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Robert Thompson's comments, criticism and opinion on the world of golf.

Posts about: Kenny Perry

Presidents Cup Sunday Singles — Yang V. Woods; Weir Takes on Leonard

Sunday singles matches — all 12 of them — have been posted at PGATour.com. Interesting:
Here’s the list with some quick thoughts:
9:10 a.m. – Camilo Villegas INT (0-3-0) vs. Hunter Mahan US (1-1-1)
Villegas has been lousy all week. Americans off to a quick start.
9:21 a.m. – Stewart Cink US (0-3-1) vs. Adam Scott INT (1-3-0)
Surprising that [...]


Day One at the Presidents Cup: Time to Integrate

Spent the later part of the day watching the Presidents Cup on my PVR — with all the commercials it is the only way to watch sports.
Here are some random thoughts:

The Weir/Clark pairing wasn’t well thought out, especially against Kim and Mickelson, who can both bomb the ball. Why not put Weir with Cabrera, or [...]


New Sympatico Golf Column: The Real Masters Story

My latest MSN/Sympatico golf column is now online.
Here’s a taste:
Golf can’t survive without Tiger Woods. Or at least that’s the impression you received when watching the final round of the Masters two weeks ago.
On a final day when three golfers – Kenny Perry, Chad Campbell and Angel Cabrera – would duel for the green jacket, [...]


Monday Masters Thoughts

Random Monday Masters thoughts:

I don’t think CBS was too interested in Kenny Perry, Chad Campbell or Angel Cabrera. Nope. They were more intrigued by the Tiger Woods/Phil Mickelson pairing that started well back of the leaders. Realistically, Woods and Phil were too far back starting the round, and nothing short of a 64 would change [...]


Masters Pick: Kenny Perry

I know, I know – Angel Cabrera looks rock solid, but his putting has been so poor since winning the U.S. Open that I wonder how it will hold up today.
And Chad Campbell looked like he was feeling the pressure yesterday — and that wasn’t even Sunday at Augusta. Sure he’s been there before, but [...]