Thoughts from the PGA Championship

Tiger. There I said it.  Now we can get on to the subject at hand.  Actually the fact that yet another 1st time major winner took the trophy home is just another reminder of how dominant Tiger was and how spoiled we fans were.  Remember when you could count on watching Tiger contend week in and week out?  Gone, those days are gone and so are the days of being able to root for your guy every Sunday.

I have tried to move on from Tiger by going with a team approach.  Since I know that no one player can be trusted to contend every week, I have chosen 8 guys to root for in hopes that I might get a winner now and then. Meet my team: Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Nick Watney, Anthony Kim, Bubba Watson, Hunter Mayhan, Jim Furyk and Jason Day.  All pretty darn good players but there are plenty of weekends that half of them don’t make the cut and none are in the top 5.  I guess I could put Rory on my team but even the chosen one has yet to even begin to dominate like Tiger.

While Tiger melted down, more unknows came alive.

Ok, lets talk PGA tournament.  What always jumps out at me is how mentally strong PGA players are. How Keegan Bradely dunks a ball in the water on 15, takes a triple, and then turns around and goes birdie, birdie, par is a testament to how resilient they are.  The one thing we all can relate to is a triple, but few of us have the skill or fortitude to recover the way he did.  As for Jason Dufner, who I felt really bad for, he showed major steel when he nailed his birdie putt on 18 (in the playoff).  Making a 12 foot birdie putt when he had to know the match was over just proves how incredibly focused they are.

So another major, another new guy of the week.  At least an American finally won.