Congratulations Darren Clarke - Open Champion

[foggood11]

The "champion golfer of the year". 42 years old, lost his wife to breast cancer 5 years ago, and worked to find his game again and climb back on top. Today, he personified the late Jim Valvano's quote, "Don't Give Up . . . Don't Ever Give Up." Clarke earned it today.

The quote could also apply to runner-up Phil Mickelson. His wife also was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago, and he supported her admirably, as he should. The guy is just flat-out fun to watch, and if not for some ill-timed bogeys on the back nine today, he could very well have won the tournament.

And today's other runner-up American challenger, Dustin Johnson, fell back after a poor swing sent a ball OB. That shot seemed to deflate the momentum he was building. He hits it a mile, putts well, and is even-tempered. Hopefully, he'll learn from his mistakes, and his day will come.

 

[H Richard]

He played great, but what was with ESPN and the coverage? That was about the worst video coverage of any sport I've ever seen. 90% of the time the image was off register so much all you saw were the heads of the golfers and the sky. I seldom saw a ball on the green. Even most of the commercials were off register.

I have Comcast, was everyone else having the same problem?

 

[Fishslayer]

Well... guess I can go erase it from the DVR now...