Tiger Woods, the name/face and the only reason anyone turns the golf channel on, sucks. Phil Mickelson, the loveable loser who although not many of us remember because of that Woods guy, won the Masters, has arthritis and is in no shape to compete. And Tim Tebow, ‘The Savior’ but why in the world are you diving head first into end zone, down 13, as time expires, in a preseason game. (Maybe we should be talking about his head rather than his throwing mechanics.)
And as CBS inexplicably changes the PGA Championship as the leader and final group comes down 18 to watch the opening kickoff of an NFL preseason game.
But the real problem, nobody cared.
Nearly the entire Mountain Time Zone region missed probably the biggest event to happen to the PGA Tour this year. [And in case you missed it…. Dustin Johnson, the guy who shot a 64 on Saturday at the US Open at Pebble Beach and couldn’t miss a shot on the back nine coming in, then proceeded to collapse faster than Pee Wee Herman under still unconditioned Albert Haynesworth. He, DJ, struggled on the final round of the PGA Championship but came back with such resilience that Heath Ledger in the ‘A Knights Tale’ would be proud. Fast forward to the 18th hole, DJ has a one shot lead and only needs a par to secure his first major and only the 4th American to win a major in their 20’s. His tee shot is slightly askew but gets out of a tough situation and makes a bogey that lands him in a three-way playoff. But much to his chagrin and everyone watching, and at this point Kyle Orton had been extremely accurate hitting his dump off receivers, he was awarded a 2 stroke penalty for ‘grounding his club’ in one of the course 1,200 bunkers. The bunkers in which the onlookers were standing, the bunker where PGA rules officials used cameras to see if he actual grounded his club. Bubba Waston and Martin Kaymer go on to battle in a three hole playoff where Waston almost sinks a chip, US Open Tom Watsonesque, but Kaymer almost anticlimactically comes out on top.]
These types of things only happen so often. And you missed it.
Calm down UNC Beeears; I haven’t gotten the test results back yet but the diagnosis IS coming.
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