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Fermentator75
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 Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject: Y.E. Yang is Better than Tiger Woods |
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| South Korea's Y.E. Yang is the 1st Asian to win a major men's golfing tournament. Today he was better than Tiger Woods. Question: Is there an odd number of exceptionally drunk Koreans in the streets in the early afternoon today? The tournament was from 5-8 am KST or so this morning. I have to admit he played amazing and I was rooting for him (the underdog). He held a lead over the best in the world and made some amazing shots showing composure and guts to win it. Way to go Yangster! |
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victorology
Joined: 10 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: Y.E. Yang is Better than Tiger Woods |
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| Fermentator75 wrote: |
| South Korea's Y.E. Yang is the 1st Asian to win a major men's golfing tournament. Today he was better than Tiger Woods. Question: Is there an odd number of exceptionally drunk Koreans in the streets in the early afternoon today? The tournament was from 5-8 am KST or so this morning. I have to admit he played amazing and I was rooting for him (the underdog). He held a lead over the best in the world and made some amazing shots showing composure and guts to win it. Way to go Yangster! |
It was a great performance. To enter a final pairing with Tiger Woods a couple of strokes down and win is pretty amazing. Tiger wasn't at his best today but I think Y.E. Yang's performance had something to do with it. |
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asylum seeker
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
Location: On your computer screen.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Silly thread title. Are you trying to get the Korean-bashers riled up? |
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gregoriomills
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Location: Busan, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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He played a great round 4. And even better 3. Great thing was he acted like he had been there before, didn't get too excited. I feel like Koreans, in general, whenever they do something slightly well, they talk it up like they put a man on Mars.
He did get a LOT of help from Tiger's crappy putting, though.  |
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victorology
Joined: 10 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| gregoriomills wrote: |
He played a great round 4. And even better 3. Great thing was he acted like he had been there before, didn't get too excited. I feel like Koreans, in general, whenever they do something slightly well, they talk it up like they put a man on Mars.
He did get a LOT of help from Tiger's crappy putting, though. |
He shot -2 on Sunday which was tied for best round of the day. To do it in the final pairing with Tiger for a major is really an accomplishment. He went into 18 with a one stroke lead over Tiger and still made birdie. Now we'll get to see if he's a one hit wonder or if he can put together a few more wins on Tour. |
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wylies99
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Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Now we'll get to see if he's a one hit wonder or if he can put together a few more wins on Tour. |
This was a Major, so he'll have a 4 year exemption. That'll give him big sponsorships and many more chances to win. |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Y.E. Yang is Better than Tiger Woods |
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| Fermentator75 wrote: |
| South Korea's Y.E. Yang is the 1st Asian to win a major men's golfing tournament. |
Tiger is also Asian. Well, he is half Asian anyways. His mother is from Thailand. |
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Fermentator75
Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah Tiger is half Asian but he is an American. Also Y. E. won the Honda Classic earlier this year proving he is not a 1 hit wonder. He just went from being ranked 110th to 7th in the PGA standings with his 2nd victory this year, it being his 1st major. Last year he made $450 thousand something and now he is at over $3 million on the year. |
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dc'79
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
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Prepare to see Yang's face plastered everywhere for the next year  |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| He gave his press conference in Korean, so all that the English world heard was a translator. Sad. The guy's been a pro for 3 years on the PGA tour and can't give a press conference in English, for a major no less? ESPN didn't even identify him as a Korean, only as an "Asian". |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| blaseblasphemener wrote: |
| He gave his press conference in Korean, so all that the English world heard was a translator. Sad. The guy's been a pro for 3 years on the PGA tour and can't give a press conference in English, for a major no less? ESPN didn't even identify him as a Korean, only as an "Asian". |
Why is it sad? Is there a rule saying English is the official language of golf? Golf isn't exactly a "team sport" where you need to communicate.
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