If you flipped around the final rounds this weekend, each tournament ended with me saying "Wow!  What did I just see?"  Just when you thought golf without Tiger in the field was ho-hum, along comes the unexpected. Here are some moments you’re sure to see over and over:

Richard Finch wins the Irish Open after he performs a miracle-shot and a River Dance.  His final shot to the 18th found Finch on a steep riverbank. One swing later, his ball neatly landed on the short grass as Finch found himself suddenly floundering waist deep in reeds and chilly water.

Kenny Perry’s ball treebounds into the drink for a playoff defeat at the ATT.  Perry overshot the 18th green on the first playoff hole, nailed the trunk of a tall tree, landed neatly on the fringe and rocketed 40 yards across the green, down the bank, and into the water, leafing Ryuji Imada to score his first PGA win.

Lorena Ochoa gets rough with the rough on her way to the Sybase Classic title.  Attempting to hammer herself out of a deep rough with a hybrid club, Ochoa instead hit a wormburner and showed us a what she thought of her performance by surprisingly pounding and pounding the gnarly lettuce with her club. 

Andy Bean stalks a tall win at the Champion Tour’s Regions Charity Classic. Bean jumped from three shots ahead, to two, then to one, but he mustered a blistering final approach to 18 from 217 yards away that rolled up to within 10 feet for a two-putt and the trophy.

 There seems to be a new zeal for risk-taking and high performance across professional golf.  I can’t wait for next week.