Sigh. Where’s my game?
Mike Weir. Remember him? Canada’s golden golfer who won the 2003 Masters, along with seven other PGA Tour events, including a WGC tournament and the 2003 Bob Hope Classic.
Last time Weir made the cut was the 2011 AT&T National. Wouldn’t it be nice if he broke his missed-cut streak here? (continue reading…)
Dufner: so close.
Here’s something I put together for TheScore.ie earlier on:
WHEN JASON DUFNER stood on the fifteenth tee during the final round of this year’s USPGA Championship, he held a five-shot lead over the rest of the field. (continue reading…)
During the first round, Adam Scott entered the Bear Trap, the deadly three-hole stretch (Nos. 15-17) at PGA National, even-par and left at seven-over to post 77. Mike Weir almost tied Scott’s tragic experience in the second round on Friday, posting three straight double-bogeys. Weir shot a career-worst 85 and 22-over for the tournament. He’s currently dead last in the field at the Honda Classic. Weir lost more than some of his dignity with his dreadful performance — he also lost his PGA Tour card.
While a bunch of relative unknowns are going low and breaking course records at the RBC Canadian Open, the nation’s Golden Boy Mike Weir struggled for the second day in a row, posting a four-over 74. His 36-hole total of six-over puts him near the bottom of the leaderboard at T143, missing the cut by eight shots.
Playing with tendinitis in his right arm, Weir refused to blame the errant drives and poor iron play on the injury. But clearly frustrated, when asked to elaborate on his troubles, he snapped, “It was pretty obvious. I didn’t play well. All aspects weren’t great.” Yikes!
When I arrived to St. Andrews on Monday, I immediately headed to the Road Hole (after checking in and getting situated at the media center, etc.). I’ve been reading and hearing about it nonstop for the past month, so obviously I couldn’t wait to scope it out in person. (By the way, St. Andrews and the Open are amazing — more later, stay tuned!) I happened to come across Zach Johnson, who was practicing chip shots from the path in between the green and the road. I saw him duff heaps, blade a few and hit some to a foot.
The morning guys are well into their first rounds and the leaderboard is, well, an early Thursday US Open leaderboard. You never know who’s going to be on there. KJ Choi has been leading the charge. He started the day three-over after three before he caught fire to get to three-under through 14. I’m off to watch him play the last few holes.
Mike Weir, Ian Poulter and David Toms are all at two-under. Interestingly enough, Poults had never seen the course before he arrived this past weekend. Meanwhile, wild Phil showed up today — not the good kind of wild, but the kind where he’s dunking it in the water and missing putts. He’s four-over through 14. Whoops!
By the way, take a closer look at the above picture of Miguel Angel Jimenez. Can you see what I’m talking about? See the close-up after the jump.
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