2014 GIFs of the Year: The Shots
Jack’s still got it.
Over the next two weeks, I’ll be posting my 2014 Golf GIF Roundups, broken down into several ‘Best Of’ categories. Today, we look back at some of the best shots over the past twelve months.
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Whenever you hear golf commentators talk about “Shots of the Day”, in all likelihood you are about to see a shot where the ball goes in the hole. Putts, chip-ins, hole outs from the fairway or an ace are all possibilities, but what you rarely see are the ones where a player gets creative or when the situation appears to be so dire, that a quality result seems to be nearly impossible. Those are the ones I’m interested in, the ones where the pros get to show off how good they really are when it looks like they have no chance.
These are the best of those from 2014, plus a few that did drop because you can’t just ignore those entirely.
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- Bubba’s ridiculous drive on the 13th at Augusta.
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- Paula Creamer’s 75 foot putt to win in China.
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- Cabrera with the holeout at the Greenbrier
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- Look at the ball flight here from Cabrera.
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- Bernd Wiesberger with a dart on 17 at Valhalla.
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- Great escape from a tough lie by Brendan Steele.
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- How Brooks Koepka played the par-5 13th in Turkey.
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- Charl Schwartzel with the shot of the week from the cart path.
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- Schwartzel draws one around and over the trees.
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- Chesson Hadley escapes from the trees.
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- Poulter with a chip in.
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- The historic James Hahn/Joost Luiten double albatross.
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- Best shot of the early part of the afternoon: Jamie Donaldson on 5.
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- Donaldson clinches the Ryder Cup.
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- Incredible creativity from Jim Furyk.
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- Justin Rose-steros.
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- Kenny Perry holes out from the native area.
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- Louis Oosthuizen’s left-handed swing is better looking than 95% of regular swings.
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- Kaymer drains the long bomb for par on 17.
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- Mike Weir may have been +5. but this approach with a 3-wood out of the bunker on 18 was tremendous.
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- Factory worker John Singleton smashes his driver down the first fairway.
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- Matt Jones with the holeout to get into the Masters.
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- Mo Martin’s near double eagle from the fairway on 18 at Royal Birkdale.
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- Have you ever seen two swings look more alike than Natalie Gulbis and Peter Malnati?
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- Stop it, Phil.
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- Phil plays from the grandstand on back to back days.
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- Shots of the tournament, non Dubuisson division, starting with Rickie Fowler.
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- Fowler with the shot of the day on 16.
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- #1 recovery of the week: Robert Rock.
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- Look at the difference in ball flight on the third for Sergio from Friday to Saturday.
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- Ridiculous approach by Sergio on 18.
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- Tom Watson with the early contender for 2014 shot of the year.
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- Ridiculous save number one by Dubuisson at the first playoff hole.
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- And the second save.
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- Into 10 on Sunday at Valhalla.
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- Rory’s stunning approach on 18, setting up the eagle.
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Awesome shots! Thanks for putting the together!
Cheers
Jim
Reblogged this on The Grateful Golfer and commented:
Thanks to Adam Sarson for putting together these great shots of 2014. If you have not seen them, they are definitely worth the look. Enjoy!
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