SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – ob lub hnub qub biggest hauv golf. Ib qhov kev ua si biggest theem. Well-oiled kiv cua uas tsis tau muaj rooted nyuab dua. Qhov thib ob kab ntawm covKhib Management Phoenix qhibtas txhua yam koj yuav hais rau... tiam sis nws kuj tau lawm txawm zoo.
Cov pab pawg neeg featured ntawmDej Yauladees SpieththiabRickie Fowler(thiab Jon Rahm) coj loj loj crowds ib ncigTPC Scottsdaletxog hnub Friday. Tus players seemed mus noj tuaj sib thiab cov gallery thaum lawv ua haujlwm rau lawv txoj kev siv cov leaderboard hauv ib qho kev tshwm sim qhov twg muaj hnub peb winners yav dhau los lawm peb los txhaj ntxiv rov qab mus lis xaus lub.
Uas yog xov zoo rau cov duo uas peb txhaj tshuaj (Fowler) thiab li 6 koob tshuaj (Spieth) tawm ntawm cov hmoov txhuas tom qab tawm hauv ntau txhaj tshuaj nws txoj sia?, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau cov zaub ntsuab. Fowler ua plaub birdies thiab tus bogey ntawm nws 3-68 qis, tab sis nws tu ib zaug dav dawb hau makeable rau 13 thiab birdie putts tom 14, 15 thiab 16.
"Kuv tau ua si ib co zoo golf ob hnub kawg," Fowler hais. "Tab sis kuv yuav tau mus ua si zoo li ob rau hnub tom ntej no yog hais tias kuv xav kom sij hawm ntawm winning."
Spieth matched nws ib 68 ntawm nws tus kheej, kev mus tso rau hauv ib Chicken 31, ces muab ob lub birdies xav paub ntxiv txog 11 thiab 13; tab sis nws lipped tawm ib zaug birdie txog 12, ua ib lub bogey rau 14, tsis nyiaj ntsuab nyob rau birdie putts ntawm 15 thiab 17 thiab ua tus coj dab tuag bogey txog 18 xyoo thaum nws nyob ntawm cov tee dej.
"Kuv ntaus tej putts zoo kawg uas cia li tu. Tsi second-guessed ob peb nyeem,"Spieth hais. "Kuv muaj nyuam qhuav tau nrhiav qhov groove sau, thiab nws tseem yuav luag muaj. Yim li nws zoo xwb."
Tsis muaj nws ua txhaum ntawd rau Rahm, uas tau ib co hometown Arizona State yug, tab sis Spieth thiab Fowler yog-likeable superstars-superstars, thiab tus kiv cua cia lawv hnov nws lub hnub tseem.
Qhov no tsis yog covRyder khobqhov twg yug kiv cua tau rau ib sab los yog lwm, thiab lub caij nyob saum. Sawv daws xav pom no hais mav mus tsawg tsawg, thiab Spieth thiab Fowler puas tau nws zoo tshaj plaws rau oblige thaum lawv sib noog sib lawv tawg teb puag nram fairway ib tug dhau ib.
Rau qhov cov tshuab, tus neeg tau respectful. Ib tug yawg yeej cia Spieth ib npias. Nws declined.
Ib co kiv cua tau zoo txaus rau concede putts, sis qw "zoo-zoo!" rau lub twosome.
Ib tug yawg Hmoob txawm cem, "TCU sau cov BIG 12, tij laug!" li Spieth, Texas Longhorn, taug kev los ntawm.
Thiab cov uas twb tag nrho ua ntej lawv tau mus rau lub famed 16th, uas tau pom tus rowdier rau ib hnub.
Thaum twg tus announcer qhia chaw ntau pob pawg neeg yuav nyob ntsiag to mus ua ntej Fowler cov tee txhaj tshuaj, nws muab thiab pumped nws txhais tes, kom sawv daws rau hauv nws lub taw thiab screaming.
"Kuv mas nws yeej zoo heev rau hauv no thiab thaum kawg golf," Fowler hais. "Kuv xav tawm ntawm tej kev tshwm sim ncig saib kuv twb ua si ntawm no tshaj... thiab tseem lom zem ua si pem lub taub hau nrov crowds."
Nws tseem hais rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav-so buddies enjoyed Friday lawv lub sij hawm thaum lawv ua lawv taug kev ua si ib ncig golf kawm kom ncaj ncees. Yog lawv pib xa me nyuam rov ob peb ntau putts lub asthiv, tej yam uas yuav tau downright delightful.
"Qhov uas kuv tau hnov lawm pob, kuv ntseeg heev," Spieth hais. "Kuv paub kom zoo li tus twg los tau uas ib zaug ob peb pib yuav mus, lawv pib pouring."
Rau txhua tus neeg hauv cov ntawv no lis xaus ntawm TPC Scottsdale, peb cia siab tias nws muaj.