A.K.Awesome
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- July
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For years, I’ve been ridiculed by friends for pretty much rooting for Tiger Woods and against the rest of the field in every tournament. That position has had one exception in Wake Forest classmate Bill Haas, who hasn’t exactly been tearing it up on the PGA Tour.
But recently, before Tiger announced his season-ending surgery, I decided to branch out and pick a couple players to root for on a weekly basis. Good thing, since none of us will be seeing Eldrick cloaked in red on a Sunday for a long time.
For one of my picks, I took a sleeper in Andres Romero. The young Argentinian made waves with 10 birdies in the final round of the British Open last year, only to still lose thanks to a couple blowups. I like his gun-slinging mentality though and he has already picked up a win this year on Tour.
My other pick, was a little more trendy. Anthony Kim seemingly is a can’t miss prospect and a dominant win at the Wachovia this year showed that he has blossomed already at the age of 23.
He did it again today. With a 5-under-par 65 in the final round at Congressional Country Club, he captured the AT&T National. Ironically, the player who is being hyped as perhaps the best long-term solution to catching Tiger in the world rankings, racked up his second victory in his last five events at this Tiger-hosted tournament.
Former Garrison resident Johnson Wagner had a pretty good final round. He fired a 2-under 68 to finish in a tie for 27th place.
In Kim, a.k.a. A.K., it looks like I picked a winner (tough one…). Hop on the bandwagon before it gets too crowded.
