5. J-Pete coming out of retirement (again)?
Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine with the quote from John Peterson…
- “Sometimes you’ve got to take a step back to realize what you had,” said Peterson, who was a three-time All-American at LSU and won the 2011 NCAA individual title. “I was in an office for seven months, and it was fine when I started, I was paying the bills. Then the Masters came along, and I’m watching this kid Patrick Cantlay, who in 2011 finished second to me in the national championship when he was at UCLA, and he’s finishing ninth in the Masters. It’s on TV, and I beat him, and I beat him a lot, and I’m just like, ‘Man, that could be me.’ And then Tiger wins, with his story, it was just so inspiring, honestly.
- “And I quit my job, seriously, the next day after the Masters.”
Piece.
6. Another U.S. Open exemption for Els
PGA Tour report…”Presidents Cup International Team captain Ernie Els received a nice piece of news during the lengthy rain delay Thursday at the first round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.”
“The USGA gave the two-time U.S. Open champ a special exemption for the second consecutive year. Els is the first player to receive consecutive exemptions since Hale Irwin in 2002 and 2003.”
7. McNealy shoots 75…with a 13
Golf Digest’s Alex Myers…”McNealy began on the back nine at Briggs Ranch and jumped out to a two-under start through three holes before disaster struck. Let’s just say 13 wasn’t his lucky number on Thursday. McNealy walked away from his fourth hole at six over par after racking up 13 shots on the par-5 13th. He bogeyed the following hole as well to fall to seven over through five holes. Here’s a look at the wild patch of holes:”
- “But there’s a reason why McNealy has his name on his golf bag, and why he is regarded as a serious PGA Tour prospect. Much like Kevin Na after his infamous 16 at the 2011 Valero Texas Open (What is up with the San Antonio area producing these big numbers), McNealy rallied in heroic fashion after that with no more blemishes on his scorecard and four more birdies. Here’s the end result:”
8. The case for Woods the winningest
Eamon Lynch makes a strong case…
“This isn’t a record that should be debatable,” Lynch says. “We’ll just have to wait until Tiger puts it to rest for good. And when No. 82 comes, it will be just like the 81 that preceded it. The work of one man hitting every shot that counts.”
9. Rating the walk-ups
Great stuff from our Matt Gallardo rating the walk-up songs of the Zurich Classic teams
- “Steve Stricker/Jerry Kelly: As Good as I Once Was – Toby Keith”
- “This is, perfect. All I see is an Italian chef kissing their hands to this selection, sheer perfection. Self deprecation, confidence and an overall great song. I have to imagine Jerry Kelly came up with this and Stricker tried to argue he’s still in his prime.”
- “Tommy Fleetwood/Sergio Garcia: Radio Gaga – Queen”
- “Queen, so hot right now. Winner of nearly every Oscar, these Ryder Cup teammates kept it current with Queen while selecting a deeper cut. Somewhere, Francesco Molinari is looking at Instagram posts of this pairing and wondering what went wrong.”
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Apr 26, 2019 at 2:32 pm
Peterson is a weird dude. He’s just weird.