Worst Event of The Year #PGA

And THAT is exactly why the British Open is the worst of the four golf majors played every season.

What is THAT, exactly?

How about...all of it. The course; the weather; the competition; the star factor; the winner; all of it.

Yes, I do know the history of the course, the venue, and every other reason that people pretend to like the British Open, I just don’t buy it.

Sports, at it’s core, is about one thing, competition. This tournament was an ass kicking of the highest order. And not even a fun, record setting,' Tiger Woods-esque roll the field by 15 shots' kind of ass kicking. A 'boring, watch me get the lead early and slowly bleed any life out of this thing for three straight days', ass kicking. Louis Oosthuizen took the lead on the seventh hole on Friday, and that was that. No one challenged him, no one pushed him, and the next 47 holes were a formality. No crash and burn disasters from the leader or the field, no come-from-behind push. Nothing. A guy no one outside of the Oosthuizen living room had ever heard of, just slowly pulling away from the field. Mike Tirico and crew must have wanted to kill themselves. "Good shot, nice lag, solid par'. Repeat for 72 hours.

Look at the list of winners from this 'major'. Paul Lawrie? Ian Baker-Finch? David Duval? Todd Hamilton? Ben Curtis? Stewart Cink? Justin Leonard? Tom Lehman? Yeah, the greats of the game. All ‘one and done’ major championship winners, with only Cink a legitimate chance to grab another one at some point. No other ‘major’ has such an undistinguished list of winners to it’s credit.

Shouldn’t a major have a signature moment? The one that makes people at work say, “Did you see ______ make that ____ at ___?” Not this time. Unless watching Louis roll in a five footer for par 14 times gets your motor running, this thing sucked from tee to green. The signature moment for most came when a 60 year old man, Tom Watson, walked across an old bridge.

Even Tiger switching putters, missing everything, and looking over his shoulder like he was afraid Joslyn James was going to come running out of the gallery couldn’t save this thing.

Give me the Masters and a chance to see eagles and double bogeys on the same hole. Give me the US Open and guys grinding to make pars. At least the US Open has the possibility of disaster, if not great play. And believe it or not, give me the PGA Championship. A deep field, a reasonable set up, and a chance to see real sports drama unfold. Screw the British Open.

Not only is it the worst of the four majors, it isn’t even the Phoenix Open at this point.

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