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Something Else to Showcase
by Ryan Ballengee | Sports Day Columnist | Friday, March 21 2008
Tiger Woods won his fifth Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill on Sunday with a 24 footer that curled about 8 feet into the cup on the 72nd hole of the tournament. The win marked Woods' fifth straight PGA Tour victory, 7th consecutive global win, and furthers talk about the potential to win 12 events in a row. In other words, all of the buzz surrounding Tiger's current round of dominance continued and was heightened. If you want to read about what Woods accomplished, there are about 20 columns being written today by columnists around the country and world that will go into more depth. I'd like to talk about something different that was showcased on Sunday. That is the reality of slow play on the PGA Tour.
Seriously, This is Ridiculous
by Ryan Ballengee | Sports Day Columnist | Tuesday, February 26 2008
Just after Stewart Cink defeated Justin Leonard to advance to the final of the WGC Accenture Match Play, reality set in for the 22nd ranked player in the world. The reality was that he was going to be facing the best player in the universe the next day. Lucky him, he was going to face Tiger Woods for 36 holes to determine the champion of the event.
Even as one of the best putters on the PGA Tour, Cink knew he was going to be in for the challenge of his life. Cink had played Woods once prior in a very familiar match play type setting. In another WGC event - the Bridgestone Invitational - Cink took Woods through four extra holes before Tiger ultimately prevailed. I am sure that memories of that encounter came through the mind of Cink as he tried to sleep on Saturday night. What I am surer of, though, is that Woods remembered that encounter the second after he shook the hand of Henrik Stenson - his semifinal opponent.
Djokovic Takes Open Down Under
by Derek Felix | Sports Day Columnist | Tuesday, January 29 2008
There’s a new Australian Open champion and it’s Novak Djokovic. The 20 year-old made history by becoming the first ever Serbian to win a singles major by coming back to post a four set 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) victory over unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at a capacity Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park Sunday night. He did it with great poise and amazing but deadly precision in outslugging the powerful Tsonga, who unseated four Top 15 players during a remarkable run to his first career final. Despite a shaky beginning in which he was outhit by the 22 year-old Tsonga in the first set, Djokovic steadied his game and began to turn the tide by winning lengthy rallies in the second set. It didn’t start out promising as he was in trouble early down 0-30 in a game but dug out of it. He played the bigger points better.
Tiger Woods won his fifth Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill on Sunday with a 24 footer that curled about 8 feet into the cup on the 72nd hole of the tournament. The win marked Woods' fifth straight PGA Tour victory, 7th consecutive global win, and furthers talk about the potential to win 12 events in a row. In other words, all of the buzz surrounding Tiger's current round of dominance continued and was heightened. If you want to read about what Woods accomplished, there are about 20 columns being written today by columnists around the country and world that will go into more depth. I'd like to talk about something different that was showcased on Sunday. That is the reality of slow play on the PGA Tour.
There’s a new Australian Open champion and it’s Novak Djokovic. The 20 year-old made history by becoming the first ever Serbian to win a singles major by coming back to post a four set 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) victory over unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at a capacity Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park Sunday night. He did it with great poise and amazing but deadly precision in outslugging the powerful Tsonga, who unseated four Top 15 players during a remarkable run to his first career final. Despite a shaky beginning in which he was outhit by the 22 year-old Tsonga in the first set, Djokovic steadied his game and began to turn the tide by winning lengthy rallies in the second set. It didn’t start out promising as he was in trouble early down 0-30 in a game but dug out of it. He played the bigger points better.
