Plotty's Aspirations of a Arm-Chair Golfer

[PlottyDawg]

Final Round = Fabulous at Turnberry?
by Marc Crouger

The way things are shaping up here at the European Shootout, you might as well be on an American course. Here are reasons:

1) Scoring has been low. Ridiculously low. Even when American couch potato Mathias Platzek can go out on the Alisa course and shoot 65-64-66 the first three days, you know the golf course is playing easy.

2) Sunny days. Gone are the weather most rounds at Turnberry are known for: ghastly north wins howling off the sea, the rain pelting down on golfers, making their day (and life) miserable. The golfers this weekend have been blessed with cool temperatures, but mainly sunny to partly cloud skies.

3) Americans on the leaderboaurd. Besides the aforementioned Platzek, who has shown amazing accuracy, names like Edwards, Allenby and Mize dot the leaderboaurd. No Scot nor a Brit can be found in the Top 10, let alone Top 25.

4) Long drives. I haven't seen this Platzek play before the weekend, but he has hit the ball places unimagined. There in lies his success, with short irons to the pin. Then his putting skills, well....

5) Putts from long distances are falling. No, not London Bridge, but the length of putts that have dropped are amazing as well. Platzek, in the three rounds, has holed out putts from 15-50 feet six times. That's more than what he's done in the 12 rounds combined.

This article is no means to bash on Platzek. Of course, he did cost some Englishmen some 700 million pounds when he choked in the Highlands Challenge, myself included. Go choke again, Mathias, you're well worth it.

[kzoz21]

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