Vijay Erases Any Doubts About Veracity Of Rumors That He Has No Class
/You may recall that last year Vijay Singh inexplicably received a U.S. Open Special Exemption, normally reserved for people who (A) actually have won the event or (B) who would draw a gallery of more than five.
Now we learn he was entered into Monday's Ohio qualifier for the 2011 U.S. Open, but after a final round 65 at the Memorial told reporters he would not be playing.
The AP story calls it a "no-show." Does this mean he did not call in his WD?
This does beg the question, why did he bother to enter?
Pond Scrummers Elling and Huggan anticipated the no-show in today's chat:
Elling: Only one thing about the process bothers me -- when star players don't bother trying. Vijay Singh hasn't missed a major in over a decade and he couldn't be troubled to attempt to qualify? Last year, the USGA extended him a special exemption into the U.S. Open, and some of us rightly questioned it. A year later, he can't bother to try to earn a spot on his own? Vijay Singh playing 36 holes in a day, that's about a million less shots than he would hit in a typical practice session, right? Get out there and earn your spot like the rest of the dreamy-eyed, wanna-bes and grinders.
Huggan: For me, it isn't so much the 36-hole aspect of it all, more the fact that so many of these overpaid prima donnas have to qualify for the national championship. I rather enjoy all of the whining that goes with such a salutary fact. The downside is that, if they don't shoot 65 or less in Round 1, most of them clear off home.
