Had to see it to believe it
Posted 08-17-2011 at 12:07 AM by golfonline
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Admit it: If you were told at the beginning of the week that the 93rd PGA Championship would come down to a playoff between Keegan Bradley and Jason Dufner, you would have planned a Sunday afternoon escape route. Maybe play 36 at the local muni or get caught up on that honey-do list or start studying Swahili. Anything to avoid watching what sounds like a glorified Nationwide Tour leaderboard unfold at a major.
You would have missed one hell of a final round.
There was Dufner looking like [B][I][url=http://www.discountsgolfonline.com/]Discount Golf Clubs[/url][/I][/B] the second coming of Ben Hogan for most of the day, placidly hitting fairways and greens with all the emotion of a guy playing a Tuesday morning pro-am in Dubuque. There was Bradley dipping into Jean Van de Velde territory with his ill-fated triple-bogey on the brutal 15th hole.
And that was just the beginning.
Bradley turned things around, [B][I][url=http://www.discountsgolfonline.com/taylormade-r11-fairway-wood-p-233.html]TaylorMade R11 Fairway Wood[/url][/I][/B] posting birdies on two of his last three holes, and Dufner inexplicably imploded, parlaying a five-shot lead into a two-man playoff. Each player showed tremendous guile and determination in extra holes, but it was Bradley – a 25-year-old PGA Tour rookie – who prevailed in the end, becoming just the third player in the past century to win in his first major championship appearance.
That’s right. A rookie knocked off a guy who can best be described as rank-and-file – and it just may have been the best tournament of the year.
For whatever reason, underdogs are met with scorn in golf. Jack Fleck? A fluke. Larry Mize? No prize. Even for the Davids who didn’t beat Goliath. Bob May? No way.
Maybe the no-names were Rees Jones’ fault, his dastardly redesign of the Highlands Course leveling the playing field to the extent that nobody held an advantage. Maybe it was the PGA of America’s fault, setting up the course so long and fierce that the world’s best had their talents negated. Maybe it was Mother Nature’s fault, her scorching temps melting away the elite players.
The truth is, it was nobody’s fault, because there was no blame to be had. Instead, we should be crediting the aforementioned parties for showcasing a theater that provided a thrill ride, both of the positive variety and the negative.
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You would have missed one hell of a final round.
There was Dufner looking like [B][I][url=http://www.discountsgolfonline.com/]Discount Golf Clubs[/url][/I][/B] the second coming of Ben Hogan for most of the day, placidly hitting fairways and greens with all the emotion of a guy playing a Tuesday morning pro-am in Dubuque. There was Bradley dipping into Jean Van de Velde territory with his ill-fated triple-bogey on the brutal 15th hole.
And that was just the beginning.
Bradley turned things around, [B][I][url=http://www.discountsgolfonline.com/taylormade-r11-fairway-wood-p-233.html]TaylorMade R11 Fairway Wood[/url][/I][/B] posting birdies on two of his last three holes, and Dufner inexplicably imploded, parlaying a five-shot lead into a two-man playoff. Each player showed tremendous guile and determination in extra holes, but it was Bradley – a 25-year-old PGA Tour rookie – who prevailed in the end, becoming just the third player in the past century to win in his first major championship appearance.
That’s right. A rookie knocked off a guy who can best be described as rank-and-file – and it just may have been the best tournament of the year.
For whatever reason, underdogs are met with scorn in golf. Jack Fleck? A fluke. Larry Mize? No prize. Even for the Davids who didn’t beat Goliath. Bob May? No way.
Maybe the no-names were Rees Jones’ fault, his dastardly redesign of the Highlands Course leveling the playing field to the extent that nobody held an advantage. Maybe it was the PGA of America’s fault, setting up the course so long and fierce that the world’s best had their talents negated. Maybe it was Mother Nature’s fault, her scorching temps melting away the elite players.
The truth is, it was nobody’s fault, because there was no blame to be had. Instead, we should be crediting the aforementioned parties for showcasing a theater that provided a thrill ride, both of the positive variety and the negative.
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