Dude – third person ?? (lol)

You cheated. I pulled up two separate stop watches online. With both watches, you were just over 13 seconds on your 10 second countdown.

Ten seconds can be an eternity – if you’re sitting around waiting on something. But in motion, 10 seconds can seem like a flash. Try watching the Olympic 100 meter dash – it’s over before you know it. Golfers may not move fast, but they are in motion.

Something else to consider – Tiger was in trouble more often than Harrington on Sunday. Heis a glacier when sizing up his shots to get out of trouble.

I still agree with you that technically, they should have been put on the clock – and it IS interesting that the Tour (even though it was a Euro Tour official) wasn’t afraid to put #1 on the clock in a big situation (he had just lost the lead) – but considering the situation, it might have been better left alone.

And now for something completely different – what is that picture on the wall ?

I guess my count of 10 Mississippis didn’t pan out to 10 real seconds :)

The blame definitely lies on both of them, not just Paddy for the glacial pace.

The pic, interestingly enough, is a cityscape of Dublin!

I have a hard time getting mad at a group – especially in that situation – for being a shot or a shot and a half out of place. Generally, on the first tee, usually a par 4, the group ahead is on the green when the next group is announced to hit their tee shots. If someone in the group ahead sprays one shot, it can throw off the rest of the day.

Sergio’s season of regripping was ridiculous. Ben Crane was slow enough to cause Sabattini to lose his mind and play ahead. (I applauded him that day)

I don’t know where the 18 minute figure comes from. Even with the 16th hole adventure with Paddy walking back 90 yards around the lake to play his 6th shot – and the ruling at 18, they finished in time for handshakes and the CBS crew to make a few ridiculous comments. If they were behind 18 minutes after 15, how far were they supposed to be after 16 ? CBS focused almost exclusively on Woods and Harrington with a random shot or two just for fun – but we never got a view of where the next to last group was in front of the last group.

There actually is a tour approved time – it’s called Time Par. And it’s printed on the back of the scoresheet. So players know how far they need to be at what time. (Found that one out today.)