J Schil's Blog

Yes, you read that headline correctly.

In Sunday’s final round of the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai Tiger was as anti-clutch as they come, hitting 2 balls into the water, seemingly distracted every hole by something — camera, a bad swing, who knows what else — and eventually tying for 6th.

Meanwhile, Phil made the clutch putts that he needed to on 16 and 17, held off Ernie Els, and secured a huge victory. Ever since Dave Stockton and Mickelson came together and began their work on Phil’s putting stroke he’s won the Tour Championship, gone 4-0-1 in the President’s Cup, and now gotten this victory.

Tiger’s issues may be something — or may be nothing — only time will tell. But it’s clear that Phil has turned a corner…he looks and seems more confident than ever about his game, and that should lead to an exciting 2010 in the golf world.

Which leads me to these 2 articles about the HSBC and golf in general:

Golfdigest.com’s Tim Rosaforte
ESPN.com’s Jason Sobel