Speechless

I really don't know what to write about. There was everything. First off, congratulations to Angel Cabrera, 2009 winner of the Masters, out dueling Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell in a playoff.

But unfortunately I am literally speechless about the conclusion because Kenny Perry, ladies and gents, simply choked at the end. CHOKED. There is nothing more to say than that. Two up with two to play and all of a sudden he hits the ball like some weekend hack. He was in complete control. Driving the ball perfectly...laser like irons...putting with nerves of steel...and then the choking started...

At fourteen under par and after hitting the greatest shot of his life on the sixteenth hole, Perry stepped up to the seventeenth tee two ahead of Campbell and Cabrera. He then hit a so-so drive that stayed in the fairway but from here on it was choke city. Pulls a six iron over the green, then skulls a chip and ends up with a bogey five. On the eighteenth he takes out his driver and puts it in the bunker. Then he hits his next shot waaaay left and leaves himself an impossible chip shot. He chips it well past the hole, couldn't make the putt and bogeyed, leaving him tied with Chad and Angel. Words can't describe this.

I like Kenny Perry, and usually if some pompous bitch pro like Mickelson choked I would be all over him. But in this case, I really feel bad for the guy. For 70 holes he was the champion and deserved the jacket. But for the last few swings he simply sunk under the pressure of winning the Masters. I really don't feel like writing anymore...


Woods and Mickelson early on put on an exhibition of brilliant golf then burned up at the last few holes. Lefty really had a chance to win until he made a bonehead decision on 12 to hit a nine iron instead of an eight which resulted in a double bogey. He would go on to miss shorts putts on fifteen and seventeen and ended up at nine under.

I wish I could write more, but I really wanted Kenny to win and the way he finished makes me melancholy. I hope all our loyal readers here at duelingcouches.com had a wonderful Easter.

-The Diesel