Golf Special Edition: Sleepy days lead to major ups (Part 2)
Other than a sizeable amount of players making detours and heading into the minors, crowning a first-time champion at the FedEx event and awarding the Tour’s Player of the year award, several other ups were also seen after some rather sleepy days in the
previous weeks.
One advantage that is considered by most critics is the scrutiny of Padraig Harrington, rather than Tiger Woods. Many critics are of the belief that nearly all eyes are on Harrington this time, the eyes include faces that are Irish as well as European in
nature. Harrington will be appearing in Paris Peripheri’s at the Vivendi Cup before the FedEx Finale. His scheduled game has one basic goal i.e. recognition of his game and so it will, at the Ryder Cup. Why Wood isn’t under the scrutiny this time is because
of his previous performance. Harrington hasn’t been able to win a single event in the last 25 months, and achieved a T47 plus MC at the FedEx Cup series. In mid-summer, Harrington finished second at the Irish Open. Talking about his Ryder Cup appearance, the
last two manifestations were of no use to him with a record of 0-7-2. Of course this doesn’t make the Monty team look so good, and if this does happen, the media behaviour dated 2008, would look way sensible than expected.
A Major up that took place last week was Matthias Schwab breaking a record. Last week, at the Austrian Open, Schwab played the best week a fifteen-year-old has ever played. He finished with T32 at the Diamond Country Club. The fifteen-year-old ended his
game with a 70, three times in rounds and then on Sunday, finished at a 75. This juvenile player made the headlines with his record-breaking performance, and his Sunday’s score made no impact in fading his name away from the news. Apart from the golfer from
Austria, a 19-year-old at the Developmental Tour finished at the second place by just one stroke. His name is Tommy Fleetwood, and his runner-up position in Russia is a good finish which is marked as his third start on the tour.
Kevin Streelman cementing his spot in the Masters, the U.S. Open and the British Open of 2011 is one up as well. This, he did by entering in the last leg of the FedEx Cup. His play-offs were made at number 102 points, where he carded the three play-offs
with a T3 at the opener, a T45 at the second play off and then a T43 at the third. Most critics question the Tour’s point system underway, and say that it must be viewed again. What they ask is a T3 at the Barclays enough gateway for the Masters? Most think
otherwise.
The 33-year-old Jose Manuel Lara also made it to the news. Those who thought of Lara as a Spaniard with zero interest whatsoever were proven wrong in the last week’s Austrian Open. Lara, on the only notable event in the past boring weeks, won the championship
on Sunday. The way he won the event was simple, but given his form, his win was remarkable. Moving back a little in history, at the KLM Open 2009, Lara withdrew from the tournament in starts that were horrifying. It was 26 of 32, which all turned around when
he returned to the site where his burning earth trial had started in the first place. This year’s KLM Open saw him finishing at T4. David Lynn faced a defeat from Lara to securing the Diamond Country Club.
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