Thursday, April 30, 2009

Could a Tiger-Phil thing be brewing?

I know it's not yet cocktail hour on Thursday but this edition of the Quail Hollow Championship -- the one with the short rough and perfect conditions -- has the potential to be pretty special.

It helps when Tiger Woods opens with a 65 that was beautiful to watch. He holed a mile of putts -- 78 feet, 11 inches worth to be precise -- made a couple of Tiger-worthy saves and looked like a man intent on putting the Masters behind him.

Now here comes Phil Mickelson, suddenly 4-under par on the front nine, trying to play his way into the scrum at the top of the board. Talking to Mickelson after his pro-am round Wednesday, he was almost bubbly he was so enthusiastic.

I know, a lot will happen over the next couple of days -- Padraig Harrington is moving up the board as I write this -- but could there be a Tiger-Phil showdown on the way?

Maybe this is the week.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

We can only hope for one!

Anonymous said...

if Phil can go out in the morning and get to 10 under, then the game will definitely be on!

Anonymous said...

LET'S GO PHIL!!!!!
WILL BE THERE WATCHING FRIDAY
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!