Sunset Peak
Today was a state holiday here. My best friend happens to be in town as well. No golf related posts today since my friend and I did a big hike. We hiked from about 8,600 feet to the top of Sunset Peak at just under 11,000 feet. I was pretty amazed I handled the hike OK. I was gasping a bit when we got to around 10,000 feet because there’s so much less oxygen in the air.
The golf related posts will continue tomorrow but for now here’s a picture from the very top of one of the highest peaks in my back yard.
Open Championship Final Comments
Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, July 23rd, 2007
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Padraig Harrington wins the 2007 Open Championship
I must say I’m happy that Padraig Harrington won The Open Championship. I’ve always been a fan of his and my putting stance is very similar, wide and square.
Despite going in the Barry Burn TWICE on 18, Padraig managed to get into a playoff with Sergio Garcia. Garcia had spent his mental and emotional load on the round and had no ammo left for the playoff.
Harrington was very candid and said that had he lost the championship, he may not have been able to be competitive at golf again. Makes you wonder about Sergio…
Sergio Garcia
I’ve long been a Sergio critic. I’m pretty tired of seeing, for the gazillionth time, Sergio hopping in the air in at Medinah in 1999. That is ancient history. The most memorable part of this guy’s career is losing to Tiger and hopping in the air?
As I suspected, the belly putter didn’t work as much magic as everyone thought. He still gagged down the stretch with the putter and then made some lame excuses for not winning. He said he was playing against more than just field. He attributed bad luck and bad breaks to not winning. Sounds like your average weekend player to me. He needs a dose of Gary Player’s positive attitude. Maybe that will do the trick for him.
Tiger Woods
…..was not much of a factor.
I don’t practice much. I don’t have a golf coach. I don’t have Nike making custom gear for me and setting me up with perfect specs for my clubs so that I can be more accurate. I’m a hack. That being said, I still hit more fairways than Tiger does.
Steve Stricker
Steve Stricker could have won this tournament, as could a handful of players. What a great story that would have been. Sort of a “worst to first” story. Unfortunately for him his best club (his putter), let him down.
Andres Romero
Man Andres Romero had about the most insane 18 holes I’ve seen in a major. He had FOUR pars, 10 birdies, two bogeys and two doubles. He went the last 11 holes without a par and SHOULD have won the championship.
He was leading when he hit terribly dumb 2-iron from deep rough on #17. The ball bounced off the burn wall and went OB. The TV cameras couldn’t even track it. Even with a bogey on 18, he still could have posted -8, which would have won it for him.
In the pic below, Romero watches his shot on #17 in disbelief as it goes OB.
Three down, one to go
So now we’ve completed three of four majors. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk and the other big guns haven’t won. Only first time winners so far. Will the PGA Championship be the same in about three weeks? Sure, why not?
Paul Azinger puts his foot in his mouth
Quite a laugh in the 3rd round of the Open today. During the broadcast they’re showing a graphic of Sergio’s launch angle, carry and roll of his driver. They’re talking about the system they have to track the launch stats. Paul Azinger goes into a lengthy description of how they use satellites to track the stats of the drives, lengthy. Then the other guys in the booth let him know that it isn’t a satellite, it’s just radar! They gave him grief for the almost the whole rest of the broadcast.
Where did Azinger get all that info? He just made it up!
Greetings from Torrey Utah
I’m in Torrey Utah. I played a gig last night here for a biker convention (my other gig besides being a golf geek is “rock & roll drummer”).
I did a small tour of Capitol Reef National Park this morning after watching Sergio Garcia extend his lead in the 3rd round of The Open. Luke Swilor is tasting that beer I bet him when I said Garcia won’t ever win a major… Sunday will be interesting.
I’m about to hit the road and head home and maybe try to sneak some golf in when I get back. I’ll post a couple of pictures of this beautiful area later tonight.
UPDATE: I’m back home. Here are those pictures of Capitol Reef I promised. 1st is a sunset from last night, then some shots from this morning.
Tiger Woods F-BOMB
Written by: Tony Korologos | Friday, July 20th, 2007
Categories: European Tour • Golf Videos • PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Categories: European Tour • Golf Videos • PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tiger needs to wash his mouth out with soap. He’s struggling in his 2nd round today at the Open. After shooting 39 on the front he flared his driver way right on #10. After that he drops a pretty loud F-BOMB right after Paul Azinger says “way…” at about 5 seconds in this clip.
Unfortunately this video was removed by youtube.
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