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re: Where does Spieth's melt rank all time?
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:27 pm to cypressbrake3
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:27 pm to cypressbrake3
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Most of y'all are too young to remember Palmer at Olympic in the '66 U.S. Open, but that was a huge collapse.
Dude shot 39 on the back 9 and Casper shot 32.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:44 pm to tigerpimpbot
To add insult to injury, Palmer not only lost a 7 shot lead over Casper in the 4th round at Olympic, but lost a two shot lead on the back nine in the 18 hole playoff the following day. Palmer shot 40 on the back nine in the playoff.
This post was edited on 4/10/16 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 4/10/16 at 11:05 pm to cypressbrake3
To be fair, when Palmer lost, he didn't have his collapse all over Twitter, Sportscenter, etc.
A little easier to move on when your quadruple bogey isn't a Vine.
A little easier to move on when your quadruple bogey isn't a Vine.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 11:13 pm to cypressbrake3
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To add insult to injury, Palmer not only lost a 7 shot lead over Casper in the 4th round at Olympic, but lost a two shot lead on the back nine in the 18 hole playoff the following day. Palmer shot 40 on the back nine in the playoff.
That sounds pretty slow and painful in terms of majors in professional golf
Posted on 4/10/16 at 11:29 pm to Cosmo
Even with everything else, if Speith puts his tee shot on #12 on the green and two putts for a par he wins the golf tournament. The quad-bogey lost the tournament for him.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 11:34 pm to L.A.
Everyone is making way to much out of this . He had one bad hole in s week he really wasn't at the top of his game. He was leading for three rounds with some of the worst winds they have had there.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 11:38 pm to Cosmo
Wasn't Spieth only 1 up on #2 going into today? No way that could be a top melt down.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 11:48 pm to Cosmo
I would put Rory's melt a couple years back at the Masters over it.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 11:55 pm to purplepylon
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One needs to rewatch the Van de Velde madness before we all get on Spieth
It wasn't as much melt as madness...because he had choices.
And he made the wrong ones, it such a bizarre fashion. That wasn't a choke but a suicide by choice. That was Tin Cup stubbornness.
Spieth just starting doing poorly after 9 and the 12th was the nail in the coffin.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 12:09 am to GalvoAg
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I would put Rory's melt a couple years back at the Masters over it.
That was a pretty epic melt. August seems right now to be an Achilles Heel for Rory like the French Open is for Federer.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 12:22 am to purplepylon
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Van de velde was just a choke job.
worst ever.
not a choke. bad decision by Van De Velde.
Spieth was dealing with glass greens.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 12:27 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
His choice on 12 should have been one more club no matter what...hit it in the back bunker and take bogey. He wins if he does that.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 12:43 am to Tiger Ryno
It was painful.
But that is golf, especially at major courses.
It can turn perfect golfers into shambles.
Maybe that's the love affair with golf, nobody is immune from ruining their day...you can be so great and even such a steady great player like Spueth but always on the precipice.
I watched Norman live, this was worse because it happened so suddenly and so out of character.
This will stick for fans because it seemed so amateurish.
But that is golf, especially at major courses.
It can turn perfect golfers into shambles.
Maybe that's the love affair with golf, nobody is immune from ruining their day...you can be so great and even such a steady great player like Spueth but always on the precipice.
I watched Norman live, this was worse because it happened so suddenly and so out of character.
This will stick for fans because it seemed so amateurish.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 6:00 am to purplepylon
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One needs to rewatch the Van de Velde madness before we all get on Spieth
Jordans was not hard to watch. The guy had won before, he will win again. It just made us feel like he was human
I couldnt look at the TV during Van de Velde's. It was like watching someone end their career in a 10 min period. It hurt
Posted on 4/11/16 at 7:31 am to Cosmo
As far as 12 goes, the hugest meltdown at that hole was Tom Weiskopf in 1980: he dumped five balls into the water and made a 13 on the 12th hole, the highest score relative to par in tournament history.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 7:31 am to Cosmo
Jordan Spieth had one hell of a meltdown on 12, but I'm still not sure that was worse than Jean van de Velde on 18.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 7:32 am to GalvoAg
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I would put Rory's melt a couple years back at the Masters over it.
Na, It was Rory's first time contending and his lead was down to 1 at the turn. His was just a slow melt from an inexperienced guy.
Spieth know's how to close out majors and had just birdied 4 holes in a row to take a commanding 5 shot lead.
Posted on 4/11/16 at 7:52 am to LL012697
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Norman also won a few majors.
Norman won two. Choked away a few.
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