Pressure felt at the FBR

Pressure felt at the FBR

Kenny Perry continued his great play of the past couple seasons with a win at the FBR, but it wasn’t easy. He appeared to have it locked up going to the 18th in regulation, but he pushed his tee shot into the fairway bunker, took too much sand on his bunker shot, chunked a pitch, and had to make a testing three footer for bogey to go into a playoff.

He wasn’t the only one feeling the pressure. Charlie Hoffman missed about a six footer on 17 when he hit it hard enough to go 15 feet. Kevin Na, who would probably make the same putt 9 out of 10 times on the practice green, didn’t hit his putt firmly enough on 18 and it barely broke past the hole. That would have gotten him into the playoff as well and he looked devastated after coming so close.

Both Perry and Hoffman were all over the place in the playoff but I guess that’s what happens when nerves come into play. It was also interesting to see the players having to deal with the huge boulders and the cactus trees as hazards. From what the announcers were saying, if pieces of the cactus attach to the ball on an errant shot, hitting the ball on the next shot can cause those pieces to spray up in a player’s face. That is a hazard I’ve never heard of and it sounds a little brutal.

Next week, the tour goes back to Torrey Pines. I wonder if they will have any highlights of you know who.