In Full Swing

It almost seems like it happens overnight: preparing for the season, then the Four-Ball and all of a sudden - Boom! - we're shot out of a cannon and we're in full swing. We;ve had our weather issues, especially at the Four-Ball, but the Open qualifiers went well and we have a nice field set for Belmont CC in a couple of weeks highlighted with defending champion, Jim Renner.

Amateur qualifiers are underway. We were praying for nice weather last Wednesday (June 3) when we had five qualifiers going on. Needless to say we were stretched a bit thin that day, but the weather was on our side and we made it through. We have a total of 12 qualifying sights - no surprise that we filled all of them with a chance to play The Country Club on the line.

How about Tiger Woods yesterday? He must be chuckling after all the media and armchair quarterbacks analyzing his every swing since he's returned. How he's not the same Tiger, the knee's not healed, he's had to make too many changes in his swing, he can't clear his left side like he used to. Hey, it's not like the guy's been chopping. He won Arnold's tournament and had four other top-10's in six events. And then yesterday he authored another highlight reel of a round to shut the door on his 67th career victory.

I didn't get to see the one-handed chip-in for eagle live, but I did see the replay once I finally tuned in. And then I was locked in for the finish as player after player seemed to melt under the pressure. For the other players it seems like there's pressure and then there's Tiger pressure. Even Jim Furyk couldn't handle it. And I think his performance at Muirfield Village sends a pretty strong message in the run-up to Bethpage. Should be fun to watch in a couple of weeks.