Canadian Open Round Four: Furyk coasts home, but it's a shame about Sean

Tom Lehman can take all the heart he likes from Jim Furyk’s victory and the late surge by Stewart Cink Sunday that put him in a tie for 11th, if not ever in contention. But if I was him, I would be ruing the fact that I had a seemingly out-of-sorts Vaughn Taylor on my Ryder Cup squad instead of a hot-to-trot Sean O’Hair.

Mind you, neither O’Hair nor Bart Bryant were hot enough to force Furyk into a playoff as they might (should?) have done at the death.

So Sunday was profitable, but not the trading bonanza we had hoped. When Furyk hit the front there was no great enthusiasm for the challengers and their prices never went significantly below 4.

Things went so flat that one of the hottest conversation points in the forums was the decision of Tiger Woods to support Roger Federer (and sit next to his gal) at the US Open. So much for that great American team spirit then.

Vijay Singh, meanwhile, appears to have retreated into his shell again, which makes reading the upcoming 84 Lumber Classic ticklish. And our intrepid Englishman? Alas poor Justin, I knew him too well.

What I also know all too well is that I am going to be a screaming wreck come next Saturday after battling through two days of mindless Wie-mania to keep tabs on the sharp end of the 84 Lumber. Michelle Wie’s participation in these events is fast getting beyond a joke - and the laugh’s on us.

PS: Thought a two stroke penalty was a bit hard - and very costly - on Jonathan Byrd for infringing one of the more arcane rules of the sport. Apparently some smarty-pants TV analyst spotted that he tested his stance in a bunker on the 9th away from where the actual shot was to be played. Jeez, what a truly awful, AWFUL thing to have done. Hang your head in shame Jonathan.