Woods, Glorious Woods! - AT&T National Review
Well, far be it for me to wallow in my own success but, give me a hell ya!!!! For the second time this season, I had a first-second combination with my tips. I could not see Tiger Woods getting defeated this week and true to form, he delivered as expected. It was a great performance from Woods and surely now it is simply inevitable that he will win at least one of the remaining majors of the season. While I would not initially have been backing him for the British Open, I may now need to reconsider considering Tiger claims he has a new shot in the bag, a grip down, three quarter swing drive which is made for blustery conditions. Hmmm, that should come in handy in Turnberry shouldn’t it? Tiger usually visits our Irish shores prior to the British Open and I’m hoping to convince him to apply for a visa here so we can claim him as one of our own. Heck, with the way our economy is, I can’t see too much opposition to him being voted in as our President or Taoiseach….fancy owning your own island Mr Woods? Okay I’m rambling now (South African red wine going to my head!).
Tiger didn’t have it all his own way this week however. Anthony Kim was his main challenger for most of the week but a rather ordinary final round from Kim, despite a birdie at the first, meant it never really looked like Kim was going to win with 6 holes to go. Step up Hunter Mahan. 6 birdies in his last 8 holes put him in the clubhouse at -12 and in with a real chance. It wasn’t to be though as he came up a shot short of Woods but that is Mahan’s third straight top-6 finish in an impressive season thus far.
Now, the focus switches from the US to the glorious Europe. You Americans have 3 majors on your shores every year which is plain wrong and this year, we have one South American and one Amercian major win. It’s the turn of the Europeans again in 2 weeks time. Our man Padraig Harrington has owned the claret jug the past two years and I am literally praying he puts up a good display in what has otherwise been a terrible season. Don’t write him off just yet though!
For those crossing the pond, why not pay a flying visit to Ireland where I can show you what real winds are. You guys have it easy out there with your beautiful sunshine (well, most of the time), your gentle breezes and soft greens. Now it’s time for the way golf was meant to be played. Rock hard fairway and greens, huge bunkers, no grass and the putter being used from 50 yards off the greens…..roll on the British Open!
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