UNDERDOG CHARLES HOWELL SUCCUMED IN "SUDDEN DEATH" LATE TODAY TO FAVORITE MIKE WEIR.
IN ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC COMEBACKS EVER WITNESSED, WEIR, WINNER OF THE "BOB HOPE" CLASSIC AND A VEGAS -140 FAVORITE, OVERCAME A HUGE LAST ROUND DEFICIT TO WIN THE
"NISSAN OPEN" AT RIVERIA.
NICK PRICE AND K.J. CHOI, BOTH OF WHOM WERE PLAYING WITH HOWELL, SAID THE 23-YEAR-OLD YOUNGSTER HAD A BAD CASE OF NERVES AS HE HAD ONLY 1 BIRDIE ON THE LAST 9 HOLES, WHILE WEIR HAD 3.
THE PLAYOFF WENT TWO HOLES AND IT LOOKED AS IF HOWELL, WHO HAD BEEN PLAYING THE 10TH HOLE POORLY, WAS GOING TO AGAIN MAKE A BOGEY WHEN HIS DRIVE WENT INTO A SAND TRAP ALMOST 30 YARDS AWAY FROM A PIN TUCKED 3 YARDS ONTO THE GREEN FROM HIS POV.
HOWEVER, HE BLASTED THE BALL TO WITHIN 6 FEET OF THE PIN AND LOOKED AS IF HE HAD NAILED THE NISSAN. WEIR HAD A 9-FOOT PUTT AND DRAINED IT.
HOWELL, WITH THE SHORTER PUTT, PULLED IT LEFT, MISSING ONE OF THE FIRST PUTTS OF THE TOURNAMENT INSIDE 6 FEET.
WEIR'S COMEBACK WAS NOT AS DRAMATIC AS HOWELLS LOSE OF COMPOSURE. WITH A 7-STROKE ADVANTAGE GOING INTO THE FINAL NINE, IT APPEARED AS IF PRICE MIGHT BE THE ONE TO WIN AS HOWELL FAILED TO BIRDIE EVEN THE LONG PAR 5'S DOWN THE STRETCH.
IN A MOMENT WE WILL CHECK OUR EMAILS TO SEE WHO PREDICTED HOWELLS FINAL SCORE.
BEST,
THE BOUNTY HUNTER
IN ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC COMEBACKS EVER WITNESSED, WEIR, WINNER OF THE "BOB HOPE" CLASSIC AND A VEGAS -140 FAVORITE, OVERCAME A HUGE LAST ROUND DEFICIT TO WIN THE
"NISSAN OPEN" AT RIVERIA.
NICK PRICE AND K.J. CHOI, BOTH OF WHOM WERE PLAYING WITH HOWELL, SAID THE 23-YEAR-OLD YOUNGSTER HAD A BAD CASE OF NERVES AS HE HAD ONLY 1 BIRDIE ON THE LAST 9 HOLES, WHILE WEIR HAD 3.
THE PLAYOFF WENT TWO HOLES AND IT LOOKED AS IF HOWELL, WHO HAD BEEN PLAYING THE 10TH HOLE POORLY, WAS GOING TO AGAIN MAKE A BOGEY WHEN HIS DRIVE WENT INTO A SAND TRAP ALMOST 30 YARDS AWAY FROM A PIN TUCKED 3 YARDS ONTO THE GREEN FROM HIS POV.
HOWEVER, HE BLASTED THE BALL TO WITHIN 6 FEET OF THE PIN AND LOOKED AS IF HE HAD NAILED THE NISSAN. WEIR HAD A 9-FOOT PUTT AND DRAINED IT.
HOWELL, WITH THE SHORTER PUTT, PULLED IT LEFT, MISSING ONE OF THE FIRST PUTTS OF THE TOURNAMENT INSIDE 6 FEET.
WEIR'S COMEBACK WAS NOT AS DRAMATIC AS HOWELLS LOSE OF COMPOSURE. WITH A 7-STROKE ADVANTAGE GOING INTO THE FINAL NINE, IT APPEARED AS IF PRICE MIGHT BE THE ONE TO WIN AS HOWELL FAILED TO BIRDIE EVEN THE LONG PAR 5'S DOWN THE STRETCH.
IN A MOMENT WE WILL CHECK OUR EMAILS TO SEE WHO PREDICTED HOWELLS FINAL SCORE.
BEST,
THE BOUNTY HUNTER
Comment