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Post by docmm on Aug 29, 2024 10:15:59 GMT -8
Xander birdies #1 and Scheffler bogies which puts Xander tied for 1st place. Only took one hole on the first round to bring Scottie back to the pack.
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Post by dlangford9 on Aug 29, 2024 10:27:37 GMT -8
Wow that was fast.
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Post by aztech on Aug 29, 2024 14:47:42 GMT -8
Today Xander gets a pass for his worst round of the tournament. If he does the same tomorrow, he'll be lucky to end up in 2nd place on Sunday. He started off at -8 today, but he allowed other players to catch up to him as he pretty much stood still. Scheffler has proven to be a great finisher so the $25 million is his to win.
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Post by PAC12 Aztec on Aug 29, 2024 14:52:20 GMT -8
Today Xander gets a pass for his worst round of the tournament. If he does the same tomorrow, he'll be lucky to end up in 2nd place on Sunday. He started off at -8 today, but he allowed other players to catch up to him as he pretty much stood still. Scheffler has proven to be a great finisher so the $25 million is his to win. Big hill to climb as Scottie played well today. Xander really struggled off the tee. He also just missed a few birdies. Tomorrow is a big day for Xander and I hope he comes out and has a low score of the day type round. He is going to need it go get back up there with Scottie. He needs a Morikawa type day because that young man was on fire today. |
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Post by docmm on Aug 29, 2024 16:30:34 GMT -8
Today was Xander's 29th Round he's ever played at Eastlake. Today was the 29th time he shot at least Par or under. (only 3 times he shot Par, the other 26 were under Par)
He's down 7 shots but he has three more rounds and just needs to eat that elephant one bite at a time.
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Post by jcljorgenson on Aug 30, 2024 14:21:20 GMT -8
It looks like they suspended play today, but Xander is playing well - 6 under through 16 holes. Scheffler was 3 under through 15 holes, which means Xander is currently only 4 strokes off the lead (-15 to Scheffler's -19).
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Post by Den60 on Aug 30, 2024 16:13:27 GMT -8
End of round:
Scheffler: -21 (-5 today)
Morikawa: -17 (-8 today)
Xander: -16 (-7 today)
Theegala, Wyndam Clark and Adam Scott tied at -12.
Tomorrow is "moving day."
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Post by docmm on Aug 31, 2024 6:20:00 GMT -8
Xander's in a good spot going off right in front of the leaders. He and Theegala won't have much of a crowd other than Theegala's huge family contingent.
He can come in with another nice unobtrusive 64 and hope Scottie gets some pressure put on him by Morikawa. Would love to see Xander get the lead back down to at least just 2 shots for Sunday.
I think Scheffler has had so many difficult final rounds at Eastlake, if Xander can stay close, he can close him out.
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Post by aztech on Aug 31, 2024 13:27:09 GMT -8
Xander has a better than even chance to come in 2nd tomorrow. There's no way Xander or anyone else will catch Scheffler.
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Post by docmm on Aug 31, 2024 14:53:18 GMT -8
Only thing good about Xander's round is that he kept up his streak of 30 straight rounds at Eastlake at Par or under Par. Pretty amazing in that he's only ever played 30 rounds there too. He had at least 6-7 putts inside 10 feet for birdie that he just missed.
Tomorrow has to be a plain ol' money grab. He's in 4th place, 1 shot ahead of two guys at 5th. He's one shot behind 3rd and five back of Morikowa in 2nd. He's 10(!!!) behind Scottie, who's 5 ahead of Morikowa.
1st: $25,000,000
2nd: $12,500,000
3rd: $7,500,000
4th: $6,000,000
5th: $5,000,000
6th: $3,500,000
7th: $2,750,000
8th: $2,225,000
9th: $2,000,000
10th: $1,750,000
11th: $1,075,000
12th: $1,025,000
Gotta believe he's good for at least a million.
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Post by aztecdan8 on Sept 1, 2024 10:56:18 GMT -8
Not a great start today. He's just kinda plodding along. He's losing (lost?) touch with the top 3, so let's see if he and his putter can get hot.
If not, I blame his ugly shirt today!! 😉 😝
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Post by aztech on Sept 1, 2024 11:41:11 GMT -8
When he accused Theegala of touching sand on his backswing in the bunker yesterday, that destroyed his concentration. That cost Theegala 2 strokes. It was a very subtle error on Theegala's part since the sand lump behind his ball wasn't raked properly. I'm sure if it happened again Xander would let it fly. It doesn't help that he partnered with Theegala today.
Remember,the same thing happended to Scheffler in the PGA championship that Xander won. Scheffler was detained by the police so that took him out of his game.
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Post by mySTRAS on Sept 1, 2024 15:28:37 GMT -8
Ho hum... just another $4.8mm today!
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Post by docmm on Sept 1, 2024 15:38:21 GMT -8
AND he kept his rounds at Eastlake, at Par or under par, at 32 straight out of 32 played.
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Post by aztec75 on Sept 2, 2024 8:08:11 GMT -8
When he accused Theegala of touching sand on his backswing in the bunker yesterday, that destroyed his concentration. That cost Theegala 2 strokes. It was a very subtle error on Theegala's part since the sand lump behind his ball wasn't raked properly. I'm sure if it happened again Xander would let it fly. It doesn't help that he partnered with Theegala today. Remember,the same thing happended to Scheffler in the PGA championship that Xander won. Scheffler was detained by the police so that took him out of his game. Not sure where you got that piece of information. Everything I have read is that only Theegala THOUGHT it happened and he still self reported the penalty. There has been nothing but praise for him for doing the honorable thing and my view of Theegala has gone way up. Xander had nothing to do with it. |
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Post by PAC12 Aztec on Sept 2, 2024 8:12:49 GMT -8
When he accused Theegala of touching sand on his backswing in the bunker yesterday, that destroyed his concentration. That cost Theegala 2 strokes. It was a very subtle error on Theegala's part since the sand lump behind his ball wasn't raked properly. I'm sure if it happened again Xander would let it fly. It doesn't help that he partnered with Theegala today. Remember,the same thing happended to Scheffler in the PGA championship that Xander won. Scheffler was detained by the police so that took him out of his game. Not sure where you got that piece of information. Everything I have read is that only Theegala THOUGHT it happened and he still self reported the penalty. There has been nothing but praise for him for doing the honorable thing and my view of Theegala has gone way up. Xander had nothing to do with it. I was just psoting the same thing. Where did you hear that Xander had anything to do with it? FYI - I am now a Theegala fan as I really enjoyed watching him play and his composure. The self report was just one more appreciation for him as a player. |
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Post by jdaztec on Sept 2, 2024 9:18:36 GMT -8
I wonder if Xander knows that if he provides a 20 mil contribution to SDSU we will make a statue of him ?
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Post by aztech on Sept 2, 2024 11:08:56 GMT -8
When he accused Theegala of touching sand on his backswing in the bunker yesterday, that destroyed his concentration. That cost Theegala 2 strokes. It was a very subtle error on Theegala's part since the sand lump behind his ball wasn't raked properly. I'm sure if it happened again Xander would let it fly. It doesn't help that he partnered with Theegala today. Remember,the same thing happended to Scheffler in the PGA championship that Xander won. Scheffler was detained by the police so that took him out of his game. Not sure where you got that piece of information. Everything I have read is that only Theegala THOUGHT it happened and he still self reported the penalty. There has been nothing but praise for him for doing the honorable thing and my view of Theegala has gone way up. Xander had nothing to do with it. One of the announcers said Xander brought it up to an official. Theegals should have reported it the moment he did it. No different than when a ball moves, the player immediately calls an official for a ruling. |
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