Watching golf this past Sunday was quite enjoyable for me. Typically, when I'm watching the final round coverage on Sundays; I pull for certain guys and against others. That was not the case at the Players Championship this past week.
I had so many things to pull for and nothing to pull against. From the start I wanted to see Goydos pull it off. He played such courageous golf all week and he is the eternal journeyman. He is a grinder- which is my personality and the way I play the game. Goydos has won twice on the tour and as recently as early 2007. He made an appearance at the Masters in 2007 and had a great year. I wanted to see him win the big one, but I was OK if he didn't. After seeing the way he approaches the game and the way he handled the defeat; I was relieved.
On the other hand, I was pulling or Bernhard Langer because he is very involved with FCA and the tour bible study. I always pull for Baddelay, Zach Johnson and the other Christian golfers. I love pulling Phil along but he just won last year and has 3 majors under his belt. I had my man Fred Couples to cheer on. Fred amazes me! He plays through back injuries and with very little practice comes out and has 3 top tens and a 15th this week at the Players. I hoped that Kenny Perry would have a good showing catapulting him up the Ryder Cup standings for an appearance at Louisville's own Valhalla later this fall. Jeff Quinney played so well for a young guy on tour. He has yet to win but has so much time and potential ahead of him. Now we're left with Sergio. Partly, I'm happy for him to win the 5th major. Partly, I'm happy that the media may leave him alone now. Partly, I'm happy because he does seem like a hard worker and he hadn't won since 2005. That is a stat I wasn't aware of until Sunday.
In conclusion, I thought Sergio handled himself really well. He had some good humor with his thank you to Tiger for not showing up this week. Hopefully, the talking heads will move on to another promising player or veteran who is due for a win.
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