Elling cannot write a positive syllable about anybody, except of course for one. He obviously is a lost man without the object of his affection in town this week.
Why do we need a negative column by Elling? He was going to trash whoever happened to be leading, regardless of who it was. Elling sarcastically derides Sergia writing "....Garcia became the king of the irrelevant closing runs, like when he shot 67-66 on the weekend last year at Sawgrass to finish a backdoor second, even though he was never remotely in contention."
If Elling wanted to talk about a "backdoor second" in a tournament, how about the one last month? If he wants to mention an irrelevant closing run made by a golfer who was NEVER remotely in contention the entire weekend, how about last month? Better yet, when has "rear view" Woods ever made a closing run? At least Garcia made a run, Steve. If Woods is in your rear view mirror On Saturday, you need not be concerned with him anymore, and certainly not on Sunday.
Is this the best stuff Elling can come up with? Garcia will likely not win this weekend, but that is not the point. Elling is going to rip, demean and marginalize the effort of whoever wins. He will snipe at whoever is leading Friday and Saturday. Steve would be better suited and happier hanging around the Woods household on a stakeout, and giving us all updates on the condition of his knee. He might even be lucky enough to riffling and sniffing through a bag of Tiger's trash.
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