Ohio Golf Journal August 2018

I have to admit my favorite MAJORS ARE THE -ASTERS AND 4HE /PEN #HAMPIONSHIP 4HATmS NOT TO DISPARAGE THE 0'! OR THE 5 3 /PEN ITmS JUST MY HUMBLE OPINION ,AST MONTH the 147 th /PEN #HAMPIONSHIP WAS PLAYED AT HISTORIC #ARNOUSTIE THE MOST NORTHERN COURSE ON 4HE /PEN ROTATION AND )TALYmS &RANCESCO -OLINARI WAS CROWNED THE n#HAMPION 'OLFER OF THE 9EAR o (ERE ARE A FEW OBSERVATIONS FROM THAT EVENT The Course The R&A found the time to test the face rebound of 30 drivers used by contestants and everyone passed the requirement of limited TRAMPOLINE EFFECT 4HE 2 ! did not spend endless hours ATTEMPTING TO TRICK UP THE LAYOUT THEPLAYERS OR OTHERWISE alter an already immensely DIFÚCULT GOLF COURSE /N 7EDNESDAY #ARNOUSTIEmS FAIRWAYS TESTED BY THE 'OLF #HANNEL HAD A 3TIMPMETER READING OF ONLY SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE GREENS WHICH WERE RUNNING AT 4HE /PEN #HAMPIONSHIP IS PLAYED lAU NATURALm AND UNLIKE THE 53'! 4HE 2 ! DOESNmT have a fanatical desire to nPRESERVE PARo OR PUSH THE GREENS AND THE COURSE TO THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION %VEN 4IGER 7OODS AGREED THAT 4HE 2 ! had the right idea saying after HIS ROUND ON 4HURSDAY “This is how the game should be played. It should be creative.” #ARNOUSTIE WAS DIFÚCULT AND AT TIMES SOMEWHAT UNFAIR BUT that applies to every Open #HAMPIONSHIP %VERYONEKNOWS BOGIES DOUBLES AND THOSE dreaded others are constantly LURKING TO RUIN A PERFECTLY GOOD ROUND )T IS COMPELLING TO WATCH Tiger )F YOU ARE A 7OODS FAN HIS PERFORMANCE FOR THE WEEK WAS ENCOURAGING )F YOUmRE NOT IT WAS A CONÚRMATION THAT his struggles to close out a TOURNAMENT STILL EXIST 3INCE HIS RETURN FROM BACK surgery and other personal PROBLEMS HIS PATTERN HAS BEEN REASONABLE PLAY IN THE ÚRST TWO ROUNDS TO MAKE THE CUT (E GOES LOW ON 3ATURDAY HIS THIRD ROUND SCORING AVERAGE IS THE BEST ON TOUR THIS SEASON 4HIS WAS THE CASE ONCE AGAIN AT #ARNOUSTIE )T APPEARS HE MUST RELEARN HOW TO CLOSE /NE POSITIVE FOR THE TIME major champion from The /PEN WAS A TIE FOR SIXTH PLACE It advanced him into the top 50 ON THE /FÚCIAL 7ORLD 'OLF 2ANKINGS The R&A Does it Again at Carnoustie By Ed Travis