Man what an interesting week in the world of professional golf. Tiger is out and I’m sure the networks and golf publications are gasping for oxygen.

Too young? Nope!

Inbee Park won the Women’s U.S. Open at the age of 20, the youngest Open winner ever.

Too old? Nope!

Some other PGA Tour players may want to remind Kenny Perry how old he is (47). He isn’t supposed to be beating all the flat bellies out there but he and his super slow swing just won the Buick Open.

Tiger Woods had his bad knee reconstructed here in my neck of the woods (sorry for the pun) again.  This time Tiger’s ACL was repaired.  My offer of some beers, popcorn and a few video games to Tiger still stands if he’s recovering in Deer Valley as I suspect.

Tiger’s doctor: “There were no surprises during the procedure, and as we have said, with the proper rehabilitation and training, it is highly unlikely that Mr. Woods will have any long-term effects as it relates to his career.”

Tiger: “It was important to me to have the surgery as soon as possible so that I could begin the rehabilitation process…  I look forward to working hard at my rehabilitation over the coming months and returning to the PGA Tour healthy next year.”

Healthy?

Apparently Tiger has had some real problems since just after the British Open which is when he tore his ACL jogging.

Boy what message does that send to the other PGA Tour players?  This guy is beating up on them and winning U.S. Opens with a torn ACL and multiple fractures in his leg.  Damn…  What if he was healthy???

I knew what Johnny Miller meant during the U.S. Open when he said Rocco Mediate “looks like the guy who cleans Tiger’s swimming pool,” and “guys with the name ‘Rocco’ don’t get on the trophy” during the U.S. Open. He was actually pointing out how incredible a feat it was for Rocco and didn’t mean any harm. Rocco didn’t mind the comments and Johnny wasn’t trying to be a jerk, but he apologized anyway.

Let us not castrate the last golf announcer who has golf balls

I’ve met Johnny Miller a few times. He wasn’t rude to me but wasn’t overly sociable either. I’m sort of on the fence as far as to whether I like him or not. The one thing I’m sure I like about Johnny is the fact that he doesn’t sugar coat his comments during golf broadcasts. He’s the only golf announcer on the planet who who can call out a player, even Tiger, when he deserves it.

Identity theft is one of the largest crimes of our time. Honestly, if someone wants to steal my identity just tell me. You don’t need to steal it. You can have it. If you put it on eBay, I get half of the $.72 you get for it.

Apparently PGA Tour pros aren’t immune to identity theft. Allegedly, a crook in Texas stole Justin Leonard’s identity. He opened credit card accounts and even had a cell phone in Leonard’s name.

Bonehead

The crook who stole Leonard’s identity wasn’t too smart apparently. He used his phony identity in the post office near where Leonard lives, exposing himself to people who recognized that he wasn’t Justin.

Why not go for the big fish?

If you’re going to steal a PGA Tour pro’s identity, why not just go for Tiger Woods’?
Imagine the limits (or lack thereof) for the credit cards you could get with an income of $130,000,000+ per year!

They’re on suicide watch at Tiger Golf Channel following the announcement on Tiger Woods’ web site that he’ll miss the remainder of the 2008 PGA Tour season.

Tiger was more injured than anyone knew. Along with all the knee problems, he had a double stress fracture in his tibia (shin bone).

Tiger hasn’t gone under the knife yet, but he’ll be having reconstructive knee surgery and rehab of his fractures.

How long will Tiger’s body hold out the way he plays now?

In watching Tiger play and all the focus on his knee I’ve come to a conclusion.  He CAN’T continue to play and put that much torque and stress on his knee or other parts of his body.  He needs to develop a swing which is less hard on him physically.  That’s the way he can catch and pass Jack Nicklaus’ or Sam Snead’s records.  Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Jack and many of the greats who have long careers didn’t have such a violent swing with the driver.  So what if Tiger loses a few yards if he tones it down a bit.  He’d still be plenty long off the tee and just might find a few more fairways.

Tiger’s Press Release Below

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It has been 12 straight hours of hell for me. I just barely got HOG moved to another freaking service provider. My old “provider” shut me down with no warning for a 2nd time. Last time it was because HOG was eating too much server juice but they couldn’t tell me what exactly the cause was. This time they shut it down five minutes before the 18 hole playoff in today’s U.S. Open between Rocco Mediate and Tiger Woods.

I was planning on doing a live blog for those at work to follow the round, but this wrench hit me in square between the eyes.

So HOG is hobbled and working now on a new server. The gallery may take a couple of days to resurrect, since it has over 8000 images.

Now I need to get The Golf Space online… I decided to go with two more providers so that if HOG goes down it doesn’t take down The Golf Space and vice versa.

It is going to be a late night…

OH, and congratulations to Rocco Mediate for putting on a great performance and of course to Tiger for winning major #14.

I was really hoping that Rocco Mediate could hold on to his lead and become the “first player to beat Tiger when he had the 54 hole lead in a major.” Of all the people to do it, you could have gotten 40,000,000/1 odds in Vegas on Rocco. Then we wouldn’t hear the ever popular “Tiger has never given up a 54 hole lead…..” stuff. That being said, Rocco has put on a great performance and I hope it continues in the playoff.

Nobody has EVER been a better clutch putter

When he absolutely HAS to make a putt, Tiger is clutch. There hasn’t been anyone who is better at holing out when failing to do so sends him home. Some examples are the Bob May putt at the 2000 PGA, earlier this year at Bay Hill to win and now Sunday at the 2008 U.S. Open on #18 to force a playoff.

Zen? Meditation?

If you have it recorded, watch Tiger just before he addresses the ball on that final putt Sunday. If you watch closely you can see him take two deep breaths while standing behind the ball. While doing that his eyes, which already seemed focused, really zero in. He’s completely blocking out all external distractions and summoning up an amazing and pinpoint ability to perfectly read the line and perfectly execute the stroke. All of this under the greatest pressure in golf. Simply spectacular.

Monday’s match

I hope both players play well and the battle rages on to the final holes. The more pressure the better.

Tiger Woods VS Rocco Mediate in an 18 hole playoff a the U.S. Open!

ESPN: Monday 12 pm - 2 pm &

NBC: 2 pm - 4 pm ET