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_____MEMORIAL 2015_____
TOP: SPIETH , ROSE, FOWLER, WOODS, J. THOMAS, B. TODD, BERGER
VALUE: DANNY LEE, MCNEIL, BEN MARTIN, DUFNER, STICKER,
____ROUND 2_____
Parachute Ride
for Jordan Spieth on Friday. It looked like he was about to repeat his performance at HERO by destroying the field at Memorial Friday. 6 Under on the front nine and looking like nothing could stop him. Something did. The greens at Murfiled Village. He missed 5 or 6 birdie puts inside 10 feet. including at short 6 footer following a great approach shot. In his defense, the spotty, lighting fast greens have befuddled everyone so far this week.
Jordan is a quick study though. At 21 we already speak of him like we would a Steve Stricker, and rightfully so. He is very capable of figuring out the greens and turning in two 8 under rounds to once again make the rest of the filed look like children.
a few years before I discovered Jordan Spieth on the bet sheets - I locked onto a chubby, wild haired wonder named Jason Dufner. His laconic nature wasn't for everyone. Too my delight the rest of the world caught on and the Dufnering craze began. I used to refer to those who still knocked him as Anti-Dufites.
He's Back?
After disappearing from the leader boards, and what must have been a painful divorce, his lack of emotion comes in handy. You could never tell how he felt anyway. No emotion after a 40 foot birdie put or approach shot within inches of the cup. BTW he drained a 40 footer that had more slope than a turn at Daytona Friday. He is presently in sole 2nd (-11). His only challenge in the past was the short puts. If he keeps throwing darts at the pins and makes the short ones this weekend - his ex will have to see him again or turn off the sports channels.
____ROUND 3_____
The Euro Tour Invades Memorial
The top 3 names on the leaderboard are all from Europe
Justin Rose
Jumped out to what may be an insurmountable 3 shot lead (-15) on moving day.
Jordan Spieth
was an also-ran, again, so far this week. He's back in the pack with a mediocre (-6).
Tiger Woods
shot an (85) the worst round of his PGA career on Saturday, at a course where he had never missed the cut and had won 5 times.
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"There may be a perfect swing out there - but executing it consistently will be just as difficult as finding it."
Full Article
____ROUND 4_____
Jordan Spieth
missed a dozen puts around 10 feet this weekend. He is 200th for puts from 5 feet. Those are the ones where he looks at the hole. Enough Jordan! That is like looking at the right field fence and trying to hit a baseball. Do your job McCormick, and make him stop. In his defense, the greens were tricky. OK, I'll give him 6. That leaves 6 he should have made. 6 + 13 = 19 and an easy win.
Valiant Effort
Spieth did mount a great comeback on Sunday 7 Under. But once again, it was too little too late.The competition is stiff. He'll need two low rounds to win again.
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began on the 18th hole. Rose in trouble in the rough - stuck an approach within 3 feet to force a playoff. Rose and Lingmerth then expertly traded punches
A Huge Crowd
swarmed around every hole as a sudden death playoff began between Rose and Lingmerth
Justin Rose
drained a long put and finished with a fist pump.
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King Nicklaus
held court from a folding chair just inside the gallery. Justin's mom celebrated next to him.
It wasn't over though
with thousands of silent fans watching in expectation - Lingmerth sank a slippery downhill 7 footer to force another playoff hole.
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The Final Fist Pump
belonged to David Lingmerth. He would outlast Rose through additional holes and take the victory.
_____NORDEA MASTERS 2015_____
TOP: BELLO, UIHLEIN, OLESEN
VALUE: T. PIETERS, TJART VAN DER WALT, TREVOR FISHER JR, HOEY
____ROUND 2_____
____ROUND 3_____
Follow Your Gut
There is something to be said for intuition. I'm not making this up - I swear. Alex Noren's name popped into my head 4 or 5 times in the last two weeks, out of the blue for no reason. I'm not a believer in ESP, but I do believe in subconscious deductive reasoning and dumb luck. When a name pops into my head - I usually put $5 on them. I was in a rush when I made my bets and left Noren off my list.
Our brains collects a lot of data, most of which - it doesn't tell us about. Let's hope my internal Psychic Friends Network was wrong. When you don't follow your gut - that number in your head usually hits on the roulette wheel. Not a good feeling.
____ROUND 4_____
OUCH! (see above)
Good News Though. I was thinking he was a longshot and I missed a big pay off.
I just checked and he was at 20-1. $5 would have only made me $100. Whew!
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