Bart Bryant has a 4 shot lead going into Sunday’s final round of the Tour Championship. He’s practically #1 in all of the meaningful stat categories for the tournament so far. Bryant has had a problem in the past handling pressure and admittedly has come close to feeling so sick dealing with the pressure that he wanted to “cash in.”
How’s he going to handle the pressure playing in the final group Sunday? You’re not going to have much more pressure than playing in the final group with world #4 Retief Goosen. Toss in playing in the group behind Tiger Woods. Imagine watching Tiger in the group in front of you go on one of his patented Sunday charges and having to answer to that.
Entertainment
Tiger has hit 14 of 42 fairways and he’s been hitting shots from some very interesting spots. Yesterday I couldn’t help laughing when Tiger was hitting off the dirt from next to what looked to be three large ice machines. When he HAS hit the fairway, he’s been launching them as long as 380 yards.
But the most entertaining thing so far was watching Sergio today. Frustrated with his putting, he took a full swing with his putter at his golf bag. His Monza Corza became unplayable at that point and he putted with an iron the rest of the round. He putted better.
Retief Goosen has the lead this morning at -11 for the Tour Championship. he’s 1 ahead of Bart Bryant and 5 ahead of Tiger. I’ve got the DVR all set up for viewing later because I’m off to see some college football! DVRing or TIVOing golf is truly the best way to watch it anyway. You can save yourself 15-20 minutes per hour of commercials.
I was browsing asiantour.com (no I don’t get there too often) and found a story about an 878 yard hole.
PAR 6 HOLE TO MAKE DEBUT AT DOUBLE A INTERNATIONAL OPEN
Hole 4, Par 6, 878 Yds at the St Andrews Hill (2000) Golf Club, Rayong Thailand.Rayong, Thailand, November 1: A monstrous 878-yard, par six hole will make a daunting debut on the Asian Tour at this week’s inaugural US$300,000 Double A International Open.
I can see it now: “Hey Bob, nice eagle 4!”
A thought: we’re only 122 yards from seeing a 1000 yard hole…
Here’s the setup:
I’ve battled this scratch player for 16 holes. I birdie 17 to go 1 up. He presses me on the 18th tee, which is a par 3. Yes, a par 3 finishing hole. This green is very hard to hit and has a huge tier in it which guarantees a 3 putt if you’re on the wrong tier.
With the press on my opponent knocks a beautiful tee shot to about one inch from the hole. He wins the press, we tie the original bet. He also wins the “rabbit” and the “squirrel” in our 8 man group which gets him even more dough. (I’ll cover the animals some other time).
I lost dough but it was still beautiful to watch.
Ok fellow golf addicts, forum users and friends I need your help. I’ve had this request posted over on my golf forum for a few days but I’m putting it here too.
I’d like to to a year ending article for Hooked On Golf Blog which sums up the biggest stories of 2005. Though “top 10” lists make me gag, let’s call it the top stories of the year.
I’ll start with a few here and please help me out with others you can think of:
In no particular order
–Tiger wins 2 majors
–Tiger player of the year and money list winner
–Michelle Wie Turns Pro
–Daly comeback
–ErKnee Els knee injury
–Duval melt down
–Jason Gore
–Phil wins 2nd major
–Mr Clutch: Chris DiMarco (even though he hasn’t WON a tournament) at the president’s cup and runner up finishes.
–The distance debate. Debates over scaling back the golf ball
–Michelle Wie DQ
–Michael Campbell comeback/wins US Open
–Sean and Mark O’Hair saga
–Annika dominates the LPGA Tour
–Paula Creamer makes splash on LPGA Tour
–Jack plays last Masters and last Open (of which I have his autograph on BOTH flags!)
–On a personal note: I MET JACK, that would be my personal #1 event of 2005
–2005: the year of weather delays
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