Although I found some parts of Tiger Woods' Chevron World Challenge mildly captivating, the most entertaining part of the broadcast had to be Anthony Kim's mishap along the fence behind the 10th green. Kim hit his second shot from the fairway bunker on the seemingly benign 359-yard 10th well over the green and up against the fence line. While waiting for a ruling, he decided to sit on the wooden fence. And it collapsed, literally.
He fell down, but took it like a champ, waving the broken piece of wood in the air while tipping his cap to an amused crowd. Watch the actions unfold below.
I find it quite telling that the FedEx Cup was awarded to Vijay Singh while the leaders were still out on the course. The presentation was pretty brief and low key, with NBC's Jimmy Roberts conducting a two minute interview with Singh.
What I found so amazing about the whole "ceremony" was that Don Colleran, Executive Vice President of FedEx, didn't say one word. In fact, for the second time, he didn't even have the pleasure of handing over the trophy...Tim Finchem had that honor (shouldn't Finchem be giving out the Tour Championship prize, not the FedEx Cup?)
Also, while Vijay was being interviewed by Roberts, NBC cut to Phil Mickelson's drive on 16. Ouch.
What was supposed to be a rejuvenated FedEx Cup points system ended up being, what some might call, a failure. Although Camilo Villegas' wire-to-wire breakthrough win at the BMW Championship should be recognized, it has been overshadowed by the fact that Vijay Singh has all but won the FedEx Cup playoffs. All Singh has to do is show up at East Lake and he wins the $10 million prize. I'm sure FedEx is happy with this development.
For the second straight week, Vijay Singh went low on a Sunday, capturing the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs. It's pretty sad, but this Doug Ferguson lede says it all...
Another victory for Vijay Singh is turning the
FedEx Cup into another snoozer. Singh made three long birdie putts and closed with an 8-under 63 to win the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday for his second straight victory in the PGA Tour's playoff system. That gave him such a big lead that he could win the $10 million prize without even showing up at the Tour Championship.
It was a pretty thrilling Sunday all around with the Barclays, U.S. Amateur, and Safeway Classic.
First, the Barclays. The new FedEx Cup points system doesn't thrill me (note, I won't use the word volatile), but the first playfoff event was incredibly suspenseful at a gorgeous Ridgewood CC.
Sergio Garcia, for only the second time this year (the first time at the Players), drained a putt at the end of the day Sunday (first playoff hole), proving that he can putt under pressure and win on Tour. But Vijay Singh showed his resolve, countering with his own birdie putt, and another one on the second playoff hole to lock up the first playoff event. Read the wire story here.
As for the U.S. Amateur, Danny Lee became the youngest player, at 18 years, 1 month, to win the prestigious title. As Rob Balicki of Golfweek writes, Lee followed the trend of this year's injured major championship winners with an injured shoulder.
And then there are the women. Unfortunately, I could only catch the highlights on Golf Central, but Cristie Kerr persevered at the Safeway Classic winning in the second three-way playoff of the day. Check out the wire story here.
Despite missing a number of putts inside 8 feet, Vijay Singh locked up his first WGC title at Firestone earlier today.
Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, and Stuart Appleby had their chances, but weren't able to capitalize. It was a rollercoaster day for pretty much everyone--even Singh. As David Feherty so wittingly put it:
We're going backward and forward here between the club championship and the world championship.
Read the latest on the wire here.
