The Last major of the year and while the PGA Championship holds far and away the least amount of luster of the 4 majors it still has the field and a lot of intrigue. The Championship returns to the course where Retief took about 5 5 footers to win the tournament, and that was fun. Plus an added bonus is it will be fun to watch some of the fatter players drudge through 18 holes when the temperatures will be over 100. Who wants to see Phil in a wet t-shirt?
4 People to Watch to Contend
The Good Guy - K.J. Choi - KJ said that if he wins the Fedex Cup he will donate all of the money to charity. While that is probably entirely doubtful, I mean that's like saying if I win blogger of the year and win a cash prize that I'll donate it to charity. Well that isn't going to happen so what does the guarantee really mean. Well anyway hopefully he does well.
The Quiet Brit - Justin Rose - Quietly Justin Rose has become one of the best golfers in the world. Every tournament he seems to be finishing in the top ten.
Secondary - Stewart Cink - This tall goof ball missed a short putt the last time it was here which would have put him into a playoff with Retief. Instead it was a solid choke job. Maybe he can come back and right what he did wrong the last time.
Darkhorse - Andres Romero - hey there's no way I couldn't plug the guy for this tourny. He was amazing to watch at the Open and he played well last weekend. Who knows maybe he's just locked in this summer and can get lucky. Here's hoping he's there sunday for some entertainment.
3 People Who Might Surprisingly Miss the Cut
The Shocking - Phil Mickeltits - Mickeltits has been banged up and struggling the latter half of this season and well, he's fat and 100 degrees + fat dudes equals a lot of frustration and sweat. I expect lefty to be somewhere right near the cut line.
The Loudmouth - Rory Sabbatini - Sabbatini may be having a career season but he'll be heckled to no end this weekend and he's already shown a quick fuse. I would not be surprised if he blew up both mentally and score wise.
The Gimmee - Todd Hamilton - He misses every cut, I just want to get something right for a change.
2 People to Root For this Weekend
The People's Hated - Sergio Garcia - Most people don't like Sergio and enjoyed the choke job at the Open championship. This week he's returning to a course where he went into the final round 1 stroke back and shot a 77. Sergio acts just like normal pissed off golfers do. Why the haterade? It's funny. Go Sergio get it done.
The Locale Boy - JJ Henry - This is standard, and if he's in a major he sits in the root for section.
1 Winner
Tiger Woods - Yes this is a lame choice, and yes it didn't work during the Open Championship when my contender choices were Sergio and Paddy and I could have gotten it right if I took Paddy. But is anyone really stupid enough to gamble that A) Tiger will go majorless this year and that B) A Pissed off Tiger woulds who just pummeled his competition last week isn't going to play well this weekend. I certainly hope that the tournament is competitive but I would not be surprised if Tiger tee'd up tomorrow dominated the course put some distance between himself and the field and just ran away and hid on sunday afternoon.
4 People to Watch to Contend
The Good Guy - K.J. Choi - KJ said that if he wins the Fedex Cup he will donate all of the money to charity. While that is probably entirely doubtful, I mean that's like saying if I win blogger of the year and win a cash prize that I'll donate it to charity. Well that isn't going to happen so what does the guarantee really mean. Well anyway hopefully he does well.The Quiet Brit - Justin Rose - Quietly Justin Rose has become one of the best golfers in the world. Every tournament he seems to be finishing in the top ten.
Secondary - Stewart Cink - This tall goof ball missed a short putt the last time it was here which would have put him into a playoff with Retief. Instead it was a solid choke job. Maybe he can come back and right what he did wrong the last time.
Darkhorse - Andres Romero - hey there's no way I couldn't plug the guy for this tourny. He was amazing to watch at the Open and he played well last weekend. Who knows maybe he's just locked in this summer and can get lucky. Here's hoping he's there sunday for some entertainment.
3 People Who Might Surprisingly Miss the Cut
The Shocking - Phil Mickeltits - Mickeltits has been banged up and struggling the latter half of this season and well, he's fat and 100 degrees + fat dudes equals a lot of frustration and sweat. I expect lefty to be somewhere right near the cut line.The Loudmouth - Rory Sabbatini - Sabbatini may be having a career season but he'll be heckled to no end this weekend and he's already shown a quick fuse. I would not be surprised if he blew up both mentally and score wise.
The Gimmee - Todd Hamilton - He misses every cut, I just want to get something right for a change.
2 People to Root For this Weekend
The People's Hated - Sergio Garcia - Most people don't like Sergio and enjoyed the choke job at the Open championship. This week he's returning to a course where he went into the final round 1 stroke back and shot a 77. Sergio acts just like normal pissed off golfers do. Why the haterade? It's funny. Go Sergio get it done.
The Locale Boy - JJ Henry - This is standard, and if he's in a major he sits in the root for section.
1 Winner
Tiger Woods - Yes this is a lame choice, and yes it didn't work during the Open Championship when my contender choices were Sergio and Paddy and I could have gotten it right if I took Paddy. But is anyone really stupid enough to gamble that A) Tiger will go majorless this year and that B) A Pissed off Tiger woulds who just pummeled his competition last week isn't going to play well this weekend. I certainly hope that the tournament is competitive but I would not be surprised if Tiger tee'd up tomorrow dominated the course put some distance between himself and the field and just ran away and hid on sunday afternoon.
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