The PGA majors have really all been heartbreaking to watch this year. Sentimental favorites hanging in there right till the end, then losing it right when it seems to be in their grasp. Such disappointments. Now, let me preface this by saying that the three guys who've won the majors this year are great guys who certainly deserved to win... especially Stewart Cink. However, their victories were certainly overshadowed by the tale that could have been...
First, we had Kenny Perry at the Masters. At 48 years old, it seemed like he was finally going to get his first major championship. The tournament was his to lose going into the last two holes, and he bogied both of them. Next, the US Open. Two possibilities here... Phil Mickelson winning his first US Open after finishing second four times and for his cancer-stricken wife, or the former number one, now ranked 800 and something, David Duval, making a surprising run years after everyone thought his career was finished. And someone floated the idea of a Mickelson-Duval playoff....
Finally, today at Turnberry for The Open Championship. 59 year-old Tom Watson with a one stroke lead with 71 holes played. A great tee shot, and a nice-looking second shot that just bounced over the green... but he couldn't make the ten-foot putt for the championship. What a heartbreak.
Still, it has been incredible watching Watson over the past few days. What an amazing tournament.
I think I'm only going to watch the PGA Championship if there are no sentimental favorites anywhere near the lead after the first two days...
First, we had Kenny Perry at the Masters. At 48 years old, it seemed like he was finally going to get his first major championship. The tournament was his to lose going into the last two holes, and he bogied both of them. Next, the US Open. Two possibilities here... Phil Mickelson winning his first US Open after finishing second four times and for his cancer-stricken wife, or the former number one, now ranked 800 and something, David Duval, making a surprising run years after everyone thought his career was finished. And someone floated the idea of a Mickelson-Duval playoff....
Finally, today at Turnberry for The Open Championship. 59 year-old Tom Watson with a one stroke lead with 71 holes played. A great tee shot, and a nice-looking second shot that just bounced over the green... but he couldn't make the ten-foot putt for the championship. What a heartbreak.
Still, it has been incredible watching Watson over the past few days. What an amazing tournament.
I think I'm only going to watch the PGA Championship if there are no sentimental favorites anywhere near the lead after the first two days...
