A huge nod to Michael Putnam, who pulled out of the US Amateur after receiving a sponsor invitation. Putnam finished in a 3-way tie for 4th, and gets an automatic invite to next week's Deutsche Bank Classic.
Sure was, Frank! This was a very enjoyable and interesting tournament to watch.
I loved the way the TPC at River Highlands played for the first three rounds. With the fairways and greens running hard and fast, the course sure had a hard edge to it. I think it's one of the under-appreciated courses on TOUR.
But, alas, today's rain took the edge off the course and it's shortish length made it a tad vulnerable. Still, some great stuff happening out there.
I was really rooting for Justin Rose to break through. It's brutally tough playing from the lead. And what a huge week for Tjaart van der Walt! Congrats to him.
I was thinking the same thing, Frank. Kenny Perry (# 10) was the highest ranked guy in the field and we had one great tournament. Faxon flat out deserved it. A 7 iron from the bunker and 166 yds...what a finish!
A huge nod to Michael Putnam, who pulled out of the US Amateur after receiving a sponsor invitation. Putnam finished in a 3-way tie for 4th, and gets an automatic invite to next week's Deutsche Bank Classic.
Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport
Yea it was a great finish but Justin Rose has to be kicking himself. He carried a lead into the weekend and did nothing on Saturday to extend it. In most cases on the PGA Tour if you have a lead going into the weekend and don't extend it you leave the door open for somebody else to to come from behind and catch you, which is exactly what happened.
I was thinking the same thing, Frank. Kenny Perry (# 10) was the highest ranked guy in the field and we had one great tournament. Faxon flat out deserved it. A 7 iron from the bunker and 166 yds...what a finish!
That's one of my concerns with having fewer tournaments. There are some tournaments like the Buick Classic, the 84 Lumber Classic, the B.C Open that give the "grinders" and other guys a chance to shine. The PGA superstars tend to gravitate toward the bigger tournaments. Fewer tournaments mean fewer opportunities for the "little guys" on tour to show what they can do.
If you have a PGA Tour card, every tournament is a chance to show what you can do. The "big guys" don't win every week.
Not necessarily true. It's possible to be eligible but not able to compete if players higher eligibility status enter a tournament. Which is why so many of these guys are scrambling to get into the top 125 on the money list. Also some courses on the tour favor longer hitters. At about 6800 yards the TPC at River Highlands isn't one of them.
Simply because a course is long or the big boys are playing doesn't mean the rest of field has no chance. These guys are all professional golfers and every one of them has the skills to win any particular week. A long course and a top 25 loaded tournament may make the odds longer too, but they are all capable of winning.
A course of any length always favors the longer hitter...so long as he can keep it in play. :nodsmiley Nowadays, all the players hit it pretty long, so any of them can win any given event...many events are essentially putting contests, with the exception of the few who have pretty penal rough or very narrow, tree-lined holes to reward good ballstriking.
Simply because a course is long or the big boys are playing doesn't mean the rest of field has no chance. These guys are all professional golfers and every one of them has the skills to win any particular week. A long course and a top 25 loaded tournament may make the odds longer too, but they are all capable of winning.
I've said it before. The golfers that have their game dialed in the most are the one's that are going to be competitive in a given tournament. Just about every golfer on the PGA Tour is capable in any given tournament or any given round of going extremely low. Which is part of what makes watching pro golf so much fun.
August 28th, 2005, 08:33 PM
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