SCUDSBROTHER |
07-14-2008 11:22 PM |
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Originally Posted by philcski
I don't necessarily disagree with your assessment, but let's not forget Perry was THISCLOSE to winning the PGA in '96 (at Valhalla, no less), Brooks birdied the 18th to force a playoff, otherwise Perry wins outright. The guy is an awesome player, and a super dude. I love a guy that rolls to his own beat. With Tiger on the shelf he might be the world's best golfer right now.
...and no bangin' on my man Slu. He won 6 times on tour, and finished in the top 15 7 times in the U.S. Open.
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Like I said, the PGA Championship is the one major I think a regular PGA PLAYER can win if he plays great. Sluman, Rich Beem, Sean Makeel, Brooks...O.K.? It's a pretty cool tournament, because everybody in it can win it if they play great. That's not quite like that with the 1st two majors of the year, and sometimes the British, too. The one exception is the 2007 Masters. I was desperate to get Sluman to beat Paul Gow in the B.C. OPEN.....HE BARELY DID IT. Sluman's win at Milwaukee was very nice. A very limited player who did well with what he had. I wouldn't compare his talent to Kenny Perry's at all. Fact is Kenny should of won one or two PGA Championships. To be honest, I think Kenny can win that particular major at even the age of 50-53. You want to know what the limits of his game are? Ask Kev. Whatever the limits to his game are, the PGA is the major that is set up in a way that hides those limits (somewhat.) Fact is, these tournaments are set up in certain ways, and some set ups play into Kenny's game well, and some don't.That's why he is where he is this week. The most important thing to this guy is to be comfortable, and that will be in Milwaukee. Kev, do ya remember when Perry dominated in the Colonial. I really thought he might take the U.S. OPEN (practically his next start after the Colonial.) You remember the video of him practicing around the green before the U.S. Open? He was basically admiting he could not make the shot. Not even close. He had no idea how to do it. It was some kind of finesse shot. A chip of some sort around the green. These courses are very different from like 60-70% of the stops on the tour. Basically, Kenny likes a course that has "some birdies out there." That's the best way to describe where his game does best.
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