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ben curtis going into 4th round as the leader?

john daly jr in the final pairing with him?

wtf.
 [sm_shock] [sm_shock] [sm_shock]

Is it on now?  Wasn't there a rain delay yesterday?

the very end of the 3rd round is on TNT right now (till 2pm, then CBS), with 4th round starting soon (leaders not till 200 pm or so though)

no tv for the 1st 3 hours or so of the 3rd round this morning
 >:(

garcia on a birdie binge early, ties the lead @ -3 through 6.

john daly jr with a major blowup, posting +6 on the first 6 holes

 :o

curtis up to -4 after birdying the short par 4  6th, garcia looking at a 15 footer or so for birdie a hole ahead
stenson 2 back after also birdying the 6th

Is Ben Curtis going to be another Andy North? (2 career majors (potentially) and a whole lot of nothing)

it would certainly at least somewhat justify him as not just a 1 major fluke like micheel
 [sm_shock]

in interviews , he says he focuses his game a lot more to compete in majors than week to week

i love watching someone like sergio play like he is right now, unafraid to try to hit the real shot the situation dictates instead of falling back into your comfortable safe shot.

that 'knockdown' driver is beautiful

Aske channelling Almo. LOL

 ???

just like it because even though i'm not at that skill level, i try it anyways. cut, draw, slice, hook, knockdown, flop.  etc
 8)

Almo's always talking up Sergio.

gotcha.

mickboobs approach into 12 completely disappears in the rough behind the grass



btw, i hate the buildup when somebody completey out of contention gets an ace.  it's just WAY toooooo obvious

actually, this is great right now, wet, cold, bit of wind, we're seeing how far these pros really hit the ball in conditions like I usually have to play in  LOL

curtis drops back into a tie for the lead after bogeying 8, while garica parred 9

right now, some great dynamics, i'd probably be happy with and of the top 3 winning this

garcia- finally gets one
harrington- gets 2 in a row and 3 of the last 6
curtis - gets a 2nd and takes himself out of the one hit wonder club


should be a great back 9

stenson lurking in contention too

Just turned this on.  Should be exciting. :)

great shot by curtis out of the divot

nantzy, just shut up !

wtf was that underclub by garcia

stenson par saver on a 5 breaker ?
 [sm_shock] [sm_shock] [sm_shock] [sm_shock]

garcia HUGE par putt

wow, everyone in the trees.

garcia fats his pitch and is looking at 2 putts for par on 12

garcia, harrington tied @ -3 through 13
 [sm_shock] [sm_shock]

sergio misses a dunkin eagle on 15 by inches.
wow
 [sm_shock]

curtis birdies 14 to tie garcia (still not putting) for bird on 15.

garcia pulls his birdie on 15.. taps in par

tied with curtis (1 hole ahead)
harrington has 4-5 feet left for par,  1 back

This could one of the rare occasions in which somebody wins wearing a Detroit Lions logo.

kind of funny the massive TM driver campaign on during this...

harrington is hitting his 3w 25-40 yards past  garcia the last few holes.  i know harrington is a lot longer than you might think, but they usually hit driver almost the same distance.   that is either not a 3w , or that is one short as *feces* 3w

agua

ok, so peter butkiss now says it was a 5W not a 3W.  announcing at the tee FTL


garcia then chunk dunks it in the water on his approach in to 16

wtf

what is mccord talking aobut ? that clearly crossed the margin

does anybody want to win this ?
pitiful

sergio who?

wow, harrington making this difficult

 :o

wow!  :o   incredible putt by harrington to save par

curtis just about knocks himself out of contention with his tee shot on 16


great announcing  buttkiss, not even knowing where is OOB on a hole or not

sergio holes his bogey,  tied with harrington @ -2 going to 17
 [sm_shock] [sm_shock] [sm_shock] [sm_shock]

This is getting good. 

harrington and garcia  both light up the long par 3  17th   to about 5-6 feet each

harrington makes his birdie on 17 !
 [sm_shock]

holy crap. lipped out  [sm_shock]

garcia lips out left edge and taps in the par.
harrington -3 (17)
garcia -2 (17)
curtis -2 (15)

Is Sergio now playing a Scotty Xerox?

Ball game.

not so fast

lmao sergio running to the bathroom  [sm_shock]

Everybody needs Paddy to gag on this putt.

wow, clutch putt.  I thought he'd miss it.

Will there be talk of a Paddy Slam?

there should be.  holy *feces*, best clutch golfer playing right now.   holy *fudge*.

brutal, nantzyboy rubbing it in the lions faces about a harrington finally winning in motor city.

really unfortunate for garcia that pinshot didnt at least net him a birdie.  but that's the breaks.

Woot.   [sm_drink]

Depends on his wife.... he might get extreamly lucky....

There will be talk.  There always is when someone has two in a row. 

If his putting is on form I should think he'll offer up a strong challenge at Augusta.

I figured him for a HOF spot after the Open with 20+ wins and two majors.  Now he's an absolute lock.  Best Irish golfer ever by a long shot (see Fred Daly for comparison.)

Just to be clear, I love Padraig, talented, tough, great golfer. What he did Sunday on 16-17-18, awesome.  [sm_thumbsup2], and the fact that Saturday/Sunday almost felt like watching a US Open tells me he could win one of those.

But...he has to win at least one more (maybe two) of these when a certain someone (who shall go nameless) is also in the field, before I get too excited about him winning four in a row, He's won these last 2 without (him) there.

Just sayin'.

when was the last time anyone won 4 in a row (calendar year or not) before  'his greatness' came onto the scene ?
how many even have a career slam?
It's not like these things were exactly commonplace before he came around.  In fact, pretty much getting such an accomplishment automatically puts you in the top 6-8 of all time :)

Agreed.  All four*  Never been done in a calendar year.  Career slam very impressive.

Seamers, are you discounting last year's Open Championship?

while we're on the topic, i'd really like to see the wgc match play  officially pushed and added as a 5th major... history be damned.

Instead of The TPC?
[Edit:  I would also like to see a 5th major.  history be damned as well.]

hell put em together, wgc match play @ sawgrass  imagine sitting dormie on that tee shot @ 17 . plop plop plop.

 [sm_thumbsup2]  That would be kick ass.

Not at all, but that's the only major Padraig has won with Tiger in the field. Which is one more than a whole bunch of dudes but it's still one.

Wellllllllllllllllll these four anyway, technically speaking of course.  ;)

Technically speaking, no one's done it except Tiger. Engage.

Kind of my point aske, how can a "Paddy" slam even be taken seriously when he's won one major with TW in the field. He's halfway to the career slam but so are a bunch of other cats, with names like Daly and Faldo and Mickelson and Singh. Career slam? Five golfers in history have done it, which is quite telling.

I hear what you're just sayin'.   ;)

I don't think he'll do it.  I just think there will be tons of talk.  In fact, only Tiger Woods returning from injury for his first major back at the Masters next year will trump the "Paddy Slam?" story.

That was some display yesterday.  The dude is rock solid mentally.

Freakin' awesome, I actually got goose bumps when he rolled that putt in on 17. Fact is I wish he (or anyone) would step up and beat T head to head (with some consistency), I think it would be great for golf. And I loooooooove the not blinking and the tongue thing, he is like in another zone man.

Ps. I am so tired of Sergio whining about his bad breaks. IT WAS A FOUR FOOTER SERGIO, HARDEN THE *fudge* UP! Sorry.

didn't bobby jones win the grand slam of his time? I also thought Hogan won all majors in a row not in the same calender year though. I could be wrong.

Ahhhhhhhhhh whew. Engage he did. Jones did, but their were 2 different tourneys then versus now, Jones won the British and US Amateurs (different beast still impressive) as well as the British and US Opens, (*see technically speaking). Hogan did not win all four in a row, Tiger is the only one, technically speaking of course.  ;)

I knew that about Jones but back then it was still called the Grand Slam if I recall. Still best in the world playing the best and with the equipment they had. Different game all together.

I wasn't sure about Hogan but I thought I heard he did it. Just looked it up. Hogan won 3 in a row in 1953. He could not compete in the 4th major (PGA championship) as it overlapped The Open, he opted out in order to play in The Open. So back in his day it was impossible to win all 4 in the same year and one would have to skip one to play the other the next year in order to say they played all 4 in a year. Skipping The Open to play the PGA just doesn't sound right. Maybe why they moved the PGA?

Which is one of the more of the most hardest to do today?

Current major Grand Slam.

Bobby Jones Grand Slam.

Patriots 19-0


I say trying to repeat Jones' Slam would be downright unpossible. (Didn't take the time to see if there are scheduling conflicts.)

Grueling multi day match play events, followed by facing tour professionals on one of the world's toughest stages..........rinse and repeat.

I'm not sure but I think the term "grand slam" didn't arrive in the golf vocabulary to reference this feat until years later, for some reason the phrase "the great quadrilateral" seems to be hanging in the recesses of my brain as a term they used when Jones accomplished the feat.


True dat, but it was still possible to win 4 in a row (which is what I thought you said) if he started with the PGA and then the following year won the remaining 3. No one did that.


Would have to agree, which may be why he retired at 29 (or whatever he was), there were stories about how just a physical wreck he became, stomach problems and losing hair, to me it's still the greatest feat in golf, tiger slam be damned, although I never thought I'd see a golfer hold all 4 majors at once Jones' feat was the best

Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_Grand_Slam)

Jones's feat could not be replicated today.  Back then, professional golfers were outcasts, and amateurs ruled the roost.  Those days are long gone.  Today, professional golf is a career, there are Tours the world over, and the depth of competition is several-fold greater than nearly a century ago.  Amateurs today are sorely pressed just to make the cuts at the US Open and Open Championship, let alone contend, let alone close the deal.

I have immense respect for Hogan and his accomplishments, but I don't think he could have won the PGA.  Multiple days of back-to-back matches, and match-play at that.  After his accident, he never played the PGA again until it switched to medal-play.  (He also never played the Open again, so the schedule conflict isn't an excuse.)