Watney Wins in New Orleans

Nick Watney played very steady golf today and shot a 3-under 69 to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans by 3 over Ken Duke. Though I’d never heard much about Watney, he played some very impressive iron shots on the back nine and seemed to handle the pressure coming in, extremely well. CBS analyst Peter Kostis analyzed his swing a couple of times and it’s obvious the guy has an excellent swing.

Could this propel him to another win this year? It’s hard to say because competition is tough on the PGA tour, but on the other hand, this might give him the confidence to make another run before the year runs out. I really thought Calcavecchia would make a run today, but he just never found his rhythm. And is it me, or does Calcavecchia bend more at the waist than he has in the past? He doesn’t appear to have the same posture from a few years ago. It was interesting when one of the CBS analysts said that Calcavecchia doesn’t practice golf at all, but rather loves to practice bowling instead. Hey, whatever works.