tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post1565056286969632300..comments2024-03-29T09:17:11.602-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: PGA Tour UpdateGoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-15672687945376158102014-07-16T07:44:08.758-04:002014-07-16T07:44:08.758-04:00Oh, yeah. Feels so good, baby.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goxPX6lE8Y8" rel="nofollow">Oh, yeah. Feels so good, baby.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-78350566278446385522014-07-16T07:42:22.517-04:002014-07-16T07:42:22.517-04:00And with this tournament, we conclude this interim...And with this tournament, we conclude this interim PGA Tour Update report, as the British Open starts tomorrow! Here are some key <i>HP</i> reports from earlier this season:<br /><br />-- <a href="http://www.heathpost.com/2014/04/the-masters-day-4-wrap-up.html" rel="nofollow">Bubba Watson wins the Masters.</a><br /><br />-- <a href="http://www.heathpost.com/2014/05/congratulations-to-jb-holmes.html" rel="nofollow">J.B. Holmes of Campbellsville bounces back.</a><br /><br />-- <a href="http://www.heathpost.com/2014/06/us-open-day-four-wrap-up.html" rel="nofollow">Martin Kaymer wins the U.S. Open.</a><br /><br />I so love the majors weekends at the <i>HP</i>, and I hope we Go Heath steps to the mike to take over the hosting. Whenever we go from me to Go Heath being the primary voice of a golf report at the <i>HP</i>, it feels a little like watching Channel 6 on an autumn Sunday afternoon in the late 1970s when you might get Charlie Jones finishing up a noon-kickoff Browns-Bengals game that's for third place in the Central Division and then coverage rolls to Oakland for a Steelers-at-Raiders game that Dick Enberg is saying might turn out to be a preview of the AFC championship.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-30365830081180850382014-07-16T07:26:48.298-04:002014-07-16T07:26:48.298-04:00Brian Harman, a 27-year-old from Savannah, Ga., wo...Brian Harman, a 27-year-old from Savannah, Ga., won last weekend's John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill., for his first PGA Tour victory. Here are the winners thus far in the 2013-14 PGA Tour season:<br /><br />Jimmy Walker 3 wins<br />Zach Johnson 2<br />Martin Kaymer 2 (including the U.S. Open)<br />Patrick Reed 2<br />Bubba Watson 2 (including the Masters)<br />Webb Simpson 1<br />Ryan Moore 1<br />Dustin Johnson 1<br />Chris Kirk 1<br />Harris English 1<br />Jason Day 1<br />Scott Stallings 1<br />Kevin Stadler 1<br />Russell Henley 1<br />Chesson Hadley 1<br />John Senden 1<br />Matt Every 1<br />Steven Bowditch 1<br />Matt Jones 1<br />Matt Kuchar 1<br />Noh Seung-yui 1<br />J.B. Holmes 1<br />Brendon Todd 1<br />Adam Scott 1<br />Hideki Matsuyama 1<br />Ben Crane 1<br />Kevin Streelman 1<br />Justin Rose 1<br />Angel Cabrera 1<br />Brian Harman 1Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-24516834616494536822014-07-06T18:55:13.095-04:002014-07-06T18:55:13.095-04:00Back in 2009, back before the HP, Kenny Perry came...Back in 2009, <a href="http://www.heathpost.com/2014/07/happy-birthday-to-us.html" rel="nofollow">back before the <i>HP</i></a>, Kenny Perry came heartbreakingly close to becoming the oldest man ever to win a major golf tournament. (<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/12/AR2009041202882.html" rel="nofollow">Thomas Boswell of <i>The Washington Post</i> wrote a simply terrific column about it.</a>) The player that did win the 2009 Masters was Angel Cabrera of Córdoba, Argentina. <br /><br />Now 44, Cabrera today won The Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. It's his first victory of the 2013-14 PGA Tour season. (Justin Rose ended up winning last weekend's tournament in Bethesda.)<br /><br />Jimmy Walker 3 wins<br />Zach Johnson 2<br />Martin Kaymer 2 (including the U.S. Open)<br />Patrick Reed 2<br />Bubba Watson 2 (including the Masters)<br />Webb Simpson 1<br />Ryan Moore 1<br />Dustin Johnson 1<br />Chris Kirk 1<br />Harris English 1<br />Jason Day 1<br />Scott Stallings 1<br />Kevin Stadler 1<br />Russell Henley 1<br />Chesson Hadley 1<br />John Senden 1<br />Matt Every 1<br />Steven Bowditch 1<br />Matt Jones 1<br />Matt Kuchar 1<br />Noh Seung-yui 1<br />J.B. Holmes 1<br />Brendon Todd 1<br />Adam Scott 1<br />Hideki Matsuyama 1<br />Ben Crane 1<br />Kevin Streelman 1<br />Justin Rose 1<br />Angel Cabrera 1Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-23409795167600074142014-06-29T17:07:46.361-04:002014-06-29T17:07:46.361-04:00Well, here's Langer for birdie and win, but, r...Well, here's Langer for birdie and win, but, really, who cares?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-48400697681664053072014-06-29T17:07:23.569-04:002014-06-29T17:07:23.569-04:00Cochran flubbed his third shot from off the green,...Cochran flubbed his third shot from off the green, and he was left with a very, very long birdie putt. He misses. Cochran finishes 14-under.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-68447893173480901202014-06-29T17:06:25.417-04:002014-06-29T17:06:25.417-04:00PERRY'S PITCH FROM THE ROUGH ROLLS JUST BARELY...PERRY'S PITCH FROM THE ROUGH ROLLS JUST BARELY BY AND PAST THE HOLE! Ouch! Oh, man, that was close.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-30257943055176816042014-06-29T17:01:15.772-04:002014-06-29T17:01:15.772-04:00Kenny has the distance, but he's off to the ri...Kenny has the distance, but he's off to the right of the green. He'd have to plop in his pitch to tie Slu.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-458170542513912862014-06-29T17:00:15.805-04:002014-06-29T17:00:15.805-04:00Langer's left of the green.
Perry ...Langer's left of the green.<br /><br />Perry ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-37367154954634529022014-06-29T16:59:48.997-04:002014-06-29T16:59:48.997-04:00Cochran's second shot lands short of the green...Cochran's second shot lands short of the green.<br /><br />Now Langer ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-48465714098612700942014-06-29T16:59:27.851-04:002014-06-29T16:59:27.851-04:00Perry's ball is left. So is Cochran's, but...Perry's ball is left. So is Cochran's, but he's shortest. Langer is along the right side.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-4058413681068883542014-06-29T16:58:47.300-04:002014-06-29T16:58:47.300-04:00No. 18 at Fox Chapel Golf Club is a 574-yard par 5...No. 18 at Fox Chapel Golf Club is a 574-yard par 5. All three drives are in the fairway.<br /><br /><i><a href="http://www.foxchapelgolfclub.org/Guest-Golf/Course-Tour/18.aspx" rel="nofollow">A fitting finishing hole to a thorough examination. Best to drive left and let the slope guide the ball to the middle of the fairway. Now it is decision time: cross the creek in two or lay up? In any case, a three-shot hole. Make birdie here and a win is well-earned.</a></i>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-13976168526540983112014-06-29T16:54:27.082-04:002014-06-29T16:54:27.082-04:00Sluman pars 18. He's the leader in the clubhou...Sluman pars 18. He's the leader in the clubhouse at 15-under. Langer is now tied with him, with one hole to play. Cochran and Perry par No. 17. The final threesome of the Senior Players Championship head to the 18th tee:<br /><br />-- Langer, 15-under (tied for the lead with Sluman);<br />-- Cochran of Saint Mary's and UK, 14-under, and<br />-- Perry of Lone Oak and WKU, 13-under.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-34145935092978027112014-06-29T16:51:40.485-04:002014-06-29T16:51:40.485-04:00Wow! Langer and his silly putter hole a crazy-long...Wow! Langer and his silly putter hole a crazy-long birdie putt on the par-3 No. 17. The Golf Channel reports that Slu, ahead on the 18th green, was bending over his putt and smiled when he heard the roar from the last group behind him, apparently realizing that someone had birdied to tie him for the lead.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-78386592881675721862014-06-29T16:42:52.523-04:002014-06-29T16:42:52.523-04:00Perry faces another lengthy par-saver at No. 16, a...Perry faces another lengthy par-saver at No. 16, and this one he fails to convert. Perry, who has won three of the last five Champions Tour majors, is now two off the lead with two holes to play.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-83200459050063208562014-06-29T16:39:59.898-04:002014-06-29T16:39:59.898-04:00Now Cochran sinks a birdie on 16, and he's tie...Now Cochran sinks a birdie on 16, and he's tied with Perry and Langer at 14-under, one stroke behind Slu, who's playing 18.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-54192524946145725552014-06-29T16:39:12.269-04:002014-06-29T16:39:12.269-04:00And, then, guess who has crept back within two of ...And, then, guess who has crept back within two of the lead? Russ Cochran, age 55, of Paducah, birdied No. 13 and 14 to get to 13-under for the tournament. He's alone in third place.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-88311718975823974422014-06-29T16:36:09.303-04:002014-06-29T16:36:09.303-04:00Kenny Perry, age 53 of Elizabethtown (originally),...Kenny Perry, age 53 of Elizabethtown (originally), and Bernhard Langer, age 56 of Anhausen, West Germany, are both 14-under. Uncle Kenny played the front nine today in 4-under, but he had back-to-back bogeys before steadying himself with a par putt of some length on No. 14. Perry's an old Hilltopper, but he's wearing a Wildcat-blue cap and shirt today. He looks great. The Golf Channel guys say he's tired. Well, duh ... it's Sunday afternoon, and he didn't get to take a nap.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-84148587366834395812014-06-29T16:29:55.705-04:002014-06-29T16:29:55.705-04:00Well, I went and took a nap with the little girl, ...Well, I went and took a nap with the little girl, and I come back to find Jeff Sluman rolling in a 10-foot-or-so birdie putt to take the lead at 15-under in the Senior Players Championship. "Slu," age 56, of Rochester, N.Y., won the 1988 PGA Championship. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Sluman" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia says he's big buddies with Bobby Rahal,</a> which is kind of fun to talk about.<br /><br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-84760215529465191422014-06-29T14:54:12.686-04:002014-06-29T14:54:12.686-04:00We're tied in Pittsburgh!
Kenny Perry has rol...We're tied in Pittsburgh!<br /><br />Kenny Perry has rolled in four birdies in his first seven holes this afternoon, and he is now tied with Bernhard Langer at 16-under for the lead of the Senior Players. Golf Channel's live coverage from Pittsburgh starts in about five minutes.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-74945696927778642502014-06-29T14:07:44.170-04:002014-06-29T14:07:44.170-04:00OK, here comes Kenny! Langer bogeyed 4 (where Perr...OK, here comes Kenny! Langer bogeyed 4 (where Perry birdied), and now Kenny birdies No. 5, too. Our boy has played the first five in 3-under, and he's now within one stroke of Langer for the lead of the Senior Players Championship, which Perry won last year.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-71248894885836464292014-06-29T13:50:16.058-04:002014-06-29T13:50:16.058-04:00Birdie at No. 4 for Kenny, so the lead's back ...Birdie at No. 4 for Kenny, so the lead's back to three strokes.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-13595486670137210982014-06-29T13:36:27.615-04:002014-06-29T13:36:27.615-04:00Bernhard Langer isn't kidding around. He has o...Bernhard Langer isn't kidding around. He has opened his final round with par, birdie and birdie. So he's now 17-under for the Senior Players Championship and four ahead of second-place Kenny Perry, who is 1-under through the same three holes today. Their third, Russ Cochran, is 1-over so far and back to a tie for seventh at 10-under.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-62485996082149982342014-06-29T09:13:30.817-04:002014-06-29T09:13:30.817-04:00After this morning's fight with the suits at S...<a href="https://twitter.com/heathpostdotcom/status/483236315174297601" rel="nofollow">After this morning's fight with the suits at Sports Illustrated, the Kentucky desk really wants to win one today.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-1169236841199068352014-06-29T09:08:24.400-04:002014-06-29T09:08:24.400-04:00But here's the big #ohky news in golf this mor...But here's the big #ohky news in golf this morning: Kenny Perry and Russ Cochran <i>both</i> rocked it in yesterday's third round of the Constellation Senior Players Championship. Perry of Elizabethtown, Lone Oak and Franklin shot 65 to pull into second place alone at 12-under and three back of tournament-leader Bernhard Langer. Cochran of Paducah came up with a 63! That moved the ol' Saint Mary's Viking to a tie for third at 11-under. Cochran, Perry and Langer play together in today's final, final-round group, teeing off at 11:32 Central.<br /><br />Channel 6 is scheduled to show some "Dew Tour" skateboarding or something and some track and field this afternoon. I feel quite certain, however, that the WPSD homeboys will be rigging it up, though, to pre-empt that with the Golf Channel's live feed of the Champions Tour final round starting at 2 Central. Golf Channel is now an NBC sitch, so that has to be the plan.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com