IRELAND EDITION
PRESENTED BY
Tom Terrific
Tom Lewis
Ping’s Versatile G20s ( 6)
Tom Lewis is 20 years old, quiet,
frighteningly calm and British. He needed
just three starts to commandeer his first
pro tournament, Europe’s Portugal Masters
Sunday. His future has arrived on a bullet train.
Ben Crane is 35 years years old, outgoing,
historically slow and American. He needed
overtime Sunday before surviving a playoff
with Webb Simpson to win the McGladrey
Classic in Georgia. The standing joke is you
could time his pre-shot routine with a sun
dial.
To say they are a study in contrasts is to
grossly understate.
Meanwhile, on the women’s side, South
Korea’s Na Yeon Choi may be the only player
right now who can stand up to the dominant
Yani Tseng. Choi held Tseng off in Malaysia
and has emerged as perhaps the best
swinger of the golf club on the LPGA.
Choi’s was the 100th LPGA victory for
a player of Korean descent. “Icing on the
cake,” she said when apprised of that stat.
Not to torture the cooking metaphor ... but
Lewis, for his part, was the cookie who
didn’t crumble. Crane would be more into
marination.
Finally, from the Tiger Woods beat: It has
been reported that Florida neighbor and
International Presidents Cup captain Greg
Norman has said he wouldn’t have taken
Woods as a pick if he had been Fred Couples.
No surprise Woods and Norman aren’t
speaking these days. As for Couples (who
could care less what Norman thinks), he
was busy waltzing to a seven-shot win on
the Champions Tour.
