THE SCOURGE OF SLOW PLAY II
VOLUME 3 ISSUE 6 FEB. 13, 2012
Playing Lesson
Spander: Where Art
Thou, Tiger?
ISPS Handa Women’s Australian
Open winner Jessica Korda
Robert Rock On
Rory And Tiger
Phil Mickelson gave Tiger Woods what
amounted to a five-hour playing lesson
Sunday at impossibly photogenic Pebble
Beach. For Lefty, the spotless 8-under 64 he
fashioned was golf’s round of the year to date
and amounted to a highlight film. For Woods,
who once owned Mickelson and Sundays, it
was not a pretty picture.
Mickelson’s two-shot victory over runner-up Charlie Wi was the 40th of his PGA Tour
career and his first since before last year’s
Masters. Speaking of which, Mickelson is now
the new smart money for that annual rite of
spring in Augusta less than two months away.
For Tiger, who hasn’t won on Tour since
2009, the desultory 75 he carded in the
same group with Phil was yet another new
low and further extended open season for
his growing legion of critics. The cheapest
shot came from the wiseguy who insisted on
referring to the pro-am team of Tiger and his
Dallas quarterback playing partner as “Romo
and Romeo.”
Ouch.
Sunday was also another low blow to
Woods’ credibility. How much longer can
he tell us about the “process” and how he’s
getting “closer” and expect us not to look
away in embarrassment?
Meanwhile, in Dubai, Sunday was supposed
to be a desert duel between Rory McIlroy and
Lee Westwood. Rafael Cabrera-Bello won
instead. And in Australia, the LPGA kicked off
2012 at Royal Melbourne where 18-year-old
Jessica Korda survived a six-woman playoff
and two extra holes for her first win as a
professional.
Corey Pavin‘s
Breakthrough
