Utah’s Tony Finau dislocated ankle at The Masters

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- 04/04/2018 at 8:20 PM #57908
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  Tony (admin)
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  Good grief, Tony Finau wrecked his ankle celebrating a hole in one pic.twitter.com/8o7JxVi3xQ
  
  — CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) April 4, 2018
- 04/04/2018 at 8:25 PM #57910
  
  UteBacker
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  Dang…right before his first Masters.
  
  Tony…think Tiger has a shot? I assumed him dead in the water but he’s looked pretty good. Stars would have to align though.
- 04/04/2018 at 8:28 PM #57911
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  EagleMountainUte
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  Unpopular opinion Golf isn’t a sport it is a hobby. Proof see above dislocation while trotting not even really running but trotting.
  
  His knee looks jacked up to.
  - 04/04/2018 at 9:43 PM #57914
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    Tony (admin)
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    How badass is it that he just popped it back in with his hand?
    - 04/04/2018 at 10:52 PM #57921
      
      EagleMountainUte
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      Polynesians and the way he did it makes me think it was a previous injury he sustained.
      
      i had a Tongan mission companion that popped his shoulder out playing Volleyball. He just popped it back in and continued playing. It bugged him for a long time afterwards.
  - 04/04/2018 at 9:56 PM #57915
    
    Tony (admin)
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    Tell that to Tiger Woods or Rory McIlory.
    - 04/04/2018 at 10:53 PM #57922
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      EagleMountainUte
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      Gladly I tell it to everyone when they talk golf I think it is a hobby. They are elite at a hobby.
      - 04/05/2018 at 11:31 AM #57940
        
        Stone
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        Not necessarily disagreeing, but what is your distinction between sport and hobby?
        
        04/05/2018 at 1:00 PM #57945
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        GameForAnyFuss
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        I’ve always defined it as: If a person with average fitness can do it at an elite level, then it’s a hobby and not a sport.
        
        FYI there’s nothing wrong with a favorite pastime being a hobby – I think many hobbies take quite a bit more talent and practice than sports, and are certainly as worthy or more worthy of our admiration than sports.
        
        04/05/2018 at 2:06 PM #57953
        
        Stone
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        I can see that. In other words, to deem it a sport, persons with elite physical fitness levels must have a major advantage over those that do not.
        
        04/05/2018 at 10:07 PM #57975
        
        UteThunder
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        So baseball isn’t a sport?
        
        04/06/2018 at 8:26 AM #57982
        
        GameForAnyFuss
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        Truthfully, I’m on the fence about that one. I see clear ways in which superior speed or strength would benefit an elite baseball player. That said, there are some pretty fat, out of shape dudes playing baseball at the highest level.
        
        04/06/2018 at 1:16 PM #58008
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        EagleMountainUte
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        Yes it isn’t a sport. I will take the hit.
        
        04/05/2018 at 1:45 PM #57950
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        EagleMountainUte
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        Could he repeat that shot over the next ten times? Fifteen? Fifty?
        
        I get that he has the worst shoes ever to run in but that is golf. You walk around(sometimes drive) and hit a ball. He shouldn’t be trotting around backwards since he plays a hobby better than I ever could.
        
        Pool also a hobby I happen to be terrible at those hobbies as well. Doesn’t really play a part in my decision really. Mentally they are tough hobbies.
        
        04/05/2018 at 2:08 PM #57954
        
        Stone
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        I don’t follow your reasoning. The question is how do you distinguish between sport and hobby? Are you suggesting it is a hobby because he cannot get a hole-in-one after another ten/fifteen/fifty attemps?
        
        Again, not disagreeing with your premise, I think it is a fun topic, I am just curious how you make the distinction.
        
        04/05/2018 at 2:28 PM #57956
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        EagleMountainUte
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        Largely a game of chance. Yes it requires some skill just like Bowling and pool. I would say pool and Bowling more of a sport because you can replicate results regularly.
        
        You also need very little physical ability which I implied by the rolling of the ankle and GameForAnyFuss went over.
        
        I have a whole rant about it. Could a golfer play multiple sports? Baseball is getting to that point for me to. There are obviously freak athletes in baseball but majority of them couldn’t play Football, soccer or basketball professionally.
        
        Point of reference for you is I view rugby as the ultimate athletic sport. It combines so many abilities into one event that I just feel those are crazy athletes. Basketball is probably next for me. Legitimacy also comes into it how easily they could be rigged and stuff. Boxing and MMA have crazy athletes to but I just don’t see it as legitimate.
- 04/05/2018 at 9:04 AM #57935
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  highlandute7
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  I played a round with Tony about 10 years ago when he was just starting out and still with Callaway. Such a great guy. Hard not to feel sorry for him.
  
  He has to have done this a few times already. He had an MRI this morning. No damage and was diagnosed with a high ankle sprain. He is planning on playing but would have to imagine this will have an affect on his swing. Hopefully he can play well.
  - 04/05/2018 at 1:47 PM #57951
    
    EagleMountainUte
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    He is kicking ass don’t feel sorry for him.
- 04/05/2018 at 1:03 PM #57947
  
  GameForAnyFuss
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  Nice of Tiger Woods to be giving the TV audience a tour of the lovely scenery between the fairways at Augusta National. Is he the most stunning rags-to-riches-to-rags story in the history of sports?
  
  BTW, here’s the funniest bit of comedy I’ve ever seen about golf:
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