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Vols4us said:
Truth. My competitive spirit abated and I just decided to enjoy and admire what the big boys can do.

Played in a Nike Knoxville Open (now Web.com) pro am when it was at Willow Creek back in the 90's. Former UT golfer Mike Sposa was our pro. I cranked out a good drive at about 260 yards with a nice draw down the middle of a par four from the white tees that the ams played. I even got a few say "wow" out of the folks following our group. I was pretty pumped. Then Sposa, who was about 5'10" and maybe 160 lbs. throws a ball out on the ground on the pro tee, takes out his 3 wood and hits it by me about 15 yards. :cray:

Sposa lasted only 5 years with the big boys, won once in about 8-9 years on the Nike/Nationwide. There were several layers of talent better than him - which I could not begin to understand until I saw them in person. As they say in the promo, "These guys are good."
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It's amazing how clean they strike the ball. I played with a guy last year in a scramble with a group of friends up at Deerfield. He is trying to get back into competitive golf. He was amazing. We had this par four over water to a layup area. I jokingly told him that if he could carry the green at about 300 with a high fade he could keep it on the green. He said put one out there safe, which I did. He hit a high fade that carried about 300 and role about 10 feet. It was like a 300 yard wedge. I just shook my head.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
It's amazing how clean they strike the ball. I played with a guy last year in a scramble with a group of friends up at Deerfield. He is trying to get back into competitive golf. He was amazing. We had this par four over water to a layup area. I jokingly told him that if he could carry the green at about 300 with a high fade he could keep it on the green. He said put one out there safe, which I did. He hit a high fade that carried about 300 and role about 10 feet. It was like a 300 yard wedge. I just shook my head.
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lol. When it's my time, I'm going to ask the Lord just why some could do that sort of thing and others of us couldn't. I am sure it will be something simple, but darned if I know what it is. Like all 5' 8", 160 lbs. of Rickie Fowler lacing a 336 yard drive down the gut on 18 at the TPC under all that pressure. smh.
 
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I can't believe the NFL would accuse the Patriots and Brady of cheating and suspend him for four games. Just because the deflated balls let him have a better grip on the ball and helped him be more accurate and let his receivers catch it better the NFL claimed it gave them an unfair advantage. They would NEVER do anything illegal. They deny it every time they are accused of cheating, is that not enough to satisfy their opponents? Why would anyone think they would lie about cheating? If people would keep their nose out of the Patriots business no one would be aware of their cheating. How can they be expected to win Super Bowls if they can't cheat? Their fans don't have a problem with it why does everyone else?
 
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OldVol49vfl said:
I can't believe the NFL would accuse the Patriots and Brady of cheating and suspend him for four games. Just because the deflated balls let him have a better grip on the ball and helped him be more accurate and let his receivers catch it better the NFL claimed it gave them an unfair advantage. They would NEVER do anything illegal. They deny it every time they are accused of cheating, is that not enough to satisfy their opponents? Why would anyone think they would lie about cheating? If people would keep their nose out of the Patriots business no one would be aware of their cheating. How can they be expected to win Super Bowls if they can't cheat? Their fans don't have a problem with it why does everyone else?
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lol.

Even bigger than the passing game to me are the stats on the fumbles compared to the league average. Nearly twice as many carries per fumble than the league average. Nah, no advantage gained by carrying a softer ball.

They will contend it only happened that one time. Right.

They had a great team. Why cheat?
 
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Vols4us said:
lol.

Even bigger than the passing game to me are the stats on the fumbles compared to the league average. Nearly twice as many carries per fumble than the league average. Nah, no advantage gained by carrying a softer ball.

They will contend it only happened that one time. Right.

They had a great team. Why cheat?
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Actually having a great team doesn't guarantee a win. But having a great team and cheating will almost always win for a team. I'd say they always do it but weather and temperature will effect how much air they let out. With the head coach that the Patriots have you can bet that there will always be some cheating going on.
 
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The first tournament I attended was the Player's Championship at East Lake in Atlanta, probably about 15 years ago. As many people suggested, I spent a good part of the morning at the driving range. There were three things that amazed me:

1. Sergio Garcia was hitting 3-woods, off the ground, that the driving range couldn't hold. Ball after ball sailed over the fence at the end of the range.

2. The "hiss" that you hear after they strike the ball and it is screaming away towards its target.

3. I'm not a huge Tiger fan, but he picked a flag about 160 out on the range and decided that's the one he's going to aim at. He used nine different combinations of trajectory (high, low, and something in between) and angle (straight, draw, fade) and hit about 30 balls towards that flag. There wasn't one ball outside of 12 feet from the flag.

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I play a lot of golf and currently carry an 8 handicap, and have been as low as 3. First time I attended a PGA tournament, I walked in with about 8 buddies, all decent players, who had all been to this tournament before me. First shot I saw hit was some random player (I can't even remember who now) hitting a mid iron from the straw out from under some pine trees from around 190. He had about a 5 foot opening to hit through and had to hook it about 30 yards, which he did and put it about 10 feet. I stopped dead in my tracks, all my buddies were laughing at me, and I was like "holy sh!t."

They were like, "just wait."

Those guys are really, really good.

Best thing about them though? Putting. It's amazing.
 
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I was at Augusta a couple years back and watched Kaymer skip one across the water at 16 for a hole-in-one. It goes without saying but if you ever get a chance to go there never pass it up. I don't care what you have to give up to go.
 
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Tennessee Golfer said:
I was at Augusta a couple years back and watched Kaymer skip one across the water at 16 for a hole-in-one. It goes without saying but if you ever get a chance to go there never pass it up. I don't care what you have to give up to go.
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I agree. Got my chance last year, and I will never ever forget it. I will also never ever stop trying to get back there!
 
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JCLawyerVol said:
I play a lot of golf and currently carry an 8 handicap, and have been as low as 3. First time I attended a PGA tournament, I walked in with about 8 buddies, all decent players, who had all been to this tournament before me. First shot I saw hit was some random player (I can't even remember who now) hitting a mid iron from the straw out from under some pine trees from around 190. He had about a 5 foot opening to hit through and had to hook it about 30 yards, which he did and put it about 10 feet. I stopped dead in my tracks, all my buddies were laughing at me, and I was like "holy sh!t."

They were like, "just wait."

Those guys are really, really good.

Best thing about them though? Putting. It's amazing.
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It's obvious, you need to spend more time lawyering and less time golfing. :)
 
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Chuckie said:
The first tournament I attended was the Player's Championship at East Lake in Atlanta, probably about 15 years ago. As many people suggested, I spent a good part of the morning at the driving range. There were three things that amazed me:

1. Sergio Garcia was hitting 3-woods, off the ground, that the driving range couldn't hold. Ball after ball sailed over the fence at the end of the range.

2. The "hiss" that you hear after they strike the ball and it is screaming away towards its target.

3. I'm not a huge Tiger fan, but he picked a flag about 160 out on the range and decided that's the one he's going to aim at. He used nine different combinations of trajectory (high, low, and something in between) and angle (straight, draw, fade) and hit about 30 balls towards that flag. There wasn't one ball outside of 12 feet from the flag.

:jawdrop:
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Good stuff. Regardless of personal opinion on Tiger, the guy could do some amazing things on a golf course. But his body is a mess now. Sergio used that 3 metal on 18 at TPC and hit it farther than Kisner hit his driver.
 
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Tennessee Golfer said:
I was at Augusta a couple years back and watched Kaymer skip one across the water at 16 for a hole-in-one. It goes without saying but if you ever get a chance to go there never pass it up. I don't care what you have to give up to go.
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Congrats on going, that had to be special. I've never heard anybody say they did not enjoy going there. Hope to have the opportunity someday.
 
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JCLawyerVol said:
I play a lot of golf and currently carry an 8 handicap, and have been as low as 3. First time I attended a PGA tournament, I walked in with about 8 buddies, all decent players, who had all been to this tournament before me. First shot I saw hit was some random player (I can't even remember who now) hitting a mid iron from the straw out from under some pine trees from around 190. He had about a 5 foot opening to hit through and had to hook it about 30 yards, which he did and put it about 10 feet. I stopped dead in my tracks, all my buddies were laughing at me, and I was like "holy sh!t."

They were like, "just wait."

Those guys are really, really good.

Best thing about them though? Putting. It's amazing.
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I was at Augusta in 1996, the year Faldo beat Norman who was leading the last day by 6 shots.

Anyway, Faldo was off the green on no. 10, above the hole, and short sided. I watched as he walked from his ball to the green, his right hand counting the imaginary bounces the ball would take before it would hit the green and roll on. I counted three imaginary bounces. He hit the shot, it bounced three times and rolled close enough for a kick in.

Yeah, if you have never seen them do it live and up close it's hard to believe how good they are.
 
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