By: BD

BD — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:10:37 +0000

Tiger definitely let a good opportunity for his 15th major slip away, and it was the short game that did him in (although the weather/draw probably cost him 2-3 strokes as well). Still, I don’t think this week warrants any major reappraisal of his place in golf history. As for as “greatest putter ever” goes, he’s still very much in the conversation, although I don’t know how any one player can be the greatest putter ever given how dramatically putting has changed over the course of golf history.

Lucas Glover: Not an obviously “worthy” national champion, but worthiER, certainly, than Barnes (Ricky, not Long Jim) would have been.

Looking at the final round scores, what stands out is that nobody made a charge. Nobody who finished in the top 5 shot a score under par today. You have to go all the way down the list to T18 to find anyone (Poulter) who shot -3 or better today.

I guess that’s why I don’t feel particularly bad for Phil. He had a share of the lead late and just didn’t get it done. If he had parred out after the eagle, he probably would have won with a minus 2 today, and it would have felt like he haf earned it. But going in to the final round 5 (?) strokes back and only posting an even-par 70, I don’t think he played well enough to make his T2 seem like a gross injustice.

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