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guest [Visitor] in response to: Padraig Harrington defeats Tiger Woods: symbolizes changing of the guard in golf

guest [Visitor] — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:50:34 +0000

Apart from Winged foot, when did Padraig
contend. There are a gazillion near men,

Els (Open 2004, Masters 2004, US 2004),
Phil (same as Ernie plus Winged Foot) and Vijay should have won 6 majors, each, Furyk 5,
Tiger should have won 14 (PGA 02, PGA05,
US open 05)
by now. How does 1 European having the
odd win against Tiger equate to a threat
for America. Based on track record and talent, Next few years, Tiger will leikely
be the dominant force in majors, with a
revolving door of global challengers
including Australian (Scott, Ogilvy), Europeans and yes Americans (Ryan Moore, Sean O Hair). Using the same logic,
Yang's win is equivalent to Asian threat
to America. Golf has evolved and the good
old days of European domination are gone.
They are golf also rans. The Australians, if
if anything have much more potential.

Eurotrash [Visitor] in response to: Padraig Harrington defeats Tiger Woods: symbolizes changing of the guard in golf

Eurotrash [Visitor] — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:35:17 +0000

Norman are you suggesting that Tiger should be worried about Padraig? Americans in general should be concerned about the level of their play and the state of the youth movement, but worried about worldwide domination by Padraig--I don't think so.

"Padraig would have probably already won a major were it not for unfortunate circumstances"

...And pigs would probably fly if only they had wings. The classic woulda, coulda, shoulda argument used by fans of athletes who just can't get over the hump, so to speak. Norman you would make a great fan of Michelle Wie with that reasoning.

Norman [Visitor] in response to: Padraig Harrington defeats Tiger Woods: symbolizes changing of the guard in golf

Norman [Visitor] — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:03:45 +0000

On the main blog, Brandon has more of a point than many of the bloggers know. Basically those people commenting probably don't know that much about Padraig Harrington.

The fact of the matter is that Padraig was 3 shots behind Woods with 6 holes to play.
How many players would not give up at that stage? Harrington is one of those elite players who would not.
Harrington shot -4 on the back 9 to catch Tiger. The fact is that Padraig is not afraid of Tiger, unlike many of the American players.

Also, when Padraig hit it in the rough, what most people commenting arn't realising is that he is one of the very best scramblers in golf.

Also, when he played between the tree trunks, he was not lucky. He did not advance it that far. However in his next shot after that, he hit it out of the rough and nailed it 2 feet from the hole.
Padraig is a big time player and he is coming more and more into his groove.

Padraig would have probably already won a major were it not for unfortunate circumstances. He had been up to number 6 in the rankings, but when he had a bereavement he slipped right down to past number 30 and lost his game for a while.

He has very much, found his game and is playing better than ever, and the bad news for the Americans is that he isn't scared of anyone.

Harrington will probably be the next European to win a major, but once that is done, there is likely to be a number to follow his lead, including Stenson, Donald, Howell and more players.

Norman [Visitor] in response to: Padraig Harrington defeats Tiger Woods: symbolizes changing of the guard in golf

Norman [Visitor] — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:57:23 +0000

What Shanks said about Sergio is correct.
Sergio is a very good golfer, but it is doubtful that he will correct his issues.
He has played so badly when in contention on so many occasions that it would be very difficult for him to change the cycle although there may be blips every so often.

Norman [Visitor] in response to: Padraig Harrington defeats Tiger Woods: symbolizes changing of the guard in golf

Norman [Visitor] — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:56:12 +0000

It is difficult to describe how stupid it sounds when anyone tries to claim the Nationwide Tour as the 2nd best tour.

The pga tour is the best tour.
However the Nationwide Tour is of a lower quality than the Japanese Tour, not to mind the European Tour.

Anyone who makes such stupid claims about the Nationwide Tour is just letting it be known that they know absolutely nothing about golf.

Shanks [Member] in response to: Padraig Harrington defeats Tiger Woods: symbolizes changing of the guard in golf

Shanks [Member] — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:45:29 +0000

Sergio will never be any better than he is right now. The Ryder Cup team matches seem to provide him with a security blanket that eases his putting woes. But when he gets to singles, it's the same old story as in Major tournaments: the intense pressure gets to him.

guest [Visitor] in response to: Padraig Harrington defeats Tiger Woods: symbolizes changing of the guard in golf

guest [Visitor] — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:15:55 +0000

As far as I remember Tiger would have won i thi this year's European order of merit with only a third of events of other europeans played. What do you say to that. The arguments of a
change of order are flawed. Moving from 0 wins
out of every 14 events to 1 win out of
every 15 hardly qualifies as change of
order. Bjorn, Westwood and Clarke have
beaten Woods in the past and it meant
nothing in the bigger scheme of things.
As for Garcia start talking when he
delivers the bacon. Same noises were
made from 99 and it was hot air.

Shanks [Member] in response to: Padraig Harrington defeats Tiger Woods: symbolizes changing of the guard in golf

Shanks [Member] — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:44:38 +0000

Tiger blowing a lead doesn't symbolize anything, other than the fact he's not God. Recent Ryder Cup results mean exactly this: the Euros are deeper at the top than are the Americans. And it's not the first time that has happened. You may have heard of a few guys named Ballesteros, Lyle, Faldo, Woosnam, Langer & Olazabal.