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Mok
Nov 14, 2004, 05:03 PM
hmm, this is not tiger's this year!

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=251278

Colin Montgomerie - 9 skins
Tiger Woods - 5 skins
KJ Choi and Se Ri Pak also participated
Focker Singh
Nov 14, 2004, 09:07 PM
As much as I like to critisize Tiger, I don't think him losing a Skin's game really reflects on how well he played. In any Skin's match its all about who's luckier and who wins the big carry over hole. You can make 5 birdies all day and not win any skins and somebody else can make no birdies and win most of the skin's so its all about timing. So in all fairness this Skin's match doesn't reflect on how well or not well Tiger played. Its also the "silly season" right now and most players are just playing now to make some extra money and keep in game shape.
Ego Woods
Nov 15, 2004, 08:23 AM
As much as I like to critisize Tiger, I don't think him losing a Skin's game really reflects on how well he played. In any Skin's match its all about who's luckier and who wins the big carry over hole. You can make 5 birdies all day and not win any skins and somebody else can make no birdies and win most of the skin's so its all about timing. So in all fairness this Skin's match doesn't reflect on how well or not well Tiger played. Its also the "silly season" right now and most players are just playing now to make some extra money and keep in game shape.
Agreed......the media has nothing really to report in the golf world right now, so they'll pick up any story they can get.....Tiger losing in skins is no big deal....you can shoot better than the one who won the competition and still lose.....last year Annika won a skins competition over 3 other guys....so anything is possible...
Mok
Nov 15, 2004, 11:53 AM
i agree there is a luck factor, but also still need the skill and in skins it's strategic also i would say.
Ego Woods
Nov 15, 2004, 12:43 PM
i agree there is a luck factor, but also still need the skill and in skins it's strategic also i would say.
errrrrrr, which part in skins is strategic?
Focker Singh
Nov 15, 2004, 04:17 PM
I think what Mok is saying in terms of strategy, would be when to be aggressive and when to play conservatively...ie: if 3 ppl drive into the rough, the 4th might decide to lay up and put the ball in the middle to put pressure on the other 3...but most of a Skin's match Mok, is pure timing and being "clutch" at a critical point...