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BY: RORY SPEARS
AS SAID AT THE DRAFT-PINEHURST YOUR ON THE CLOCK
The first major of the 2014 golf season
is in the books. The U.S. Open or in this
case the U.S. Opens are next. Pinehurst
has them both, in about 60 days the state
of North Carolina will be the center of
golf.
In the last few weeks the USGA and it’s
builders have started setting up the posts,
fences and the tents. Putterboy is polishing
up everything important, it should be two
great weeks of open golf.
MASTERS.ORG
Click here to hear comments from Masters
Champion Bubba Watson, runner up Jordan
Spieth and Matt Kuchar.
Congratulations to Bubba Watson on winning
green jacket No.2, well played and very well
deserved.
As for Jordan Spieth the John Deere Classic
Champion, don’t worry your time will come
and maybe even next year.
I know Bubba has popped off a few times on
his caddie, right or wrong it seems like a few
folks used it to complain about the Two-Time
green jacket winner. Calling him the two-time
green jacket whiner, or worse. I can tell who
did not have Bubba in their pool. My Vegas
bets all drowned in Rae’s Creek or were last
seen hitting out Azalea bushes. (Rory)
Adam Scott and Brandt Snedeker hello ?, Okay
I’ll suck it up and try and do better at Pinehurst.
Hello Phil !!!
BESIDES BUBBA..other winner this weekend,
golf fans everywhere. Did you miss him, of
course you didn’t. As expected, No Tiger no
problem.
IT HAS BEEN, so refreshing to hear all of
the comments about the Masters and how
much the fans enjoyed it, and not having to
hear about Tiger Woods all the time.
That seemed to be one of the big highlights
of the last week, that in spite of a lack of
“back nine” on Sunday drama. The entire
no Woods presence had such a great effect
on the fans and masses. One person I know
who works the tournament, told me the total
number of patrons for the week was as big
or bigger than any year Woods has played
there. No surprise there.
With Woods expected out for the U.S. Open
at Pinehurst, who will be favorite there, with
several top guns missing the cut at Augusta.
Maybe all of those top guns are not exactly
top guns anymore. We will see.
TV COVERAGE. I didn’t see as much of it
as I wanted to, but it seems there were a lot
more compliments about online coverage of
certain groups, and certain holes. Than what
I heard about the Thursday-Friday ESPN
coverage, or the weekend CBS coverage.
OUR LOCAL HERO’s, Kevin Streelman was
okay until the front nine on Sunday. When he
started backing up and finished outside of the
top 15 that he was in when the day started.
Steve Stricker played steady but could not
mount any kind of a charge. His lack of TV
time did not sit well with the Steve Stricker
Facebook page fan club.
Luke Donald missed the cut and had to take
a 2-shot penalty for touching his club in the
sand, after not getting out in his first attempt
in round 1.
Finally on the Masters front, can Watson
win another major this year. I think his
best shot is the PGA at Valhalla, do stay
tuned in.
I KNOW we are being tested again by the
bad weather, it should be gone in 48 hours
and we will back outside on the course and
playing golf again. In the meantime relax,
or go hit one of the domes. They are still
open.
REMINDER GOG RADIO returns, Yes this
Sunday at 9 AM. Details as the week moves
along. RS