Global Golf Post - February 20, 2012

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Perry Dominates Champions Tour Tseng Rallies In Thailand

American Bill Haas isn’t especially exciting. Unless he has a golf club in his hand. On a big stage.

Last year, he got up and down from a water hazard en route to $10 million and The Tour Championship. Sunday at historic Riviera, he calmly laid up on a drivable par 4 – with his second shot – to the middle of the wicked 10th green. Then, he bloodlessly buried a 45-foot birdie putt that won him another huge tournament on the second hole of a three-man playoff.

This, after countrymen Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley had forced overtime by both birdieing the 72nd hole amid deafening roars that will still be echoing through the Palisades when the curtain comes up at next Sunday’s nearby Oscars. Los Angeles is, after all, home to the movie industry.

So, with apologies to James Bond: Bill Haas, in the heat of yet another big moment, was stirred but not shaken.

Meanwhile in Thailand, Yani Tseng wasted no time reminding everybody why she’s miles better than anybody else on her competitive landscape. Back-to-back 65s, followed by a closing 66, will do it every time. Since turning pro, Tseng has won every 12. 5 starts.

Finally, this from the department of redundancy department: The 64 best players in the world are heading for Arizona and the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. It’s an annoyingly ponderous title. But as championships go, this championship is quite a championship.