Watney Wins, Tiger improves, and tours unite

Watney birdies the 18th

Nick Watney stepped up to the 18^th and stared down his demons. Having rinsed his tee shot just a day earlier, Watney piped his tee shot down the middle and finished with a birdie to win the Cadillac Championship. Some might say poetic justice for Watney who was denied at the rim of the cup on the 18^th that would have sent him and Mickelson into a playoff in 2009. Mickelson would tap in for par and win. "I'm not sure it owed me one," Watney said recalling that final round with Mickelson. "I think I settled the score. If you keep working hard, you get back in that situation. And luckily today, I was able to do a little better."

1	Nick Watney	-16
2	Dustin Johnson	-14
T3	Anders Hansen	-13
T3	Francesco Molinari	-13
5	Matt Kuchar	-12

Tiger likes the progress in the "process"

 

Tiger Woods’ final round 66 will surely get more play in the media than Watney’s win; but nevertheless, he seems to be getting on in the “process” of putting his swing back together. ”It’s definitely getting better, there’s no doubt. I’m putting the pieces together. Everything is kind of shaping up and heading the right direction, which is good, and peaking right at the right time, right for Tavistock Cup (laughing).” The Tavistock Cup, being the inter-club championship for inter-galactic dominance in the world of the rich and famous that will be played tomorrow and Tuesday. In terms of his chances at the Masters, Tiger seems to like them. “Oh, yeah. Mm-hmm” he said smiling.

Finchem and O'Grady

 

Integration was the word of the day as PGA commissioner Tim Finchem and European Tour chief executive George O’Grady met at Doral to speak about the pebble in each tour’s shoe. Over the years, there has been much posturing between the two tours, but even more recently, when the South African Open was scheduled the same week as this year’s Presidents Cup. Ernie Els is leading the international side in points that would qualify him for the President’s Cup, but is also the defending champion of the event. In addition, fellow South Africans, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oousthuizen are also potential players for the international team, but would also like to play in their native land. O’Grady spoke on the matter, saying that "With the leading players on the rest of the World ranking coming from South Africa at the moment, the choice of that date doesn’t appear perfect. …  There are different alternatives, and I would hope that we can get it sorted out quite quickly."