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remember reading a GD article with Chi Chi about who he thought were the greatest ball strikers ... two of three were Jack and Lee and he specfically mentioned that although they might've preferred the fade overall, they were confident with shotmaking ... mentioned he saw Jack tee an iron shot a bit higher than normal, probably so that he could hit a high draw to a left pin on some hole ... and hit it to 20 ft, or whatever ... I imagine you could legit talk anything with Trevino for several hours ...

no, no ... I'm not reading patiently and skipped that part ... got it ... Soly from NLU was using this website (I think) in their final Open LFKH show ... showed a chart of sg over age with SS's against many others, so looking at the chart as it progresses over time against others .. having the other NLU guys guess who it was ... it was a pretty entertaining bit ... there's Tiger, but then there's SS, at least in this short 4 year run, but he's ahead of everyone else at the same time, and approaches Tiger in some periods ... just a reminder that SS is, at this moment over 4 years, the best since Tiger ... by a decent margin, really ...

How are you getting the 3.28? ... don't see it ... assuming it's a total of some kind, would think it's listed ...

thought you were referring to the fade since you used "whirly bird" ... though what I've seen, he'll hit a draw with his irons in a heartbeat if the shot calls for it ...

ha ... not sure why I put him in there ... he's a dog, for sure ... kind of guy who can win several tournaments over a career and maybe a major or two ... if he were playing professional golf ...

hit plenty of cut iron shots at the Open, if a cut shot is what you're referring to ... par four on the back nine on Saturday (thereabouts; can't remember since I'd been watching golf for 5 hours) ... Rory hits a huge blast down there, but the hole is tucked right with wind off the right ... Rory tries to hit the only shot he's comfortable hitting, esp with a short iron/wedge, the highest draw imaginable ... hits left and moves further left cause of the wind ... 35 ft for birdie ... SS cuts a longer club into the wind and though he's a bit short, it would've been about 15 ft left ... missed the putt, but it was a lot closer than Rory's ... SS hits plenty of cuts ... maybe not with the driver, but with the irons ...

the range of expressions over his game/success is infinitely interesting to me (cause if you're going to spend time thinking about something, might as well be golf) ... he's going to hit a wall, he's burned out, he's on a heater that will end suddenly, he's bored, he's got no competition, he's this, he's that ... and I think Rory will continue to battle and give SS his competition that apparently SS needs ... we've too easily overlooked Rory's career ... PGAt golf is in a great place right now ... I grew up in the nomadic landscape of the '80s and early '90s ... golfers are more fit now, with so much technology ... looking forward to the next 5 years, for sure ... no one's burned out ... nobody's going to look at their bank account and wife and ask "do we have enough?" (silly statement, at best) ... SS and Rory and Xander and the Reeds of the world are going to compete for titles ... can't wait ...

is he trying to 'figure out' how to hit fades? ... scottie's brilliance isn't 'brilliant' ... he moves the ball around more than anyone else (or at least, that I'm aware of) ... no two swings of his are the same ... uphill lie with the ball below your feet? ... he's gonna whirly bird it to get it to cut/draw whatever ... cause he's got the short game to make up for a miss ... BD isn't trying to figure out a fade, as far as I'm aware ... he's publicly stated he needs a better golf ball to go with his swing speed ... not sure where you're getting this "once he figures out a fade" from ...

like everyone in this video, but not sure what they're drinking ... and Nix got a raw deal at Auburn/from Auburn fans, and I say that as a Bama man ... dude had 3 different oc's there and finally said 'enough is enough' ... but I don't see them winning the conference at all ...

it ain't the worst take i've heard ...

lawdy, we old, baw ... we old ... 😆

?? ... you think Tiger was going to make some kind of a semi-comeback before SS's run? ... or Rory winning the Masters? ... or that people thought Tiger was going to make a comeback but has decided against it because of SS? ... i'm confused ...

I reckon it'd be pretty sweet to be a member at Sunningdale ... it's a top 20 course, world wide, but it's heathland nature illustrates why I've always thought England has a deeper bench then Scotland for ranked golf courses ...

golfwrx isn't a closed exhibition website where only the 'in' few can start threads ... it's open competition ...