This PGA adds fuel to the fire

August

I had long been resistant to those naysayers who said the golf season was officially over the moment Tiger Woods pulled his rip cord on 2008. And given the drama of Greg Norman at the British Open, I thought I was on to something.

Except here comes the PGA with that walking charisma factory known as J.B. Holmes atop the leaderboard, and my argument is losing steam in a hurry.

Of course I will still be riveted by this weekend’s action, but I’m not the demographic you need to worry about. I’m a golfer and a golf writer, and if you can’t get guys like me interested, you might as well pack up the tents right now and wait for Woods’ return.

But do you really think some casual sports fan is going to be drawn away from Beijing and Brett Favre and the growing pennant race in order to see J.B. and Charlie Wi go down to the wire?

That’s what I thought.

This entry was posted on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 at 3:21 pm by Sam Weinman. Print | Email

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