A)Padraig Harrington stealthily stealing the Dunlop Phoenix from Tiger in a two-man play off. And the thing is, Tiger was playing with his usual brilliance for most of the tournament, so this win took amazing perseverance. The most dramatic moment has to have been when Padraig "went for it" with a daring, shot woven through a wierd-looking, Y-shaped tree. This was doubly exciting for me, as I happen to be related to Padraig. With a few degrees of separation. Ya see, my Mom's maiden name was Harrington. That makes us distant cousins... I think. Depending on how you define cousins. Anyway, I'm hoping I inherited some of the same golf genes as my cuz, though there's been no evidence of that thus far. Damn. 
B)Little Julieta Granada, in head to toe crimson, winning the ADT championship and the million dollar prize that goes with it. What's not to like about this story? This golf girl could be any one's tomboy kid sister. She just turned 20 a couple of days ago, she's only 5'2" and her mom's her caddy. She held her own magnificently against player of the year Lorena Ochoa, among others, and ultimately won the lucite-enclosed million. BTW - The ADT format was engaging and innovative, and made for some real drama, as it whittled the field down from 32 players, to where you ultimately had an eclectic group of 8 vying for the million dollar prize. Among those 8 were the two always stylish golf girls below. Ok, maybe they didn't win but they sure were looking good. 
Natalie was smashing in these ultra short black shorts.
Pink Pather Paula. Don't you just love the shoes? Don't you just love it all.Note: Tune in later today for Golf Weekend, Part II - The Non Pros (ie. Me) Playing.
Hannigan AND Harrington! You really are Irish.
ReplyDeleteNatalie and Paula have legs to die for. The more we see of those two the better! ):V)
ReplyDeleteSo this back fired on LPGA:
ReplyDelete- Annika missed the cut
- POY choked and dumped her shot on 17th into the water while she was only 1 shot back
- Some obscure (but extremely like-able - reminded me of the US women's amateur Champion) player from South America won. Could be hard to sell
- Pretty girls (Creamer and Gulbis) both couldn't perform when it was winner takes all - goes to show when the going get tough, the pretty goes missing
Someone doesn't like the LPGA.
ReplyDeleteDespite your observations, I'm inclined to think the LPGA saw this as much more of a success than a back fire. But that's just my humble opinion.
Patricia,
ReplyDeleteI do not dislike the LPGA. I actually find the competition there highly watchable and the personalities are intriguing - win, lose, or miss cut...
K...that's good to hear, cause I think they're around to stay. d:v)
ReplyDeleteThis was truly a weekend for the NICE golfers to win big!
ReplyDeleteI've been fortunate enough to either be "Sign Boy" or walking scorer for both Padraig and Julieta in the last year, and they're both really NICE, classy golfers.
I kept score for Julieta in September at the Longs Drugs Challenge, and I could tell that we'd be hearing more from this little dynamo; little did I know that she'd be winning the biggest purse in LPGA history in a scant two months!
Her Mom (Rosa) is a wonderfully spirited lady too - she hoofed it up and down the hilly Blackhawk Country Club with style, and the bag was almost as big as she is!
Nice to see the nice ones get the big season-ending payoff...looking forward to seeing Padraig at Tiger's year-end bash at Sherwood Country Club in about three weeks!