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***Open Championship*** - Spieth v Kuch: not the matchup we deserve, but not the one we need either (1 Viewer)

McGarnicle said:
Pretty amazing, if he choked here maybe he never contends for another major. Now, who knows. This has to give him all the confidence he'll ever need. Maybe he'll even act like less of a #### going forward.
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Eh, he doesn't come off like a #### to me.  All pro golfers are basically spoiled rich kids. 

 
What's amazing is that Spieth for the most part hit the ball like crap and still shot 69. 

Spieth is probably the most mentally strong player in golf today.

 
Cowboysfan8 said:
 I just don't remember him being as whiny a cpl years ago. And I wish he didn't play soooo slow
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He's always been that way and actually used to be worse.

Not sure about most mentally strong. He gets down on himself. He even alluded to it during the trophy ceremony. That he was losing it and his caddie reeled him in.

 
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fightingillini said:
What's amazing is that Spieth for the most part hit the ball like crap and still shot 69. 

Spieth is probably the most mentally strong player in golf today.
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He grinded out a great win today which will help him continue his growth, but let's not get carried away. He still routinely wavers down the stretch...which frankly most young great players today do...but he also still has a mental issue inside 10 feet, which he hasn't overcome. They mentioned yesterday that he's 198th in short putting on tour.

He can fix it, but he hasn't yet...and it gets hidden by his ridiculously great long putting a lot of times.

 
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tommyboy said:
He'll never win one. 
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9 top 10's in majors the last 8 years. He's won a Players, a Memorial, an Amateur, the WGC  Match Play, played on four Ryder Cup teams and now playing as well as he ever has. Top 15 all-time money list. Still has 6-7 prime years. Just finished 2nd, 3 clear of next guy. If not for running into a juggernaut this week he coasts to victory. As good a shot to win one as anyone sans the top-top guys.

 
JAMES! said:
9 top 10's in majors the last 8 years. He's won a Players, a Memorial, an Amateur, the WGC  Match Play, played on four Ryder Cup teams and now playing as well as he ever has. Top 15 all-time money list. Still has 6-7 prime years. Just finished 2nd, 3 clear of next guy. If not for running into a juggernaut this week he coasts to victory. As good a shot to win one as anyone sans the top-top guys.
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Doesn't have the killer inside him. Too nice

 
gump said:
He grinded out a great win today which will help him continue his growth, but let's not get carried away. He still routinely wavers down the stretch...which frankly most young great players today do...but he also still has a mental issue inside 10 feet, which he hasn't overcome. They mentioned yesterday that he's 198th in short putting on tour.

He can fix it, but he hasn't yet...and it gets hidden by his ridiculously great long putting a lot of times.
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That is a shocking stat to me.  I expect him to make everything he looks at.  His short game is ridiculous.  Great iron player too.  His miss and only real hole is right off the tee.  Today he was hanging back with the driver a bit.  When that happens + the left arm chicken wing he misses big time right.  If he ever fixes that watch out.  That being said I would take him over any other player on tour for a chip or a putt.

 
Judge Smails said:
That is a shocking stat to me.  
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Which is why I annoying keep bringing it up.  Anyone who's watched Speith closely over the last 3 years knows it...the other 99% of the golfing world don't.  It's baffling. He's potentially the greatest player in history balancing the biggest mental issue in history.

 
gump said:
Which is why I annoying keep bringing it up.  Anyone who's watched Speith closely over the last 3 years knows it...the other 99% of the golfing world don't.  It's baffling. He's potentially the greatest player in history balancing the biggest mental issue in history.
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Inside 5 feet he's made 553 and missed 22.  96+%.  Top is 98%.  Don't think this is killing him, and he more than offsets it with the longer ones he makes and the up and downs

 
Judge Smails said:
Inside 5 feet he's made 553 and missed 22.  96+%.  Top is 98%.  Don't think this is killing him, and he more than offsets it with the longer ones he makes and the up and downs
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He's the worst putter on tour basically inside 10 feet...and he's missed dozens of big short putts in big moments...so yes he offsets that better than anyone has offsetted anything ever.  

His OCD issues that drive everyone crazy on TV are why he struggles with short putts. It's helping in more ways than hurting though obviously.

Ultimately he owns historic wins and a historic choke...he's not Tiger or Jack until he figures his short putting out.

 
gump said:
He's the worst putter on tour basically inside 10 feet...and he's missed dozens of big short putts in big moments...so yes he offsets that better than anyone has offsetted anything ever.  

His OCD issues that drive everyone crazy on TV are why he struggles with short putts. It's helping in more ways than hurting though obviously.

Ultimately he owns historic wins and a historic choke...he's not Tiger or Jack until he figures his short putting out.
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Well - it's probably temporary.  Aberration.

http://www.golfdigest.com/story/stats-show-why-jordan-spieth-is-a-great-putter

 
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