The PGA

The easiest thing to do, again, is to pick Tiger to win this week. Yes he has won all four pre-major tournaments he has entered this year and not won the major following it but the PGA is a bit different. He is gunning to tie for the most PGA's ever and he hasn't won a major this year so he will be more motivated than ever. So I expect a top 4 finish but I am not picking him.

Hazeltine has been lengthened the way all other major courses seem to these days. All lengthening these courses does however, is really narrow the field of potential winners. Eventually somebody will clue in and realize the best thing for golf is difficult courses in the 7000 yard range that reward great shot making and not just 340 yard drives.

But I digress. Because Hazeltine is so long it is only going to be a big hitter who wins. So who if not Tiger? One of Angel Cabrera, Paddy Harrington or Henrik Stenson. I think Cabrera is going to go the Kenny Perry route and just get better as he gets older except he is much more talented than Perry. He absolutely destroys the ball off the tee and makes every clutch putt with his easy stroke. He also has the perfect quiet "I want to kill everybody else out here but just won't say it" kind if mentality. He would absolutely not be intimidated by a Tiger Sunday pairing. Same goes for Paddy who had a great week last week until put on the clock. He hits bombs and has proven he can win big ones. And Tiger respects him more than any other guy out there so you know he must be damn good. But I think Stenson is the guy who will finally break through. He hits huge drives but is also great with his long irons, which is essential for this course, and has been close in recent majors. This week he puts it all together.