Date Written: July 20, 2009
Here's my current rendition of an old country and western song:
T for Texas,
T for Tennessee,
T for Tommy,
And T for Turn ber-ry.
Everyone I know in my small world in Sun Valley was rooting for Tom Watson yesterday. Were you all too?
To quote my favorite golf writer, Rick Reilly:
"Thank you Tom Watson, for reminding us that a codger can play with a kid, and hold his own. And thank you for making us all feel so much younger this week."
Methinks but for a nuked eight-iron that appeared to be straight online on the last hole of regulation, Tommy Terrific makes sports history. I'm gonna forget that he threw up all over himself on the short second putt.
T for Texas,
T for Tennessee,
T for Tommy,
And T for Turn ber-ry.
Everyone I know in my small world in Sun Valley was rooting for Tom Watson yesterday. Were you all too?
To quote my favorite golf writer, Rick Reilly:
"Thank you Tom Watson, for reminding us that a codger can play with a kid, and hold his own. And thank you for making us all feel so much younger this week."
Methinks but for a nuked eight-iron that appeared to be straight online on the last hole of regulation, Tommy Terrific makes sports history. I'm gonna forget that he threw up all over himself on the short second putt.
Tommy Watson, from his own heart, summarized it best of all:
"It would have been a hell of a story, wouldn't it? It would have been a hell of a story. It wasn't to be."
Then, to put the game in perfect perspective, he said later, "This ain't a funeral, you know."
I LOVE THIS GUY!
In the past, I've taken my best shots at Stewart Cink's inability to "close-the-deal." I covered his meltdown at The Travelers in a column I wrote on June 23, 2008. Going further back in time, I remember his three putt from 12 feet to miss a playoff with Retief Goosen and Mark Brooks in the 2001 U.S. Open. Well, if golf is sometimes about redemption, Cink now qualifies as Jesus.
Even though our hero, Huck, clearly ran out of gas in the playoff, one can't deny the obvious...that after all, it's a 72 hole tournament and it was as much a Cink victory as a mini-Watson tank. To me, it was the most memorable British Open of recent memory. Stewart was 3-under over his last five holes, including the dreaded eighteenth TWICE. He crushed Watson by 6 strokes in the playoff, yet it will forever be the story of what might-have-been for Tom. And lest us parishioners forget, Lee Westwood could have easily been in the mix, suffering his own personal meltdown. He bogeyed three of the last four holes, including a three-putt from distance on the final hole thinking that Watson was too experienced to bogey the dreaded 18th.
As far as the pool goes, Bob Bruce and Charlie Tuna's pick of Big Ernie's earned them solid T-8 money.
Turnberry certainly turned out to be one tough test. The R & A should be lauded for their selection and rehabilitation of this storied venue.
Finally, fourteen "homies" are rooting for Mike Weir this coming week in The Canadian, including 4 of the top 5 money leaders. Another oddity...no "No-Shows" this week.
In the past, I've taken my best shots at Stewart Cink's inability to "close-the-deal." I covered his meltdown at The Travelers in a column I wrote on June 23, 2008. Going further back in time, I remember his three putt from 12 feet to miss a playoff with Retief Goosen and Mark Brooks in the 2001 U.S. Open. Well, if golf is sometimes about redemption, Cink now qualifies as Jesus.
Even though our hero, Huck, clearly ran out of gas in the playoff, one can't deny the obvious...that after all, it's a 72 hole tournament and it was as much a Cink victory as a mini-Watson tank. To me, it was the most memorable British Open of recent memory. Stewart was 3-under over his last five holes, including the dreaded eighteenth TWICE. He crushed Watson by 6 strokes in the playoff, yet it will forever be the story of what might-have-been for Tom. And lest us parishioners forget, Lee Westwood could have easily been in the mix, suffering his own personal meltdown. He bogeyed three of the last four holes, including a three-putt from distance on the final hole thinking that Watson was too experienced to bogey the dreaded 18th.
As far as the pool goes, Bob Bruce and Charlie Tuna's pick of Big Ernie's earned them solid T-8 money.
Turnberry certainly turned out to be one tough test. The R & A should be lauded for their selection and rehabilitation of this storied venue.
Finally, fourteen "homies" are rooting for Mike Weir this coming week in The Canadian, including 4 of the top 5 money leaders. Another oddity...no "No-Shows" this week.
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