The Masters

Trevor Forever

Date Written: April 14, 2008

It was refreshing to watch Trevor Immelman hold off the best player on the planet and win his first major yesterday. Reams have already been written about the outcome, so I won't bore you. God missed a few short putts and finished in second place, three back. It would have been five if Trevor didn't have a brain freeze on the par three sixteenth.

Gary Player, Immelman's idol, gave him some nice advice before the last round. He told the kid to be tough! Player even went public to liken Trevor's swing to Ben Hogan's. Player's been around so long he probably played in the 40's and 50's with Bantam Ben. Still, the compliment was not trivial. Even Tiger admitted "post game" that Trevor is a fine player and should win a few majors in years to come.

Mr. Tiger's not only chasing Nicklaus' record of eighteen winning majors, but nineteen major second-place finishes. And for those that care, nine third place major finishes. Now, those are staggering numbers. Tiger's gaining in all categories. He finished second yesterday for the second year in a row at Augusta. The question of the day is...how many times now has he finished second in a major? Answer below.

In our trusty pool, eight of you, including our esteemed leader, Scott Winegar, had Tiger for a double payoff of $1,620,000. Scotty extended his lead to roughly 1.7 mil over his business partner, Pat Moloney. These two dudes run an event management business, headquartered in Boise, which begs the question, what's in the water over there? Both Scott and Pat play a decent, single digit game but they appear to be "scratch" players when it comes to picking winners. They also run a very nifty, "Boys On Tour" annual golf tournament that travels the West each year. Scotty does throw us a bone this coming week...he has Adam Scott who's a No Show. Poor Adam got a slight cold and cancelled.

Back to reality this week at the Heritage...DL III's favorite digs. Longtime golfing buddy and semi-scratch, Jeff Wong, now hangs there with the cutest Kelly on the planet. The Wonger was last seen tending bar at Sea Pines and playing a lot of golf. Mother Fudder!

In answer to the question, Tiger has been second five times in majors, including three times in the last five and four in the last 12.