PGA Golf Talk

PGA golfer Arjun Atwal might be having the tournament of his life. The Indian golfer has never won a PGA Tournament, but through the first day at The AT&T National, Atwal is the leader along with American Joe Ogilive. Atwal has one win to his name on the Nationwide Tour, but the closest he’s ever come to winning a PGA Tour event was this year at the Tavistock Cup where he was the runner’s up. When Atwal earned his PGA Tour card in 2004 he became the first East Indian to do so in history. Atwal recorded one of his best performances at the Byron Nelson Championship, finishing in 7th place. Atwal’s winnings this year have already trumped his total winnings of his past two seasons combined. If Atwal can pull off the victory in Newtown Square, PA it would be a big step forward for the 37-year-old. The tournament concludes this Sunday.

After a rough 2009 PGA Tour season, K. J. Choi is playing some of the best golf of his life. The South Korean golf star returned to the Asian Tour to win the Iskandar Johor Open in Malyasia, and has done everything but win in 2010 on the PGA Tour. Choi has 7 wins on the PGA Tour in his career and finished fourth this year at The Masters. A second place finish at the Transitions Championship in March sets up Choi to make a real push at the U.S. Open. Choi finished tied in 15th at the US Open in 2005 and has played at Pebble Beach in a number of tournaments. Choi struggled last weekend at the Memorial, but still finished in the money but had a nice showing the Colonial the weekend prior, placing in 13th. Choi’s next chance to win his first major will be at the US Open on June 14th.

It was a day for the youngsters at the 2010 Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona with twenty-eight year old Hunter Mahan outlasting twenty-one year old Rickie Fowler. Mahan has been playing really great golf the last two years on the PGA tour, but hasn’t been able to win a tournament before last Sunday. Finishing sixth at the U.S. Open and tenth at the Masters last year, it was a matter of time before Mahan lifted another trophy on the PGA tour. His last win prior to the Phoenix Open was in 2007 when he took home the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. Mahan did not win without incident on Sunday, as he found crack in his driver early on his day. Having to get the rules committee to allow his girlfriend to go retrieve another driver from his car, Mahan was able to avoid penalty helping him claim the $1,080,000 winner’s prize. It doesn’t hurt that she’s also a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Sounds like a keeper Hunter!