Tonight they talked about the 17th green at Royal Birkdale and claimed that everyone dislikes it. Well, the only people they interviewed were members of the US PGA Tour. Robert Allenby, Steve Stricker, Scott Verplank and Geoff Ogilvy. Scott Verplank said the green was out of place but he liked it. Since this is a European course, I would be interested in knowing what members of the European PGA Tour have to say about it. Maybe their sentiments wouldn't go along with the Golf Channel's angle so they didn't make it on air. We all know how the media likes to create the news instead of reporting it.
And speaking of the media making news, Golf Central had an opinion poll on whether or not Kenny Perry should have changed his schedule and played at the British Open. The result? 66% said no. Proving once again that the media is out of touch with the viewers since the media for several days have been raking Perry over the coals for his schedule.
And everyone's talking about the odds on who might win this week. I retired from making picks last year, but if I were to make a pick, I'd consider either Ross Fisher, Graeme McDowell or Miguel Angel Jimenez. Those three have been having a very good year and very good rounds very recently. Of course, the winner just might be someone sneaky like a Richard Green who finished T3 at Loch Lomond. And Angel Cabrera had it going at the Scottish Open except for about 9 really bad holes. He might pull it together to make a run this week.
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