Those Other Two Weekend Stories

There had been testimonies I failed to get to say Monday, so let's get you up-to-date in case you missed them.

First of all, the Andaluc?A Valderrama Masters completed up on Monday. It was weather-not on time -- no rain, simply lightning troubles -- and shortened to fifty four holes. But that did not prevent Sergio from taking the event with the aid of a fairly dominant margin of four strokes. The back-to-lower back win not handiest defended his identify but made this his third win at the occasion.

While the shortened occasion remains an respectable end, it doesn't deliver the overall effect it might have had as a 72-hole event. Both the handbag and the Race to Dubai points had been reduced -- I believe players simplest received some thing like 75% of the totals. Still. That actions gamers up in the scores... And cash's always an awesome element to get!

The other bit of news concerns Paul Azinger being named as Johnny Miller's successor at NBC. The new lead golf analyst spent an hour on Morning Drive -- just to get broken in a bit, you know. Here's a segment of Zinger's morning appearance:

Miller is scheduled to give up his long broadcast run at the Phoenix Open whilst Zinger will make his first look on the WGC-Mexico Championship in February. And GC's announcement covered this interesting bit of information:

In addition to presenting his views from some of the most important activities of the 12 months, Azinger may even make contributions to diverse educational, documentary and information platforms on Golf Channel. He will keep his contemporary roles broadcasting the Masters for the BBC and the U.S. Open and U.S. Women?S Open for Fox Sports.

It appears that Zinger is going to be very busy for a while. And us Zinger fans will get to see him in a variety of roles going forward. I'm especially pleased that he'll be contributing more instructional material because he has a proven ability to explain things clearly.

So now you are stuck up on what befell this weekend -- besides Brooks Koepka reminding people who he is, of course.