Taking stock
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- August
- 27
It’s likely you won’t be hearing from Alex for a little while because he’s slipped into a blogging-induced coma.
And now that I’m back, a few quick assessments of the week:
Was the FedExCup debut a success? Given the parameters, I’d say yes. The Barclays did not have the game’s No. 1 player, but it did have more intrigue than it’s had in a while, with an otherwise impressive field, and a weekend full of players jockeying for position. Plus, it had an enormously popular winner. Speaking of which….
The Steve Stricker story was gift-wrapped for some oversentimental media types like me. Consider: Player recovers from the depths of a career-threatening slump to win his first tournament in six years. Does so in dramatic fashion. Bawls his eyes out.
When in doubt, we like tears, and lots of them. That’s why I always carry an onion in my computer bag in case a player isn’t showing enough emotion.
I’m kidding, of course…
I carry the onion in a separate bag…
Of course, as my colleague Rick Carpiniello pointed out emotion had almost nothing to do with his taking the lead in the FedExCup standings, and everything to do with just winning an isolated golf tournament. That’s when we know this thing will be a success, when a player begins sobbing because of his lead in the points race.
Of course, that would involve them actually understanding the system…
Meanwhile, while I was watching Stricker birdie the 17th hole, I missed the events on the 18th green, when broadcaster Ian Baker-Finch was sent to the ground by an errant Rich Beem approach shot. Not to make light—although Baker-Finch proved to be OK—but when I first received word, I and a couple of other writers had heard that it was not Baker-Finch, but PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem. To that, one writer responded, “That would have been the most fitting metaphor of all time.”
More later…
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Sam, We’re about to drop the puck.
How about taking stock of the blog – what an amazing outpouring of posts! I think my blog reader had something like 185 entries by you and Alex for the tournament. Congratulations!
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very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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