Someone asked Stephen Ames if he thought he had a chance to beat Tiger Woods in he first round of the Match Play Championship. “Anything can happen,” he said. “Especially where he’s hitting the ball.”
Playful little jab at Tiger’s lack of driving accuracy this year? Maybe. Enough to piss Tiger off and ensure a severe ass-beating? Oh yes.
Tiger proceeded to humiliate the guy, Michael Jordan-style… Tiger won the first nine holes of the match, and halved the tenth, winning 9-and-8. That’s just unheard of. Tiger could play match play against your local club pro ten times, and I’d still say it’s unlikely for him to ever win 9-and-8. That’s just absurd.
Someone asked Tiger about Ames’ comments after the match. Tiger just said, “Nine and eight.”
Tiger plays Robert Allenby tomorrow. Say something, Robert Allenmiby. Talk some shit. I dare you.
Toku
To put that in perspective, 9 & 8 doesn’t even happen on Tiger’s own video game.
-T
February 23, 2006 at 1:42 am
BigBoi
Ok, I don’t know shit about golf other than ‘get the ball in the hole’, wtf is 9 & 8??
February 23, 2006 at 12:01 pm
twoeightnine
What the Final Scores Mean
Someone unfamiliar with match play scoring might be confused to see a score of “1-up” or “4 and 3″ for a match. What does it mean? Here are the different types of scores you might see in match play:
• 1-up: As a final score, 1-up means that the match went the full 18 holes with the winner finishing with one more hole won than the runner-up. If the match goes 18 holes and you’ve won 6 holes while I’ve won 5 holes (the other holes being halved, or tied), then you’ve beaten me 1-up.
• 2 and 1: When you see a match play score that is rendered in this way – 2 and 1, 3 and 2, 4 and 3, and so on – it means that the winner clinched the victory before reaching the 18th hole and the match ended early.
The first number in such a score tells you the number of holes by which the winner is victorious, and the second number tells you the hole on which the match ended. So “2 and 1″ means that the winner was 2 holes ahead with 1 hole to play (the match ended after No. 17), “3 and 2″ means 3 holes ahead to with 2 holes to play (the match ended after No. 16), and so on.
February 23, 2006 at 1:22 pm
BigBoi
Thank you very much. I appreciate it, I like golf but don’t really know what the fuck the announcers are talking about when they discuss things like this.
February 23, 2006 at 3:10 pm
BigBoi
So hold up, you mean Tiger beat this cat sooooo bad that he was up 5 holes with four holes left to play??? GODDAMN, kid got his ASS WHOOPED!!!!!!!!!
February 23, 2006 at 3:15 pm
BigBoi
no I’m sorry, even worse 9 holes with 8 left to play. WOW!!
February 23, 2006 at 3:18 pm
The Watch
I’d like to see if tiger could pull that off in his video game. I’d pay to see that.
February 23, 2006 at 9:44 pm
Toku
The best I’ve ever beaten somebody in 18-hole match play on any incarnation of Tiger Woods’ Golf is 7 & 5. I’m not sure 9 & 8 is within the realm of possibility in this universe.
-T
February 24, 2006 at 3:51 am
Toku
that 5 was a mistyped 6
-T
February 24, 2006 at 3:56 am