Great Scott!

How ELSe do you describe the great choke that Adam managed to conjure last night. The claret jug within his grasp once he birdied the 14th with four to play. Bogeying the next three paid put to his chances and he couldn't even sink an eight footer to save a play off on the 18th. There is something about pressure that dents the best of sportsmen and makes them look like ordinary mortals. Ernie would have been pinching himself as lady luck favored him to the hilt. Its two years in a row that the Open has been won by a 40 plus professional. Suddenly it looks like golf is no longer a young man's game. Rory with a plus 8 languished at a 60th tied position. Tiger bogeyed as if the ghosts of the recent past still haven't been exorcised. A vast majority of Golf's popularity today ows it to him for bringing in that sense of adventure to the sport once considered dreary. He seems to be in the hunt for the big titles but just cant get the home runs. Wonder if Jack's majors record will take another golfer to break. Another melt down was that of Snedeker who after leading through so handsomely at the cut just coudn't use his putter. For India, Anirban Lahiri made a hole in one and that has to be the only silver lining in an otherwise forgettable outing for him and Jeev. Ernie remembered his autistic son and Nelson Mandela at the presentation and it seemed the golfing gods had that in their minds as well when they chose the likeable South African over the talented Australian.