Congratulations, Mr. Cink! You closed the deal in fine style.

What an exciting win for Stewart Cink and for The British Open or The Open Championship - whichever you choose to call it. And, here I thought that without Tiger Woods in the pack it would be a bore. No way.

Starting the day I was pulling for Matthew Goggin, the Aussie, who was playing with Tom Watson in the final group. He may have lost but he sure looked fine doing it. (Ok, ok, I'm sorry - what can I say? Sort of reminded me of Frank Nobilo a couple years ago.)

 [  Pictures are the property of Golf, Politics and Beyond. Both are Stewart Cink from one of the 2007 Masters Practice Rounds.  ]

Great charges and mini-charges by Lee Westwood, Ross Fisher and Chris Wood. Speaking of Chris Wood, doesn't he look like a cross between Princess Diana's boys? Give him some red in his hair and he's a tall ringer for Prince Harry. They were all great to watch, except for that horrible quad-bogey of Fisher's that took him out of the lead and dumped him 3 or 4 down the leaderboard. That was painful to watch.

As for Tom Watson - well, I guess the nerves, the fatigue and all the other stuff that goes with a major finally caught up with him. He did play well all week, though. It was that 8-iron over the green on 18 that did him in, though, and the missed putt. A bad case of SH - stuff happens, I suppose.

Stewart Cink's birdie putt on 18 to go to the clubhouse with the lead was lovely. The playoff was anything but exciting, but gave a great player his first major win. So, big Congrats to Stewie, as the guys on tour, obviously, call him.

If you watched today's final round, let's hear what you thought.

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