{"id":864,"date":"2005-07-24T19:45:33","date_gmt":"2005-07-25T00:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/ben_crane_takes_rain-soaked_us_bank_championship\/"},"modified":"2005-07-24T19:45:33","modified_gmt":"2005-07-25T00:45:33","slug":"ben_crane_takes_rain-soaked_us_bank_championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/pga\/ben_crane_takes_rain-soaked_us_bank_championship","title":{"rendered":"Ben Crane Takes Rain-Soaked US Bank Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BenBen Crane, one of the slowest players on the PGA Tour<\/a>, walked away with the US Bank Championship. Carding a 1-under-par round of 69, Crane was never pressured as his nearest competitors Scott Verplank, Chris Smith, and Kenny Perry folded with rounds of 71, 71, and 73. Crane eventually won by four over Verplank and five over Chad Campbell, one of the few players to have a decent day in the blustery conditions, firing a 65.
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\nBen Crane, a full-line Titleist staff member, used the popular Pro V1x and is the first player to win with a Titleist 905 driver<\/a> on the PGA Tour this year. In fact, the top six players all played Titleist balls. Go figure. I’m pointing this out only because last week’s winner, Jason Bohn, is also a full-line Titleist guy, and it’s odd for any one company to have back-to-back winners.<\/p>\n

Ben Crane, as I mentioned, is one of the slowest players on Tour. His pre-shot routine – from the time he first addresses the ball to the time he starts his swing – takes upwards of 30 seconds and is filled with jerks and jiggles and twitches. It appears as though he’s having a seizure. Finally, he sets the club down and swings.<\/p>\n

The problem, as Lanny Wadkins pointed out, is not his pre-shot routine. Many players take awhile, and nobody expects Ben Crane to hit the shot before he’s ready. The problem lies with his pre-pre-shot routine. Crane is not a short hitter, so he’s usually hitting second. His pre-pre-shot routine – getting a yardage, choosing a club, figuring out the wind – is the problem. Instead of doing this while his playing partners are engaged in their swing, Crane often doesn’t get yardages until it’s his turn to play.<\/p>\n

Slow play on the PGA Tour is a bad thing. Regular golfers, whether they’ll admit it or not, are influenced by what they see on TV. When they see someone take 30 seconds to make a swing, or to look at the hole six times before stroking their 10-footer, they incorporate some of that into their own game. After all, a ten-footer for a buck is no different than a 10-footer for a million of ’em, is it?<\/p>\n

Pros typically play in four to five hours. The five-hour round is a big, big<\/strong> reason why so many people give up the game and a large part of the reason why 18 holes often sucks up an entire day.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Ben Crane. He kept his pace with the groups ahead on Sunday (perhaps because they were busy taking bogeys). Maybe that could be Ben’s new trick – take a lot less strokes than everyone else and you’re bound to play faster.<\/p>\n

Pos   Player            Today   Tot    R1    R2    R3    R4    Tot\n1     Ben Crane           -1    -20    62    65    64    69    260\n2     Scott Verplank      +1    -16    64    65    64    71    264\n3     Chad Campbell       -5    -15    66    68    66    65    265\n4     Jeff Sluman         -2    -14    64    64    70    68    266\nT5    Steve Elkington     -2    -13    65    70    64    68    267\nT5    Chris Smith         +1    -13    64    67    65    71    267\nT7    Lee Janzen          -5    -12    69    66    68    65    268\nT7    Mark Calcavecchia   -1    -12    69    65    65    69    268\nT9    Glen Day            -4    -11    67    70    66    66    269\nT9    Brad Faxon          -2    -11    67    64    70    68    269\nT9    Dean Wilson         -2    -11    66    69    66    68    269\nT9    John Huston         -1    -11    68    67    65    69    269\nT9    Kenny Perry         +3    -11    63    69    64    73    269\nT14   Jason Bohn          -5    -10    67    68    70    65    270\nT14   Richard S. Johnson  -3    -10    68    70    65    67    270\nT14   Rocco Mediate       -3    -10    69    68    66    67    270\nT14   Stephen Leaney      -2    -10    65    69    68    68    270\nT14   Jerry Kelly         -1    -10    64    68    69    69    270\nT14   J.L. Lewis          -1    -10    68    67    66    69    270\nT14   Briny Baird          E    -10    66    69    65    70    270\nT14   Fred Funk            E    -10    69    67    64    70    270\nT14   Bo Van Pelt         +1    -10    70    65    64    71    270\nT14   Matt Davidson       +1    -10    67    68    64    71    270<\/pre>\n
Photo Credit: © AP<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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