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Which course made Tiger turn pro?
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09:17 AM ET 07.17 | Tiger Woods knows Royal Lytham & St. Annes well. It's the course that essentially told him that he was good enough to leave college after two years and turn professional in 1996. Woods spoke with the media Tuesday at the Open Championship and reminisced about playing here in 1996 and winning the silver medal that goes to the week's low scoring amateur. "I remember I got hot in that second round," Woods said. "I think I made seven birdies on an 11-hole stretch or 12-hole stretch there. I think I posted 66 that day. I thought that was a pretty great accomplishment." Eventually, he tied for 22nd place that week, which was better than the 25th-place tie he recorded at Lytham in 2001 as a professional, the year that David Duval captured the claret jug.
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Another new golf thread...wowzers!
Golden Bay
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In order of the score (the course will play to a par of 70):
Canuck, eh? picks Hunter Mahan, score 269
MF GO picks Ian Poulter, score 270
Go Habs picks Eldrick Woods score 271
Slapshot picks Rory Mac, score 272
Bishop picks Paddy H., score 273
Harry Crack picks Luke Donald, score 274
Jakester picks Graeme McDowell score 275
Stranger picks Matt Kuchar, score 276
whale 2 picks Martin Kaymer score 277
Rex Racer picks Lee Westwood score 279
Mozart2010 picks Bubba Watson score 281
Harry Crack
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I didn't know Woods never completed college. Clearly he turned pro too early. Had he gotten the extra maturity that those extra 2 years would have gained him, he would have had a much more successful career.
Jakester
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What happened to "defending champ" Rex?
Hahahahahahaha........................
Rex Racer
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Wow! A second golf story this month. We should feel so lucky!
Woods turned pro right after winning his third US Amateur, Jakester. He had a bunch of endorsements all lined up and ready to start paying him millions. Who cares about maturity when you can wipe your butt with 20s.
As for the role Lytham played in his decision, dang, I used to have fond memories of that course....
Stranger
Pearl City, HI
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Will it ever stop? Another story before you can even read the last one. And Rex, I realize you're the defending champ.
Slapshot
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In order of the score (the course will play to a par of 70):
Canuck, eh? picks Hunter Mahan, score 269
MF GO picks Ian Poulter, score 270
Go Habs picks Eldrick Woods score 271
Slapshot picks Rory Mac, score 272
Bishop picks Paddy H., score 273
Harry Crack picks Luke Donald, score 274
Jakester picks Graeme McDowell score 275
Stranger picks Matt Kuchar, score 276
whale 2 picks Martin Kaymer score 277
Rex Defending Champ Racer picks Lee Westwood score 279
Mozart2010 picks Bubba Watson score 281
Harry Crack
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The threads title is inaccurate to begin with.....Tigers Dad made Tiger turn pro
Harry Crack
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Hey Harry - too late for me to pick Steve Stricker 278?
LoveItHateIt
Portland, OR
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Hey Harry - too late for me to pick Steve Stricker 278?
LoveItHateIt
Portland, OR
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*shakes paw at spinny*
LoveItHateIt
Portland, OR
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I know, I was joking. Although not very well apparently. He was going to be uber rich as soon as he turned pro so why wait? I'd have done the same thing.
Jakester
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No, my bad for missing the sarcasm in your comment.
LoveItHateIt, you shouldn't have any problem with that pick.
HC, let's put a midnight EDT Wednesday deadline on this, shall we? The Open will start less than two hours after that.
Stranger
Pearl City, HI
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New thread, but the same old tired subject.
THE BISHOP!
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I'm just grinding some nuggets Slappy cuz my goal in life is to be an irreverent smart assss til the day I die.
Rex Racer
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Hehehehehe
You da man Harry!
Rex Racer
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While 9 of the last 15 stories revolved around Eldrick, only one of the 15 prior one that did. We also had stories more often back then too, which probably compounds the perception today.
Stranger
Pearl City, HI
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Updated, by the score (the course will play to a par of 70):
Canuck, eh? picks Hunter Mahan, score 269
MF GO picks Ian Poulter, score 270
Go Habs picks Eldrick Woods score 271
Slapshot picks Rory Mac, score 272
Bishop picks Paddy H., score 273
Harry Crack picks Luke Donald, score 274
Jakester picks Graeme McDowell score 275
Stranger picks Matt Kuchar, score 276
whale 2 picks Martin Kaymer score 277
LoveItHateIt pick Steve Stricker score 278
Rex Defending Champ Racer picks Lee Westwood score 279
Mozart2010 picks Bubba Watson score 281
Stranger
Pearl City, HI
Total Comments (6803)
Updated, by the score (minus the typo):
Canuck, eh? picks Hunter Mahan, score 269
MF GO picks Ian Poulter, score 270
Go Habs picks Eldrick Woods score 271
Slapshot picks Rory Mac, score 272
Bishop picks Paddy H., score 273
Harry Crack picks Luke Donald, score 274
Jakester picks Graeme McDowell score 275
Stranger picks Matt Kuchar, score 276
whale 2 picks Martin Kaymer score 277
LoveItHateIt picks Steve Stricker score 278
Rex Defending Champ Racer picks Lee Westwood score 279
Mozart2010 picks Bubba Watson score 281
Stranger
Pearl City, HI
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