Interview on the golf channel, That was his answer about the course conditions. I am still laughin'. The golf channel guys were laughing in the background too.
GO KENNY GO!!! gotta love the guy.

there's a lot of guys to like on the leaderboard. Should be great tomorrow.

Perry could get that first major, Furyk and Cabrera with a chance to seperate themselves from the pack with a second major. Chad Campbell and Stricker both seem like really good guys too who've been touted as major winners at some point. Could be a lot of nice stories

i'm pulling for Sabbatini assuming Mickelson can't make a run...Sabo! Sabo! Sabo!

I'd actually love to see Jim Furyk win.

I am pulling for Todd Hamilton since he was totally ignored by the broadcast except his birdie attempt and par putt on the 18.

I am also pulling for El Pato because he is the opposite of the modern pro golfers - he is overweight, does not have a perfect swing horned by a big name swing guru, play fast with little deliberation, and smoke.

Love Kenny Perry! I really respected his decison to forgo the majors last year and focus on the Ryder Cup. Met him once, super nice guy, no one deserves it more.

i almost want to see sabo win just to hear what comes out of his mouth afterwards


adam

I'm pulling first for a guy without a major. But I'd still be pleased with a Cabrera win.

Jeff:

Hey how you been, you guys playing up there yet?

Anyways when you say it would be nice for Perry to win the first major, do you mean first major of the year? Or his first major?

I wont be rooting for Perry, lost some respect when he decided not to play some of the majors last year

Go Angel

Kenny Perry is my swing idol! One of these days, he's going to figure out how to get all the way through without lifting his right foot at all.

I hope he wins - he seems like a generally good guy to boot.

I can't root for him. Last year on Super Bowl Sunday '08 he said he was rooting for the Patriots, and when CBS asked why he stuffily said, "To shut up the '72 Dolphins."

That puts Kenny Perry in the same simpleton category as Rick Reilly and countless others, frenzied jealousy that one team -- among more than 2000 that have started NFL seasons -- managed to finish perfect. They use the "shut up" aspect as convenient deflection.

But it couldn't be more insincere. One day, within a few decades, there won't be anyone left to shut up. The last surviving member of that team will be gone. But that hardly means the haters will stop desperately rooting for someone/anyone to match the unbeaten record. The singleton aspect is what infuriates them, a standalone in the most high profile sport. Teams like the '85 Bears will easily slip into obscurity, naturally replaced by the 2031 Bengals, or whomever. But as long as that goose egg is nonpareil, it grows exponentially in stature and lore.

I try to give Kenny Perry a break but I still remember the tone in his voice when he said it. Tomorrow will be glorious if he chokes late and falls just short, like his buddies the '07 Pats.

Yeah, I do like Kenny and am pulling for him. I even like his swing!

Not to get off topic, but since you did. I think he speaks for many people. The remaining members of the 72 dolphins have time and again showed a lack of class and respect by "popping the champagne bottles" when the last undefeated teams loses each year.

I can appreicate they are proud of what they accomplished but they should be. However, records are made to be broken and in time most are. And in most cases the person or team who gets surpassed is there to congratulate the new record holders on their accomplishments. Because they know what it took to accompish the feat, whether it's an undefeated season, 62 or 715 homeruns...etc they can appericate the new record holders efforts.

For those who continually find ways to defend the actions of the 72 dolphins, I have to wonder how they would feel if the shoe was on the other foot, I bet they wouldn't be so quick to criticize the Dolphins for breaking such a record.

As for Kenny Perry, he's not my favorite golfer, but I certainly dont' have anything against him. He has shown that a 48 year old can continually compete with the 20'somes out there and go about it in a very down to earth humbling manor.

History tells me he is going against the odds today, but if he does pull it off I'l be the first to stand up and say Well Done !!!

Hey Ryan, next week it officially begins. And then i don't see my friends, and swear off women until at least november. You can play already at some places but it's basically still a swamp

His first major would be cool, honestly i'm not a huge Perry fan due to the skipping of certain tournaments last year. But i'll concede he seems super nice, and him getting a major after taking so much critisism for staying in the booth at the PGA at valhalla, would be cool i think. Plus i'd rather he win the masters because the US open at bethpage is all about Phil this time!

Didn't qualify for the Masters, injured his eye during the PGA. He didn't go to US Open qualifying, but the only one he really "skipped" was the Open Championship. I can't really blame him, he gave very valid reasons for not going overseas and not even trying to qualify for Torrey Pines (at least in my book). Why tee it up in a tournament that you don't play well in or on a course you absolutely hate? Going overseas to the Open Championship is insanely expensive, so if you don't have any self-confidence that you are going to contend to win the tournament, why go? I guess I don't see how that is any different from Tiger choosing 15 events he knows he can play well in and win and skipping courses that don't suit his game. I actually think Kenny Perry was convinced for awhile that his time for contending in majors was past. I think he has proved something to himself with 4 wins in the last four months. Just my $.02...

I agree with the players ability to choose their schedule to an extent. But it hasn't done the game any favors, Tiger's schedule has been great for the tournaments he plays in and horrible for the ones he doesn't (lost sponsors, events folding). The tour needs to sell their product aswell and the players need to realize that despite being independant in a sense, the Tour is what made them rich and they need to support it. Millions of fans wanted to watch Perry play the US open and British open and he didn't even try. He was one of the top players in the world i believe he has a responsibility to play the top events, that are the most covered by the media.

It's like a quarterback putting up all pro numbers than asking to sit out the playoff game at lambeau field, because he doesn't throw well in the snow.

just my opinion....but i don't "dislike" Perry. I just think the tour becomming mercenaries playing selected events is dangerous in the long run, and hurts the structure of the tour

no it's not. pro golf is an *individual* sport.



see above. *all* tour players are "mercenaries". they play for themselves.



what about his responsibility to himself and his family to play in events where he believes himself to be competitive? should *any* pro golfer compete in an event where they don't believe they can be competitive? what good does that do anybody?

it is completely plausible that someone in the top 10 could say "the hell with the majors, the heck with all the pressure, i'll just play events like the John Deere, the mayacoba and the Canadian open every year, make my millions and not have to worry about the media pressure of the majors". Sergio said in an interview over the offseason that he didn't have the same drive as Tiger to win every week etc...So why not just live the stress free life and play the smaller tournaments to earn your millions?

Would that be good for fans? You would support that?

i'm not saying Kenny was thinking that, but a player could do that fairly easily with the purses the way they are

Although I was pulling for KP to win, he didn't.
As far as him playing in select tournaments, tour players are "independent contractors" and can play as little or as much as they want(and are qualified to play according to their tour status).
Bruce Litske made a very nice living for many years playing just a few tournaments a year. The ones HE wanted to play. That way, he was able to be home with his kids for baseball/basketball/etc.

1) i doubt playing *any* PGA Tour event is "stress-free".

2) as an aside, i certainly wouldn't throw the Canadian Open with the likes of the John Deere and Mayacoba. you're talking about a country's *national championship* that dates back to 1904. it's the 2nd oldest stop on the PGA Tour, and the 3rd oldest national championship. its former champs include Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Greg Norman, Curtis Strange, Tom Weiskopf, and Nick Price. Jack Nicklaus was a fixture in the Canadian Open, finishing second 7 times.

3) it's an individual sport. i think competitive golf by the best players in the world is good for fans. i don't think fans don't want to see players embarrass themselves out there. and if a player doesn't think he can be competitive in a tournament, then i think he would be doing fans a disservice by playing in it, major or no major. we all know golf is 90% mental. if a player doesn't think he can be competitive, then he ain't gonna be competitive.