Reviewing The Open Championship
I’ve been watching the replay of the Open Championship and it could have been much closer had Chris DiMarco made a couple more putts coming in. He played outstanding golf, especially given the emotional burden he’s carrying right now with his Mother passing away in early July. You can bet he’s a lock for the Ryder Cup team, whether he makes it on points, or ends up a Captain’s pick.
Though nothing has been written or spoken about it, I wonder if Tiger had any death threats made against him while at Hoylake. There were three or four security people walking with Tiger on every hole and there’s a couple of times when they come almost shoulder-to-shoulder to him walking up the fairway. One member of the security team is clearly scanning the crowd very intently on one of the holes and is hardly inconspicuous about it. Kind of sad that Tiger has to play under those type of conditions, but it not only affects Tiger but his playing partners as well.
I hope the R&A come up with a better solution for eliminating cell phones at next year’s Open Championship in Carnoustie, as they clearly distracted Woods and Garcia in the final round. Stevie Williams raised his voice more than once trying to get the crowd to turn off their phones. And where were the R&A officials when this was going on?