The Weekend In Golf

Remember that five-feet putt that Bernhard Langer missed in 1991?  He does, too.  Last week he picked off Corey Pavin to win the Senior British…this week?  He got Fred Couples by a few to win the US Senior Open. Two majors in two weeks, both victims were members of the winning USA side in the 1991 Ryder Cup. Coincidence? I think not! Watch out, O’Meara, Wadkins, Irwin and Calc.

Cher, Beck, Eminem, Prince, Seal, Penn, Bono…add the name Siddikur to the list. The first one-name champion on a major tour won the Brunei Open this weekend, in a playoff over J’Be Kruger. The victory for the Bangladeshi represents the first win for a native of that country on the Asian Tour…

Oh, right, that Australian dude fired a 59 to win the Greenbrier Classic…

Porter Cup win for David Chung. He survived a final-hole lapse of concentration, remembered to replace his ball mark and emerged with a three-stroke win near Niagara Falls, USA…

Yani Tseng escaped the surging Katherine Hull to claim her third major championship, this time at Royal Birkdale. The LPGA is THE world tour, gentlemen. Pay attention!

Ross Fisher got a Euro win in Paddy Harrington’s backyard. Who’d he defeat by 2 strokes? Harrington, of course.

Congratulations to Julian Etulain, Ulrich van den Berg, Cindy LaCrosse, Martin Piller and Tadahiro Takayama, winners on the world’s tours.

And I? Preparing for a New York State Golf Association mid-amateur championship qualifier, my 108 holes of golf in 1 day for charity and another boys varsity golf season.