I'm Back!

So the Winter is basically over...I didn't play as much as I had hoped. Plus I bought a 66 mustang that I'm restoring..plus I installed hardwood flooring in the house...plus I did everything I could to NOT play golf I guess :) Anyhoo, from the looks of my las post, It's been October or so since I have played consistently. With the PGA Tour getting into full swing now and the Masters coming up. I figure I'll have more to post on besides my poor golfing. Well, I'm still hitting in the 80's but I want a handicap of 9 by the end of this year. I have started playing table tennis (ping pong) with a local club here...and that's fun. Anyone interested in it should get a nice racquet. NOT one of the ones from the large sporting goods stores. Go to Zeropong for great prices. I splurged and got my Petr Korbel from ButterflyOnline but I'm an equipment geek :P Well that's all for now.

Hit 'em straight,
Dale

Tour Championship - Day 2

My predictions are working themselves out, just some are taking a bit longer than others. I went to lunch with my office mates yesterday and came back to see that Tiger made 5 birdies and an eagle and didn't get to see the round until last night....all I can say is "WOW". He just dominated the front nine yesterday, shooting an astounding 28. Even he couldn't believe some of the shots he was making. He leads by 3 going into today's round. I'm watching coverage now and he has started today's round with a par at the first 2 holes...the same as he did yesterday.

Phil impressed me yesterday and held it together to at least give himself an outside shot at catching up over the weekend. I still say that the wheels are going to fall off at some point and he is not going to be a factor. Bad decision taking last week off, though I don't think he would have made a difference then either.

Woody Austin is making a charge and could manage a win this weekend. He's 2 back at -11 after 2 holes today.

I do hope that Stricker ends up getting 2nd in the cup. That's still a $3 million bonus . $2 million will be the bonus for 3rd place..which should be Phil's if he doesn't COMPLETELY fall apart..which is always possible with him. Sabbatini may have a chance at third in that case.

As I'm getting ready to finish up this post, Tiger just about holed out his second shot on 3 and has a 3 inch tap in for birdie to get him to -14


Dale

The Tour Championship - Day One

After shooting a 29 on the front nine last week, Tim Clark follows up by tying the course record 62 at East Lake. I haven't heard much about this guy until lately. I know that he has good golf chops, I mean, he IS on tour right? He hasn't won a PGA event...yet, but he has had some top 10 finishes in some majors. Keep an eye on this guy, if he's got the head for it, he obviously has the game to go low and pull out a win.

That won't have any effect on the outcome of the FedEx Cup though. Tiger came out and shot a dart on number one, but before he could putt out, the horn blew for what turned out to be about a two and a half hour weather delay. After the delay Tiger came out and sank a short birdie putt and was 1 under through 1....good start. Second hole, par 3....another dart just over the flag leaving another fairly easy birdie putt....2 under through 2. Third hole, driver (odd choice for him) into the left rough but long, leaving a tricky short wedge shot. He sticks it about 15ft leaving a slow uphill putt for birdie. Bang, sinks it. 3 under through 3. Tiger is sitting at 4 under through 11 after the end of the first round. It looks like he's a shoe in for the cup.

Phil, oh Phil...my heart goes out to him. I did say that he was a choke artist didn't I? He screwed his drive on number 1 and then fluffed some sort of attempt at a towering wedge over the Georgia pines, chipped onto the green in 3 and somehow managed to save bogey. Things went downhill from there for a while. Phil was 3 over at one point but did manage to scramble back to 1 under by the end of play. We'll see what he can do today. I say that he winds up even par or maybe a couple over.

Steve Stricker is dissapointing me. I thought he would come out and give Tiger a run from the get-go. He missed a few birdie putts that he would have made last week and sits at 1 over par going into the finishing of the first round, today.

There are some notables that have a chance to win the Championship, Hunter Mahan is looking good again, Rory Sabbatini is 2 under. I'll be watching Live@ coverage today at pgatour.com Stay tuned for more updates.

Dale