Saturday evening in the press room, just after draining a 40 foot eagle putt to secure the 54 hole lead Rocco Mediate grabbed a mic and with the patented Rocco grin ear to ear asked Tiger Woods that very question "are you out of your mind". The drama to ensue over the next two days will not be forgotten anytime soon. Was it the greatest game ever played, maybe. (0)
The USGA released the pairing sheets for Thursday/Friday. Tiger Woods - world #1 will play with Phil Mickelson - world #2 and Adam Scott - world #3. Scott, come Thursday will have his hands full as Woods and Mickelson as professionals have a combined 9 victories on the South Course, (Tiger 6, Phil 3). Adam Scott will need to throw up his best armor, inside and outside of the ropes to ignore the frenzy that will become the US Open. The galleries are sure to be bottle-necked as they are ushered around the arduous seaside layout, among the cliffs and surrounding office park.
At the PGA Championship Media Day (Oakland Hills, Bloomfield, MI) Tiger Woods via satellite addressed the media re: Oakland Hills, his health, the state of his game and a few other odds/ends. In so many words Woods stated "I'm Ready", when asked if he wound play next week if it were not the Open he said unequivocally, Yes.
Kenny Perry has joined the rarefied air of Tiger Woods, capturing his third victory at the Memorial ('91, '01, '08). Perry, on a Sunday where all other front runners faltered and flourished in small doses, Kenny Perry plodded along to a final round 69, a full two shots better than the other top ten finishing averages of Weir, Kelly, Rose, Donald, Ogilvy and others.
Long time commissioner and TPC tournament originator Deane Beman may have finally come up with a phrase to aptly describe the last three finishing holes at TPC Sawgrass. As seen on NBC's Saturday broadcast Beman called in to say after all these years of searching he may have a name for this risk/reward stretch of golf, " the gauntlet". An open challenge, which over the years and certainly in the past few years these three holes have become. Many players have seized and squandered the Championship during this stretch where the entire gamut of golfing possibilities awaits.
"El nino" ( Sergio Garcia) in true champion fashion broke his three year drought with a win at the Players on Sunday. Sergio, who for the past few years has been the hot topic of conversation for what went wrong over the weekend and even during one strecth many media outlets were replaying his weekly putting woes during highlight and recap shows. With his performance this past weekend, many of those reels will be put to rest and perhaps Garcia has found his stroke of old that went toe to toe with Tiger at Medinah ('99 PGA) as the two electrified the crowds on the back nine draining birdie after birdie.
Saturday evening in the press room, just after draining a 40 foot eagle putt to secure the 54 hole lead Rocco Mediate grabbed a mic and with the patented Rocco grin ear to ear asked Tiger Woods that very question "are you out of your mind". The drama to ensue over the next two days will not be forgotten anytime soon. Was it the greatest game ever played, maybe. 
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"El nino" ( Sergio Garcia) in true champion fashion broke his three year drought with a win at the Players on Sunday. Sergio, who for the past few years has been the hot topic of conversation for what went wrong over the weekend and even during one strecth many media outlets were replaying his weekly putting woes during highlight and recap shows. With his performance this past weekend, many of those reels will be put to rest and perhaps Garcia has found his stroke of old that went toe to toe with Tiger at Medinah ('99 PGA) as the two electrified the crowds on the back nine draining birdie after birdie.
