Trevor Immelman held off Tiger Woods to win the Masters Sunday. The win earned the 28 year old, who only four months ago was lying in a hospital bed after having a tumor removed from his diaphragm, his first major title and a $1.35 million pay check. While mounting a strong comeback, Woods wasn’t able to capitalize on several key opportunities, finishing second for the fifth time in a major. He’ll have to wait until 2009 for the calendar Grand Slam he said was “easily within reason” on his Web site earlier this year.
“I learned my lesson there with the press,” Woods told reporters.
Meanwhile, Lorena Ochoa destroyed the field at the Corona Championship yesterday, winning by 11 strokes. In the process, she won her third straight tournament and qualified for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame …
“It was very special to do it here in my home country,” Ochoa told reporters after earning her 27th and final qualifying point.
The Deer Creek golf course at The Landings will be lengthened during a renovation next year, Tim McDonald writes at TravelGolf.com.
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Congratulations. As far as I know, you are the first person anywhere to refer to Tiger's "2009 Grand Slam."
And just exactly when did Woods mount a "strong comeback?" He needed a birdie on the final hole to shoot par, and throughout the last round, he was either five or six shots back.
Tiger is good, but please don't read anything into the recent Masters that wasn't there. He finished second, which is great, but it is an undeniable fact that Woods never was in contention to win the tournament.
Tiger trailed Trevor by four after one round, seven after two rounds, and six after three rounds. Only Brandt Snedeker gave Trevor any serious competition for any length of time, and he too fell by the wayside. Tiger was never a factor as far as winning. Trevor was the "easiest" kind of winner.
Alex USMC 1969-73