Firstly, congratulations to Nick Watney on a stellar performance of golf.
This week started out as a pretty fun week for myself. In my goal to play the top 100 courses in America Bethpage Black is on my list of places to play. It's always a treat to be able to see these courses on TV and watch the big boys play.
To see these guys play a regular scheduled tournament (not a major) on a major venue course is also a treat. Unfortunately Saturday's course setup was the highlight of most of the week as it looked as though it was having a US Open that day.
Seeing two of my favorite, two of the nicest guys on tour near the top as well was a ton of fun. When I was watching it started to sound more like March Madness than a golf event.
Is it just me or are the pre-tournament and post round interviews just as entertaining as days 1 and 2? I enjoy hearing these guys talk about how they think their way around a golf course, manage their play and prepare for events myself. As a PGA Apprentice I think it's pretty cool to hear since I play in events every now and then, and navigation is such a huge part of each tournament.
I feel like the FedEx Cup Playoffs are definitely getting better in interest, popularity and overall betterness of the game too. The first year compared to this year... Granted the best player did still win (Tiger Woods) that year, but I don't know that the point system is still quite the best. In the elimination tournaments (Barclays, Deutsche Bank & BMW) I do feel it's right that essentially the top 100, 70 and 30 in the field that given week move on. I don't really know if by winning you should go from 50 to number 1, and I truly don't know if guy that is 30th for the season should be able to beat the guy having what COULD be the most consistent of the year until one event and not win $10M. Granted, I don't know if the guy in first at the beginning of the event needs to place dead last and last needs to place first.
The FedEx Cup does feel an awful lot like life...
Work Hard...
Right Place...
Right Time...
Ask Bill Haas.
