Game Thread: WGC Accenture Match Play, Round 1
by Ryan Ballengee on Feb 17, 2010 12:24 PM EST
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PrintThere's no real easy way to keep you apprised of 32 matches today, so let's just open a thread to talk about anything you notice.
Here's the bracket on PGATour.com with live updates.
LIVE UPDATES
12:21p: Henrik Stenson conceded to Ben Crane before the match began because of injury
12:21p: Adam Scott is 3up on Angel Cabrera through 8, just as I predicted; but Camilo Villegas is 3up on Dustin Johnson, as I didn't see
12:22p: Rory McIlroy is getting killed, 4dn to Kevin Na right now
12:22p: Robery Allenby is cruising so far.
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How about Mike Wier’s start ? He’s 4 up through 5 holes over Quiros, and is 5-under through 5 on the score card.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
PGATour.com
The Sirius/XM/PGATour.com broadcast is up and running on PGATour.com. The link is kind of small, but it’s around the bottom of the main story box if you want to listen to the action.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Just hoping you never listen to
NASCAR on your radio, Court. Say it ain’t so.
Donald/Allenby
Both players are on track to win, setting up what would be a really sick second-round match.
Eli Miller
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Ok – here’s an homage to TX…
“Allenby puts the Mmm-bop on Hansen”
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Weir is HOT !
Can you believe the round this guy is having ? Now he has birdied 8 of the first 9 holes…and he bogied the 6th ! What a day.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Finally a par
Weir just carded his first par of the day. One par, one bogey, and 9 birdies through 11 holes.
I wish Quiros could hang in there and play all 18 holes to see if Weir could post a sub-60 round.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Didn't see that coming...
…Dustin Johnson falling to Villegas in the first round ? And Adam Scott beat Cabrera ? Brian Gay beating Kenny Perry ? Ok – that’s not too bad – Gay can really get hot any given day.
McIllroy has some work to do – he’s down 2 through 14…but he was down 4 earlier
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Unless I missed it, GC announcers
gave little kudos to Weir’s play, so far anyway.
not surprising – the match was close to over when xxx GC was coming on the air – I’m enjoying the radio broadcast today.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
But if they had all those birds on camera,
they should show them.
Tiger Woods press conference tomorrow at 11
The XM guys are talking about word of a Tiger Woods press conference scheduled for 11:00 tomorrow morning. Not a lot of details yet.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Is it just me...
…or would this event be far more enjoyable if they brought back the stymie.
UAHuntsville.
I just love reading accounts of old matches...
…before the stymie was deemed somehow unfair.
I think these guys are babies nowadays – afraid of confrontation. (lol)
UAHuntsville.
Just got home from church...
…so I’ve missed most of the action, but the McIlroy comeback sounds like something else, indeed.
UAHuntsville.
It's this place downtown...
…that gives away free bread and wine! But today you had to pay for it by getting ashes smeared on your forehead. A fair trade, I reckon. :)
UAHuntsville.
Ah, yes. I recall now.
Just hoping there’s no day of reckoning.
Down goes Paddy
I figured Paddy would handle Jeev Milka Singh…wrong again. Singh wins 3 and 1
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
JMS is one of those players...
…i wish we say a little more of here in the states. I like his game.
UAHuntsville.
Costner for Kohler ??
I’ve never seen this commercial before. Has Costner gotten so bad that he can’t even read a script and make it sound like he’s not in a coma ? I know he can’t act, but I thought he was a better reader than that.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
An interesting Kohler fact:
Would you believe that Kohler remains a privately-held company? It’s rather rare to see a company with annual sales in excess of $5B stay private.
As for Costner: as long as he didn’t read the ad in any of his fake accents – British, Louisiana, Boston – the commercial might have at least been tolerable. Still, it’s a long damn way from Bull Durham, ain’t it?
UAHuntsville.
I did know that about Kohler – what an amazing business story. I still like the story about the art colony his wife told him he was going to build in Wisconsin. :-)
The commercial is just awful boring. Costner just can’t act.- he screwed up all kinds of good lines in “Bull Durham” – he has to have a LOT of good talent around him to carry his movies.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Who says golfers aren't athletes !?
Ben Crane and Michael Collins are heading to the In-and-Out burger place later on – Crane’s order – 2 double cheeseburgers with a single burger with no cheese as a “chaser”
Now that’s a strong training table ! :-D
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
And they're gonna wash it down with
another burger, extra ketchup.
Is Sergio on work release ?
What’s with the prison stripes on the pants ? :-)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Ah, Clark's yellow ball.
When I see it on the screen, I feel strangely comforted…peaceful, even. It makes me want to cuddle with kittens and bunnies.
UAHuntsville.
…or Wendy…or D…or redtees…or golfgirl……or Paula Creamer….or Natalie Gulbis…or….. :-)
I’m going to have to watch the gag reflex on this – but…Tilghman did point out something different about the press release on the yellow balls – that they were “designed” to put you in a more relaxed mental state. No idea about that, but it was the pearlescent yellow, not the old lemon yellow Top Flite color.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
The XM guys just interviewed Clark – he calls it a green ball….apparentely the press release says it’s a “yellow ball with a green tinge”…lots of help for us nearly colorblind types.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
the point is not about being able to see the ball – it’s that this color helps to relax the mind. couldn’t you see how relaxed he was ? :-)
I agree with you that the yellow ball can be easier to follow, but the way I hit the ball, that isn’t always a good thing. :-)
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Cink's drive at 18
Par 4 – 480 yards – has half a wedge left to the flag. Unbelievable.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
That was a hell of a tee shot...
…and a hell of a comeback. Huntsville representin’, y’all!
UAHuntsville.
Cink no doubt went to
church this morning, the early mass.
By way of clarification:
Cink grew up in Florence, Alabama, but was born here in Huntsville, and I’m happy to claim him.
UAHuntsville.
He still hosts one of THE best charity tournaments there in Florence.
"this ball will fit in that fairway"
Yep.
And while I’ve never met him, he’s always seemed to me to be one of the good guys.
UAHuntsville.
How about Jeev Milkha Singh's reaching
that monster par 5 in two! Total yardage, as I recall, is 630 yards. Faldo did say the hole is downhill, but still!
Too late. I'm going to continue to
misinterpret you.
That's true. I've heard Tilghman's gonna
improve overnight.
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