Thinking the world of the PGA Championship
Love him or hate him, without Tiger Woods the PGA tour just doesn’t have the same sizzle. In fact, in the lead up to last week's PGA Championship, Woods’ former caddy carried much higher name recognition than the kid, Keegan Bradley, who actually won the final major of the year. Anyways, feel good story for Bradley, feel bad story for CBS and the PGA Tour. Ratings were down 14%. He is the first American to win a major since Phil Mickelson at the 2010 Masters, and the latest in a series of no-name, probably one-hit wonders (What’s a Charl Schwartzel again?). --- There’s a poetic construction of golf’s major tournaments. With the use of soft music, Jim Nantz’s voice and pictures of flowers and green grass, the Masters ushers it spring. It also is the tournament with the most tradition, and since the course does not change year-to-year, provides an interesting set to watch the game evolve. The US Open epitomizes the ideal of the United States. It is played at our most b...