The Heritage

                                          

This week’s PGA Tour event: The Heritage has provide for an exciting finish with Brandt Snedeker’s early final round of 64. The 7-under round placed the young man from Nashville, TN at 12-under and the leader in the clubhouse. This would result in a sudden death play off with Luke Donald. Snedeker would come out victorious. An unexpected win for Snedeker coming from six shots back.  Donald,from England, trying to capture a victory to become No1 ranked player in the world. To add to the excitement of a new player to reach the No1 position, Lee Westwood won the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta. Westwood also a Englishmen reclaims his former No1 position with the win. England is becoming a world leader in golf just as they are in soccer. Donald, currently ranked No3 in the world, headed into the final round with a one shot lead over Jim Furyk the past champion of this event. Donald has been known to be inconsistent off the tee but his short game has allowed him to reach this level of success. Let this be an example to golfers. Short game is very important when you want to improve and lower your scoring average. Even though Donald has had recent success, with his victory at the WGC match play. Many question whether players like Westwood, Kaymer, and Donald deserve to be called the top players in the world. We saw Kaymer miss the cut at the Masters, while ranked No1. Certainly these players have played well in the past six months and deserve recognition. Some notable players this week: Tommy Gainey, Tim Herron, Jim Furyk, and Ricky Barnes. Tommy Gainey or as some call him two-glove Gainey, played well finishing at 11-under. He now has 3 top 10s this year on the PGA Tour. Tim Herron fired a 4-under par final round to finish at 10-under and claim a top 10 finish. After some back injuries, Ricky Barnes seems to be back on track, after a solid week. My fellow blogger should saved Barnes for this week, for the Pick of the Week. But JJ wins a point since Donald finished higher than Jason Day. The Heritage is a ball strikers course which suited Jim Furyk’s game, that has produced 7 straight rounds in the 60s at Hilton Head. On a side note there was many Taylormade R11 drivers in the field, which makes me want one more.

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