Golf Talk [Episode 097]
Posted August 13th, 2008 by Erik J. Barzeski
Padraig Harrington, current World #1 (except in the official rankings, where he's still #3), wins again.
Padraig Harrington wins back-to-back majors with a pair of Sunday 66s at Oakland Hills. We break down the final major of 2008 and talk Paddy, Sergio, Ben, Phil, and others, plus Amanda Blumenherst and a whole lot more in this episode of Golf Talk.
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Off the Tee
Beating Balls
- Harrington Not #2
- Garcia's Mature Reaction
- Garcia on Ryder Cup Team
- No Tiger = Poor TV Ratings
- Donald Out for the Year
- Blumenherst Wins U.S. Women's Amateur
- Email Us!
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Posted 15 Aug 2008 at 6:03pm #
padraig is good but if tiger was playing he would easily have beaten him.
Posted 15 Aug 2008 at 10:21pm #
Ron Sirak puts an interesting spin on evaluating the "best of the rest" in his article. (1) I think he's being unfair to the other players when discussing Tiger's swing changes b'coz all players (not just Tiger) undergo swing changes throughout their careers. (2) I think he's been unfair to Paddy b'coz (a) Paddy could've won the British Open 2008, even with Tiger in the field given the lottery of the weather and (b) Phil was in the field with Paddy and thus had every chance of stopping Paddy's charge towards Major victory, but he wasn't even close. (3) Of the current crop of active players and based on recent form, I'd rate Paddy above Sergio, who in turn is ahead of Phil. I think Phil's past his prime, and there should be no shame in admitting this.