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Started by aoxamaxoa, July 31, 2007, 09:13:53 PM

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Rowdy

#30
August 11, 2007, 12:53:01 PM
I have a problem with people like you putting others in a place where they shouldn't be. No one should be idolized.

aoxamaxoa

#31
August 11, 2007, 02:11:02 PM
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Originally posted by Rowdy

I have a problem with people like you putting others in a place where they shouldn't be. No one should be idolized.


Well, I think our society lacks "idols" today. People with integrity to look up to and try to be similar to. People who are true and honest.

False idols are another story. We've gotten our share of too much of that bs from the neo-cons and religious fanatics.

We live in the age when the superstars all went away....

Rowdy

#32
August 11, 2007, 02:31:52 PM
I understand what you mean.  I just see a lot of people go off the deep end with sports figures.  If someone is in awe of someone's ability to hit a ball into a hole in the earth-then that is there choosing.

Breadburner

#33
August 11, 2007, 02:35:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Rowdy

I understand what you mean.  I just see a lot of people go off the deep end with sports figures.  If someone is in awe of someone's ability to hit a ball into a hole in the earth-then that is there choosing.


I wish lighting would strike every person that says "Get in the hole" when Tiger tees off....
 

RecycleMichael

#34
August 11, 2007, 03:44:22 PM
Sergio Garcia got disqualified today for signing an incorrect card.

The guy he was playing with kept his score and made the error, but Sergio signed the mistake and the rules disqualified him.

He was in 63rd place and probably didn't want to play in the heat anyway, but it cost him thousands of dollars.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-pga-garciadq&prov=ap&type=lgns

Another bad break: Garcia signs incorrect card and gets booted from PGA
By EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer
August 11, 2007

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Sergio Garcia was disqualified from the PGA Championship on Saturday for signing an incorrect scorecard. Garcia, who made the cut on the number at 5-over par, signed for a 4 on the par-4 17th hole, when he in fact recorded a 5. He shot a 4-over 74 in the third round, though that score was not official because of the disqualification.

In tournament golf, players exchange scorecards and keep each other's score. Garcia was playing alongside Boo Weekley, who wrote down the score down incorrectly. At the end of the round, it is the player's responsibility to check the card for accuracy and Garcia didn't do that.

Garcia had left the course and was not available for comment when his disqualification was announced. "It's my fault for putting the wrong score in, but it's his fault for not checking," said Weekley, who shot 5-under 65. "I just said 'Sergio, I put a 4 but in fact you had a 5.' He said, 'That just puts the icing on the cake."'

Indeed, it has been a rough week and a rough summer for Garcia. On Thursday, Garcia got into an animated argument with a course official who put his group on the clock as they made the turn. After an opening-round 70, he shot 75 the second day to fall out of contention. At the British Open, Garcia lost in a playoff after barely missing a putt on the 18th hole that would have won the tournament. In a memorable post-round news conference, he complained about all the breaks that go against him and all the bad luck he has.

"You know what's the saddest thing about it?" Garcia said. "It's not the first time. It's not the first time, unfortunately. So, I don't know, I'm playing against a lot of guys out there, more than the field." Weekley said he called Garcia back to the scoring tent after the scorecard had been signed, in hopes the mistake could be fixed. But officials said once Garcia had left the "scoring area perimeter," there was no correcting the problem. "He just took off," Weekley said. "I called him back down and tried to get him before he got all the way up the stairs."

The most famous scoring gaffe came at the 1968 Masters when Roberto De Vicenzo signed for the wrong score. De Vicenzo actually signed for a higher score on a hole, so he wasn't disqualified, but he had to take the extra stroke, knocking him out of playoff with Bob Goalby.

In 2003, English journeyman Mark Roe was disqualified after shooting 67 in the British Open. Both he and Jesper Parnevik were disqualified because they forgot to exchange scorecards before they teed off. Roe was only two strokes off the lead. Garcia's blunder was nowhere near as dramatic. With a three-day score of 9 over, he would have been tied for 63rd in the 72-man field, with about half the players still out.
Power is nothing till you use it.

aoxamaxoa

#35
August 11, 2007, 04:34:58 PM
The little spitter from Spain is a pain.....

Rowdy

#36
August 11, 2007, 09:40:18 PM
But the rain falls mainly on the plain.

RecycleMichael

#37
August 11, 2007, 09:45:16 PM
It was brutal hot out there today.

I swear some of the players hit their ball into the trees just to get some shade.
Power is nothing till you use it.

Breadburner

#38
August 11, 2007, 11:09:52 PM
quote:
Originally posted by aoxamaxoa

The little spitter from Spain is a pain.....


He is a lil *****...
 

Rowdy

#39
August 12, 2007, 06:32:31 PM
Congrats to Woods.  At least with golf, it is all about skill and no referee to decide the outcome.  I am happy for him.

ttownclown

#40
August 12, 2007, 06:37:08 PM
The PGA Championship is officially over.  I am curious what the attendance was each day.  If someone runs across those figures, feel free to post them.

aoxamaxoa

#41
August 13, 2007, 08:32:35 AM
quote:
Originally posted by ttownclown

The PGA Championship is officially over.  I am curious what the attendance was each day.  If someone runs across those figures, feel free to post them.


It did not appear more than 10,000 were there Sunday. Saturday looked big with maybe 30,000 in attendence.

Lots of gross boozers on Sunday.

aoxamaxoa

#42
August 13, 2007, 08:38:58 AM
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Originally posted by aoxamaxoa

He will show us he is the greatest golfer ever.....again!

And he will show us what a class act is....


A week ago prediction proves true.

It's nice he came to Tulsa and did something for the city that the Chamber of Commerce has not been able to achieve in their entire existence.

The headline in the morning Whirled should have used Tiger's winning comment, "It's really cool".

Oh the irony!!!Those old SHCC founders must be spinning in their graves.

Lister

#43
August 13, 2007, 08:41:24 AM
I'm happy Tiger won. Anybody know where he was staying while he was here?

aoxamaxoa

#44
August 13, 2007, 08:59:41 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Lister

I'm happy Tiger won. Anybody know where he was staying while he was here?


Off 26th and Birmingham by Tulsa Tennis Club is what I've heard....
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