Golf Confessions

Oak Hill CC was too tuff to handle this week for the senior players.  A winning score of seven over par won the event for Jay Haas.  The players struggled with the rough and the severly undulating greens.  Most of the players thought the course played harder than any of the majors they had played in on the course on the regular tour.

There were very few rounds under par all week and the players were in a defensive mode for the entire tournament. The week started off with very cold and wet conditions.

Haas battled Bernhard Langer down the stretch to notch his win.  Langer had an opportunity for a birdie on eighteen and a tie but had to settle for a par and finish in second place.

Phil Mickelson hits a miracle shot from the left trees to set up a winning birdie putt on the eithtenth hole at Colonial.  Rod Pampling had a one shot lead over Phil for most of the final round.  Rod bogeyed the sevententh hole to fall into a tie with Mickelson and Tim Clark.  Clark birdied sixteen and seventeen to have a chance for the win.

Phil with his fourth birdie on the eightenth hole won the tournamnet for the second time after his win in 2000.  Mickelson will play next week in The Memorial and then take his hot game to TorreyPines in San Diego for the Open.