Woody back on form

PaulHardwick

So we had the usual doubters. Woody will not be the same. I bet a mate €50 that he will win the masters. Yesterday he offered to pay €25 and cancel the bet.

You know what, I said, Woody will do the business, game on.

The man is an animal, a far cry from the usual whiny tour pros.

Mister Sifter

PaulHardwick

Come on Woody. (expect to see a lot more of this)

And the great Irish hope for this year. Lets have them, GMAC.

thegen

Much as I like and admire Woods I cant help feeling that there is a lot of Woods supporters ala, Schumacher when in F1 and Man U in football.

You know the one in the pub who know all about football but have only ever played it on a playstation:rolleyes:

I do like to see competition and hopefully it wont be a cakewalk for Tiger. Another Irish major winner would be nice.

PaulHardwick

thegen wrote: »

Much as I like and admire Woods I cant help feeling that there is a lot of Woods supporters ala, Schumacher when in F1 and Man U in football .

Without doubt. A lot of people are bandwagon jumpers, however, the man has got some bottle.

thegen wrote: »

I do like to see competition and hopefully it wont be a cakewalk for Tiger. Another Irish major winner would be nice.

Well forget about DC, McGinty and the other chaps. The only real hopes are Paudie and GMAC. GMAC likes the masters, has got the touch around the greens and the cracking iron game to do well.

Paudie has shown a bit of form in the last two weeks, about time. He seems to be getting too technical for my liking, but them I have not won 3 majors.

Mister Sifter

Christ, what's with the nicknames?!

McDowell has been pretty poor so far this year. He seems to be taking a while to get back on track after that long break through the winter. I'd say he's a good shout for a decent finish at the Open though.

I'd say Harrington will be top 5, at worst top 10, at the Masters. Not sure if he's playing well enough to win, but then that was the case last July!

It's a big ask for McIlroy to win on his first outing their and his first Major outing as a pro. That said, i still think he's likely to threaten the top of the leaderboard for at least a very small part of the week.

thegen

PH agreed,

I read a stat somewhere that if Harryo had laid up on the par 5's he went into the water on he would have won the masters Johnston won. Not 100% of that stat though.

So it is one from Harryo, GMAC and Rory then for the Masters

PaulHardwick

Graeme1982 wrote: »

Christ, what's with the nicknames?!

I feel like I know these chaps, infact they are my role models.

Yeah, I overlooked Rors. Rory will do well to finish top 20. I get the feeling that he is rushing things a bit. Hope he does not do a Poluter/Casey/Rose/Jimenez and so on by hitting the US full time and flopping. The US requires a totally different game, and a big lifestyle change.

He should cement his game in Europe (or is it Asia) taking in the US majors and WGC's.

Icepickle

From the OP it sound like it's a straight up bet with no odds involved. i.e you take 50 if he wins & hand over 50 if he loses.
If that's the case I'll give you as much money as you want to put on Tiger on an even money bet against the whole field.

Take the 25 on offer & toddle off to the bookies with it. You will still get him at 2/1. He wins you have 75, he loses you are not out of pocket on your original position.

Personally I reckon that 2/1 is shocking bad value pre-tournament & I'd be waiting until after the 1st round to see the state of play but each to their own.

kagni

Have you got the gheys for "Woody", whoever he is?
Also can you let us know who the f*ck Paudie and McGinty are.:rolleyes:

PaulHardwick

Icepickle wrote: »

From the OP it sound like it's a straight up bet with no odds involved. i.e you take 50 if he wins & hand over 50 if he loses.
If that's the case I'll give you as much money as you want to put on Tiger on an even money bet against the whole field.

Take the 25 on offer & toddle off to the bookies with it. You will still get him at 2/1. He wins you have 75, he loses you are not out of pocket on your original position.

Personally I reckon that 2/1 is shocking bad value pre-tournament & I'd be waiting until after the 1st round to see the state of play but each to their own.

Yes, it's a straight bet.

It is a matter of honour, not a money making exercise. I know the bookies would offer better odds.

If you backed Woods for every major he has started over the last 5 years, you would have cleaned up.

PaulHardwick

kagni wrote: »

Have you got the gheys for "Woody", whoever he is?
Also can you let us know who the f*ck Paudie and McGinty are.:rolleyes:

A thumbs up from Paudie



Give us a wave McGinty

thegen

Well lads,

My only two nicknames are for Harrington and McGinley. Harryo and McGinner as they were both called that in school. Actually all the Harrington family were Harryo's, so sorry if I have offended anyone with nicknames.

As far as I know McDowell named himself GMAC at the Ryder Cup, might stand corrected on this one though.

whatawaster

I think Harrington will finish in the top 3.

I still think mcIlroy is too error prone to win at Augusta. He'll hit as many birdies as anyone, but i think with those greens and the trouble around them i think he could run up a couple of double bogies which would ruin his chances.

So Woods to win. Harrington to challenge. McIlroy top 10

Mister Sifter

Interesting to read that McIlroy hit a 2 over par 74 in a practice round at Augusta on Monday.

whatawaster

Graeme1982 wrote: »

Interesting to read that McIlroy hit a 2 over par 74 in a practice round at Augusta on Monday.

It's hard to know what to read into it though.
On the one hand, no tournament pressure you'd expect someone of his class to shoot a few under.
On the other hand, it's his first time playing the course and we don't know what the conditions are like.

Mister Sifter

whatawaster wrote: »

It's hard to know what to read into it though.
On the one hand, no tournament pressure you'd expect someone of his class to shoot a few under.
On the other hand, it's his first time playing the course and we don't know what the conditions are like.

Ah yeh, absolutely. I'm not reading anything at all into it. I just thought it was interesting when i read it and was something i thought i'd throw out there.

If McIlroy can make the cut it would be a wonderful achievement.

Sandwich

PaulHardwick wrote: »

Hope he does not do a Poluter/Casey/Rose/Jimenez and so on by hitting the US full time and flopping.

Poluter? Bit unpleasant. Do you mean Poults?

OilBeefHooked2

thegen wrote: »

PH agreed,

I read a stat somewhere that if Harryo had laid up on the par 5's he went into the water on he would have won the masters Johnston won. Not 100% of that stat though.

So it is one from Harryo, GMAC and Rory then for the Masters

iirc he was 5 over on the 15th alone for all 4 rounds and finished 4 behind Johnson.

PaulHardwick

Sandwich wrote: »

Poluter? Bit unpleasant. Do you mean Poults?

I only use nick names for people I like, I don't like Ian Poulter.


As for Rors, I can't see him winning at Augusta. I am expecting a shootout between Lefty and Woody. The Big Easy looks to be well past it now, has never seemed to get over that knee operation.

Don't discount the Fijian, although he can't buy a putt, the big lad is one of the purest strikers on tour, and afterall he did bag the title back in 2000.

whatawaster

Rory is in a different league to Rose/Poulter/Casey/Jimenez. I can't see him flopping anywhere, unless he loses the head completely.

PaulHardwick

whatawaster wrote: »

Rory is in a different league to Rose/Poulter/Casey/Jimenez. I can't see him flopping anywhere, unless he loses the head completely.

I believe Casey has nine tour wins so he is no weekend hacker. JR won the order of merit in 2007, having played only one or two solely european events. Mind you Woody would have won the european order of merit for the last ten years based only on major and WGC perfoemances. Says a lot about the class divide.

And don't forget Monto, he never had a win on US soil, despite cleaning up over here. Mind you, when you charlie chaplin a seven iron on the 18th hole of the US open to let an unknown Australian in, what can you do?

thegen

PaulHardwick wrote: »

I believe Casey has nine tour wins so he is no weekend hacker. JR won the order of merit in 2007, having played only one or two solely european events. Mind you Woody would have won the european order of merit for the last ten years based only on major and WGC perfoemances. Says a lot about the class divide.

And don't forget Monto, he never had a win on US soil, despite cleaning up over here. Mind you, when you charlie chaplin a seven iron on the 18th hole of the US open to let an unknown Australian in, what can you do?

I have to agree with the other posters on the nicknames. Monty is his nickname not Monto, that was an area in Dublin. And WTF is a Charlie Chaplin? And if my memory is correct he blocked a 9 iron not a 7.

PaulHardwick

thegen wrote: »

I have to agree with the other posters on the nicknames. Monty is his nickname not Monto, that was an area in Dublin. And WTF is a Charlie Chaplin? And if my memory is correct he blocked a 9 iron not a 7.

Charlie Chaplin, a joke of a shot.

A nine iron. fair enough. What tour pro cannot solid a nine iron when need be?

Mister Sifter

PaulHardwick wrote: »

A nine iron. fair enough. What tour pro cannot solid a nine iron when need be?

What golfer, tour pro or any other type for that matter, is not capable of hitting a poor nine iron on occassion.

thegen

Graeme1982 wrote: »

What golfer, tour pro or any other type for that matter, is not capable of hitting a poor nine iron on occassion.

+1 graeme. I think the OP is looking for a reaction. I feel ignoring might work;)

Mister Sifter

thegen wrote: »

+1 graeme. I think the OP is looking for a reaction. I feel ignoring might work;)

Yeah i think you could be right about hardo. Or should it be Wicko... or hardo[n]??

markie4

PaulHardwick wrote: »

I believe Casey has nine tour wins so he is no weekend hacker. JR won the order of merit in 2007, having played only one or two solely european events. Mind you Woody would have won the european order of merit for the last ten years based only on major and WGC perfoemances. Says a lot about the class divide.

And don't forget Monto, he never had a win on US soil, despite cleaning up over here. Mind you, when you charlie chaplin a seven iron on the 18th hole of the US open to let an unknown Australian in, what can you do?

Just because you don't have a ridiculous nickname for Geoff Ogilvy doesn't make him unknown. Guess who's second behind "Woody" for WGC titles?
...but you're right it was a 7 iron that Monty missed with from the middle of the fairway.

PhilipMarlowe

If Nininini Nineteen (Paul Hardcastle) wants a reaction, here's one...
Quit the stupid nicknames... an odd one is fine but your use of them is not unlike txt speak in it's annoyance factor.

Sandwich

Ah for the golden age of golf when there was no such nickname nonesense. Back in the day of The Hawk, Slammin Sammy, and the Golden Bear that is.

PaulHardwick

Sandwich wrote: »

Ah for the golden age of golf when there was no such nickname nonesense. Back in the day of The Hawk, Slammin Sammy, and the Golden Bear that is.

And not forgetting "The King" , "The Black Knight" or "The Squire"

Loosen up you lot. What is it about golfers, very uptight crowd.

I was having a chop last week around one of Christy's tracks, Roganstown. It took 2 and a half hours to play nine holes. We were behind a four ball of absolute jokers. Three practice swings each, lining up putts from all angles, all the fancy gear. And they could not hit the back door. The pros have a lot to answer for.

On my own I cover 18 in around 2 and a half hours.

PaulHardwick

Graeme1982 wrote: »

Yeah i think you could be right about hardo. Or should it be Wicko... or hardo[n]??

Young Hardwick is known as "Pecker". No play on the surname.