Steve Stricker 2 Times Lucky
Deja Vu, Stricker wins comeback player again.
Yesterday, I wrote about Tiger Woods winning the PGA Tour’s player of the year. At the same time, the PGA announced the winner of their Comeback Player of the Year. The award was given to Steve Stricker. Again. Steve Stricker won the same award in 2006 and it meant a lot to him last year after enduring both personal hardship and battling back from injuries.
By all accounts, it was a good year for Steve Stricker. He won for the first time in six years by claiming The Barclays in September, the first of four Fedex Cup events. Steve finished second overall in the PGA’s inaugural Fedex Cup and fourth in the PGA’s money list rankings.
But, how do you award a trophy called ‘Comeback Player of the Year’ to the same person two years in a row? If you’ve wont he award one year, aren’t you automatically a good player going into the following year? Aren’t you expected to do well the following year? The PGA appears to have given Steve Stricker the trophy for doing what was expected of him, play well. What a complete farce.
In my opinion, they should’ve given the award to Jay Williamson, or Brian Bateman. What about Woody Austin. Those are all guys that had remarkable years after long droughts of mediocrity. Steve Stricker was supposed to have a good season, he was the second round leader at Winged Foot at the 2006 US Open and finished sixth and finished seventh at the PGA Championship in 2006.
It continues to amaze me about the incompetence of Tim Finchem and the PGA. Next to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Tim Finchem has got to be the biggest dufus in any of the major professional sports.
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