mgranato
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Stay out of that site... there's stuff their you ought not see, you's just a boy.
He's the Best....now what?
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Stay out of that site... there's stuff their you ought not see, you's just a boy.
mgranato
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It's true, he literally does have more guts. His latest MRI showed more guts, larger brain, and a bigger heart. How do you think he's able to will his putts? Come on, Noobie, this is all old news.
You mean the same guy who's pulled out of two straight Player's championship? The same guy who lost to YE Yang by 3 strokes after heading into the Final Round of the PGA Championship with a 2 stroke lead. While Tiger's last US Open victory is stuff of legends, he seems to be doing as many "non-gutsy" things as "gutsy" things on the golf course these days.
Yeah that guy, the one that is second in Majors won, the guy that blew away the field in the 2000 U.S. Open by 15 shots on a tough Pebble Beach course where no other player with all their guts could break par, the guy that owned all 4 majors at the same time where no other player in the history of the modern majors has done even with all their guts.
Yeah that guy who won the Masters by 12 etc. etc. I think it takes some intestinal fortitude to go out there under intense scrutiny and perform when everyone and their pooch expects you to win and you do it time after time. It's easy to sit back and criticize when someone is down and injured and nitpick that he lost 1 major to Y.E , how many has Y.E. won or for that matter anyone else in the last 15 years, I mean they have all the guts, what's their excuse, can't they perform under intense pressure or are they gutless....Geeeez, really, are you sure?
willgolfer
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Tell me how guts translates to winning championships. Can you even define what it is, quantify it? And how does it show up on the golf course? Last time I checked, this is a "scientific" golf forum. Things like "guts" and "clutch" are fallacies propagated by the mass. Tiger won because he's simply the most talented golfer of this generation. Corey Pavin is generally considered "gutsy." Where are all his championships compared to all the "non-gutsy" golfers?
It's in the dictionary and every fifth grader understands what it means, except for you.
Nice one footwedge. I must have been too busy studying math and science- you know things which are actually concrete and don't need a bunch of handwaving arguments to convince someone. Maybe you should get acquainted with the 21st century.
Go back and read my posts. I always put "gutsy" and "non-gutsy" in quotations for a reason- I'm merely using the parlance that you and others are using. Winning tournaments is a skill that you learn. Did you watch the US Open? Did you hear Rory McIlroy say that he suddenly gained "guts" which enabled him to win the US Open after his apparent Master's debacle? No. He said he learned how to win. In fact, how many times do you hear a golfer say he won based on guts. Not often.
By "you and others", I assume you mean us Humans. So I'm not alone in knowing the meaning of the word gutsy and yes I have heard it used many times by many people in many different circumstances, just because Rory didn't say it means nothing to your insinuating that Tiger has none in your post. So you use it when it suits you and deny it's existence otherwise, must be a 21st century thing...lol.
Here just for you Noobie so you can hear real people from the 21st century use the "G" word
YouTube - The Obama Campaign Makes Thousands of "GUTSY" Calls
YouTube - The Obama Campaign Makes Thousands of "GUTSY" Calls
dschultz6072
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I think we can all agree on one thing: Tiger likes to beat guts.
willgolfer
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Let me see if I can clarify this for you. Tiger very well may have "guts" the way you or most ppl define guts. No one really knows because only Tiger knows what he's really thinking or feeling. I only disputed the notion that Tiger has more guts than any other golfer and whether "guts" enables you to come back and an otherworldly golfer. I believe it's a fallacy to attribute Tiger's success to "guts."
In the end why would Tiger need "guts" to play golf and win tournaments? Thats something he's been doing since he could walk and nothing could be more second nature to him. "Guts" implies courage. Why would Tiger need courage when he's the most gifted golfer of all time and is a pure genius at golf?
Lindsey Newman
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If "guts" is critical to voodoo, black magic or some kind of Harry Potter s#!t, then Tiger had it and it matters in winning golf tournaments.
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Kevin Shields
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Rory looks to get underplane at times to me. No one agrees, must be my eyes.
I fear Tiger is finished
Rory gets inside out and late. He hits a body braking, catch up hook. Not underplane at all.
Maybe the British is truly the greatest championship. 2009 at Turnberry where Tom Watson nearly turned back the clock as evidence. Tom would have had zero chance at Congressional.
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