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Golf’s New Kids on the Block

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Rory McIlroy shot a 10-under 62 on Sunday en route to capturing the the Quail Hollow Championship. Rory is the ripe ole’ age of 20. He became the youngest player to win a PGA Tour event since Tiger Woods in 1996.

Meanwhile, halfway around the world, Ryo Ishikawa shot a record 58 on Sunday to win the The Crowns Championship in Japan. This is his seventh Japan Tour win. By the way, he is 18.

In my opinion, this is what golf needs.  We need Rory, Ryo and the Anthony Kims of the world to step up and start winning tournaments like this.  All three have a certain sense of flair like one Tiger Woods.  And let’s face it, we need a little flair to drive us to the TV sets and watch golf.  No offense against the Steve Strickers or the Lucas Golvers of golf.  They just don’t do it for me like these other guys.  Would you rather be watching a 20 year old kid who looks 13 with black curly hair hanging out of his cap who stands all of maybe 5′ 9″ who also has energy and enthusiasm?  Or would you rather watch Stricker, Glover, Weir, etc.?  I know the answer for me. Go young guys!!!!

Posted by Rod Snyder

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Golf goes on with the first PGA event

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Despite the dethroning of King Tiger late last year golf has to go on. The first event of the 2010 PGA Tour season ended with a whimper on the 18th green of Kapalua’s Plantation course Sunday. A six-inch tap-in putt by Geoff Ogilvy enabled him to win the season opener for a second successive year. However, the shots leading up to the putt were not quite as tame, and just proved that there are many pros on tour playing flawless golf with determination and excellent decision making abilities. A year after winning the same tournament by six shots, Ogilvy used the above mentioned skills to make up a two-shot deficit over his last 10 holes for a 6-under 67 and a one-shot victory over Rory Sabbatini, making him only the second repeat winner at Kapalua.

U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover’s bid to become the second straight wire-to-wire winner at Kapalua ended early when he hit into the hazard on consecutive holes and lost three shots. He closed with a 76 and was 14th in the 28-man field.

Back to Ogilvy though: check out a shot that makes mere golf morals sigh and realize the difference between “us” and “them.”

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U.S. Team Wins The Presidents Cup

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

The U.S. Team won The Presidents Cup with 19 1/2 points. Going into the final round on Sunday, the U.S. Team had 12 1/2 points and the International Team had 8 1/2 points. By the end of the singles matches, the U.S. Team earned 19 1/2 points and the International Team finished with 14 1/2 points. A victory for the USA with its 6th Presidents Cup win on home soil.

Prior to Sunday’s matches, the U.S. Team needed 5 points to win the Cup. Here’s how they won…

Camilo Villegas / Hunter Mahan – U.S. wins 2 and 1
Adam Scott / Stewart Cink – U.S. wins 4 and 3
Mike Weir / Justin Leonard – AS
Robert Allenby / Anthony Kim – U.S. wins 5 and 3
Geoff Ogilvy / Steve Stricker – International wins 2 and 1
Ernie Els / Sean O’Hair – U.S. wins 6 and 4
Ryo Ishikawa / Kenny Perry – International wins 2 and 1
Tim Clark / Zach Johnson – International wins 4 and 3
Y.E. Yang / Tiger Woods – U.S. wins 6 and 5
Vijay Singh / Lucas Glover – AS
Retief Goosen / Phil Mickelson – U.S. wins 2 and 1
Angel Cabrera / Jim Furyk – International wins 4 and 3

Tiger Woods’ winning point was also the winning point for the U.S. Team beoming The Presidents Cup champions. Woods had a great Cup experience with wins in all 5 of his matches during the tournament.

Legendary Michael Jordan was on hand to witness the the USA victory. Jordan served as a Presidents Cup assistant. His role was to coach the U.S. team and teach them what team play is all about. And that he did. Congratulations U.S. Team!

Posted by Marilyn Harris

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The TOUR Championship – Round 1

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Despite the 15 inches of drenching rain that saturated the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta just two days earlier, the first day of round one of the TOUR Championship and final playoff of the FedEx Cup brought sunshine and overall good course conditions. The savior of the course’s condition was the SubAir system, an underground moisture removal system, that was installed at the course in 2005 as a measure to “drain” any excess water off of the fairways and greens. According to the players, the greens were definitely dried out, playing “like a brick”.

Sean O’Hair leads round one of the tournament by one stroke. As the story goes, during a practice round Tiger gave Sean a putting tip to help his friend out. Now the question is…will that tip lead O’Hair to win the tournament? Maybe. But let’s speculate a bit…if O’Hair wins the Tour Championship, how does he fair for taking the FedEx Cup title? Here’s how it could play out…if O’Hair takes the title at the TOUR Championship and Tiger places 2nd either solo or tied with another player, Tiger wins the FedEx Cup due to the points system. Tiger would remain the leader with 4,500 points while O’Hair finishes with 3,700 points. For Tiger a win worth $10 million! Now, if Tiger should make the charge during the next few rounds and win the TOUR Championship, what does he accomplish? A tournament win worth $1.35 million and another $10 million for the lead points in the FedEx Cup and best of all his 72nd PGA title. What’s your prediction for the Championship? And bigger question, who will win the FedEx Cup?

Round One Top Five: Sean O’Hair (-4); Tiger Woods – (-3); Stewart Cink – (-3); Padrig Harrington – (-3); Lucas Glover – (-2)
Posted by Marilyn Harris

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In winning the British Open Stewart Cink becomes the foil to another feel good story….

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Another Major, another feel good story blown. That’s what the prevailing theme is in men’s golf 2009. Let’s look at what has happened this year:

The Masters: Kenny Perry has a two shot lead which would make him the oldest major winner at the time and give him his first ever major win. What happens? He loses to Angel Cabrera after blowing his lead in the 16th.

The U.S. Open: Phil Mickelson almost wins one for his wife Amy who made it clear she would love a trophy for her hospital room. He loses to Lucas Glover after a rough 17th hole.

The British Open: In what I consider to be the biggest heartbreak of the year, 59 year old Tom Watson misses a putt on the last hole to lose to Stewart Cink. This makes Cink, by all accounts one of the nicest guys in golf, the villain in what should have been a feel good story.

What I find interesting in all of this is that in any other situation I would have been cheering for Cabrera or Glover and certainly for Cink but I found myself actively rooting against decent guys and great golfers because I, along with thousands of other fans, wanted that fairy tale ending.

It will be interesting to see what happens at the PGA Championship in August; will the heartbreak trend continue?

Post by Michele Minten

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An unknown becomes a champion – Glover takes the US Open

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Of all the stories unfolding at the 2009 US Open, Lucas Glover didn’t even factor in. First there was the story of Tiger’s dominance (will he or won’t he); Phil’s family concerns and the potential Hollywood moment of a trophy for his wife’s hospital room; the rain and weather; the “comeback” of David Duval. And where did Glover fit into this? Nowhere, really. He just played golf. And he played good, if unexciting, golf. Cool hand Lucas remained calm, cool and in control….and it worked for him.
Did it add to the excitement of the Open? In my opinion, not really. It’s great to see an underdog win but I admit that I would have liked some drama at the end. Nothing big; maybe a fist pump or a clicking of the heels.

At the end, though, it was the mild mannered guy from South Carolina who was able to take a fairly non-descript swing, stay on the right side of the weather, and set himself up at the top of the leaderboard. And, at least for the next several years, nobody will be asking “Lucas who?”

Posted by Michele Minten

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