In one of my classic faux pas, I picked a winner who wasn't even in the tournament. Not that Kenny Perry cared -- he finished the first round of the Regions Tradition with a two-stroke lead.
I'm referring, of course, to choosing Woody Austin in my My "5 to Watch" at the Regions Tradition post a couple of days back. Woody took the week off to go to his son's high school graduation -- an excellent decision, in my opinion -- but it does leave me with egg on my face. That's what I get for not checking the field list before choosing my picks. (I normally do. Have no idea why I didn't this time!)
However, I nonetheless have 4 puppies in this hunt and that they failed to do badly the first day out:
- Bernhard Langer is tied for second at -6, two shots behind Perry.
- Billy Andrade sits at -5, in solo fourth.
- Jeff Maggert is at -4, tied for fifth.
- And even Jesper Parnevik made me look good early on. Jesper got to -5 before a bogey-par-double finish dropped him to -2. Still, this is far better than his showings at any major during his rookie season last year... and it's still only the first round.
And Bernhard Langer turned into proper there with him till Bernhard bogeyed the 18th, which Kenny birdied.
Gene Sauers had the lead at -6 after the morning wave. Many of you could not have seen Gene at the PGA Tour however he had 3 wins there until he left the Tour in 2005. It wasn't by using desire -- as an alternative, he turned into identified with an extraordinary (and very painful) pores and skin condition known as Stevens-Johnson syndrome, in which your skin cells really start death. He changed into handiest given a 25% danger of survival... However he did, and he joined the Champions Tour in 2012. While he hasn't received there but, he does have four runner-up finishes. Now he is again in rivalry again.
Yes, it shaping up to be a completely competitive first essential of the year for the old guys. Just no longer for Woody Austin.
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