US OPEN 2009

And its ironic that Glover does not wear a glove to play golf.

1 other PGA tour win...I bet he'll be like the next Zach Johnson where more wins will come after his Major.

Careful play by Glover on the 18th... but almost messed it up too

Glover's on the green, safe. The cup is his unless he 4 putts. Unlikely.

Congrats, Glover!

I want that Nike Prototype Putter....sick stick with Casey, Ames and him using them.

Technospaz wrote:

Glover's on the green, safe. The cup is his unless he 4 putts. Unlikely.

Congrats, Glover!

Heard from my shorthitter on Sat, that Glover is one of the shortest drivers on tour. Cant really see it on TV. Besides all their drives really look far.

Dunno whether this is true...

nientsu, Glover's drive on average is longer than Tiger. See this http://www.usopen.com/en_US/scores/stats/drives_avg.html

JC: Thanks for the info.

nientsu wrote:

Technospaz wrote:

Glover's on the green, safe. The cup is his unless he 4 putts. Unlikely.

Congrats, Glover!

Heard from my shorthitter on Sat, that Glover is one of the shortest drivers on tour. Cant really see it on TV. Besides all their drives really look far.

Dunno whether this is true...

Did I say Glover??? Meant Gay sorry mate... Honestly know nothing about Glover.... guess we all will now...

Yes Mate. My age is coming up on me.......Hearings a bit of a prob nowadays

nientsu wrote:

Yes Mate. My age is coming up on me.......Hearings a bit of a prob nowadays

Its that strong coffee... blood pumping so loud in ears!

sud try lager in the mornings. Maybe it might cool my nerves......

Ever wondered why sometimes... pro golfers, who have never won a single round or is infamously quiet, can suddenly win bigger names like tiger woods or mikelson...

Heard from some folks that some of these pros... only focus on 1 course and only sign up for that competition for that 1 best shot at glory. UNlike tiger, who went for most tournys at many different courses, they only focus on ONE... so they know the course inside out, and at the back of their head such that they can walk the course blindfolded.

Now i know what is the meaning of HOME COURSE. My home course is SAFRA NSRCC, Palm Resort, and Orchard. All that i am so familiar with.

hehe.

TomCat wrote:

Ever wondered why sometimes... pro golfers, who have never won a single round or is infamously quiet, can suddenly win bigger names like tiger woods or mikelson...

Heard from some folks that some of these pros... only focus on 1 course and only sign up for that competition for that 1 best shot at glory. UNlike tiger, who went for most tournys at many different courses, they only focus on ONE... so they know the course inside out, and at the back of their head such that they can walk the course blindfolded.

Now i know what is the meaning of HOME COURSE. My home course is SAFRA NSRCC, Palm Resort, and Orchard. All that i am so familiar with.

hehe.

Golf is like that. You just need to have everything working correctly over a period of 4-5 days where things click. The better golfers have these good streaks more often but it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes, someone gets into a good patch with several strokes of good luck. The next thing you know, he takes home the cup. The fact that the game is so unpredictable in that respect makes watching it so entertaining and playing it so challenging

Technospaz wrote:

TomCat wrote:

Ever wondered why sometimes... pro golfers, who have never won a single round or is infamously quiet, can suddenly win bigger names like tiger woods or mikelson...

Heard from some folks that some of these pros... only focus on 1 course and only sign up for that competition for that 1 best shot at glory. UNlike tiger, who went for most tournys at many different courses, they only focus on ONE... so they know the course inside out, and at the back of their head such that they can walk the course blindfolded.

Now i know what is the meaning of HOME COURSE. My home course is SAFRA NSRCC, Palm Resort, and Orchard. All that i am so familiar with.

hehe.

Golf is like that. You just need to have everything working correctly over a period of 4-5 days where things click. The better golfers have these good streaks more often but it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes, someone gets into a good patch with several strokes of good luck. The next thing you know, he takes home the cup. The fact that the game is so unpredictable in that respect makes watching it so entertaining and playing it so challenging

I had money on Duval... I was pretty excited about 1230 this morning....

yeah man...

I used to believe in luck 4 years ago. After I started golf, I came to realise, there is nothing called luck. All hardwork, and hour and hours of practice and perfecting that 1 swing.... for that single moment.

Watch the pro swing on TV, etc etc, they do not happen just out of the blue. So much effort put in... it just do not happen out of luck.

Ratio of hole in one: 1 in 66000 for average golfers and 1 in 20000 for pro golfers. Luck???

Mixed feeling.....was really hoping Duval can win but glad that my man is back.....BUT must say, his swing is bloody very berry nice....if Ernie is Big Easy, Duval must be Super Easy......

I actually thought that Hunter Mahan had a nice swing. Easy. Not forced.

Only thing I remembered about Glover is that he holed a 30yd bunker shot to win the Walt Disney event a couple of years ago.

The other time I noticed him was when he switched over to Nike the following year.

Mahan has this poser pose. I guess its the years of pent-up geekness (see Golf Digest last year) that makes him wanna break out.

Was it not Gary Player who said that the more he practiced, the luckier he got?

CK

yes....

I too have heard something like this " #1 There are a finite good shots in a club....or #2 ... don finish using all good shots on range prior to actual game "