who's your daddy?
So which was the bigger golf story this weekend:
1. Paula Creamer, graduating high school student, winning her 1st LPGA event by sinking a birdie putt on the last hole and becoming the youngest player at 18 years old to win on the LPGA tour in 50 years. See The Golf Blog's report below.
2. Kenny Perry's second Colonial victory, which he won going away, by 7 strokes -- a tournament that was essentially over by Saturday night and that left CBS in the position of rerunning segments on Perry from two years ago to generate some drama.
My vote is for 1, Paula Creamer. I'm sure some of you will agree. But if you go to websites for The Golf Channel, Golf Magazine, and the golf coverage on SI and ESPN, you'll find Kenny Perry as the lead story. Only Golf Digest -- God bless them -- has Paula as the lead. What a shame. The golf media need to stop putting the men first all the time. Even USA Today recognized the significance of Paula Creamer's victory, putting it as the lead sports story and even putting a trailer on the front page of the entire newspaper.
1 Comments:
Gotta go with Creamer as well, although it was interesting to see a blow-out on tour. Seems like every week is a playoff (which is fun to watch), but since I was on a golf trip to Palm Desert this weekend (4 days, 8 rounds, 110 degrees), I didn't watch any golf on TV. Good timing.
Regarding that, some notes: TPC Norman is a desert style course that a local told me Norman shot 86 the first time he played it, and that he hated the design when he was finished. Always enjoy playing a course 10 strokes better than the designer, but who knows if the local was right.
Everyone told me the TPC Stadium course was a beast. I disagree. It is a difficult Dye course, but definitely one of the toughest I played while down there. Perhaps the crowned greens and numerous bunkers make it difficult for an amateur who is not proficient out of the sand, but otherwise, it is fairly tame. The par 3s (other than the last) are very difficult (long with a lot of water).
Definitely recommend the La Quinta Mountain course. Some of the best views down there, and a huge array of designs on holes. You definitely won't be bored.
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