DAILY NOTES - February 15, 2008
- As discussed yesterday, Ernie Els has indeed committed to next week’s WGC Match Play event in Tucson. I’m still not sure why this was such a difficult decision, but all’s well that ends well – particularly if it ends later than the first round.
- In theory, the fact that the PGA Tour flip-flops its fields (a.m. starters moving to p.m., and visa versa) from Thursday to Friday provides a level playing field for contestants, particularly on courses where weather or wind conditions generally change from morning to afternoon. But even the flip-flop may not equalize things for Thursday’s afternoon players at the Northern Trust Open, many of whom got caught up in some nasty Santa Ana wins that sent scores soaring and slowed play enough to leave 17 rounds unfinished as darkness set in. Weather forecasts suggest the possibility of more breezes Friday morning, but it’s unlikely they’ll be a strong as Thursday afternoon. Advantage – in a big way – to the morning-afternoon half of the draw.
- Thirty-seven-year-old Annika Sorenstam began her season at the SBS Open by posting a two-under-70 over the Turtle Bay Resort’s Palmer course, good enough for a tie for 10th. Much-chronicled was Sorenstam’s back injury of 2007, so the comeback aspect of her ’08 season are obvious. But with a pair 26-year-olds, Lorena Ochoa and Suzann Pettersen, rocketing past her into the first and second spots in the World Ranking, many seem to have lost track of Sorenstam’s pursuit of some remarkable career records. Granted, her 69 career LPGA wins still lie a long way short of Kathy Whitworth’s 88 or Mickey Wright’s 82, and her 10 Major championships leave her well shy of Patty Berg’s career mark of 15, but… Sorenstam is only 37, and one look at Juli Inkster (nine wins and two Majors since the year she turned 40) and we realize that if Annika truly is healthy, there is still time to add substantially to her already-imposing CV. One thing’s for certain: If she does manage to approach any of the Whitworth/Wright/Berg numbers, it will be even more impressive than previously thought, because among her new generation of competitors, Ochoa (if not Pettersen and one or two others) looks very much the real thing.
- The 2008 American debuts of several top overseas stars didn’t go quite as planned Thursday, with Adam Scott shooting a two-over-par 73, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood carding 74s, and Retief Goosen (whose recent travails were discussed yesterday) posting an enormous 79 that included four bogeys and a double-bogey from the 8th through the 12th holes. Only U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera acquitted himself well among the first-day foreigners, racing home with birdies on the last four holes (!) to card a 68. Not coincidentally, Scott, Garcia, Westwood and Goosen all played in the afternoon, while Cabrera started in the morning.
Thursday’s Round of the Day
No absolute standouts here, so we must go with K.J. Choi’s opening 65 at the Northern Trust Open. True, Choi played in much-calmer morning conditions (as did all of Thursday’s leaders) but by nosing ahead of the best field of 2008, he wins more or less by definition.
Daniel
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Daniel,
I think Cabrera has played a PGA Tour event in 2008 : the Mercedes Championship.
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