Golf's Young Lions

This past weekend Jason Day won the  Professional Golfers Championship one of the four majors of Golf.  Day finished in the top five in all four major championship this year.  He was in contention in the U.S. Open until he had a bout with vertigo which became survival more than any thing else.     He had a tremendous year  but it was not the best on tour.

Jordan Speith won the Masters and the U.S. Open.  He almost won the British Open but missed the playoff by one shot.  He finished second last weekend in the PGA  after shooting 17 under par.  He lost to Day who shot the lowest score ever in a major tournament.  Just 22 who in the world wouldn't want to be in Speith shoes with his future.

Watching on TV Whistling Straits looked like one of the hardest courses you could ever want to play.  How hard is the course really when the winning score was the lowest ever in a major.  Almost half the field were under par so how hard is this course?

If the pros can tear it up what was the secret?.  Stay out of the rough.  The hard looking part of the course is being off the course.  There were some spots that nobody ever needs to face.  The hole with the sand trap right beside Lake Michigan eight feet below the hole was a killer if you hit it there but plenty of birdies were made if you were on the green.

Should a major be play on what was proven to be an easy scoring course?  My answer would be no.  Even though it looked tough the scores were about what you are going to see this week in Greensboro.  Would it ever happen to play a PGA championship at Sedgefield?  I doubt it.

I would rather see a major championship played on a course that is a test to make par.  Then to me we find out who the true great golfers are.  I don't want to see long hitters chip on greens and one putt or putt for Eagles on every par five.

Tonight high school football kicks off so tonight also puts Rocky Mount native Tom Suitor back in the saddle on WRAL at 11:35.   They will be covering 50 games.  That will be about 20 seconds per game.  Look quick for your favorite teams highlites.