Tiger Woods "Transgressions" Thread - Golfin' Ain't Easy

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by thesmugger

Being able to do what they do on a consistant basis is unreal. Draw, fade on comand. Spin the ball within 10-15' consistantly. Make pressure cooker putts going for a Major Tourmoment. That's not a real sport? To be able to do this it takes hours of training and a special ATHELETE.

Sounds like snooker or 9 ball to me..

[flip]

Originally Posted by T@T

Is it the the smoke or the belly? Fitness isn't a requirement for all sports. Dedication,mental toughness and raw talent make pro's be pro's,not wash board belly's and pink lungs!

Fact is Daly is one of the best ball strikers on the planet, his hand to eye coordination and power is incredable and Golf is one the the hardest if not the thee hardest sport to master.

That also means that video games are a sport. Dedication, mental toughness, raw talent and hand eye coordination are all important.

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by flip

That also means that video games are a sport. Dedication, mental toughness, raw talent and hand eye coordination are all important.

You should see how much money kids who play on the MLG tournament make. Some have made over a million a year.

[thesmugger]

Originally Posted by flip

That also means that video games are a sport. Dedication, mental toughness, raw talent and hand eye coordination are all important.

In a weird way it does it make it a sport. By no means are these "gamers" athletes though.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by flip

That also means that video games are a sport. Dedication, mental toughness, raw talent and hand eye coordination are all important.

So does that make masturbation a sport too?

[thesmugger]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Sounds like snooker or 9 ball to me..

Around the greens absolutely. Putting the perfect amount of spin on the ball out, 15-20 yards, the perfect "touch", pretty good comparison with pool.

But putting spin from 190 yards out in deep rough comparing that to snooker? give me a break.

Edit: I should also add, even though its quite obvious, spinning a ball on the same flat surface (pool table) is childs play compared to spinning a golf ball in conditions that will ALWAYS change. On the pool table you always know what you get. You'll never get the same lie in golf.

[IliketoPuck]

Originally Posted by HOOT

So does that make masturbation a sport too?

Yes. Tiger just happened to perfect playing that sport with multiple partners.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by thesmugger

Around the greens absolutely. Putting the perfect amount of spin on the ball out, 15-20 yards, the perfect "touch", pretty good comparison with pool.

But putting spin from 190 yards out in deep rough comparing that to snooker? give me a break.

Personally I want to see that guy that could put spin on the ball from 190 out of deep rough.

[thesmugger]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Personally I want to see that guy that could put spin on the ball from 190 out of deep rough.

Tiger Woods says hi. Maybe "deep" rough was a stretch, but everyone on the tour can spin the ball out of most rough that isn't US open thick.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by thesmugger

Tiger Woods says hi.

Tiger Woods isn't spinning the ball backwards out of the rough, let alone deep rough, from 190.

[flip]

Originally Posted by HOOT

So does that make masturbation a sport too?

I'd just like to point out that great minds think alike.

Taken from the Darts thread in the Other Sports forum:

Originally Posted by dre

If you play it long enough and burn 3000 calories, then yes it is.

To which I replied:

Originally Posted by flip

This clearly makes masturbating a sport.

[flip]

Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

You should see how much money kids who play on the MLG tournament make. Some have made over a million a year.

And the amount of money that people win makes it a sport how?

Unless you were just needlessly pointing out that people make $$ playing video games. In which case, yes I did know that and it is pathetic.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by HOOT

So does that make masturbation a sport too?

Lets hope there are no fans yelling "SHOOT" if it is...

[thesmugger]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Tiger Woods isn't spinning the ball backwards out of the rough, let alone deep rough, from 190.

from how far then?

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by thesmugger

from how far then?

Well it is extremely hard to spin it out of deep rough from almost anywhere on the course, even for Tiger, which is why being in the fairway is a bonus.

[thesmugger]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Well it is extremely hard to spin it out of deep rough from almost anywhere on the course, even for Tiger, which is why being in the fairway is a bonus.

"Deep" rough was a stretch as was my distance. These guys can spin from the rough though that's the bottom line.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Well it is extremely hard to spin it out of deep rough from almost anywhere on the course, even for Tiger, which is why being in the fairway is a bonus.

Tiger and a lot of the heavy swingers routinely put a lot of spin out of heavy rough, because it doesn't back up 20 ft doesn't mean it didn't have lots of spin. In the tour championship Phil hit a 6 iron 205 from 4 inch rough and he hit it so high it backed up a foot. VJ does that stuff all the time as well.

If you have the power to go threw the grass without loosing the swing speed the grass won't stop it from spinning. Very few people have the power to do that and still hit the ball perfect though.

[4X4]

I think it's funny that a gossip thread has derailed into a thread about the intricacies of golf.

If my name were Alanis, I'd call this iron-ic.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by T@T

Tiger and a lot of the heavy swingers routinely put a lot of spin out of heavy rough, because it doesn't back up 20 ft doesn't mean it didn't have lots of spin. In the tour championship Phil hit a 6 iron 205 from 4 inch rough and he hit it so high it backed up a foot. VJ does that stuff all the time as well.

If you have the power to go threw the grass without loosing the swing speed the grass won't stop it from spinning. Very few people have the power to do that and still hit the ball perfect though.

I think I know a little bit about golf. I never said it was impossible, I said it was extremely hard and not even players like Tiger, Phil, Vijay know exactly what kind of spin will be on it when it comes out of deep rough. From the fairway they can pretty much predict what it is going to do, compared to the rough.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by HOOT

So does that make masturbation a sport too?

It's pretty much the only sport where the women's game makes a better spectator sport then the men's game.