NT Open

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

It was somewhat entertaining. Somehow, Stricker came out looking like a choke(again.) For a choke, the guy sure makes a lot of money. Mickelson is a choke, but Stricker didn't put him away(he had every opportunity to do it.) When nobody is really stepping up and scoring, power is deadly. Kev, Choi is good, but is swinging a knife while others are swinging an axe. What you mentioned is a power deficiency. On 17, Choi made a fairly long putt for birdie. The long hitters don't usually have those long putts for birdie on par 5 holes(they have them to make Eagle.) Choi should of been making birdie on the 1st hole(both days,) but it would only have tied Phil. Lack of power is a pretty strong handicap(nothing personal.)

scuds here is where you are wrong - only 3 players in the field reached #17 in 2 yesterday (COUPLES AND PHIL) and 1 other guy

choi can reach #1 in 2 every day , for some reason he didn't birdie that hole on the weekend phil played it in 4 under - thers is the diffference in the tourney right there - execution not lack of power

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by gales0678

scuds here is where you are wrong - only 3 players in the field reached #17 in 2 yesterday (COUPLES AND PHIL) and 1 other guy

choi can reach #1 in 2 every day , for some reason he didn't birdie that hole on the weekend phil played it in 4 under - thers is the diffference in the tourney right there - execution not lack of power

Phil n' Couples are long hitters. It's not by accident they could get to the 17th, and Choi only get there in 3(with not an easy putt for birdie.) Choi should reach #1 in 2, but he didn't. It's a different situation. Phil can easily do stuff that others guys have to work harder to do. Over a 4 day span it's a big factor. Obviously it was easier for Phil to take care of business on the par 5 holes. I would imagine Choi is hitting different clubs to do the same job that Phil is doing. Phil hit one about 350 out there. That's obviously making things easier for him(2nd shot) than it is for Choi. Hey, they can beat the longer hitting guys, but they have to putt-chip really, really, well. Romero, and Choi didn't do that well enough. Choi took about 30 putts on Thursday. He scored 5 under. I told Gales he left atleast 2 or 3 out there. He missed the final putt on 18 on Sunday. There's 3 or 4 shots right there.

[gales0678]

yup you were right - just wished he didn't botch the 1st hole over the weekend

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by gales0678

yup you were right - just wished he didn't botch the 1st hole over the weekend

Been nice, but all I'm saying is birdie on par 5 holes isn't any sort of gimme for Choi. For Tiger, and Phil they seem to need a big mistake to come away with just par. To me, that 1st hole there seems like it would be tough for some people(obviously not for Phil.) They drive from up on the hill (where the clubhouse is.) It's a lil odd. I never thought that was an easy 2nd shot hole, either(with traps n' mounds, seem like they can make that a bit of a blind shot.) He should of got birdie on one of the 2 days. Can't say I expected him to do it both days. I don't think people realize just how good Phil was playing during certain points of the week. I hate to say he's as mentally immature as a problem horse, but he does seem to pull himself up, and wait for competition.