Friday, August 12, 2011

August 12th update

PGA Championships Tee off in Atlanta

• After a big golf news weekend last weekend, the pros take to Atlanta’s Athletic Club for the PGA Championship, the fourth and final of Golf’s Grand Slams.
• All eyes are on Tiger Woods again, and he came out with a really hot start but faded quickly after to finish the first round at 7 over par, tied for 129th place. Tiger is looking to win his first tournament in over two years, and will struggle to make the cut at this point (cut being the point, half way through the tournament, when the field is trimmed in half).
• The leader after day one is Steve Stricker at 7 under par (14 strokes ahead of Tiger). Stricker is looking for his first win in a Major tournament. Sportico favorite Rory McIlroy is 7 strokes behind Stricker at even par.


(Kind of) Real Football Begins!

• The NFL’s preseason kicked off last night with a slate of 5 games. The preseason continues this weekend with 5 more games tonight and 5 Saturday, and a Monday night game.
• While these games tell us very little about the teams as a whole (the starters usually only play a handful of plays before turning the rest of the game over to the backups) it sure is nice to be able to see actual professional football being played after a contentious labor situation this off season..
• The biggest winner of the night was probably Tim Tebow who is embroiled in a quarterbacking controversy. Tebow played well completing 6 of the 7 passes he attempted for 91 yards.While he did not score a touchdown, Tebow also added 15 yards on 2 rushing plays. The Broncos lost the game to the Cowboys on a gamble that paid off in the end. Still, Tebow's play is encouraging both to his his career's future and the short term future of the Broncos, who were one of the worst teams in the NFL last season.

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