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re: Official WGC Match Play Championship**

Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:36 pm to
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118257 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:36 pm to
What is it about them that makes them think match play is the superior format?

Even on their tour, they have a lot of match play in Europe.
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
33216 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:36 pm to
Those silly Euros
Posted by VegasPro
Vegas
Member since Aug 2011
2706 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:37 pm to
I've asked that to 2 Europeans. They say its tradition. No idea about their tradition tho. Never looked it up. Maybe they try to turn the game into a level playing field.
Posted by VegasPro
Vegas
Member since Aug 2011
2706 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:39 pm to
Unless Howell or Lawrie win, can anyone actually claim this title?
Posted by CaLSUTigerFan
El Dorado Hills
Member since Sep 2008
1270 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:39 pm to
I wouldn't want all our tournaments to be match play but once or twice a year I like it. And there are lots of people who watch it BECAUSE Tiger isn't playing. I was sad to see Rory get eliminated.
Posted by VegasPro
Vegas
Member since Aug 2011
2706 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:41 pm to
They lost 2 audiences. The ones who watch to root against Tiger. The ones who only watch Tiger. That's a big fan base.
Posted by VegasPro
Vegas
Member since Aug 2011
2706 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:43 pm to
I'm all for 1-2 tourneys and only in the WGC like it is. But I'd like top 70 golfers play 2 stroke play to get to field of 32 or 16 then match it.
Posted by texastiger38
Member since Sep 2007
28957 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:44 pm to
quote:

They lost 2 audiences. The ones who watch to root against Tiger. The ones who only watch Tiger. That's a big fan base


So true
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
52130 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:54 pm to
I'd pay to watch Tiger, Rory, Bubba and Donald play Wolf.... as long as they were playing their own money.
Posted by hehateme2285
Katy, TX
Member since Dec 2007
5317 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 7:57 pm to
quote:

And there are lots of people who watch it BECAUSE Tiger isn't playing. I was sad to see Rory get eliminated.


This isn't an viewership group. There might be 10 people who purposely watch a tournament because he's not playing.

You have a group that watch a tournament regardless if he's playing, and he brings in all the casuals. Then some complain about the coverage he gets.

Posted by unbeWEAVEable
The Golf Board Godfather
Member since Apr 2010
13637 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 8:24 pm to
What the frick did I just read. This is the first I'm hearing about today's play...
Posted by CaLSUTigerFan
El Dorado Hills
Member since Sep 2008
1270 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 8:25 pm to
quote:

There might be 10 people who purposely watch a tournament because he's not playing.


I'll change my statement to: Some people like it when he's not playing.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118257 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 8:32 pm to
u mad?
Posted by RollDatRoll
Who Dat. Roll Tide.
Member since Dec 2010
12245 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 8:35 pm to
My bracket is f'd up. I guess most people's are. The only person I have left in my final 4 was my long shot, Bo Van Pelt.



For the record, I usually enjoy match play every once in a while, but this is crazy.
Posted by COTiger
Colorado
Member since Dec 2007
16844 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 8:40 pm to
I've got 2 out of 4. Donald & Kuchar.
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
65531 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 8:42 pm to
I did have Rory losing in round 2, to Rickie.

I still have a awful bracket. I think I had Dufner and Swartzel in the finals. I know I had Dufner winning.
Posted by texastiger38
Member since Sep 2007
28957 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 8:48 pm to
Match play in golf is damn near impossible to predict.

ETA: Hell the only 1 seeds to ever win was Tiger the 3 years he won it.
This post was edited on 2/21/13 at 8:50 pm
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
67017 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 8:55 pm to
I have 3/4 left. What in the frick possessed me to pick Harrington, I'll never know.
Posted by unbeWEAVEable
The Golf Board Godfather
Member since Apr 2010
13637 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:26 pm to
I really don't care how fricked up my bracket gets, as long as my boy Watney wins it...

Beat Toms 5&4 today
Posted by COTiger
Colorado
Member since Dec 2007
16844 posts
Posted on 2/21/13 at 9:42 pm to
I've got him getting beat in the round of 16.
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