Sweet Sabbatini, Hansen Rocks
Champ is styling in the plaid.
Sunday was surprisingly good weather-wise in the Dallas area and that meant decent playing for the pros at the Colonial for the final round which they managed to complete in its entirety. As for the golf, the finish was simply fantastic, a three-way tie between Jim Furyk, Rory Sabbatini and Bernhard Langer at 14-under meant a one-hole playoff at the 18th. Sabbatini finished off a great tournament with a 10-foot putt for the birdie and the win on the playoff. I had a good feeling about Sabbatini going in (read below in the preview), and he came through. Now that he’s got the game to backup the mouth, let’s see if he can play at Tiger’s level like he claims he can.
As for the BMW PGA Championship, Justin Rose simply couldn’t capitalize on the opportunities given to him. You could say he choked, but he did make some great shots like the approach on the par 5 18th hole that allowed him to birdie and force a playoff, it was really a brilliant shot. Shortly after the playoff, Rose announced that he was pulling out of the Memorial this weekend in preparation for the US Open (due to a nagging back injury). Unfortunately, Anders Hansen played just a little bit better holing a 25-foot birdie putt in the playoff to win. While Hansen’s win was impressive, the storyline of the day had to be the absolute blow up of third-round leaders Broadhurst (80) and Fisher (84) and the blistering final round 63 shot by Vijay Singh who came oh so close to getting to that playoff, Singh finished tied for third at 7-under. It’s too bad he wasn’t just a little bit better in the first three rounds.
PGA Tour, Colonial, BMW, Rory Sabbatini, Anders Hansen
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