Who the heck are these guys? By HOWARD WARD
M
aybe this has something to do with my age, Bets, but I find myself a little confused
these days when I watch golf tourna- ments on TV. I mean who the heck are these
guys? Every time I turn on the TV there is some 20-something that I never heard of who’s winning another tournament. OK, I know these guys can really
play because they are shooting scores that were formerly only dreamed of. I mean it has only been a few years since the only two 59s in golf were posted by Al Geiberger and Chip Beck. Now it seems as if someone is
shooting 59 every week. I’m looking for a 57 or 58 pretty soon. The top 10 players in the world
used to be pretty much a given. Now you don’t know who is going to be No. 1 next week. I’m not complaining because in a
way it’s exciting. Check the top 10 and find a list of guys who weren’t even mentioned a year ago. I know it’s not quite that bad, but seriously, I’m still
enough of an old fogey to like a little consistency in the rankings. Surely, things will settle down
a little when we get into golf’s four Majors. I mean you just don’t expect a 20-year-old who’s leaving college after his sophomore year to shoot in the low 60s at Augusta National. I’ve given up trying to recognize all
the new faces and names that are dom- inating the early play this year. I long for the good old days when I could recognize a player by the way he walked. It’s not that I
begrudge the young players having success; it’s just that I don’t know these guys. That’s on me, of course, but what can I say? I enjoy a little familiarity with the names on the leader board. I don’t even know who to pull for anymore. By the way, Bets, I would like to
commend you on your nickname for Harold Varner, III. Coming up with HV3 was genius. You didn’t steal it from anyone, did you?
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Want familiar? Try Senior Tour By BETSEY MITCHELL
W
ell, old buddy, old pal, you are just going to have to wait for the senior tour to
get fired up. There will be more than a few familiar swings to sooth your soul. As for me, I love the new and most-
ly improved bunch of players. I look at it this way -- there was a time when I had no idea who Phil Mickelson was. Granted, that was more than a week ago, but everybody has to start somewhere. I am more concerned
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about how hard these young folks are going at the ball. There are junior
golfers suffering repetitive injuries from hitting too many golf balls too hard. Of all the things that confuse me about contemporary golf is the love affair with the long ball. The same thing has happened to
baseball and even basketball. All that praise used to go to the players with finesse. It was Seve and Chi Chi who thrilled the spectators with the magical recovery shots.
Rory is barely out of diapers and is
already injured. Then there is the sad old cat that everybody is talking about. It wasn’t that long ago that the
world was worried about where the next players would come from. It might just be a coincidence but The First Tee was founded in 1997. That has given us 20 years of new opportu- nities. We can also credit the many great competitions provided for young play- ers by the Carolinas Golf Association. Their junior program continues to grow every year. As for recognizing players, I can
spot (Koooo)cher and Speith from the tips of a par 5. Jason Day is easy to find even when he’s not falling down with vertigo. And how can you miss the gunslinger? Nobody else walks like Dustin Johnson. OK, it’s tough trying to wrap your
tongue around Hideki Matsuyama, but before too long somebody will come up with a manageable nickname. HV3? Howard, I totally stole it. I
don’t know who gets credit for it, but it’s a good one.
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