British Open Golf on one of their typically crummy courses
One of the questions interesting golfers is how will England's Lee Westwood play in the upcoming British Open - will he play well enough to be near the lead on the final day when he typically chokes or will he play so poorly that he doesn't even make the cut thereby depriving Americans of the joy of watching him choke during the second nine on Sunday? Of course, the announcers will endlessly tell us that he is one of the best golfers never to win a major championship. You can bet neither subject will ever change; Westwood will continue to choke and his choking is as easily predictable as predicting the media will lie to you about the putative greatness of links golf. Choking and lying, it is what Westwood and the media do. As for the venue, Carnoustie; it is a typical tract of crummy land in the British Isles in that it is a sheep pasture seemingly prepared for a professional golf tournament by two dozen retarted drunks wandering around aimlessly a...