End Of the Golf Season

Jason Duffner has won the last major of the golf tournament of the season in winning the PGA.  Duffner the stiffed face player you can't tell whether he is on the verge of laughing or crying after every shot.  Over the past three years or so Duffner's name has been at or near the top of almost every tournament that he is in.  He's one of those walk up to the ball and wail away.  Just for that he is easy to like but until he lets loose with a little emotion every now and then he will be a hard player for the masses to follow and like.

I could care less about the rest of the golf season even though the tour championship playoffs will be starting in September.  Next week is really the last tournament of the year and they play in Greensboro.  I could not even tell you right now without looking it up whether this is the Ryder Cup Year or the President's Cup.  I will watch if it the Ryder but who wins the Tour championship or the President's Cup is of little consequence to me.  It's football time.

19 of the last 21 majors have been won by different people and it has been 22 majors since Tiger won.  He proved last week he still has plenty of kick left in his arsenal but the majors take accuracy off the tee, get it on the green and putt.  Last week Tiger was knocking down the the pins and had five foot birdie putts.   This week those ten foot parr putts were not close. Phil has never been an accurate driver and this week he was awful from the tee.  It is hard getting any score when you are trying to one putt for parr.  I would be a perfect example of that being a two putt bogey man that I am.

There are so many good players on the tour that from week to week it is hard to run up front all the time.  If you have ever noticed it seems that the really good players go about six weeks at a time when they are hot and can't miss.  Then they flatten out and somebody else steps up for a period of time.  Tiger over the last 15 years is the only exception to that rule.  He has reached the age where a bad tournament has him teeing off on Sunday's at 11 instead of 2:30.

So now it is time to concentrate on football.  I don't care high school, college or pros I like all football.  I have no idea how I got such a passion for football.  Back during my playing days I spent more time at guard and end than any other position.  End of the bench guarding the water bucket.  I at my mighty 135 pounds of solid  fear hated one on one drills because I was always going up against somebody 30 pounds bigger than me and my face always found the dirt.  I wish I had  the passion then that I have now.