"In the era of slow play...Haas' money shot should be heralded as a triumph of instinct, preparation and under-analysis."
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Geoff in 2011 PGA Tour, Slow Play

He might be using hyperbole to make a point (I know nothing about that), but Scott Michaux ranks Bill Haas' playoff shot as the greatest ever because of the appropriate amount of time he took to play it. Michaux clocks it at 55 seconds, but when you watch the YouTube version, it seems faster considering the circumstances.

In the era of slow play that seems to get slower and slower by the day (did anyone happen to notice the five-and-a-half-hour rounds that the women were taking to complete alternate-shot matches in the simultaneously contested Solheim Cup this weekend?), Haas' money shot should be heralded as a triumph of instinct, preparation and under-analysis.

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