No, that is not really handling him. I wasn't sure where Love started and when I saw it, he was a few ahead.
Well, for a little while, he was seizing the moment to finally beat Tiger head to head. But then he kind of lost his groove after a run of 3 straight birdies. He wound up giving all 3 of those shots back, along with Tiger making 2 birdies to close the gap all the way to tied at the end of the day. At one point it was a 5 shot trouncing (and 6 shots for the round itself with Davis -3 and Tiger +3 through 10 holes).
I really don't think Love owned Woods today, that's for sure. At one point the guy was putting for his fourth straight birdie, while Tiger was imploding with 4 straight bogies. Figure that right there, that's a 7-shot swing. Then look at the scores at the end of the round. Tiger shot 71, Davis shot 70. What happened? LOL....
As far as Davis for the Ryder Cup? Sorry. I'm still convinced that Davis has this knack for imploding himself, just like he did during the second round of the PGA on the 17th hole. Unless Davis has a multiple winning season up his sleeve, I think his Ryder Cup days are pretty much over with. Unless, of course, he gets the sympathy nod.
As far as Davis for the Ryder Cup? Sorry. I'm still convinced that Davis has this knack for imploding himself, just like he did during the second round of the PGA on the 17th hole.
I agree. Whatever "it" is, he doesn't seem to have it most of the time.
I have always thought that he gets himself into contention making these nice full swings and hitting the ball hard. Once he gets there he seems to try and hit 3/4 shots, and that just doesn't work for him.
I agree. Whatever "it" is, he doesn't seem to have it most of the time.
I have always thought that he gets himself into contention making these nice full swings and hitting the ball hard. Once he gets there he seems to try and hit 3/4 shots, and that just doesn't work for him.
Lanny Wadkins made the exact same point today during the CBS telecast. Well said there, B_V and I couldn't agree more. And I won't be quite as polite as you are about the "it" factor. It's called toughness and guts. DL3 doesn't really have any to be quite honest. He's a very classy person and a really nice man, but he has never had the competitiveness in him to fully take advantage of his talent. He was/is one of the most talented players to ever play the game, but he's never cashed in on that talent in the same fashion as a Tiger Woods or Vijay Singh for example.
Lanny Wadkins made the exact same point today during the CBS telecast. Well said there, B_V and I couldn't agree more. And I won't be quite as polite as you are about the "it" factor. It's called toughness and guts. DL3 doesn't really have any to be quite honest. He's a very classy person and a really nice man, but he has never had the competitiveness in him to fully take advantage of his talent. He was/is one of the most talented players to ever play the game, but he's never cashed in on that talent in the same fashion as a Tiger Woods or Vijay Singh for example.
Did Lanny really say the same thing about his swing? I promise, I have been saying that for years.
Did Lanny really say the same thing about his swing? I promise, I have been saying that for years.
LOL yes he did (he must have heard you talking about it through the years). At the top of the telecast, in fact, he mentioned that he wanted to see more speed in Davis' swing and that the first round of the PGA was a great example of when Davis isn't trying to steer it around the course and just goes after it. Davis teed off today with a nice accelerating motion through the ball on the first tee and piped it into perfect position. Lanny was quick to say, "See, that's what I mean about how he hits it much better when he doesn't try to guide it around the course." Later in the round, Davis started doing what you mentioned, and even worse for him, his putter collapsed on him. He made some nice ones on the front nine, particularly for par saves, but then just lost it a bit on the back nine.
I will say that I've never seen the guy play as well as he has the past couple of weeks (in stretches) for a long time. And you see him play like this, and you go right back to the same old borrowed question -- "How can a guy with this much talent NOT win?"
You see a guy like him, making it look so easy... it was almost like he and Tiger were playing a different course today, and then all of a sudden, Davis 3-jacks and the wheels start to come off.
THAT is his problem. If there is ONE issue that Davis suffers from most, it's that he loses it mentally, just like John Daly. He's the type of player that could shoot 64 today, and fire up a 76 tomorrow. And all you can do is scratch your head.
August 27th, 2006, 02:18 AM
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