Mickelslam

Anyone care to bet on this happening.

With this two driver revelation he has had, his general form and the fact he has become the player he always threatened to be, I think it would be a silly man who bet against him at the US Open, The Open may be his weak spot since he has never done all that well at it, but he will be inspired to complete at least a career slam and why not do it all this season.

I also think the days of Tiger being a constant fixture at the top of the world ranking are at an end, unlike Vijay (putting), Phil doesnt have a weakness.

It would appear Mickelson has come to terms with his talent and the fact that golf isnt everything. This more relaxed attitude could result in his eclipsing Woods certainly for the next season or so.

Was anyone else worried by the fact that Woods blamed his putting alone on Sunday night. He said he struck the ball perfectly all day but I saw him hit a few shots that ended up in places he surely wouldnt have chosen to be. He seems to be driven to make everything look spectacular and he is swinging way too hard at almost everything.

Should be a fun Major season though....

D.

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He is playing great but I do not see him winning both Opens.

Though this 2 driver system if it continues to allow him to hit more fairways may help, because that is his one down fall in the past is that he only hits about 60% of the fairways and that is not ideal in either open. Augusta and the PGA you can get away with it more then the Opens. Plus I think that both Opens course set up and larger fields allows for more players to have a chance which make them the harder event to win.

As far as Tiger he clearly did not look on his game. But when you only lose by 4 strokes at Augusta you can usually go back and find 5 strokes over the last 36 holes that were blown on those tricky greens. I know you can do that for Chad Cambell, Couples, Vijay and Clark. I am not sure about Retief. As much length of the course was talked about it really always comes down to a players ability to make the 4-8 foot puts to save par or to pick up a stroke on the field.

Bob

in my opinion vijay isnt #2, phil has got that honor in my world

I agree with Mizunoman, Tiger has too much violence in his swing and this, in my opinion is the cause of his wayward shots. Mickelson, on his own admission used the "draw"driver on holes that called for a fade, odd, dont you think? I dont think Tiger will enjoy the supremecy he enjoyed in the past, the young players have no fear of anyone.

Yeah but none of the "young" players have really stepped up and challenged Tiger. (Can't see calling Phil, Retief, Vijay being called Young) Not sure if it is too much money and too good a life style or what but the so called young phenoms have been less then impressive in the majors and even on tour.

Will see if they have no fear of Tiger or Phil when they have a one shot lead in a major, too me since Tiger turned 30 none of the 20 somethings looked even a remote possibility to even challenge in the a major let alone be there in every major the way the big 5 usually are.

Bob

They can all hit every shot in the book... the difference is that Tiger has an awsome mental game.. how many times have we seen him come back from being a quite a few shots behind. I think one of his stats was that he hadnt missed a putt from a metre in almost two yrs. I can putt 9/10 on the practice green... put me on the course and youll see me three put once or twice, obviously im no where near there level but the mental game is such a big factor. Tiger knows how to win, simple as that. (wish it was that simple for me...lol )

Tiger-10 major championships

I think proclaiming Phil as “The Man” and Tiger as over or even #2, is somewhat naive and premature. And I’m not sold on Phil’s success being due to the dual driver approach. He’s currently hitting some darn good iron shots and putting extremely well. However let’s see how long he can keep this momentum.

As for Tiger, consider this. I don’t remember the last time I saw him drive the ball well for four rounds, yet his short game and mental approach are so solid, he’s in every major and winning many of them. He’s simply not a good driver of the ball other than his length. But he working on fixing it and if he does, Katie bar the door cuz he’ll blow the record books and Phil away.

King Rat

tiger drove well all during the masters, he just couldnt putt worth a flip, he has to find the balance

Tiger is still number 1, no question bout that, but I think Phil will establish himself as the most likely contender now. Tigers mental gifts are his biggest advantage, for sure, but I would say that Faldo and Langer still have the match of him there but as Faldo himself said 'I just dont have the guns anymore'. Tigers ability to save scores by holing half a dozen 10 footers is waning. A telling stat is that he has NEVER come from behind to win a Major and he has never finished second.

Tiger used to be one of the best drivers on tour but no more, I worry that he still suffers from a rather juvenile need to prove his power every time he steps up to a ball. No matter what anyone says his swing looks pretty nasty now compared to when he first joined the tour there looks to be a lot of moving parts for a swing that moves so quickly. Can you picture Tigers short game and mental game in Couples swing? hmmmmmm

D

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