With the morning guys glad to be far away from Oakland Hills and the afternoon guys struggling with some rain and inclement weather, it sure seems like a mini party at the PGA Championship!Phil Mickelson, after a Texas Giant-like front nine, got himself under control and finished at even-par 70. Of the last five PGA champions, only one has failed to break 70 in his Thursday's round. After the round, Lefty talked about the difference in the golf course from yesterday to today.
"I was surprised at the transition, how different it was from yesterday to today," Mickelson said. "I thought it would be a little firmer, a little faster, but it got a lot firmer and a lot faster ... That's going to make it play pretty difficult on the weekend unless we get some rain."Not everyone was so nice when discussing the conditions of the golf course, namely Lee Westwood, who some morons were picking to win this crazy tournament.
"(The only way to make it fair is to) cut all the rough out. I think the US Open was set up perfectly. It rewards accuracy and penalizes you if you are off liner. I didn't see that today. I asked my partners if I was out of order and they said 'No, if you are slightly off line you are crucified'. In my opinion it is too thick around the greens as well. It takes the skill away from chipping. Yoy don't need it. The course is 7,500 yards long, the greens are firm, and the pins are tucked away. They are sucking the fun out of the Major Championships when you set it up like that."Westwood might have been discouraged, but nobody really grasped the ambiance of a major championship like Paul Goydos, who despite being confused a lot of times with a male model or UFC fighter, was the first person ever to be drug tested directly after a major championship round. Goydos, who fired a four-over 74, said it just edged the day he saw a naked girl for the first time.
"I played so well they thought I needed to be tested," Goydos said. "I guess it's always good to say you were first at something."See what he did there? He made you think that they might be testing him today because of his brilliant play when really he was mocking the idea because he's in a tie for 81st. That Paul Goydos, always pulling our strings.
