IT WAS A THRILLING FINISH AND THE YOUNG MASTER BEAT THE OLDER ONE IN THE PLAY-OFF HOLES

 

THE WORKDAY CHARITY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP HAD EVERYTHING THAT A GOLF LOVER MIGHT HAVE DEMANDED BEFORE THE EVENT.

A YOUNG PLAYER LEADING ON THE FIRST AND SECOND DAY, SEEMINGLY WITH AN UN-ASSAILABLE LEAD.

A FIELD OF SEVERAL PLAYERS CHASING ON SATURDAY AND NOT ONLY CATCHING MORIKAWA BUT LEAVING HIM BEHIND TRAILING BY TREE STROKES RATHER THAN LEADING BY SIX. THE SUNDAY AND LAST DAY OF THE EVENT PROMISED TO BE EXCITING BUT NOT AS EXCITING AS IT WAS FROM BEGINNING TO END.

THOMAS WHO LED ON SATURDAY NIGHT STARTED BADLY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE WAS THREE BEHIND MORIKAWA AND HAVARD, RATHER THAN THREE IN FRONT. HOWEVER, THIS MASTER OF GOLF SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY CAUGHT UP WITH THE FRONT TWO AND BY THE SIXTEEN HOLE HE WAS THREE AHEAD AND SEEMINGLY THE WINNER. HAVARD DROPPED AWAY AND WAS ONLY THE YOUNG AMERICAN TO CHASE.

WELL, MORIKAWA NEVER SAID NEVER AND BY THE EIGHTEENTH HOLE HE LEVELED IT WITH SOME GREAT GOLF AND SOME MISTAKES AND BAD LUCK FROM THOMAS.

THUS THE FIRST HOLE OF PLAY-OFF WHERE THE DRAMA INCREASED BY MILES.

MORIKAWA WAS NEAR THE HOLE ABOUT, 15 FEET, WHEREAS THOMAS WAS OVER SIXTY FEET AWAY. THOMAS FIRED A BIRDIE FROM THAT FAR AND WE ALL THOUGHT THAT WAS THAT EXCEPT MORIKAWA, WHO BIRDIED THE SAME HOPE WITH A SUPER SHOT OF PRECISION AND MASTERY.

SECOND PLAY OFF HOLE WENT TO PAR FOR THE THIRD ONE AT THE TENTH HOLE WHERE THOMAS’ LUCK HIT THE BUFFERS. AN UNPLAYABLE BEHIND A TREE DRIVE COST HIM A SHOT AND THE TITLE.

SUCH DRAMA, SUCH SKILL AND SUCH TENSION WAS GREAT AND MORE I AM SURE IS AWAITING US ALL GOLF LOVERS!!

WELL DONE GOLF, WELL DONE MORIKAWA AND THOMAS!!

THE EAGLE