SBS Championship, Final Round - Game Thread
by Ryan Ballengee on Jan 10, 2010 5:00 PM EST
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The season opener for the PGA Tour closes today at Kapalua with the final round of the SBS Championship. Scoring was decidedly muted in Saturday's third round as compared to the torrid pace of the opening 36 holes. Lucas Glover remains the leader of the tournament, but by just one shot. Having fired a round of 71 (-2) on Saturday, he is one clear of defending champion Geoff Ogilvy.
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Martin Laird and Ryan Moore are within striking distance as well.
Some questions for the final round:
- Can Lucas Glover go wire-to-wire and pick up his third career win?
- Will Geoff Ogilvy channel his 2009 win in this event and usurp the title from Glover?
- Can Heath Slocum break par?
- With early scoring appearing to be high, will any of the players more than three back have a chance?
Also, you can chat with Geoff Ogilvy's coach, Dale Lynch, during the final nine holes of the telecast. It starts at 7:45pm ET. The video stream will be shown below, but there is also a live chat that can be accessed here.
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usurp?
Sorry Ryan, you can’t usurp a title from the other guy unless he holds it…. Now Lucas could usurp the title from Geoff.
El Duck
I still like his chances tonight. He played great all 3 days so far and left a few out htere yesterday including a 3 footer on the 18th.
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
“high scoring” is relative – 17 mph Kona winds down on the beach – so the long, downhill holes are going to be exceptionally long and tough. If you have wondered why the fairways are so wide – this weather is why.
If they rolled the greens again today, putting is going to be trecherous.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Pins seem fairly accessible...
…on the early holes…
"...it is well to remember that to miss a putt is not a criminal offense and does not prevent a man from being an excellent husband, father, and citizen." - Bernard Darwin
Court
has it right…When the Kona winds are up, this makes for entirely different golf than they had the first 2 days…You saw it yesterday in the 3rd round, and stronger winds today…Having played in Hawaii for many years, and on many of the courses, I can attest to how fast conditions change to ruin your round…oh sob,sob…memory is cruel…STUB
Whew.
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There’s a certain free-standing ATM in a strip club in Panama City Beach, Florida, that conceals a remarkable secret. Behind this ATM there is a portal – not even the dancers know it’s there. But if you muscle the ATM to the side and enters this portal, you find yourself inside the head of John Daly, seeing the things John Daly sees, and feeling th things John Daly feels.
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I don’t want to give away all the secrets, so I’ll end this synopsis here. Just be forewarned that after spending 10 minutes in Daly’s head, you are unceremoniously dumped in a ditch beside US Hwy 98.
Oh, and if you go looking for the portal, tell Sunny I said “hey.”
"...it is well to remember that to miss a putt is not a criminal offense and does not prevent a man from being an excellent husband, father, and citizen." - Bernard Darwin
Does anyone know if there is a place to watch the tournament online?
I do not have TGC. (although shot tracker on pgatour.com is pretty darn good)
Go KUCH!! :-)
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Sabbatini? Geesh. And what happened to Glover? He’s going to kill me…
But how about Stricker??!! YAY! I need Ogilvy to win this thing… and for Kuch to eagle 18.
I see you’ve made quite the move, too, Em!
CG…it’s too cold to go out…
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I've got Ogilvy, Casey(-4), Stricker(-7) and O'Hair......could be a good day,
but as I am new to this I’ll just have see how it plays out.
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
yes – but Tilghman reports that “Nick” O’Hair needs eagle at 18 now (lmao)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
O’Hair…Nice!!! I had him as a back up – I wish I would have switched out Glover – his wheels were falling off on Sat. I need Kuchar to get to -7 (or 8!!)
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O'Hair let the nerves get to him.....he tops (I think) his second
shot into the hazard and made Double….3 freakin shots…..I don’t understand it….it was a big shot for me too and I wasn’t nervous at all……lol GO FIGURE!!!
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
O'Hair goes from a probable tie for 2nd to a tie for 4th.....that cost me some points!!
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
I think you’re going to pass me, Em…Glover put my final nail in the coffin…
I’m already thinking about next week! :-)
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If IFif iF if if if.......man.....how does O'Hair do that to me.....I
could of had the Winner, and 2nd place and some good scores……Why do I feel like I just 3 putted the last two hole to lose a tournament…lol
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
Just remember, it’s all about the month, not the week – :-)
what did O’Hair hit on his 2nd shot?
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Some kind of fairway wood.....I missed it, and I was so disgusted
I didn’t rewind it to see. That shot may have cost me 16 points…..I mean 16 FREAKIN points.
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
I’m guessing O’Hair is on probation in your roster right now. :-)
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Now they have Faldo doing it..
…he’s making an excellent point about preshot routines and these boneheads have affected his brain and he said that Nicklaus took 1/3 of a second to play his shot from the time he pulled the club out of the bag. now that’s fast.
RB – those Kona winds really screwed him up. His tee shot at 6 finished the job. 26 guys today kept the ball in the fairway – but he and Ogilvy both hit into the hazard on the right. amazing.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Court.....Com'mon man....what's more important....Faldo...... or O'Hair
stabbing me in the HEART!!! Pay attention here….stay in the moment…..Speaking of moments….did you see the end of the Arizona-Green Bay game…..WOW!
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
well – tough call…that “Nick” O’Hair, as Tilghman calls him, is a good kid…
Another Tilghman line – “Lucas Glover is still trying to win on the PGA Tour while holding the lead.” So he won the US Open without having the lead ? Who had the lowest score ?
LMAO !! “What does Ogilvy do better than Tiger ?” Well, Kelly…umm…his Aussie accent comes to mind…and he gets better service at the IHOP.
PHENOMINAL finish in Arizona. Really glad that Adams got to make that last play after being picked on all night.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
I wasn’t! We should’ve won that game after that comeback!
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jan 10, 2010 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
We??????????? You a cheesehead???? So, like, ya know, a, I mean....
where was your defense???
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
That was awful to watch. We played so well on defense all year and just gave up a ton of plays over the middle. On the plus side, we didn’t get penalized much.
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by Ryan Ballengee on Jan 10, 2010 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
663 yard par 5 18th...
Laird hits Driver – 3-iron to the middle of the green…that’s just not right (amazing)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Part of it is the balls are "round", as in they roll down hill for miles. I would have hit
driver, 4 iron and then a full wedge……lol
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
and THIS is why he makes the big bucks...
…hold onto your hats…this is insight you don’t get anywhere other than xxx Golf Channel and Mark Rolfing…“something you don’t realize is that there aren’t any Majors in the first three months of the year.”
I KNOW ! Is that amazing or what ?
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Dear...sweet...Lord.
I don’t know if y’all are watching Golf Central, but could someone send Inga Hammond’s outfit back to 1974 where it belongs. What the hell is that?
"...it is well to remember that to miss a putt is not a criminal offense and does not prevent a man from being an excellent husband, father, and citizen." - Bernard Darwin
I’ve been considering upgrading my cable package in order to get the golf channel…but reading CG’s comments, it wasn’t looking worth it…but then after reading this, and laughing out loud, maybe the entertainment value IS worth it!
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Red.....just doing a quick check.....You either finished first or second.....I may have
a top 5…..we’ll see. This is fun……of course when Guido gets finished with O’Hair….well lets not got there….lol Get TGC….you’ll need it for the fantasy stuff.
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
Congrats Red.....#1 by 2 points.....That putt Kucher made on
18 was the clincher for you. Way to go. I got T4. We both beat Jumpn/Progolf….his team tanked today……only 18 points….ouch. That’s what happens in the “mini” tour group. lol lol lol
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
YAY Matt!!
This is my weakness in Fantasy golf…I can’t help but pick the guys I like instead of picking the guys who might win! I’m not sure if I could ever put Sabbatini on my roster.
I hope this is not the kiss of death – last year I was first after week 1 – I think I was 30th after about week 5 and never improved…I am going to have to Focus this year!! :-)
Very nice finish Em…did you switch out guys at all during the tourney? This week may be different now that we have a cut – time to do some golf research for the week!
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Red....I'm sure it only gets tougher from here
on out. Actually I only made one change…..replace Zach with Stricker after day 1. It was fun….this week should be interesting.
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the shout out!
Hey Ryan, great threat. Thanks for mentioning our live broadcast with Geoff’s coach Dale Lynch in your thread. We’ve recorded it and will put together some highlights. Great win for Geoff and really looking forward to him being more consistent this season
Dare to Dream
by PureGolfJourney on Jan 11, 2010 12:26 AM EST reply actions
No G. Love(er) for our Open Champ
What an embarassment!! Heard on the first tee: GO: Hey Bubba, I’ll give you 4 shots a side for ten grand… LG: Absolutely!!!!……….Later walking off the 18th green.. LG: You’ll take a check right? How do y’all spell Ogilvy, 2 “e’s” or one? LOL, LOL, LOL. Next week the real show begins! The new John Daly (on a sponsor’s exemption) is back. LOL Well, it’s the old John Daly in some new pants LOL…
What happened to Glover on Sunday? Missing putts? Errant driver? Poor approaches? (I wasn’t able to watch) How does he go from looking so good to this?
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Can you spell....N-e-r-v-e-s???? Faldo commented that under pressure
Glover’s tempo gets a little quick and his putting was real erratic. I felt bad for him, but an all around good week for him.
Saints are killing me!!!!!!!!
funny how that happens. when the course was playing the way it was designed to play (trade winds blowing), Glover was cruising – but when the Kona winds kicked in and the greens got rolled, he went the other way. Same thing in the opposite direction for Sabbatini – he went crazy in the Kona winds.
I was really impressed with Ogilvy’s interview after the round. He thinks he figured some things out that caused him so much trouble last year with his inconsistent play. I hope this means he’s going to have a very good season and make a run up the rankings.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Yada Yada Yada
Good Lawwwwwwwwwwwwwwdy , I felt like Tiger falling from grace yesterday. I went from Fantasy Golfs Worlds #1 to 18th in one day. YIKES !!! And I didn’t even have any indiscressions. It’s all good as it’s gonna be a long season. I though Cabrera would do a lot better yesterday, he left a bunch of shorties out there on the greens. Goosen, disaster, Ryan, Moore, he’s still young yet. GLOVER,, sheeesh bad bad. A lot of fans do not like Sabatini, but I do. He is no coward and always plays aggresive golf. Sure had a nice 63 yesterday. Good tournament and I’m glad I signed up for Fantasy Golf. Now lets hope I have more luck in Vegas..jumpn/progolf
"pain is only weakness leaving the body"
Well Jumpin, Em and
all you other “wanna be’s”…hats off to you red…I TOO HAD THE WINNER…ONE GEOFF OBILVY…not saying I have Swami powers or anything, but you know……Jumpin stay off the tables Sir Charles is at, cause he always looses…CG…I think it was Kelly who made a remark of him being “bland”,,,I kind of like that wry smile he has, as tho he just thought of a secret….Well EM, new week, maybe you won’t have to send Guido out to break thumbs….STUB
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