I agree with you guys. I also saw Tiger's "magical shot" as well. If a white golfer hits that shot, it's in the deep rough, they fire the ball into a sand trap from there, overshoot the green on the bunker shot, and bogey the hole. Also, if Tiger's ball does go off course into the thick rough, he'll have a perfect shot to the green, and he'll have the best lies. His ball always is sitting up, no matter where he is. When I watch the PGA on TV, when Tiger hit a bad shot, you could still see his ball most of the team on the camera, when a white golfer hits the same shot, it seems to be buried all the time.
It seems only white golfers and VJ are in on the "fix." When I was watching Yang, he didn't look "intimidated" out there at all. Whereas, if a white golfer was paired with him, he would have been sweating, missing 5 foot birdie putts, constantly driving the ball into the rough, into sand traps, etc. Harrington inexplicably changed his swing after last year. Plus, he blows up in an unbelievable manner on the 8th. That has to be the poorest effort I've ever seen. Every other golfer hit the ball on the green, or past it, but Harrington was the only one I saw who came up short and hit the hazard. Even after he his 3rd shot, the one that went into the bunker, he overshot the WHOLE green and pitched the ball into the water. I think Glover might still have something left in him, even though he melted down slowly in the final round, 4 bogeying four of seven holes in one stretch. A lot of Glover's shots were pathetic, I could've hit better shots, he was missing putts easily by a foot. Stenson and Kjeldson also choked and dropped back. Kjeldson, who was making unbelievable putts on Saturday, couldn't make a five foot putt today.
It also didn't help from Saturday unwards, the jock sniffers made a point of watching Tiger drive in, Tiger practice driving, Tiger practice putting,
Tiger walking from one practice area to another. If you were watching it on TV, it would appear Tiger was the only golfer there.
Then, they would show one golfer, and going back to memorable "Tiger moments" from past tournaments, the announcers drooling over him. Though they did start to show Rich Beem's shots to beat Tiger in '02 as the final round progressed.
I do believe, though, that Mickelson and Harringotn have at least one more major in their careers. I also think that Lucas Glover will have one or two more majors as well. As for a rising white star, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland has been talked about a lot. Even Tiger said he'll have majors one day. Even though I wish there was ONE young American golfer on the rise.
Edited by: Jack Lambert