Just once, I’d like to be right

August

It seems like I’ve written countless stories about some unlikely third-round leader who claims he’s ready to contend on Sunday. Kevin Streelman “is another one of those”:http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/SPORTS01/808240356/1108/SPORTS01.

A PGA Tour rookie, with only one top-five finish to his credit, Streelman is most likely today to hit his first drive off a corporate tent and into a garbage can. If you look at the players directly behind him—be it Sergio Garcia or Vijay Singh, or even the newly bearded Mike Weir—those are the players you can expect to contend. And from a sponsor’s or even a media’s perspective, those are the players that are most likely to hold fans’ attention.

But for once, I’d like to see a guy like Streelman defy the odds and hold those players off. Some of it has to do with the fact that Streelman seems like a genuine guy who fans would come to like if they just got to know him. But the other part is that he’s the type of Cinderella story that could really inject life into the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Chances are that’s not going to happen. But it would make for compelling theater if it did.

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2008 at 1:36 pm by Sam Weinman. Print | Email

One Response to “Just once, I’d like to be right”

Bob Brancato August 24th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Guess you called that one. All the overnight leaders tanked. Mahan, Stricker, Streelman. I was pulling for Streelman. A win might have locked up rookie of the year.

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