It was a great win by Bradley Keegan or Keegan Bradley, but not enough to see another ratings decline for the final Major of the year. (I think if they stopped saying "Glory's Last Shot" that might pick them up a point or two!). Of course, El Tigre making an early exit didn't help, but combined with a truly dreadful golf course (read Phil's comments here) and an inept telecast by CBS the writing was on the wall.
The PGA of America has a choice of literally thousands of golf courses and they decide on a course that isn't even the best in Atlanta and then they let Rees Jones do his worst. What were these x-large jacketed gentlemen thinking? They sit at press conferences and talk about making the game fun and then proceed to play their one and only major on a golf course that would be literally unplayable for the average golfer.
Well, it's in the books now and once again the PGA has confirmed its position in last place in the majors list. Bradley does look like the real deal and let's hope to see more of him at the President's Cup - maybe in place of the golfer formally known as Tiger.
Nick:
ReplyDeletePerhaps a minority opinion but I didn't mind watching the PGA on the AAC. The main reason is that I belong to a club that was Reesed (Lake Merced just south of San Francisco) and I have to admit that I enjoyed (a) seeing the best in the world struggle with green and bunker complexes that are punitive to say the least (I will admit to a little schadenfreude at times) and, (b) just as importantly I enjoyed seeing some very clutch play down the stretch over the same course. In some respects it was the best of both worlds as a golfer and golf spectator and certainly the best drama of the four majors.