Archives for: May 2007
May
31
The case for Tiger Woods this week is a half empty/half full argument. A price of around 3.6 for someone facing a hundred or so rivals, even if he is the best in the world, looks unappetising. Yet on the basis of his season so far you can argue it's gene… more »
May
28
Here's something you might like to tuck away for next year. It is a fact I spotted on one of the betting forums last week, unearthed by someone who obviously has far too much time on their hands: for the last five years at least the winner of the Colonia… more »
May
27
The winner of this could turn out to be the strongest swimmer. I liked the way Scott Verplank summed it up: "I didn't have any plans for Monday, just go to the lake. Looks like the lake may be coming to me."
Things look so ominous overnight that I'm le… more »
May
26
If it was a surprise to see Anthony Kim on top of the leaderboard Friday morning, it's an absolute revelation to see Tim Clark lording it over his peers a day later. Everyone wondered when Clark would win his first PGA tournament after some immaculate st… more »
May
25
This is not how it was meant to be. For a start Colonial was meant to be playing a lot firmer and faster. Secondly, it certainly wasn't written in the stars that Anthony Kim would be topping the leaderboard, even if half the first-round players have stil… more »
May
23
For once America really does play second fiddle to Europe and doesn't it show. You'd struggle to buy your second Rolls Royce with the money going on the awkwardly named Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.
Punters are pointing their bank balances at… more »
May
21
The person I felt sorriest for Sunday wasn't Ryuji Imada. His "moment of madness" on the playoff hole puts him up with the best of them (cue either Phil Mickelson or Colin Montgomerie at Winged Foot). At least he now knows for sure he can mix it with the… more »
May
20
Looks like being quite a party at the Sugarloaf Sunday. Half of Georgia seems to want to turn up to cheer on their rival college co-leaders, playing like demons in the Augusta sunshine. Then there's local boy Matt Kuchar to raise a few more cheers if he… more »
May
19
Everyone interviewed after coming off the Sugarloaf course has been singing the same tune: it's a really tough test. Can someone give me the latest definition of tough? The place has been leaking birdies and eagles like there's no tomorrow.
What is esp… more »
May
18
You won't find many of Thursday's leaders in the various expert picks for this competition. I've rarely seen such a collection of has-beens and haven't-beens leading a tournament, at least until the fag-end of the season.
I had toyed with the idea befo… more »
May
17
Either Padraig Harrington has been hitting the Guinness big-time or the scribes covering the Irish Open are really desperate for a story. Suddenly we're inundated with headlines accusing that nice PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem of cruelly snatching Europea… more »
May
14
"Butch, the 1st of many. Phil Mickelson."
That message, on the 18th green flag Mickelson gave to Butch Harmon Sunday, summed up the size of Lefty's continuing ambition. It also neatly encapsulated Harmon's ambition as well.
If anyone failed to get th… more »
May
13
It's plays like Phil Mickelson's on the 10th Saturday that sum up the joys and horrors of a punter's life following Lefty. His big gamble in cutting his fairway bunker shot through the palm trees with a 7-iron, rather than taking the safe route around th… more »
May
12
Phil Mickelson knows he's got to buck his ideas up Saturday. His short game, notably his putter, is what is keeping him alive. Those who spend their lives glued to Shotlink tell us he has yet to miss a putt from less than 8ft.
Lefty apparently can't ma… more »
May
11
Rory Sabbatini has a rather pugilistic appearance, though I'd better watch what I say in case it earns me a "Glasgow kiss". He certainly doesn't pull his verbal punches, sending the golfing world into a lather over Thursday's "where are you" jibe at Tige… more »
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