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Michelle Wie made an illegal drop in her first tournament as a “pro” on the LPGA Tour. She was disqualified and missed out on her first pro paycheck of around $53,000. Not quite the debut she was looking for.
Amidst all the Wie fanfare Annika Sorenstam ran away with the win. She lapped the field by 8 shots. Message sent from Annika to Wie: “Not so fast turbo.”
World #9 Jim Furyk had the Michelin Championship in is grasp. All he had to do essentially was two putt on 18. But a 3 putt on 18 put him into a playoff with world #390 Wes Short.
Short wasn’t even slated to play but managed to get in as an alternate after another player couldn’t make it. Short birdied 18 to force the playoff. Ted Purdy should have been in the playoff as well but carded a triple bogey down the stretch when his approach shot hit a sprinkler head and went into the drink on the par three #17th.
Furyk and Short tied the first playoff hole, #18. The 2nd playoff hole was #17. Furyk pulled his tee shot into the water. All Short had to do was get up and down for par to win and he did just that. So #390 beats #9. #390 goes from wondering if he would be eligible for play on the 2006 PGA Tour, to having a boat load of cash and a two year exemption. Quite a bit of great fortune for a player who didn’t think he was even going to play in the tournament…
Played a neat local course today called Eaglewood. The course is located quite far up the mountain side above Bountiful, Utah. There are some spectacular views of the valley and Great Salt Lake below.
75 with 5 birdies. Yep. Too many bogeys to go along with those birdies.
In a recent post I mentioned opening up comments without registration. It only took about 24 hours for the erectile dysfunction spam comments to start rolling in. The registration process has been turned back on. Sorry. Listen up though! It’s not that hard. You only have to register once then you can comment all you want.
I’m searching for a plug-in which will have an image verification for comments instead of registration.
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