Open Wrap Up Vol. 1
Monday, July 18, 2005 at 10:00 AM Wow, great to see that BBC has really moved into the 21st century with its camera work. Maybe they'll capture player reactions in the next century? Sheesh. Well, at least they had the crane on 17 to remind us how silly that fairway/walkway looked.
As far as game stories on Tiger and a wonderful week, here's the link to Lawrence Donegan's in The Guardian. Here's Mike Aitken's Scotsman story on the various contenders and Tiger. Oh, and not to be forgotten, here's the story on Jason Gore's second win in a row. Back to the Open, Peter McCleery reviews the TBS and ABC telecasts, with several interesting observations. Though he kindly chose not to comment on the BBC's wretched camera work and overall coverage, which ABC is at the mercy of. Michael Hiestand in the USA Today also offers a review. He's no Rudy Martzke, which means he’s enjoyable to read. Tod Leonard has some interesting stats on how easy 18 played through Saturday.
For complete stats, here's a link to the 2000 Open stat package, and the 2005 Unisys breakdown. This will be scrutinized more this week, but there's some wild stuff in the numbers. My early favorite: 10 players making the cut averaged over 300 in 2000. All but 3 players making the cut in 2005 averaged OVER 300 yards! Man, these Tour guys must be reading Arnold Schwartzenegger's fitness editorials!
Gary Van Sickle explains why John Daly skipped the champions dinner. This unbylined Guardian story reveals some frustration with Tiger for not signing autographs after an early round, and the uproar it caused in Britain. I'm sure Tiger will lose a lot of sleep over it. John Huggan wrote on Sunday (prior to the finale) about Tiger's putting woes. Finally, Tom Mackin paints a picture of what was going on outside the ropes Sunday.
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