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Sunday, August 10, 2008
PGA Championship: final thought
Just as Padraig Harrington stood over his putt on the 18th green a few minutes ago, I thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be interesting if Padraig left the door open for Sergio by missing this, just as Sergio left the door open for Padraig a year ago at Carnoustie?”
But, of course, it didn’t happen.
Perhaps that’s why Padraig has won three of the last six majors and Sergio is looking for his first.
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PGA Championship: Final Round
I have a confession to make. I was going to skip out on the final round of the PGA Championship. I was going to skip it for several reasons, though I was still going to write some sort of comment on who won or lost so that the faithful Teed Off readers would have some input for me on golf’s fourth major.
Here are the reasons. The Olympics are going on, Tiger’s not playing and football season is upon us (sort of). Golf, in its current condition, would have to be moved up to be on the back burner. As it is, it’s sitting over on the side on the cutting board while other things cook.
Also, I’m in Austin, getting away for a few hours and taking a deep breath in between a busy week of football preparation and practice coverage and another even busier week of football preparation and practice coverage. I don’t know when I’m going to make the short drive home.
So I was going to skip the final round of the PGA Championship.
But now I’m not so sure.
This is because Sergio Garcia is currently 3-under-par for the final round an one stroke out of the lead. Sergio, perhaps even more so than Tiger, is good for final-round drama. He’s likely to make some ridiculous charge, as he is right now, and then come painfully close to winning his first major before falling inches short at the end of the day (like he did last year at Carnoustie).
So I’m going to at least flip back and forth between golf and the Olympics.
