Tuesday
Jul292008
Phil and Pelz Scout Oakland Hills; Still Pondering Several Possible Faulty Game Plans
No mention in this AP story of the driver being benched, or a sixth wedge joining the team for the PGA. But they still have "a lot more work to do," which means there is still time.
Update on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 06:47 AM by
Geoff
Geoff
From SI's anonymous tour pro in this week's Golf Plus PGA preview:
But I do think Phil needs to change his approach. He should show up at Oakland Hills on Tuesday without his scientist and his astrologer and the rest of his posse. He's a feel player who plays with imagination. Charting the greens and all this excess preparation is out of character for him. Phil wants to leave nothing to chance, but everything in golf is chance. You don't know how you're going to feel, which way the wind will blow, whether you'll sleep well, what kind of lie you'll get in the bunkers. There are a million variables.
My advice to Phil is to pull a Padraig. Because of a sore wrist Harrington had no expectations at Royal Birkdale and played one hole on Wednesday after having gone maybe five holes the day before. Phil: Show up at Oakland Hills on Tuesday and play nine holes. Play another nine on Wednesday, then gun it on Thursday and see what happens.
Reader Comments (3)
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Phil is known for his failures, but he's been a pretty successful golfer. I wonder how the anonymous pro's career stacks up to Phil's...unless it's better, I think it shows some moxie to criticize his preparation.
Then again, maybe the guy's right...
Famous old advice:
Take two weeks off
Quit altogether.
He's financially secure and he is more done than a steak cooked on a 707 inboard starboard engine.
He sadly has become painful to watch, almost as painful as listening to Pelz, actually.