Having spent way to much time on the phone with Rogers getting my home phone and Internet back on line I couldn't pass on my thoughts on this weekend.. however all is well that ends well is the wise old saying and let's hope everything has been fixed on this rainy Tuesday morning in T.0
The LPGA Tour gets back underway in Phoenix at the JTBC Founders this week after their lengthy swing through Asia and Australia and our own Brooke Henderson starts play with a brand new #10 world ranking after 4 top ten finishes in 5 events, 3 on the LPGA and 1 on the LET.
She is 8th on the LPGA’s money list so far through 2016, earning just over US$207,000. Remember she has already been world #1...as an amateur in 2014.
It's great time for Brooke as she continues her young career as a pro. She is the Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year, will represent Canada at the Olympics with Alena Sharp as she did last summer with Lori Kane at the Pan Ams, and last week she received a gold putter from Ping to celebrate her first pro win last August.
Now she is ranked #10 and we have all of her years ahead competing for the #1 spot with the likes of Lydia Ko, and Lexi Thompson, Stacy Lewis, Suzann Petterson and all the great Asian players to enjoy...
Graham DeLaet had a great week despite all the rhetoric I am hearing. He shot 66 68 on Friday and Saturday in the same conditions and with the same putter he used to shoot that disappointing 75 on Sunday. He missed a shortie for bogey 5 on the 2nd, then after a tremendous 3 iron through the wind to six feet on the par 3 4th he missed the left to righter and had to settle for par to get off to a frustrating start. The ensuing two bogeys at 6 and 7 to go out in 39 are what really cost him. He made all pars coming in with a lone bogey at 17.
He led the field at one point in ball striking, the putts that fell on Friday and Saturday just didn't on Sunday. That's golf...
As for many of my peers trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill on his pre round comment "I'm going to go out there and try and win this tournament"...c'mon guys, you should know better !
Spring Golf will come early to the Golden Horseshoe this year after the mild winter and for the first time in years my clubs aren't waking me up at night rattling away with their impatience !!!
My brother and I with our pals were always out at Winchester GC or whichever course was open, often with winter greens, through the muck and puddles. Is it just me or has the bloom gone off the rose for we hackers when it comes to finding time to play the great game.
With a very busy work schedule, days off are precious and responsibilities around the house/family take precedence and taking 8 hours to drive to the course, warm up, hit balls and putts, then take 5.5 hours, mostly sitting in a cart watching the guys in front search for their balls just isn't that much fun, and it's expensive.
Jack Nicklaus says he will build a 12 hole course if invited, and that would be one answer perhaps. I love the game as much as ever, love the fresh air, the day. the pals, the competition, the scenery... I'd just rather do it practising for a couple of hours, that's all I seem to have time for.
How about you ?
Bryan Angus
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