THE PLAYERS Championship

Coming soon to a golf course probably not near to you….THE PLAYERS Championship. March Madness, links style !

March 23rd thru march 26th, at TPC @ Sawgrass, Stadium Course. 7,093 yards and Par 72.

I’m gonna go out on a large limb and predict that Fred Funk will not repeat as Champion. Tiger won’t win, either. Well, he might, but I’d take the field over him. He will finish ahead of Steady Freddy Funk, though. No doubt.

My pick…..hmmm, how about Luke Donald for another good week. He was right there last year, he’s on a roll, he’s hits it straight and he’s a great iron player. He’d win more if he could putt. Kinda like me.

As a boxer, I’d have won more, if I’d had a defense that didn’t start with my face.

Annually, this event features one of the top 5 or 6 fields. Everybody who is anybody goes to Ponte Vedra Beach and tees it up for honor, prestige and big money. Some people refer to this as the fifth major, but I’m not one of those. This ain’t major championship golf and the criteria for entry doesn’t fit either. It is, however, big time golf and some of the world’s best golfers will be there.

I like The Western Open and a couple of others as well as this one for the honor of being thought of as well as the majors.

I’d like to see The Canadian and Austrailian Opens get their due respect, as well.

Kinda funny, to have had a little pea-shooter like Fred Funk beat the best of the best, the bombers and the long dawgs. Maybe they need to employ some of Fred’s methods and lay back in the fairway and hit into those greens from nice lies and then make a few putts. I’ll bet I hit more 3-woods and 18 degree hybrids off the tee than they do and I could play that course well….if I could putt….and I can’t.

Here’s a quick tip for Bubba Watson, Vijay, Adam Scott, Sergio, and a few other long knockers – they total up how many, not how far. Hit a few more hybrids, 3-woods and whatever else it takes to set yourself up for an easier shot into those greens.

Click HERE to visit the official tournament site.

Click HERE to visit the TPC @ Sawgrass.