Andres the Giant
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- August
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Rain may have washed away most of today’s action in the third round of the PGA Championship, but I still got my fill … thanks to Directv.
If you were watching the early coverage on TNT by that particular cable provider, you got to see a nice little treat. Especially, if you’re a fan of Andres Romero.
As I wrote before, in the absence of Tiger Woods, I needed to find some other golfers that would really get me excited about, well, watching golf. I picked Anthony Kim and Andres Romero and today was another example of why.
On a special channel, TNT decided (brilliantly) to make the Romero-Chris DiMarco (snoozer) pairing as the featured group. I’m sure this decision came after Romero started firing at pins, but still, it was a good one.
The channel then only followed that group around and had two commentators only talking about them. Once again, brilliant.
During what would be commercial breaks, the channel simply aired pictures of Oak Hills in a slide show format. Then it was back to the action.
Romero was his usual gunslinging self, making seven birdies and carding a 5-under 65, the low round of the tournament thus far by two shots. When he wasn’t making birdies, he was short-siding himself in deep rough, but still managed to get up-and-down most of the time like he did on 17 and 18.
The rally moved him from a tie for 48th to a tie for 7th. With a leaderboard full of mostly unproven major championship players, this could be a chance for a breakthrough. The Argentinian has now fired rounds of 69, 78 and 65, which seems to be just his style.
What will he do next? Tune in to find out. I certainly will.
