This is the day for picking the winner of the 93rd PGA Championship that starts tomorrow in steamy (90*F) Atlanta.
The guys everyone fancies this year are Jason Day who has been in contention in every major this year and was in the T5 last week, Adam Scott of course, in form Ryo Ishikawa, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Steve Stricker, Rickie Fowler T2 last week, Lee Westwood with his new lighter attitude, Zach Johnson T6 last week and has 2 wins plus the Masters in Georgia, and Nick Watney..
My pick though is the most under rated #1 player this PGA Tour has ever had, Luke Donald, who's game is eerily like David Toms' who was the last winner on this Atlanta Athletic Club course 10 years ago.
Donald, who tweeted last week "just in case you were wondering I shot 64 today, apparently wasn't on TV much" admitted yesterday in his press conference that he gets tremendous respect and support when he travels the world on the European Tour, but as an Englishman he doesn't get the same when he comes to America.
Recently I tweeted that he gets no respect over here and the likes of Jason Sobel at the Tiger first and foremost Golf Channel responded that I was completely wrong.
Really, well if you didn't believe me, then just listen to the world's best player..
Let's remind you of his stats..
He leads the Race to Dubai, and is 3rd in the Fed Ex standings..
In 13 starts on the PGA Tour, he has a win, (World MatchPlay) and eight other top-10s, including T2 at last week’s World Golf Championships, T4 at both the Masters and the Players Championship, and T7 at Jack's Memorial tournament.
In between all that he beat Lee Westwood to win the prestigious BMW PGA championship, won the Scottish Open and was second at the Volvo World MatchPlay in Spain.. What more does he need to do to get your attention ??
He was completely lost in all the Tiger hysteria last week then of course the Tiger related Stevie Williams hysteria, and with Tiger in the field again this week, it's likely Luke will get no where near the respect or coverage the world #1 should get, especially with the amazing record he has established this year..
As he said yesterday " Some personalities attract more attention and media,I'm not one of those. And that's just the way it's going to be"
It wasn't until CBS came on at 2pm last Sunday that they finally let Tiger go and concentrated on what was actually happening in the tournament, having said that the Golf Channel had been on since noon watching him hack it around a course he used to own, no where near contention, but hey, to hell with the rest of the field, let's keep riding that Tiger express elevator to the ratings penthouse..
Mind you I shouldn't be surprised, we have always known Yanks barely know what is going on outside their own state, never mind in the rest of the world, I suppose it will take Luke winning this week to get their attention..
Not that he should have to as the best player in the world...
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles
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