Gotta love Seve...

[ace in the hazard]

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[LOFT]

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OK...it's official...putting is easy. I just have to figure it out.

[sauerkraut]

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or as his buddy Les Nessman calls him: Steve

[OKHC]

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Ha ha; he even overcomes a stymie.

[Pingeye2_fan]

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Now I know what a 3 iron is for.

[RicoSuave]

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Everyone can dream...I was waiting for Moe Norman to walk on and grab the club from Seve.,,

[SlaytheDragon]

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I saw Seve practice at the old short game area at Augusta. He was showing Olazabal some tricks. To this day, no one has done anything with a golf ball that impressed me more. Not Moe, not Tiger, not anyone. Then I watched him play nine holes with Ollie and Rocca. If he counted all his penalty strokes he shot in the high 40's on the back nine. Some times this game makes no sense!

[wlorcb]

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I saw Seve practice at the old short game area at Augusta. He was showing Olazabal some tricks. To this day, no one has done anything with a golf ball that impressed me more. Not Moe, not Tiger, not anyone. Then I watched him play nine holes with Ollie and Rocca. If he counted all his penalty strokes he shot in the high 40's on the back nine. Some times this game makes no sense!

That was his downfall wasn't it? Even the best short game player can't save every bogey if you can't find a fairway or a green with the full shots.

I think became Tigers issue to. His short game and putting were great in his heyday, but during his downfall, his inability to keep it in play off the tee really hurt him when his chipping and putting let him down.

[SlaytheDragon]

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He was working with Mac O'Grady on the range before he went out. Mac was very involved with each shot and I will say, Seve was beautiful on the range. Constantly moving the ball however he wanted. Then he hit a bunch of 80 yard shots. It was perfect.

10th tee hooked it in the trees

11th hit it 40 yards deep in the right hand trees, snapped fingers at me to throw him the ball, lol. Then hit it short left in the water.

12th flowers behind green

13th drive in water. Dropped and hit it on the green with a very hooked fairway wood.

14 i dont remember

15 water

16 3 putt

17 over the gree

18 right hand trees, free drop in middle of the fairway and then in the front bunker.

Ollie was awesome 3 or 4 under

Rocca never putted out he just kept chipping to different spots.

[Golfgeek]

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I scored inside the ropes for John Daly several years ago in the Cdn Open at Angus Glen. I listened in when he told this story about Seve to his playing partner (John Rollins).

Seve was a known stickler for the rules and was a pain in that regard for most of the other pros. On this occasion (somewhere in the UK...maybe even the Open Championship), the drive was over a hill to a blind fairway and both JD and Seve hit it right. Given that John walks faster that just about anyone else on tour, he arrived at the scene much before Seve. When Seve arrived and seeing the ball next to a fence, John quickly asked him whether it would be OK if he played his next shot with one foot on the adjoining fence. Seve said there was no f'in way. John then asked if he could lean against the fence to play the shot. Same answer from Seve...no f'in way. Lastly, could he play the shot one handed while holding on to the fence? Seve again insisted no f'in way.

John then informed Seve that it was Seve's ball next to the fence.

I have no idea if this was really true...but it did get a good laugh out of Rollins (who incidentally went on to win the tournament).

[4underthru9]

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Knowing JD that was probably a trick he would pull, just don't try on a Keegan Bradley.