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James Daulton said:
Ok, you've pulled me back in.  What exactly about the golfing for 5 days is supposed to be so difficult?  The walking, swinging, getting your ball out of the cup, what?  I assume he's been practicing so he shouldn't have any muscle issues from the swinging.  So I guess the walking 5 miles in 5 straight days is the challenging part?
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Playing well while doing it. That's the challenging part.

 
mr roboto said:
Sure it can. Not sure why this is hard to understand :shrug:
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 Well, if I had to guess it is because we are talking about walking. These guys aren't wiped out from swing the club over the 18 holes.  Almost all of them are out on the range hours before their round and often hours after it.  I realize pro golfers are the ultimate prima Donna's but no need to buy into some of their BS that golf is a physically demanding sport.  It makes baseball look like football.

 
Baloney Sandwich said:
 Well, if I had to guess it is because we are talking about walking. These guys aren't wiped out from swing the club over the 18 holes.  Almost all of them are out on the range hours before their round and often hours after it.  I realize pro golfers are the ultimate prima Donna's but no need to buy into some of their BS that golf is a physically demanding sport.  It makes baseball look like football.




 
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No doubt.  Can be hell on the lower back though.  

A-tha-lete or not.  

 
I used to love Tiger. After the driveway incident and harem of whores, I am now a huge hater. So I love to see him fail. He played much better than I expected, though 16th place out of 17 is nothing to really get excited about.

Biggest takeaway for me is Tiger desperately trying to sport the full beard. He has been trying to do the facial hair thing for years now, and he continues to fail. Even his full goatee looked stupid. But the pencil thin sideburns barely connecting on one side, and not connecting at all on the other side just screams of his feelings of inadequacy and need to be more masculine. And it's just a big fail IMO.

 
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Tom Skerritt said:
I used to love Tiger. After the driveway incident and harem of whores, I am now a huge hater. So I love to see him fail. He played much better than I expected, though 16th place out of 17 is nothing to really get excited about.

Biggest takeaway for me is Tiger desperately trying to sport the full beard. He has been trying to do the facial hair thing for years now, and he continues to fail. Even his full goatee looked stupid. But the pencil thin sideburns barely connecting on one side, and not connecting at all on the other side just screams of his feelings of inadequacy and need to be more masculine. And it's just a big fail IMO.
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I like the goatee look.  As as a fellow beard challenged guy, I say give the guy a break!

Agree on the harem of hors thing though.  That was when Tiger didn't give a #### about anything and was just awesome. 

 
It's not just showing up and playing the tournament rounds that's taxing. It's the constant practice as well. Even tournament round days, there's warm up on the range, short game drills beforehand then a lot of them hit more afterwards to work on a problem.

 
mr roboto said:
So John Daly is actually disproving JDs assertion. Meaning a guy who is fat, drinks and smokes but plays golf every day is conditioned to walk 18 holes day after day. Take a random fat drinker who smokes who doesn't play golf he'd be shot like 9 holes into day 2. 
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True...and Daly is also a great example of what happens if you DON'T commit fully to the physical side.  He had all the talent in the world as a young golfer...but never reached the level he could have, or consistency he easily could have, because of his physical and mental preparation.

 
JaxBill said:
It's not just showing up and playing the tournament rounds that's taxing. It's the constant practice as well. Even tournament round days, there's warm up on the range, short game drills beforehand then a lot of them hit more afterwards to work on a problem.
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That is a better argument but it is not the one that was being made, people were arguing that walking and playing golf while not carrying your bag is physically taxing in and of itself. That is a joke.  Add in all their practice and the mental strain of playing professional tournament golf and you have a semblance of an argument although it still remains true that these spoiled, entitled country club pricks make mountains out of mole hills when it comes to the demands of their sport.  Tin Cup got absolutely wasted after his opening 82 at the US Open, barely made his tee time without any warm ups and went on to break Johnny Miller's record for low round at the Open.  That is all you need to know about how physically taxing a round of golf is on someone.

 
Baloney Sandwich said:
That is a better argument but it is not the one that was being made, people were arguing that walking and playing golf while not carrying your bag is physically taxing in and of itself. That is a joke.  
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No one mde this argument.  The argument was:

1. He seemed to fatigue at the end of rounds and at the end of the week.  Even very minor fatigue (mentally or physically)  an throw a swing off enough to make a good shot bad

2. He was fatigued from his layoff and not having competed

JD and others turned it in to a fitness competition - I can sit at my ####### desk for 8 straight hours and start doing sloppy work because of fatigue, do you really think it takes Ironman endurance to sit at my desk?

 
AAABatteries said:
No one mde this argument.  The argument was:

1. He seemed to fatigue at the end of rounds and at the end of the week.  Even very minor fatigue (mentally or physically)  an throw a swing off enough to make a good shot bad

2. He was fatigued from his layoff and not having competed

JD and others turned it in to a fitness competition - I can sit at my ####### desk for 8 straight hours and start doing sloppy work because of fatigue, do you really think it takes Ironman endurance to sit at my desk?
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16 hours ago, zoonation said:
go play 18 holes (walking) for 5 days straight and report back.
 
go play 18 holes (walking) for 5 days straight and report back.
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And play well. Well, not just well well, but really well.

Shooting a gun isn't a good comparison because there are way more moving parts in a golf swing and putting than when shooting a gun. I would say go try spinning plates on a boat.

 
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looks like TW signed on with Bridgestone and will be playing B330s.

gotta think that was a big miss by Titleist.

 
Quint said:
looks like TW signed on with Bridgestone and will be playing B330s.

gotta think that was a big miss by Titleist.
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Noticed that at the Hero Challenge and thought it was odd.  Great publicity for Bridgestone.  Playing Taylor Made woods as well.  Still looked like the Nike irons though.

 
Quint said:
looks like TW signed on with Bridgestone and will be playing B330s.

gotta think that was a big miss by Titleist.
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He was worth way more to Bridgestone than Titleist.  I'm sure a lot more money.  Frankly I never considered Nike for anything golf related except Tiger's clothing line - mostly shorts and shirts (actually you can get some sweet TW Collection shirts for half priced out there clearing on ****'s Sporting Goods).  Just never influenced me in club selection, shoes, etc.  I'm a ProV1 guy and Tiger or any other guy using it would change it.  The Darrel Survey just proves how dominant that ball is (or at least it did). I know Bridgestone is making a good ball these days.  Bet their costs per dozen just went up.

 
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Judge Smails said:
He was worth way more to Bridgestone than Titleist.  I'm sure a lot more money.  Frankly I never considered Nike for anything golf related except Tiger's shirts (actually you can get some sweet TW Collection shirts for half priced out there clearing on ****'s Sporting Goods).  Just never influenced me in club selection, shoes, etc.  I'm a ProV1 guy and Tiger or any other guy using it would change it.  The Darrel Survey just proves how dominant that ball is (or at least it did). I know Bridgestone is making a good ball these days.  Bet their costs per dozen just went up.
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i figured that with TW putting the Scotty back in the bag, moving over to ProV1x would have made sense. and i agree: pricing going up for those Bridgestone balls.

 
Quint said:
looks like TW signed on with Bridgestone and will be playing B330s.

gotta think that was a big miss by Titleist.
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My favorites to play these days.  The gimmicky RW and S Bridgestone makes with the 330s aren't as good, though, imo.  But the B330s and ProV1 are the best out there, imo.  

 
Jayrok said:
My favorites to play these days.  The gimmicky RW and S Bridgestone makes with the 330s aren't as good, though, imo.  But the B330s and ProV1 are the best out there, imo.  
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You mean the RX? It's not gimmicky, it is by far the best golf ball ever made for people who don't swing 110 and square the face up consistently at impact. It's not even close and they have a mountain of launch monitor data to prove it.

 
Apple Jack said:
You mean the RX? It's not gimmicky, it is by far the best golf ball ever made for people who don't swing 110 and square the face up consistently at impact. It's not even close and they have a mountain of launch monitor data to prove it.
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Yeah the RX.  Sorry.  Well I guess I swing at least 110 and hit it squarely because I can tell a difference in the RX/S from the B330.  They just aren't as good.  I've just hit a box of each on the course, but I just didn't care for them.  They are better than the Callaway Chrome, though, to me.  Those don't last more than a few holes with regard to feel and distance.  But again, it's just my opinion from playing them.  

 
Saw some article about how the new ball that costco is making tested out just as well as the prov1.

And they're like 15 bucks a dozen.

Would be awesome if tiger was playing a Kirkland ball

 
I had my balls tested (rimshot) -  My TM's and B330's were the suggested balls.  Didn't love the B330's but what do I know

 
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That picture is so awesome. I was a hardcore Tiger-slurper back in the day, and I feel like I'm falling in love all over again.

 
Grahamburn said:
Go walk 18 holes 5 days in a row and let me know how your body feels.
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My son is a Navy seal he runs 10 miles a day, Tiger is a pro golfer, playing 18 holes is what he does, same as my son.  IF you can,t play 18 holes in five days maybe you shouldn't be a pro golfer.  SImple math here folks.

 
Dinsy Ejotuz said:
Too lazy to look it up, but people who've played with Trump claim he cheats like a MFer.
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When I worked as a caddy I must have heard 1000 times that golf is one of the best gauges of character. Players who cheated were generally thought to be all-around pieces of ####, not to be trusted in business or personal dealings. 

 
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