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Date: 14 Dec 2006 18:07:31
From: John van der Pflum
Subject: Bless you, Reteif Goosen
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You give the rest of us home when a US Open winner can make an 11 on a
hole.
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The weirdest round of the day belonged to the defending champion,
Retief Goosen.
The two-time U.S. Open champion tallied two birdies and an eagle on
his front nine, then countered with back-to-back birdies from the
par-5 11th. Goosen dropped a shot at the 13th, but flew into the lead
with an eagle at the par-5 15th.
Goosen reached 8 under par and grabbed a three-shot lead with a birdie
at 16 until disaster struck at the par-5 17th. The fifth-ranked player
in the world hit into unplayable lies twice and after the second
instance, dropped his ball and thought it rolled out of the
two-club-length perimeter.
He dropped again, thinking the ball rolled out that area, when he
should not have and that cost him two strokes instead of one as he
took an 11 on the hole.
"By picking the ball up, he needed to replace it to incur only a
one-shot penalty. But by dropping it, it became two shots," said
European Tour Referee Andy McFee.
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jvdp
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 09:07:40
From: MnMikew
Subject: Re: Bless you, Reteif Goosen
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"John van der Pflum" <nowhammymyspammy@bite.org > wrote in message
news:m3m3o2lnd76r58k0tl9cgpt31el67h08fr@4ax.com...
> You give the rest of us home when a US Open winner can make an 11 on a
> hole.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> The weirdest round of the day belonged to the defending champion,
> Retief Goosen.
>
> The two-time U.S. Open champion tallied two birdies and an eagle on
> his front nine, then countered with back-to-back birdies from the
> par-5 11th. Goosen dropped a shot at the 13th, but flew into the lead
> with an eagle at the par-5 15th.
>
> Goosen reached 8 under par and grabbed a three-shot lead with a birdie
> at 16 until disaster struck at the par-5 17th. The fifth-ranked player
> in the world hit into unplayable lies twice and after the second
> instance, dropped his ball and thought it rolled out of the
> two-club-length perimeter.
>
> He dropped again, thinking the ball rolled out that area, when he
> should not have and that cost him two strokes instead of one as he
> took an 11 on the hole.
>
> "By picking the ball up, he needed to replace it to incur only a
> one-shot penalty. But by dropping it, it became two shots," said
> European Tour Referee Andy McFee.
> --
Don't they stop at eight like the rest of us?
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 09:43:55
From: Bobby Knight
Subject: Re: Bless you, Reteif Goosen
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:07:40 -0600, "MnMikew" <mnmiikkew@aol.com >
wrote:
>"John van der Pflum" <nowhammymyspammy@bite.org> wrote in message
<clip >
>> He dropped again, thinking the ball rolled out that area, when he
>> should not have and that cost him two strokes instead of one as he
>> took an 11 on the hole.
>> --
>Don't they stop at eight like the rest of us?
>
You don't have medal bets? :-)
___,
\o
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 16:18:11
From: Lio Frost-Ainley
Subject: Re: Bless you, Reteif Goosen
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And, as if to make a point - today he eagled that hole......
"MnMikew" <mnmiikkew@aol.com > wrote in message
news:4ufs1tF17sosmU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "John van der Pflum" <nowhammymyspammy@bite.org> wrote in message
> news:m3m3o2lnd76r58k0tl9cgpt31el67h08fr@4ax.com...
>> You give the rest of us home when a US Open winner can make an 11 on a
>> hole.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>> The weirdest round of the day belonged to the defending champion,
>> Retief Goosen.
>>
>> The two-time U.S. Open champion tallied two birdies and an eagle on
>> his front nine, then countered with back-to-back birdies from the
>> par-5 11th. Goosen dropped a shot at the 13th, but flew into the lead
>> with an eagle at the par-5 15th.
>>
>> Goosen reached 8 under par and grabbed a three-shot lead with a birdie
>> at 16 until disaster struck at the par-5 17th. The fifth-ranked player
>> in the world hit into unplayable lies twice and after the second
>> instance, dropped his ball and thought it rolled out of the
>> two-club-length perimeter.
>>
>> He dropped again, thinking the ball rolled out that area, when he
>> should not have and that cost him two strokes instead of one as he
>> took an 11 on the hole.
>>
>> "By picking the ball up, he needed to replace it to incur only a
>> one-shot penalty. But by dropping it, it became two shots," said
>> European Tour Referee Andy McFee.
>> --
> Don't they stop at eight like the rest of us?
>
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Date: 15 Dec 2006 10:59:49
From: John van der Pflum
Subject: Re: Bless you, Reteif Goosen
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:18:11 +0100, "Lio Frost-Ainley"
<Lio.Frost-Ainley@cern.ch > wrote:
>And, as if to make a point - today he eagled that hole......
>
>
And **that's** why he's on tour and we aren't (among other reasons.)
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jvdp
http://www.rsgcincinnati.com
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Date: 14 Dec 2006 16:55:09
From: annika1980
Subject: Re: Bless you, Reteif Goosen
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John van der Pflum wrote:
> You give the rest of us home when a US Open winner can make an 11 on a
> hole.
That's "Big Break" stuff.
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