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Brandt Snedeker, please stop smiling

April
12

I must say, I am becoming a fast fan of Brandt Snedeker, if only because he is everything Tiger Woods is not. Whereas Woods proceeds through a round of golf as if it were a colonoscopy, Snedeker somehow has this silly idea in his head that golf can be fun.

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He answers every question earnestly as if he was thrilled you wanted to talk to him. And he’s honest, too: the other day he told reporters he prepared for his round by sitting on the veranda watching the girls go by.

“He’s one of a kind, just a great guy to hang out with,” said Snedeker’s friend, Johnson Wagner, who finished today 2-over par. “If you ever get the chance to have a couple beers with him, it’s a blast.”

At dinner last night a friend who knows the tour well said the best thing that could happen to golf is for Brandt Snedeker to win the Masters, if only because his engaging personality would then be known to the masses.

That’s a crazy thing to say in this Tiger Woods-centric era. I’m starting to think my friend is right.

This entry was posted on Saturday, April 12th, 2008 at 5:30 pm by Sam Weinman.
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The lead golf writer for The Journal News and LoHud.com, Weinman, 31, has placed among the top three in the Golf Writers Association of America writing contest in three consecutive years, including a first-place finish in 2004. READ MORE

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A sports reporter at The Journal News for nearly three years, Alex Myers has covered a bit of everything, but a lot of golf, ranging from the high school level to last year's U.S. Open at Winged Foot. His golf writing goes back to his college days when he attended Wake Forest University. Myers is also an avid player who is constantly trying to improve on his current handicap of 8. Perhaps his biggest thrill came earlier this summer when he conquered the famed 17th hole at the TPC at Sawgrass by hitting a 9-iron onto the island green and walking away with a 2-putt par.

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