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[Eric]

Tiger Talk ...

... beats QUALCOMM talk when QCOM's share price is sinking.

<< BTW, did you see an almost identically shaped shot by Davis Love 3 or 3 years ago? He was on grass below the green, and it really appeared he did it on purpose; hit it 20 or 25 feet past the hole and let it roll in. >>

Yes, I most certainly did, which is why I told my wife Sheila that Tiger would hole his Sunday chip -- that and watching Trevor Immelman's ace that preceeded it, and with the knowledge that Tiger knows Augusta National better than any active contending player today, having played it twice as an amateur, and nine consecutive times since, and has probably screened more tapes of it than anyone alive:

<< Davis Love pulled off an almost identical shot 4-5 years ago >>

The 1995 Masters runner-up sensed it was time to attack when he stepped onto the par-3 16th tee, two shots behind Olazabal's 7-under-par pace. His tee shot veered left, seemingly out of position to make even a par. ... But Love used the slope of the 16th green as a backboard and pitched the ball past the hole. It teetered slowly back down toward the hole and clunked in. ... "I hit it up the hill and let it do a U-turn, and then I begged it into the hole all the way down the hill," Love said. ... "When it went in, I went running up the hill, and everybody was screaming," Love said. "At first, I was excited and shocked. Then you want them to keep screaming because the guys back the hole before -- you want them to hear something great's happened. "Just like I got a couple of times from them." By the time Love reached No. 18 Sunday, Olazabal had birdied No. 16, and Love had one more opportunity to apply the pressure. He needed to put the crowd into a frenzy, send a roar down the 18th fairway to let the last pairing know they weren't alone in the hunt. He wouldn't get it. His birdie putt rolled over the lip of the cup without so much as a shiver. Love settled for par, and Olazabal's 1994 green jacket would get a partner.

http://www.augusta.com/masters/review1999/041299/top_love1999.shtml

The shot that topped it that year, and one that still leaves me speechless when I watch the tape -- which I do at least once a year -- was when Costantino Rocca holed his 65 or 70-foot putt from St. Andrews' "Valley of Sin," short of 18th green at the 95 British Open, and it made Daly's extraordinary win that year something really special on the most special of all golf courses. "Grip it and rip it" his caddy said, on the Road Hole, and he did -- with a bogey that let Costantino in the door.

That was also the year Tiger won his 2nd US Amateur at Newport (RI) CC beating a popular Philadelphia area Mercedes dealer, Buddy Marucci.

- Eric -