Toms is gaining quickly on DL III for biggest pussy on tour
Let's see, he doesn't like any Pete Dye design and he doesn't like Augusta? What's next? He hates all US and British Open layouts?:shrug:
Maybe he should just play Memphis and New Orleans and all the other second rung tourneys, provided of course none of them are Dye designs
Toms: 'I'd probably rather be on my ski boat'
Sunday, May 13, 2007By Brian Allee-Walsh
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLA. -- David Toms does not like the Pete Dye-designed Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Never has, never will.
"I'd probably rather be on my ski boat this weekend than playing here," he said after shooting 73 Saturday for 6-over 222 after three rounds of The Players Championship.
The good news is Toms will take home a paycheck this week. The bad news is The Players Championship returns to TPC Sawgrass next year and beyond.
"I've never played very good here," Toms said. "I don't particularly care for it. I think I've only played decent on one Pete Dye golf course ever, and that's the one where I won at Quad City (in 1997), and it didn't look anything like this.
"To me the first tee shot (on No. 1) is the most awkward shot we play all year, and it really doesn't get a whole lot better for me as far as what my mental picture is. I've never had any success here. I played good maybe twice in my whole career. I don't have good vibes coming in, and after I play it seems like it gets worse."
Toms struggled to make the cut on the nose at 5-over 149. A number of players have him to thank for extending their stay. His bogey at No. 18 late in the day Friday moved the cut from 4 over to 5 over.
Toms' erratic third round included six birdies (one more than Tiger Woods has through 54 holes), five bogeys and one double bogey.
"It was either feast or famine for me today," he said. "I made six birdies and shot 1 over. I hit a lot of really bad shots, and I hit some quality shots. That's the type of golf course it is. If you're not on your game, if you make some birdies, you shoot around even. If you don't you'll shoot 4 or 5 over. I'm just not playing really well right now."
Toms' double bogey came at the par-3 17th island hole.
"I'm just not sure that you'll ever have a major championship with an island green for the 17th hole," Toms said. "I don't care if it's 100 yards or 300 yards. But for this tournament I think it provides the drama that they want. It's a big purse ($9 million), you've got to hit a good shot. It makes the finish very tough to get it done to try to win. If that's what you're looking for, that's what they have."
Let's see, he doesn't like any Pete Dye design and he doesn't like Augusta? What's next? He hates all US and British Open layouts?:shrug:
Maybe he should just play Memphis and New Orleans and all the other second rung tourneys, provided of course none of them are Dye designs
Toms: 'I'd probably rather be on my ski boat'
Sunday, May 13, 2007By Brian Allee-Walsh
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLA. -- David Toms does not like the Pete Dye-designed Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Never has, never will.
"I'd probably rather be on my ski boat this weekend than playing here," he said after shooting 73 Saturday for 6-over 222 after three rounds of The Players Championship.
The good news is Toms will take home a paycheck this week. The bad news is The Players Championship returns to TPC Sawgrass next year and beyond.
"I've never played very good here," Toms said. "I don't particularly care for it. I think I've only played decent on one Pete Dye golf course ever, and that's the one where I won at Quad City (in 1997), and it didn't look anything like this.
"To me the first tee shot (on No. 1) is the most awkward shot we play all year, and it really doesn't get a whole lot better for me as far as what my mental picture is. I've never had any success here. I played good maybe twice in my whole career. I don't have good vibes coming in, and after I play it seems like it gets worse."
Toms struggled to make the cut on the nose at 5-over 149. A number of players have him to thank for extending their stay. His bogey at No. 18 late in the day Friday moved the cut from 4 over to 5 over.
Toms' erratic third round included six birdies (one more than Tiger Woods has through 54 holes), five bogeys and one double bogey.
"It was either feast or famine for me today," he said. "I made six birdies and shot 1 over. I hit a lot of really bad shots, and I hit some quality shots. That's the type of golf course it is. If you're not on your game, if you make some birdies, you shoot around even. If you don't you'll shoot 4 or 5 over. I'm just not playing really well right now."
Toms' double bogey came at the par-3 17th island hole.
"I'm just not sure that you'll ever have a major championship with an island green for the 17th hole," Toms said. "I don't care if it's 100 yards or 300 yards. But for this tournament I think it provides the drama that they want. It's a big purse ($9 million), you've got to hit a good shot. It makes the finish very tough to get it done to try to win. If that's what you're looking for, that's what they have."
