The British Open was worth the price of Comcast yesterday. When Pad nailed that eagle putt, it was on. The announcers, without Ian Baker Finch, were talking about Pad and his look of determination. He really did have it. When he got on the roll, the tournament was his.
So we talk about the choke of Sergio. First of all, did anyone really expect him to hold on? He knows and we know he can't seal the deal. People are going to be talking about the choke for a long time, but could it be that Sergio got flat out beat by a better player?
They say it is tough to carry the weight of being the leader through three days play. I can understand this as Sergio could really only play so well for so long. On Saturday late in the round he made that great pitch shot from the left rough to give himself an easy par chance. He looked poised.
But numbers get back to you. Unless you're John Huston, you're going to put up your share of bogeys to even your score out some. That's just how golf works, pros just have a few more birdies than bogeys, and us am's are dominant on the side of the plus.
Harrington is consistently one of the best golfers in the world. His ranking shows that, but so to does his manor of play. He's a mechanic. He's so head strong and always seems to be able to position himself to play the right shot when he's in contention.
One man who usually does the same is Tiger Woods. What's my point? Remember when I talked about how much I love Tiger's comment of "I just want to win majors?" There's only one left for him to win as he has thrown up the goose-egg for the first three. Not to say that he hasn't played extremely well in the majors for the most part this year...but his comment has the all important word of "win" in it. Tiger, when it counts the most, hasn't seem to put it together yet. Why is this?
His game isn't right. His swing doesn't look like it used to. A lot of focus has been put on Tiger and his fitness and strength but his swing five years ago was a lot more solid that of today's. You want to know who has the best game right now in golf? I don't know who I would say, but other than the fact that Tiger has that gear he can throw it in to make shots come out of no where, I wouldn't say Tiger. And maybe, just maybe, right now he would say the same.
However, the best game in golf, yesterday, belonged to Padraig Harrington. He won the Open Championship, Sergio didn't lose it. But it's over now, and what comes next is the PGA...the player's favorite major. Who's the favorite? You've got me. You should know that the last three PGA champs were the following: Tiger, Mickelson (horrible day in my life), and Vijay. And then Rich Beem. The last time Tiger went a full year without winning a major was actually a 2 year drought from 2003 to the '05 Masters. Will he win the PGA? Not if he keeps playing B+ golf. But then again, it is Tiger.
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