Geezers Rule

[Frankenkubota]

Man oh man, is this one off topic!

Golf has 4 major events a year, they are called majors. In that world, it's a big deal.

Yesterday, Phil Michelson, at the ripe old age of 50, won a major event, called The PGA.

Oldest ever to win a Major! He whooped the flat bellies!

It truly was historic. Phil the thril!

 

[Hay Dude]

Isn’t he great?
Every time I tune in, its like he’s under a hot dog cart trying to chip a shot, stuck in a sand trap, next to a tree....
Then he makes these miraculous shots!

 

[Frankenkubota]

Isn’t he great?
Every time I tune in, its like he’s under a hot dog cart trying to chip a shot, stuck in a sand trap, next to a tree....
Then he makes these miraculous shots!

I love him but he makes it hard to watch. With Phil you know, it's gonna be exciting!

 

[Citydude]

It was one of the best tournaments I have ever watched. Phil dominated the nastiest, windblown, unforgiving course I've ever seen.

Impressive is an understatement.

 

[Hay Dude]

Plus, he’s just a great guy. Very likable, non-controversial....like me

 

[workinonit]

It's hard to appreciate just how difficult that course is on TV. I played it from one of the sets of up tees and to see where they tee off from is just mind boggling. Phil hit some of the best shots I have ever seen hit in a final round on probably the hardest course in the US. The most impressive to me was the drive on 16. I think that drive and the one on 15 were the nails in the coffin for the other pursuers.

 

[Frankenkubota]

It's hard to appreciate just how difficult that course is on TV. I played it from one of the sets of up tees and to see where they tee off from is just mind boggling. Phil hit some of the best shots I have ever seen hit in a final round on probably the hardest course in the US. The most impressive to me was the drive on 16. I think that drive and the one on 15 were the nails in the coffin for the other pursuers.

yup! i've played it a few times, once directly after the Ryder Cup in 1991. Believe it or not, they say it was much more difficult then, they have tempered it a bit.

I put my sticks up 1 year ago and vowed not to play again until i get into my house.

13 months later and a bunch of stuff still on back order with no end in site!

 

[MoKelly]

I love Phil. He’s like an “Everyman” out there playing - seemingly doing dumb things and trying shots not appropriate for the situation. Never conservative - always trying for the perfect shot.

Good for him!!! I thought he was in real trouble when he hit it in the water on the back 9 yesterday - but, he only made bogey.

Phil the thrill!!

Now - if only he could win the US Open and get the career slam.

MoKelly

 

[workinonit]

What I like about Phil is that he is an open book. He talks about his health issues and has been very open about his struggles getting into form at his age. I too hope he performs at the Open. He is a carbon copy of Watson, a la, coming along at a time in golf history when they had to play in the shadows of the greatest golfers in history.

 

[Frankenkubota]

What I like about Phil is that he is an open book. He talks about his health issues and has been very open about his struggles getting into form at his age. I too hope he performs at the Open. He is a carbon copy of Watson, a la, coming along at a time in golf history when they had to play in the shadows of the greatest golfers in history.

yup

i always thought playing in the tiger era would be like being a great hitter in baseball, in the same era as Ted Williams.

 

[Hay Dude]

yup

i always thought playing in the tiger era would be like being a great hitter in baseball, in the same era as Ted Williams.

Always wondered how many home runs The Splendid Splinter (Ted Williams nickname) would have had if he didn’t miss all those years serving his country in combat?

700+?

 

[MoKelly]

Always wondered how many home runs The Splendid Splinter (Ted Williams nickname) would have had if he didn’t miss all those years serving his country in combat?

700+?

I think 700 is in the ballpark given he missed 3 full years (in his prime) due to WWII and parts of other years due to Korea. He averaged something like 40 home runs per year.

MoKelly

 

[Frankenkubota]

I think 700 is in the ballpark given he missed 3 full years (in his prime) due to WWII and parts of other years due to Korea. He averaged something like 40 home runs per year.

MoKelly

Best story I read about him was in Korea? he was a pilot and his plane was going down. He didn't want to bail out because he would hurt his knees so....he rode it in.....cursing God the entire way down.

He made it.

Worst story was....I think he was 1/2 hispanic? but went out of his way to hide it. At one point many of his hispanic relatives gathered at an airport to meet him after he'd won some big award.

He went way out of his way to avoid them.

I guess The old saying about judging a person based on the culture at the time applies.

 

[MoKelly]

Best story I read about him was in Korea? he was a pilot and his plane was going down. He didn't want to bail out because he would hurt his knees so....he rode it in.....cursing God the entire way down.

He made it.

Worst story was....I think he was 1/2 hispanic? but went out of his way to hide it. At one point many of his hispanic relatives gathered at an airport to meet him after he'd won some big award.

He went way out of his way to avoid them.

I guess The old saying about judging a person based on the culture at the time applies.

I’ve read he was not a nice guy. A jerk in fact.

Kind of the opposite of Stan Musial.

MoKelly

 

[Hay Dude]

His mother, May Venzor Williams was Hispanic American (what they popularized recently as “white hispanic” since the George Zimmerman case). She was from ElPaso, Texas.
Strange how if there’s any ethnicity other than “white” in someone, it’s their ethnicity. Barack Obama, 1/2 white, but he’s ”black”, etc.
My mother in law has enough Native American (maybe 1/8th) to be considered of “Native American descent“. After knowing her for 30 years, nothings for sure, she’s white. Lol

 

[2LaneCruzer]

His mother, May Venzor Williams was Hispanic American (what they popularized recently as “white hispanic” since the George Zimmerman case). She was from ElPaso, Texas.
Strange how if there’s any ethnicity other than “white” in someone, it’s their ethnicity. Barack Obama, 1/2 white, but he’s ”black”, etc.
My mother in law has enough Native American (maybe 1/8th) to be considered of “Native American descent“. After knowing her for 30 years, nothings for sure, she’s white. Lol

Spanish people, from Spain, I believe are for the most part, Caucasian, i.e. "white". The mixed race individuals, we used to call "Mexican", are what they call themselves, "Mestizos". I know when I lived in Albuquerque, I was around, and worked with a lot of people of Spanish descent...and those who were "white" DID NOT take well to being called "Mexican". They were White, and Spanish and they let you know it.