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| Bubba Watson and his fully-buttoned collar is your Masters champ for 2012 |
The Good: Bubba Watson won the Masters yesterday in a
playoff with Louis Oosthuizen. What was
so good about it? Nevermind the drama
that Sunday at Augusta always presents, it was how he won the second playoff
hole. Neither player hit a great drive,
but Bubba was way worse off than Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen’s second shot from the rough came up short of the green, but
he probably thought he was just fine based on where Bubba was.
But Bubba got as lucky as he could possibly get in this
situation, and he had a clear line to the green, so long as he could get his
ball out of the woods, then hook it around to the right. He did just that, and produced one of the
GREATEST golf shots I’ve ever seen. He
landed it within ten feet of the cup, and at that point I knew there was no way
Bubba Watson was going to lose. There’s
just no way that Louis Oosthuizen was going to come back after watching Bubba
do that. Congratulations Bubba Watson. His shirt buttoned all the way to the top,
though? That’s a different story.
The Bad: As good as Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthiuzen were
over the weekend, Tiger Woods was just as bad.
He was never in contention, and finished tied for 41st, his
worst finish since he was cut in 1996.
Yeah, that’s 16 years ago.
Everyone was high on Tiger’s chances coming in, higher than they would
normally be because Tiger finally won a PGA Tour event. He won the Arnold Palmer Invitational two
weeks ago at Bay Hill. It finally looked
like Tiger was putting everything together again. Finally getting back to being the dominant
golfer we know he can be.
But any progress that was made at Bay Hill was undone at
Augusta. He missed fairways, missed
greens, didn’t putt well, and let his temper get the best of him. It’s a show we’ve seen before, and it’s not
pretty. Personally, I’m rooting for
Tiger to get back on top. Seeing guys
like Bubba Watson and Rory McIlroy win is nice, but adding Tiger back into the
mix would do wonders for golf.
The Ugly: Kerry Wood
had an awful opening weekend for the Cubs.
On Thursday, he came into the game in the 8th inning with a
one run lead, two outs, and Ian Desmond on first. Obviously, it’s not the ideal situation for a
reliever, but there’s a reason Wood is in the back end of the bullpen. Desmond stole second, and then Ryan Zimmerman
walked. Both runners moved up on a wild
pitch, and now the go-ahead run is in scoring position. Wood then walked Adam LaRoche to load the
bases, and then walked Jayson Werth to tie the game. He got DeRosa to ground out to second, but
the damage was done.
On Saturday, Wood came in again in the 8th
inning, this time with a clean slate and a two run lead. He got the first two hitters, but then gave
up a homer to Danny Espinosa. Back to
back singles followed, and Kerry Wood was done for the day. Both runners eventually scored to give Wood
three earned runs on the day. Here’s
Wood’s line for the season so far: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 27.00 ERA. Yeah, I know, an ERA isn’t a great barometer
for relief pitchers, but WHIP sure is, and Wood’s is at 6.00. I also know that it’s April 9th,
and the Cubs have 159 games left to play.
While he had an ugly weekend, hopefully he can get back to being the
Kerry Wood we know and love.
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