Brian Manzella
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PGA Tour Confidential: 2012 Season Review, Predictions for 2013 | GOLF.com
BEST SHOT OF THE YEAR
Godich: What is the best shot you saw in 2012? That should be an easy one, but we're taking Bubba Watson's banana wedge and Louis Oosthuizen's double eagle at the Masters off the table.
Van Sickle: Tiger's flop shot at Memorial is maybe too obvious. I'll go with Webb Simpson's chip from the gnarly grass around the final green at Olympic. It wasn't easy, and he knew he had to get up-and-down for the Open.
Dusek: Easy, it has to be Phil Mickelson's 30-foot par putt on the 12th hole Sunday at Pebble Beach after Tiger Woods holed out from the sand. At that moment, I really thought we were going to get a monster year from Mickelson, but obviously that didn't pan out.
Bamberger: McIlroy's shot across the bow at the Honda. Tiger went birdie-eagle to post 62. McIlroy was on 13, with about a 10-footer for birdie. He heard the eagle roar. Back in the day, many would have folded right about then. The kid made the putt, played strong the rest of the way, and not only won but also showed that the Tiger theatrics would not shake him.
Walker: Justin Rose's 50-foot putt on 17 at the Ryder Cup on Sunday to square his match with Mickelson; he made another great putt on 18 to win. Second place: Top 100 Teacher Brian Manzella went out to the fairway bunker on 18 at Medinah on Sunday night to re-create Martin Kaymer's bunker shot for a Golf.com instruction video. Brian was using a borrowed 4-iron and wearing loafers, and he hit it to 15 feet.
BEST SHOT OF THE YEAR
Godich: What is the best shot you saw in 2012? That should be an easy one, but we're taking Bubba Watson's banana wedge and Louis Oosthuizen's double eagle at the Masters off the table.
Van Sickle: Tiger's flop shot at Memorial is maybe too obvious. I'll go with Webb Simpson's chip from the gnarly grass around the final green at Olympic. It wasn't easy, and he knew he had to get up-and-down for the Open.
Dusek: Easy, it has to be Phil Mickelson's 30-foot par putt on the 12th hole Sunday at Pebble Beach after Tiger Woods holed out from the sand. At that moment, I really thought we were going to get a monster year from Mickelson, but obviously that didn't pan out.
Bamberger: McIlroy's shot across the bow at the Honda. Tiger went birdie-eagle to post 62. McIlroy was on 13, with about a 10-footer for birdie. He heard the eagle roar. Back in the day, many would have folded right about then. The kid made the putt, played strong the rest of the way, and not only won but also showed that the Tiger theatrics would not shake him.
Walker: Justin Rose's 50-foot putt on 17 at the Ryder Cup on Sunday to square his match with Mickelson; he made another great putt on 18 to win. Second place: Top 100 Teacher Brian Manzella went out to the fairway bunker on 18 at Medinah on Sunday night to re-create Martin Kaymer's bunker shot for a Golf.com instruction video. Brian was using a borrowed 4-iron and wearing loafers, and he hit it to 15 feet.
