Aussies winning becoming a habit!
Stuart Appleby won his second PGA event this year, this time winning by 6 shots at the Shell Houston Open. It’s the first time he has won multiple events on tour in the same calendar year.
Although it wasn’t the strongest field, a victory is still a victory and Appleby blew the field away, leading after every round and pocketing close to $1 million. He is also fourth on the money list now after Phil Mickleson, Tiger Woods, and Geoff Ogilvy (another Aussie). It would be nice for Appleby to take some momentum into the US Open which is held June 15-18, but his game is better suited to the British Open, so I expect him to do well there this year.
In Formula One, Fernando Alonso’s impatience cost him a victory. After being stuck behind Michael Schumacher for a few laps, he decided that he would change his pit stop strategy and pit earlier than expected in the hope of having a quick stop and being in front after Michael Schmuacher made his stop. Alas, this didn’t happen and Schumacher pitted the very next lap, getting out in front of Alonso and holding him off for the victory - Ferrari’s first since the debacle last year at Indianapolis. Because of the speed of Alonso’s Renault (which was surprisingly faster than the Ferrari), he would most definitely have returned to the race ahead of Schumacher if Alonso had kept his original pit strategy and stayed out for a few laps after Schumacher made his stop. The impatient decision to pit earlier really backfired and cost Alonso another victory. What I found disappointing was the poor performance of the McLarens. After last season, when McLaren was really unlucky not to have won both the World Championship and Constructer’s Championship, they look like they are no longer on the top teir of cars. I hope they can get the cars back up to the competitiveness of last year because Kimi Raikkonen is great to watch. He reminds me of Ayrton Senna in the way he attacks a race track - definitely great to watch.
Oh what a feeling!
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