Americans do not seem to like Graeme McDowell Winning!
By Nick
I stayed up till 3am on Sunday night to watch the finish of the US Open. I have to thank the many people who stream it over the internet now as I've cancelled my subscription to SkySports. I can't bear to think of my money going to those over paid cheating, diving and general no-good footballers.
Was it worth staying up for, you are damm right it was. I nearly flaked out at 1am but I'm glad I lasted the distance to see Graeme McDowell win his first major. Surely a testament of how hard work, proper practice and a great mental game and attitude pays off.
It wasn't long before the blog posts started bashing Graeme McDowell's accomplishment. The one I'm going to single out is here:
What You Missed: Vomit Inducing Crapfest US OpenI'd like to know - what would you have done if you were Graeme McDowell? If you knew that level par would probably be enough to win the competition would you have gone out and tried to attack the golf course. I remember a great quote by Jack Nicklaus:
"I think I fail a bit less than everyone else."
Graeme McDowell won because he didn't make as many mistakes as the other golfers on probably the toughest golf course they will play this year. If you want to have a go at anyone it has to be the USGA for how the course was setup. It was hard, but then the US Open always is - and generally a score around par wins it.
So please, don't have a go at Graeme McDowell - he is a well deserved champion and the US are just going to have to get used to it.
Bring on the Ryder Cup!
Comments
Comment from spencer
to be fair, the USGA was the primary target of my article, and mcdowell was less a target and more a victim of circumstance.
IMO, if the course was a LITTLE more receptive to good shots, mcdowell wouldn't have won. props to him, don't get me wrong, but i was more frustrated by the course not allowing ANY good golf to be played.
that said...USA! USA! USA!
/bring on the ryder cup...two in a row baby
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