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Par ties - error regarding the final hole

posted 12 years ago by Kroyall1962
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Sims parred the 18th which means he tied Jacobson. Although US Open rules state a full 18 hole round would be played the following day the guys in the CBS tent indicate Roy would play Jacobson in the event of a tie. Roy blows the hole but the movie ends with no mention of a Sims/Jacobson tiebreaker. In fact Romeo says that "Sims will always be second" while he is walking off the course. Roy tells Sims "nice par David". If par ties, Sims and Jacobson are tied. The ending makes no sense.

[–] Doc80 12 years ago

Sims was one stroke back on Roy. It's even stated in the dialogue that Sims needed an eagleto win or birdie to tie.

[–] Kroyall1962 11 years ago

Ah, you are right. Roy needed a par to tie but Sims was 1 back from Jacobson. My bad.

[–] EnnJaySee 11 years ago

Tthe only error I see with this scene is that after Roy holes his shot he walks straight down to the whole when in reality he would have to wait for David to hit his lay up shot over the water before he could collect his ball from the hole but it's only a minor thing.

I can see you make a habit of missing the point.

[–] bigjgolf 11 years ago

Going into the final hole Jacobson and Roy were tied at -8 Sims was one back at -7. Jacobson pared the last meaning Roy would need a birdie to win the open or a par to tie and force a playoff, Sims needed an eagle to win the tournament(or at least force Cup to birdie)or birdie the hole to tie Jacobson.

[–] Topher88 10 years ago

The irony of the final hole is that it blows away Roy's whole philosophy of "I was playing to win." In the situation the winning shot was to hit the layup to give himself a shot at birdie.

[–] Topher88 10 years ago

Also, the tournament did not end with Roy's shot. Sims still had an excellent shot to tie. Although it's apparent he parred the final hole when Roy says: "Nice par, David."

If it was a real tournament and that happened the euphoria over Roy's shot would have died down quickly as the spectators would have wanted to see how Sims finished. In fact, thanks to Roy's shot, Sims might have had a chance to hole his wedge out for the win. He could have aimed for where Roy's ball landed and tried to spin it back into the hole.

Obviously he didn't, but there were still two big shots to come after Roy's. David's wedge and his putt.