Memorial, Day 1
The Memorial Tournament had a few surprises today (although b/c of work, I wasn't there to see them). Jeff Sluman is leading at -7, shooting an impressive 65. Leaderboard here.
1. Surprise No. 1: Vijay shooting +5, 77. Wow, maybe he does need a mulligan. See yesterday's post.
2. Surprise No. 2: Lucas Glover shooting -5. Yesterday, I got to see a bunch of people. One foursome had 4 young "unknown" players. One of them stood out to me. It was this guy who had a Southern accent and who clearly knew the course b/c he was telling his playing partners where to hit it. And the guy drove the ball a mile, with a swing that had a slight out-to-in, 2 plane track. Well, I looked on his bag: and it was Lucas Glover. Apparently, he's 11th in Driving Distance on tour.
3. Surprise No. 3: 22-year-old Sean O'Hair (who finished runner up at the Byron Nelson) shot a -3, 69, tied for 13th with Tiger Woods and others.
Of course, Day 1 doesn't necessarily mean much unless you dig yourself a big hole like Vijay.
1 Comments:
Sluman doesn't ahve a top 10 at Muirfield, nor a win on the PGA Tour since 2002. I expect him to fade out on Saturday, but you have to admire someone (same with Pavin) who can keep himself in the game despite the long ball overtaking him.
In case the long ball idea needs to be restated, look at Tiger Woods. He is first in distance, but middle of the pack on accuracy. Yet he is in the top 3 in Greens in Regulation. Unless he can get some control off the tee, expect Pinehurst to chew him up...it's not as forgiving as Augusta turned out to be.
After seeing Love last week at the FedEx limping around the course, I was shocked when he told the press that he now felt loose and back to form. Boy, what a week must make. Well, scores showed otherwise, as he shot a 78 on Thursday, and continues to putt terribly.
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