The PGA Championship is on?!
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- August
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I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I actually came to that realization after being at my desk for over an hour this afternoon. The TV above my head is now turned to the action, but I’m amazed that it took that long.
I guess this is what happens when you take Tiger out of the least compelling of the four major championships. In fact, I was talking with fellow Journal News team members Josh Thomson and Eric Lebowitz about how much less build up there has been this week in the absence of the world’s No. 1 golfer.
But there are others playing and playing well on the tough Oakland Hills course, including my new favorites Anthony Kim and Andres Romero. Kim is in the clubhouse with an even-par 70 (the average score right now is over 75) and Romero is through 8 holes at 2-under and tied for the lead.
Romero just rammed in a 30-footer for birdie that looked like it would have gone off the green if it didn’t hit the back of the cup. I guess that’s how he makes so many birdies … and bogeys.
I’m disappointed that Wake Forest product Bill Haas once again isn’t in the field at a major. I was hoping he could get into this event since this was the course on which he won medalist honors at the 2002 U.S. Amateur before losing in the semifinals to Ricky Barnes (“The next Arnold Palmer” … still waiting for that one to come true). During that event he also posted an unbelievable 7-under 28 on the front nine.
This week, though, he’ll have to settle for watching his 54-year-old dad, Jay Haas, try to battle the youngsters.
