Each week I am asked by the wonderful Tees2Greens staff to write a review of the weekend’s golf. Rather than our weekly review, I have a couple of “bones to pick” and want to deal with my issue rather than the scores, so here is a quick recap about the World Golf Championships.
Tiger Woods streak comes to an end. It was one of those times that Tiger dreads. Hitting the ball well enough to win, but being unable to “get” the speed or line of the greens, Woods was unable to catch a leader who did not play well.
Geoff Ogilvy shot a last round 71. With delay after delay, Sunday’s final round got moved to Monday morning. With all the birdies in the first three rounds, no one believed Ogilvy could hold the lead shooting just one under par.
"I had a shot at it and just came up short," said Woods, who had won 16 of his previous 26 events on the PGA TOUR.
It seemed each tour professional awoke Monday morning and could not bring that birdie that most had during the first 54 holes. With a 4 shot lead in hand, none of the closest followers could manage anything lower than 68 and that number could not get it done.
The Bone… A majority of the field is not American; the majority of every WGC event is not American. SO WHEN WILL WE FINALLY PLAY A WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP SOMEPLACE OUTSIDE AMERICA? I know this is 17 days before Augusta. I know the top American’s prefer to not travel great distances, but this is not a World Golf Championship.
We have three WGC events each year, I think we should be able to find a location outside our borders that will make all the entrants happy. There is plenty of money being made by the players and the Tournament so let’s get a bunch of private jets and take the World Golf Championships to Scotland. Don’t like that idea, hell, how about Canada?
We ask the Asian and the European players to travel around the world; I think it’s time to ask the PGA Tour players to do the same. Don’t want to go? See you next year.
Finally - I like Greg Kraft; I like Bo Van Pelt. I like all the guys that played in Puerto Rico and I think they should make all the money they can. But giving them one Fed Ex Cup point is totally wrong. It is one thing to play in a tournament when the top players choose to not join in the fun; it is another to win a tournament when the top players are competing against each other and you win. So make your money; let it count for the Top 125 (although I do not think that should happen either but this is America), but do not give these players points towards winning a possible $10 million dollars when they are not facing one player in the Top 30.
What do you think?
