yes he went into a couple of year funk where he was battling depression and anxiety and wasn't sure what he wanted to do with his life or more so who he wanted in control of it. The life David Duval wanted didn't seem to mesh with the tour lifestyle and commitments.
 Then when he decided that golf was what he wanted to do, which was years ago, he had lost his swing. There also was the bout with vertigo that almost did him in completely. he also had a back injury that had him side lined for a whole season.
 He went through a 5 year stretch where he couldn't hit the ball straight inside a sewer pipe. He tried everything, different instructors shrinks the whole enchilada. for the past 4-5 years he has been about as passionate about the game of golf as anyone and got absolutely nothing out of it till now. Every time he thought he was close to having it back it would disappear as fast as it came.

After watching him this week i will have to say he looked pretty comfortable in his own skin for the first time in a long time and his swing looks very solid. Up until this week, he would go through a bad stretch of holes and then press the issue and go straight into the tank.

It was good to see him play well. :)

Uh............ you're both right.  Everything you said about David is true.... and it lead to a loss of passion for the game.  He is much more comfortable now, his passion is back, and I love seeing him hitting the ball well - always loved his swing.

I was cheering for him, and Lefty, and Barnes to be honest.  Was a good day to play a little hookie and watch golf  :D

Bob Rotella called it Wednesday night.  Asked for favorites he gave Tiger of course and then mentioned that he thought Duval would do very well, that the players themselves were saying his swing is back.  He shot 66-69 in qualifying to get one of 17 spots available from 120 players.  The four days before qualifying he was busy playing in the Memorial.  Didn't finish well but made the cut.  

Doesn't seem like a one off to me.  He may never win another major but I think he's back.  

If I remember correctly his wife is smokin' hot - which is important.

Must be why my swing is so poor lately  :'(

IIRC a lot of his "fail" seemed to be around when he tried to get stronger ?  I wonder how much he really screwed up his body ...  that doesn't excuse the problems between the ears ...