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Originally Posted by Peanut
I don't understand how 72 is a "choke" when, as someone else mentioned above, only 8 out of 77 players managed to break 70. 69 out of 77 of the guys shot 70 or above. So 69 players (or basically 90% of the tournament field) are "choking" to give Tiger the win? You said it yourself - these guys aren't hacks. So how is it possible that 90% of them couldn't break 70 and were therefore all simultaneously choking?
Those shooting above 75... okay maybe that's getting into choke territory. But 72, 73... ?? Come on now.
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Its a choke when you have played amongst the best all tournament long. I don't think that the top ten players in the tournament should expect or be expected to play the same as the other guys out there. If you are at the top of the leaderboard on Sunday you should play better than 90% of the other guys in the tournament, whether the course is tough or not.
It is choking to shoot 72 because shooting 69 which shouldn't have been tough for the guys who were playing there best all weekend long, would have put you in contention to win the tournament.