Category: PGA

Y.E. Yang hits the shot of his life at 18th hole at PGA Championship

After hearing ad nauseam how Tiger Woods lost the PGA Championship from various sportswriters including Jason Sobel, it’s time to set the record straight.

Yang destroyed Tiger. Tiger didn’t lose the tournament: Yang took it to him and kicked his ass. As a matter of fact, I think Yang scared Tiger.

Tiger wants to mope about how he couldn’t make a putt all day. What about Yang? Yang had a short putt for birdie on 13 and missed it. Tiger had already bogeyed the hole and that could have been a two shot swing. Yang fell half a revolution short of birdie on 10 and burned the cup at 17. The birdie putt on 18 may have been the longest putt he made all day. Yang left plenty of shots out there as well, Tiger.

What I really liked about Yang was his approach on 18. Instead of playing it safe, he went right at the cup and took it to Tiger. Tiger had to have wet his pants after that beautiful 3 hybrid from 206 or so from the pin. These brilliant golf writers like Sobel claim that now Tiger had to go at the flag. What the fark are you talking about? Tiger had to go at the flag no matter what. If anything, Yang’s shot either scared the crap out of Tiger or deflated him even further.

Hopefully that one shot from 206 ends all the garbage we hear about Woods’ intimidation factor and invincibility and blah blah blah.

Highlights of Phil’s round including the magic wedge from about 140 away

My DVR ran out of space right before the final wedge and I missed highlights on Golf Central. I finally found the shot on youtube.com. Thank gawd for the internet!

Was Mickelson’s shot really that miraculous? Sure he got it over some trees but was it really that tough to pull off? It’s tough to tell when watching on tv. Given the circumstances it was a good shot but I’m not convinced it was a tough shot.

Btw, there sure is a lot of hype about Tiger’s return after knee surgery. Everyone, including Tiger, is predicting that he’ll win the US Open. Tiger doesn’t have a chance in hell of winning the U.S. Open. All that time away from competition is going to kill him. Won’t everyone feel foolish about all the b.s. hype after it’s over.