if Phil wins the US Open this year, I’ll treat anyone who wants to show up to a Mickey’s Pizza dinner in Clarkson Ontario. That’ll be party time. Career Grand Slam late in the game!
62 is always nice
^^ Unreal. Kid’s got heart.
Great to see Furyk back in the winner’s circle. 63 + 2 hole playoff was impressive.
Great to see Furyk back in the winner’s circle. 63 + 2 hole playoff was impressive.
Woods is in for The Players and The Memorial. Not terribly surprising.
http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/12754546/tiger-woods-says-play-players-championship
I think he’ll stick to those tournaments, the majors, and then Firestone, and that’s about it. He’ll do the playoffs to the extent he qualifies. Otherwise, I don’t see him playing a lot this year.
is he going to invite himself? he is nowhere near qualifying for Firestone I don’t think 
There’s another factor here. His pension. His pension is projected to be worth approximately $300 million dollars. Because he has played such a limited schedule, that is probably going to end up being about $200 million. If he plays 8 or 9 times a year, he loses his TOUR membership, and will therefore no longer be an active member of that pension plan, so he won’t have any more contributions. That could result in an impairment of his pension of something like $50 to $75 million dollars. Everyone likes $50 to 75 million dollars, even rich guys…so I don’t see that happening.
In a normal year, he will play 4 majors, San Diego, Bay Hill, Players, his own July 4th event, Memorial, 2 WGC (Doral and Bridgestone if he qualifies) and then he will round it out with another 4 events to hit 15 for the year and keep his status. Those 4, who knows.
Woods is in for The Players and The Memorial. Not terribly surprising.
http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/12754546/tiger-woods-says-play-players-championship
I think he’ll stick to those tournaments, the majors, and then Firestone, and that’s about it. He’ll do the playoffs to the extent he qualifies. Otherwise, I don’t see him playing a lot this year.
is he going to invite himself? he is nowhere near qualifying for Firestone I don’t think
There’s another factor here. His pension. His pension is projected to be worth approximately $300 million dollars. Because he has played such a limited schedule, that is probably going to end up being about $200 million. If he plays 8 or 9 times a year, he loses his TOUR membership, and will therefore no longer be an active member of that pension plan, so he won’t have any more contributions. That could result in an impairment of his pension of something like $50 to $75 million dollars. Everyone likes $50 to 75 million dollars, even rich guys…so I don’t see that happening.
In a normal year, he will play 4 majors, San Diego, Bay Hill, Players, his own July 4th event, Memorial, 2 WGC (Doral and Bridgestone if he qualifies) and then he will round it out with another 4 events to hit 15 for the year and keep his status. Those 4, who knows.
You’re privy to a lot of awesome information, sak. None of that stuff ever crossed my mind.
And you’re right about Firestone - he has to qualify for that (no invites, right?). Kinda weird talking about it in that sense - given that he’s won the damn thing 8 or 9 times.
I just looked… 2014 Ryder cup teams and 2013 President’s Cup teams both qualify automatically. He was on the 13 team I believe…he wasn’t hurt or anything was he?
He was hurt in the playoffs in '13, but I’m pretty sure he played the President’s.
'13 was the year he won The Players and Firestone (and three others, along with Tour player of the year), and damn near won one of the playoff events with an awful back.
You’re privy to a lot of awesome information, sak. None of that stuff ever crossed my mind.
And you’re right about Firestone - he has to qualify for that (no invites, right?). Kinda weird talking about it in that sense - given that he’s won the damn thing 8 or 9 times.
I just looked… 2014 Ryder cup teams and 2013 President’s Cup teams both qualify automatically. He was on the 13 team I believe…he wasn’t hurt or anything was he?
He was hurt in the playoffs in '13, but I’m pretty sure he played the President’s.
'13 was the year he won The Players and Firestone (and three others, along with Tour player of the year), and damn near won one of the playoff events with an awful back.
Teeing it up tomorrow. First round/swing of a club in months. Playing an old school country club down in Phx, Arizona CC. Looks like a pretty nice old track. Not typical desert course.
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New Taylormade Performance Labs tour fit van arrived at its new home yesterday at our Club. There’s about 5 of these around the country and we’re lucky enough to have one of them be based at our club. It’ll be on the road a fair bit, but still excited about the possibilities and getting to play around with endless combinations of shafts and heads as well as a lot of stuff you’re not going to find on the shelf most places.
Teeing it up tomorrow. First round/swing of a club in months. Playing an old school country club down in Phx, Arizona CC. Looks like a pretty nice old track. Not typical desert course.
Thought you lived in California? Figured you’d play all year round
And led two majors half way.
That was an important year. That was the year of getting over the hump of winning again, and blowing majors was the first step on the way to winning a major. Normal progression. Injuries ruined that progression in 14 unfortunately. I maintain that he has to go through that normal progression like a new player to the tour. He was reborn after that scandal in that he disappeared, lost his game and had to rebuild. Unfortunately he had so many injuries in the comeback he had to rebuild twice. But this concept is all part of that comfort zone golf theory.
Think of Jordan spieth…he had to blow it in a major ('14 masters) before he could win one. Same with Rory ('11 masters). Same with Phil 11 times before 04 masters. It’s that normal progression most guys follow. First you contend, blow it, then you Contend and win. You’re breaking out of your comfort zone. It’s the same as having a chance to break 80 (or 70 or 90) with 2 holes to play and then vomiting all over yourself and blowing it…but the next time you’re more comfortable and get it done. Or the time after. You rarely blast through that first time.
Tour players usually do it with regular events, then big events, then majors. You rarely see a first time winner at a major or the players or a WGC.
Contend in Puerto Rico, blow it.
Win John deere
Contend in Deutsche bank and Tour championship, blow em both.
Contend in masters, blow it.
Contend in pebble, match play , players, blow em all.
Contend at Australian open…win. Contend at tigers invitational with 15 of the top 20 in the world…win by 10.
Contend in Tampa in a strong field… Win.
Contend at Augusta…win wire to wire.
That was Jordan’s progression. People often forget about Aussie open and tigers event in December.
It’s a normal progression. Tiger did a mini version of it when he came out. He blew a couple of events before winning. He was weird in that he won his first major as a pro, however he had played in about 6 majors already as an amateur to that point, and contended (and blew it) in a couple, so you might say he too went through that cycle even though he’s a freakazoid achiever.