Nick Faldo, now Sir Nick Faldo is considered a bit of a pratt by the Scottish public at large, a spoiled English whiner obsessed with himself and his golf swing in his early years, however with 3 Open Championships (all in Scotland) to his credit and three Masters titles, even the dourest of Scots has been forced to doff their cap to his ability.
The school is out again on his earthy English broadcasting style, but early this morning he did point out that with the wind howling shortly after the 1pm EST broadcast time, it would be tough for KJ Choi (-6) Jimmy Williams (-7) etal who had to play their back nines today to score their final 5 holes from 14 in, in the worst of the wind, in even par or better to match Brandt Snedeker's magnificent 69 from Sunday and force a playoff.
Remember Snedeker shot that 69 when the scoring average was 78, in nasty wind and rain on Sunday. As I wrote this morning the wind was just as bad and no one could top his score of -6 282
It was comical with the best players on tour being humbled by Mother Nature and eventually Choi missed a long birdie putt on the 18th that would have forced a playoff and Snedeker who was T3 at the Hyundai and lost in a playoff at the Sony continued his fine play to win at Torrey Pines.
Choi closed with a 76 and finished one shot behind at 283 Jimmy Walker made bogey on four of the eight holes he played and wound up three shots behind.
Bryan Angus
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