Date Written: June 9, 2008
"The Mechanic," (Justin Leonard) prevails in a three-way playoff for the Stanford/St. Jude title. Robert Allenby learns what its like to finally lose after winning ten straight playoffs in his pro career. Trevor Immelman has recovered from his all-to-hectic ("tsk, tsk") Master's TV tour. Those could have been the headlines for the week but Yours Truly is always looking for the "under story," the "fuck-up" if you will. The real headline from Memphis should have read, "Mass Suicide" or perhaps, "The Cutters." After the game, Dean Wilson, Gavin Coles, Tim Clark and Marc Turnesa were last seen in the Memphis men's locker room huddled over a package of double-edge razors, deciding who would go first. Two doubles in the last three holes for Dean-O did him in. Little Gavin Coles was just behind him in the futility department...doubling the 72nd hole to miss the playoff by two. Earlier in the day, third-round leader Tim Clark triple-bogeyed the first hole and Marc Turnesa, did him one better; he made a quad on #1. To quote Phillies baseball manager, Danny Ozark, "'Half this game is ninety percent mental."High winds, hot temperatures, sloping greens running near 15 on the Stimp and tucked pins all added up 4-under being good enough to tie for first. You can add the TPC course in Memphis to the short list of U.S. Open-type courses. Last weeks Muirfield/Memorial was no piece of cake either. But those courses are merely hors d'oeuvres for the main meal that's coming this week, Torrey de la Pines.
So gentlemen, as they say at Indianapolis, "Start Your Engines." Oil up the remote. Make sure your TIVO's set for overtime on Sunday. We get some serious wall-to-wall television starting Thursday. Tiger has thirteen of us wondering if he's fit to go. The dummies who thought at the beginning of the year that he would be a "slamdunk" on his favorite venue, are now re-thinking after his third left knee surgery. Someone told me yesterday that Tiger was still limping. I hope not. If he is, I might have to have my best friend Guido to "rearrange" both his kneecaps...ala Tonya Harding. On a lighter side, maybe it's only fair to the field that he be "handicapped" in some way. Three dreamers will get to see if Philly Mick's up to the task in his backyard sandbox. I heard he's just bringing fourteen wedges.
No movement in the pool. Good on Bob Bruce with his T-8 pick of the pro from Yiddish C.C., Scott Verplunked.
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