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Love it or hate it, Tiger was the draw of the week at East Lake. An article on social media was aired during the last round: "Does any one look at football?
There are many people around the city who have marshaled for the US opens here in Pinehurst. None of them had to deal with a crowd like the one who had been close to Tiger and Rory in the last two holes. It was crazy there.
The buttons on the remote have resulted in a major workout at home. Jumping at football has created some confusion. One of the setbacks brought us back to golf commentators who were still talking about Justin Rose and what would happen when he passed the last hole to the bird.
We thought that by a miracle or a disaster, Tiger had lost his five-time lead and that Rose was now in the running. It took a few more minutes to understand that the conversation was about Rose's chances of winning the Fed Ex Cup.
This scoring system makes no sense to me and I do not spend a second trying to understand it because the whole system changes to make it more equitable. Is it like making the rules of golf easier?
Stating the obvious, golf is not easy.
As the championship drew to a close, I wondered how European captain Thomas Bjorn had seen Rory limp with Tiger on his last lap.
It was perhaps worse for Jim Fuyrk who saw Phil come in last place, finishing 13 times, and Bubba at 10. Well, maybe they were running for the big event on the horizon.
The surprise of the planning was that we had barely recovered from the thriller of East Lake when the crazy Ryder Cup started. The tour put the final round of the Fed Ex Cup series just a few hours before competitors fly to Paris.
There was no time to lose. Tiger, Justin and the rest of the gang played their first try on Tuesday. The main event started on Friday.
As you read this, the results will either be settled or in the middle of the singles matches.
Years of experience tell us that there is nothing normal about the Ryder Cup. Playing with a partner is not familiar to all of these tour players.
Adding to the strangeness, they do not play for money. This week we are playing for the country and it's a lot more pressure.
Captains can say, "Just go play your game."
Except this week, they are playing on a golf course filled with rabid fans dressed in some of the strangest outfits you can imagine. I've already seen the three chubby guys in flag-print shirts with giant bald eagle pails, which may stifle their efforts to support the local team.
The only cries of "you da man" are replaced by gangs singing "ole ole ole" or "United States". It is amazing that players can execute a shot.
Although I am not a wacky fan, I love watching the Ryder Cup and the Solheim. Match play is the soul of golf. We should all play more often.
Watching the cover is so embarrassing when the cup is fought on the other side of the Atlantic – these pesky time zones.
The struggle is to decide to give up sleep for three days or rely on your DVR. To keep the suspense intact, you must pay attention to what you see or hear before watching the replay.
It's like playing golf in the US Open final with a buddy following the live tournament on his phone. He knows you want to look at him without prior knowledge, but this so-called good friend keeps making noises like "wow!" Or "oh, no!".
You find yourself with the urge to slide your iron 7 while making a swing in the direction of his smart phone.
So while I sit here imagining how things are going to be this week, it does not bother me to say that Furyk's choice of captain is less sensible than Bjorn's.
Jim left with two rookies with great results at the end of the season and two veterans with more losses than Ryder Cup wins, sorry Phil and Tiger, but that's the truth.
However, Bjorn picks have all played before and all have winning records. Garcia and Poulter are both an issue in the regular touring game, but they are bull dogs in match play.
The great news is that Cap'n Jim resisted the urge to take out Tiger and Phil in four-ball matches on Friday. There was a pile of media pressure for this couple.
These are the same media that hope for a sudden drop in the last lap of the Indy 500. Nothing to complain about.
I saw the overflight of the National Golf, Paris, France. My starting point (and I'm relying on Google translation here) is "There is too much water on this golf course".
Here is a clue I would need at least a dozen golf balls and a sextant to navigate the 18 holes … and maybe a snorkel.
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