Before
the final round of the 2017 PGA Championship 2017 from Quail Hollow in North
Carolina gets underway, here are some random thoughts on the events so far:
-What
a snoozefest. No big names on the leaderboard. Kevin Who? (Full disclosure: Kisner’s numbers were quite appealing as I
prepared to make my fantasy golf selections, and I failed to
pull the trigger, so sour grapes may be a factor here). The one big story coming onto the tournament,
Jordan Spieth becoming the sixth career Grand Slam
winner has gone south. If I don’t get the
opportunity to watch any of the final round I will not be disappointed.
-The
PGA can move its championship to April, May , June or Mars, for that matter, in
the coming years for all I care. It is, and will always be, the fourth major,
regardless of its position in the golf Majors
rota.
- Please
stop with the Green Mile fascination already.
Comparing holes on a golf course
to the last walk of a condemned person about to be executed in real life is
laughable. Besides, I’ll take waist- high fescue, deep bunkers and the
challenge of the elements (read, the British Open) over water hazards any
day.
-Hideki
Matsuyama is a very good golfer. He may turn
out to be a great golfer some day. He may even win this tournament and become the
first Japanese golfer to win a major, a distinction the greatest Japanese
golfer, WGHOF member Jumbo Ozaki could not accomplish. But his
swing is unwatchable. The game of golf
is slow enough as it is, on both the professional and duffer level. (See the earlier Jason “All” Day post here describing
the ills of slow play.) If Matsuyama can
maintain that deliberate swing as he grows older, and still win tournaments, then
bless his heart. But don’t make me watch
it, please.
-Can
we stop with the Bermuda grass fetish, please.
Champion Ultradwarf Bermudagrass in
the greens, some other variety of Bermuda to create the rough on the course,
Bermuda all around. Stop trying to trick
up the courses (three new holes just for the tournament, 500-yard+ par fours,
come on) and let the golfers just play
golf.
Fore!!
Copyright R.E. Kelly 2012-2017
AMDG
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