David Duval: Can He Make A Comeback?

[kris]

wow I've been rooting for him all week and I hope he continues well tomorrow to at least have a top 10. that would be a great improvement for him.

[RichF]

Being T3 on the final day on a course which is hard in normal conditions...well, even if Duval doesn't make a run for the finish today, I feel he's turned a corner and hopefully, this will give him a stack of confidence to carry this on.

[Duval_Fan]

Wishing DD all the best for today! Not the start he needed last night although alot of bad luck with the lie at the first hole...

If he can get a birdie in next 2 holes (certainly the par 5 4th hole) then anything is possible!

[Canuck]

-3 and tied for the lead! Sure is inspiring it would be nice to see him fight it out and maybe even pull it off. No matter how he finishes today, his confidence will be high. Its hard to pick between Phil and DD they both have great stories coming into the final round.

[hawkeye]

oh yes - the golfing world just got better.

not because I backed DD at 500/1 after the 1st round of the St. Jude.....but one of the true gentlemen of the modern game is back where he belongs.

His speech after his British Open win was warming - would have loved to see him win the US Open. Would have given all my potential winnings to see it happen!

well done David - welcome back old friend!

[Prairie Golfer]

and back in the Masters too!

Hopefully, his next tour win is right around the corner.

[eahollis4]

DD is the man! Showed confidence and patience this whole week. If he had a little better luck he could have been the champ. I hope this week is a sign of things to come. He needs a couple more good checks to secure his card for next season but his goals will be higher than that.

[saltman]

I look for him to really compete at the British as well, his confidence should be sky high going in. Really impressed with how he battled back after that opening triple. Fantastic that he will be back at Augusta as well!

[BASHERBAKER69]

Duval was unlucky with his lie on the 3rd..should have been a bogey at worst there.

It's a great comeback and he was so close to winning the tournament. He should keep his card for next year on the basis of his current form and I suspect Nike might extend his deal, but vary the terms .

He looked at home competing at he highest level with Mickelson and co and I think he should pass the million dollar mark this year in earnings.

What a comeback, the extent of which was a little unexpected! Role on the British Open!

[Trav]

I was one of those who thought his time had gone. Glad to see it looks like I may be wrong, although I would like to see a few more event results before accepting that this wasn't a one-time thing and the Tour Through Golf Hell has really, finally, ended. He has something a lot of younger players don't when it comes to being able to handle pressure.

[mcfc_nick]

erm.......................can i change the answer i gave in the poll :)

[egehoski]

I was pulling for him big time. A good Open for him, nonetheless. He held it together well, I thought. I used to be a huge Duval fan, back in the late 90's. Then honestly, I gave up on the guy. I could be wrong. In fact, I hope I am. I hope he keeps it going.

[bogeyhitter25]

Well it looks like I was right with my pick. Good for him. It's great to see him starting to get back to his old form.

[PEZGolf]

I was pulling for him big time. A good Open for him, nonetheless. He held it together well, I thought. I used to be a huge Duval fan, back in the late 90's. Then honestly, I gave up on the guy. I could be wrong. In fact, I hope I am. I hope he keeps it going.

I agree with you, and this tournament may be the final sign that he has recaptured his game from the late 1990's-2002. It has been a long dry spell, and when David kept telling people this year that he was almost there, the so-called pundits said, "Yeah, sure, David, keep on dreaming." No more dream. Just reality now.

[iacas]

Duval was unlucky with his lie on the 3rd..should have been a bogey at worst there.

And had he gotten it up and down from his lie in the bunker (not the buried one, the one he hit to), he would have still made a bogey. It still took him four shots to get down from the middle of the bunker.

I got sucked into thinking "wow, what a bad break, that cost him three shots" right there" too, but in reality it cost him one shot, and it still took him four to get down from 20 yards. But as you can see in the live blog, I thought he'd won it when he birdied 16. I didn't see that shot coming from Glover and thought he'd (Glover) would have trouble at 17 or something.

[CarlSpackler]

I finally voted.

[CG031]

And had he gotten it up and down from his lie in the bunker (not the buried one, the one he hit to), he would have still made a bogey. It still took him four shots to get down from the middle of the bunker.

Yeah, I agree. He should've been able to get it up and in for bogey out of the bunker. Or at worst a double bogey.

I felt kind of bad for him towards the end because, I too, thought he was going to pull through when he started draining those birdies. But I was surprised to see Glover step up, gotta give him credit. I figured he would blow his lead and fall right back to Duval/Mickelson/Barnes.

[PEZGolf]

Yeah, I agree. He should've been able to get it up and in for bogey out of the bunker. Or at worst a double bogey.

One interesting fact about Glover was his 4 month vacation from golf last year at the end of the season. His coach, Dick Harmon, and his wife, Jennifer, agree that he needed to get away from the game because he was extremely frustrated and had lost confidence in himself. Patience is the key to winning the US Open, as we all know. That four month rest period that let him spend time with his family and appreciate life (without golf) made Glover a different person and a much better golfer. If he had not taken that time off, in my opinion, he would never have contended in a US Open, much less won the whole damned thing. Impatience comes from frustration and an overzealousness to win. Patience comes from being content with your life, and a desire to give yourself a chance to win, and not forcing it. Glover taught us all a lesson in patience. Congratulations to him. It was fun to watch him outplay everyone on those last four holes.