badds to be good
April 16th 2009 03:50
First up, I’ve got to say how much I love Angel Cabrera.
I love the fact he’s a big burly guy and not some Tiger Woods-clone chiselled athlete. And around the course he seems pretty happy-go-lucky in as much as he plays quickly, makes instinctive decisions and gets on with things if something goes wrong.
He certainly doesn’t take very long over his shots – witness his shot from behind the tree on the 18th, the first playoff hole, when he just walked up and whacked it.
As much as l like his style I never could have predicted Cabrera was going to win the Masters. He doesn’t win often but when he does he makes sure they’re big ones.
As for my tips, I think Tiger was disappointing and I’m surprised his swing was so out of whack – maybe he’s tried to make too many changes because of the knee injury and the exactitude demanded by Augusta was too much for him.
I was furious Retief Goosen missed the cut but when I tipped him I thought the course was going to play a lot harder – the fact it was relatively easy counted against him but she still should have done better.
Nick Watney acquitted himself well and is a player for the future at Augusta.
But that’s all old news and the thing we want to know is who will win this week at Harbor Town, the traditional week-after-the-Masters tournament.
I’m a big fan of Aaron Baddeley here. He’s won here previously and has been runner-up as well and he’s coming off his best Masters ever which means his iron play must be in good shape to tackle Harbor Town’s notoriously small greens.
There’s a roughie I like in the form of Ken Duke, who is at odds of over 100-1. He’s gone OK at the course before and while he was in scratchy form in the early part of the season his rock steady Masters tournament gives me hope that he might have turned a corner. On his day his accurate iron play will put him contention for most events – none more so than this one.
Finally, Kevin Na has to cap his good form one day and here’s as good a place as any.
I love the fact he’s a big burly guy and not some Tiger Woods-clone chiselled athlete. And around the course he seems pretty happy-go-lucky in as much as he plays quickly, makes instinctive decisions and gets on with things if something goes wrong.
He certainly doesn’t take very long over his shots – witness his shot from behind the tree on the 18th, the first playoff hole, when he just walked up and whacked it.
As much as l like his style I never could have predicted Cabrera was going to win the Masters. He doesn’t win often but when he does he makes sure they’re big ones.
As for my tips, I think Tiger was disappointing and I’m surprised his swing was so out of whack – maybe he’s tried to make too many changes because of the knee injury and the exactitude demanded by Augusta was too much for him.
I was furious Retief Goosen missed the cut but when I tipped him I thought the course was going to play a lot harder – the fact it was relatively easy counted against him but she still should have done better.
Nick Watney acquitted himself well and is a player for the future at Augusta.
But that’s all old news and the thing we want to know is who will win this week at Harbor Town, the traditional week-after-the-Masters tournament.
I’m a big fan of Aaron Baddeley here. He’s won here previously and has been runner-up as well and he’s coming off his best Masters ever which means his iron play must be in good shape to tackle Harbor Town’s notoriously small greens.
There’s a roughie I like in the form of Ken Duke, who is at odds of over 100-1. He’s gone OK at the course before and while he was in scratchy form in the early part of the season his rock steady Masters tournament gives me hope that he might have turned a corner. On his day his accurate iron play will put him contention for most events – none more so than this one.
Finally, Kevin Na has to cap his good form one day and here’s as good a place as any.
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