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Traveler's Championship
Who's the guy that's presently leading the Traveler's??
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Dude! That's AWESOME!!!! Go get 'em!!!
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Awesome stuff!!!
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Every week some TGM type shots up the board. How cool is that?
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Sweeeeeeeeeet!
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Message from Yoda
I just returned home from a week long business trip. As I stepped out of the cab and was greeted at the door by my daughter, she hands me the phone. "It's for you Dad".
"Hello?" "Hey Bagger, Yoda here" "Howdy Yoda, wazzup?" "Just in from two days with Brian Gay at Sugarloaf in Atlanta. But Jay's gettin' it done at the Travelers, and I need you to tell everyone that I've got computer problems and can't get online at the moment. We had a power surge and my home wireless is down. Let em know I'm watching Jay, and I'm thrilled!" "You got it, Yoda" "Thanks Bagger. I'll be back online soon, and I've got a lot to talk about. Yoda out". |
In the lead going into Sunday- how cool is that? (Very)
With till Golf Digest tries to explain The Flying Wedges, Extension Action and why the name "Yoda." |
Excellent round today. Go get 'em tomorrow, Jay.
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How about those wedges??? It don't get muchbetternat. Go get 'em Jay! The Yellow Freak Contingent is pulling hard for you! They had a swing vision of his move . . . Hopefully some webgoober will put it on youtube and we can link it. Bagger? |
Friday
June 22, 2007 Jay Williamson CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT JOE CHEMYCZ: We welcome Jay Williamson in with a second consecutive 66. A little background on Jay, this is only his second start on the PGA Tour this year. His previous start was at the Honda Classic where he missed the cut. He has had 12 starts on the Nationwide Tour, made nine cuts and six top 25s and earned his first career win at the Fort Smith Classic earlier this year and is currently No. 7 on the Nationwide Tour's money list. With that, Jay, obviously you're playing great this year. And today 14 of 14 fairways, it looks like everything is going well for you. Talk about the day. JAY WILLIAMSON: I wish it was Sunday. I was warming up this morning at 6:45 and I could hear the wind whistling through the trees. It sounded like a freight train already. I didn't think it would be as tough of a day as it really was. This is a course, the way the wind was blowing from the north today, you know, there are a lot of holes right into the wind and there are a lot of holes downwind. So you really have to take advantage of the holes where you've got some help. Obviously I drove it well. I mean, you cannot play a day like today out of the rough. I've always been proud of my driver. I drove it well today, even though I had a screw loose on the 12th hole. We can talk about that here in a little bit. I kept it below the hole. I made some really good, four, five, six-foot putts to keep the momentum, and here I am. JOE CHEMYCZ: Screw loose, meaning on the driver? JAY WILLIAMSON: Well, some could debate that. Yes, it was the strangest thing, I hit a good drive on 10, put the club in my bag, then 11 is a par 3. Took the club out on 12 and set it on the ground. I use one of those R7 Quads from TaylorMade, and I think it has five screws. I set it on the ground, and I either thought the driver was broken or I knew that one of the screws was loose. I didn't have the little skew repairer, and I wasn't sure -- I've never seen that happen, it's never happened to me. I didn't know what to do. So I called the rules official. I thought really I wasn't going to be able to use the club anymore. I wanted to be sure. I was in decent shape. I didn't want to hit the driver again and be DQ'd for using a screw loose driver. It almost felt like it could have been a commercial. Turned out we got it fixed and I was off to the races. Q. (How did you fix it)? JAY WILLIAMSON: One of the rules officials, he had a Swiss Army knife, and one of the things he had fixed it. And then Jeff lent me his little -- the wrench actually, as George Lopez calls it, he gave me the wrench. Q. Talk about the Nationwide Tour and grinding it out, trying to get back here, what's that been like? JAY WILLIAMSON: You don't really want to know about the Nationwide Tour. The Nationwide Tour, really has been the greatest thing for me. Obviously I didn't get the job done, had some knee issues, but I really -- I just, quite honestly, wasn't good enough. And I've told my wife for a while now, I'm just good enough to think I can play out here. In fact, I think I told her that last night. A day like today certainly helps, but the Nationwide Tour has given me an opportunity to feel like I'm a golfer again. It's given me some confidence, but I'm telling you, it's as hard out there to make a cut as it is out here. We don't play bad golf courses, they're not as difficult, but they're good golf courses and there are a lot of hungry players out there that want to take people's jobs out here. It has been a great opportunity for me to work on my game, but it's not easy at 40. Q. Is that stark reality that any golfer has to face, you look in the mirror and say, I'm not good enough, and go back down to the minor league, as it were? JAY WILLIAMSON: Well, it doesn't happen to everybody, but you know it's happened to a few guys this year. I think I have the game to play out here, but it's just not a place when you wake up at 40 that you want to find yourself. Did I make the cut this week? I guess I did. I think I've made close to 140 cuts out here, and if I would have made 150, I would have had a little bit more cushion, I would have been able to play out here as a veteran member. But I really woke up at the end of last year with very limited status. Nationwide status, and that was actually kind of a gift, to be honest with you. They don't make it easy out here to keep going if you don't perform. It's pure capitalism. Q. Did you change any part of your game this year playing on the Nationwide with an eye towards, all right, if you can get this in order, then I might be in a position to move back in next year? JAY WILLIAMSON: I'm really working on my outfit. I just wasn't sure -- I'm going all white shirts out there, you know. (Laughing). That's a good question. I didn't really -- gosh, the last couple of years, I was kind of caught in between two fundamentals in my golf swing. Unfortunately, I kind of hit that stage while I was on a medical exemption and so I had limited time, but yet I was trying to work on something, like all guys do out here. But what I was trying to work on was not really, well, I'm working on my grip or I'm working on my posture, it was pretty fundamental on how you release the club. And I fought it for a year and a half, and I'm trying to get out of thinking about my golf swing and just think more about the target. Basically all I did was I recommitted to what I had played with out here before. So it's a good question. I'm just working on my wedges. Like I told my daughter, she's trying to be an athlete. I just tell her, just try to get better every day. That's really what I'm trying to do. Today is confirmation of what I've been doing. Q. Did you have a sponsor's exemption? JAY WILLIAMSON: Yes, sir. Thank you to Ted May and Nathan Grube and Jay Fishman and those guys. I would be in Knoxville, probably, if I wasn't here. I think the purse in Knoxville is $450,000 this week. It's nicer to be here. Q. Talking about missing the cut last year, you're playing so well the last couple of days, do you feel better about your game overall mentally at this point? Do you feel you're a much better player than you were one year ago? JAY WILLIAMSON: I have more confidence in what I'm doing. I feel more confident with how I'm actually trying to hit the golf ball. I'm driving it well. I've always driven it above average. I made some putts today and yesterday. No long ones, but just putts that I should make, putts that keep the momentum going. I'm no real different than I was two or three years ago, I'm just kind of recommitted to what I have been doing with my golf swing. Q. You talked about waking up with limited status on the Tours, not feeling good about your game. JAY WILLIAMSON: Every day. Q. Was there a point where you thought about bagging the whole Tour and becoming a teaching pro? JAY WILLIAMSON: I can't imagine having to teach this game. I know how we all are in the locker room. It will drive you nuts. I can't imagine trying to teach it. But yes, to be honest with you, every day I thought about it, and I still do, quite honestly. It's a tough road. I have three great kids, a great wife that I never see. I spend more time with my caddie than I do at home. Especially on the Nationwide Tour, you wake up and you can't quite remember where you are, and you're like, "What am I doing?" It's just nice to be here. I've learned there's one place to play golf for a living and that's on this Tour. Q. It sounds like you've reached an assessment of yourself at some point, does that kind of bring inner peace? Does that put less pressure on you that you've reached a point, as to where you belong? JAY WILLIAMSON: I think it does in a way. I've never -- people close to me can vouch. I don't really like the lifestyle. I'm not really into being on the road for my life. If you're going to be a golfer, though, you have to figure out how to get pretty good at that. It's just a lot easier to be on the road and going through the ups and the downs playing this Tour than it is any other Tour. That's just the bottom line. Playing for a little bit more money covers up a lot of the problems with being on the road. Q. (No microphone). JAY WILLIAMSON: No, absolutely not. It's interesting. I mean, maybe a couple of years ago I would have sat up here and probably cried and said, I can't believe what I'm doing. But the Nationwide Tour is really, I guess the word is toughened me up in a way. It's kind of given me this -- it's kind of shot me down this road, like, well, you ain't coming back now, so you better figure out how to deal with it. And that's quite honestly how I felt on the 17th tee. You stand up there on the 17th tee with the wind blowing 25 miles in your face off of left, which isn't the way I really like it, you better figure out what you're doing real quick or you're going to embarrass yourself. That's one of the things I hate about what we do. It's easy to feel that way. Aaron Baddeley handled himself so well at the Open. I was walking through the airport watching him, and people were, oh, look at him, he's -- but he handled himself so well, and I don't think enough was really made out of that. You better learn to have some thick skin out here, and that's what the Nationwide Tour has really helped me with. Q. Would you do the Bruce Litsky thing and maybe play a little less and try to just do well and make money and give yourself a chance to stay home a little more? JAY WILLIAMSON: Probably not, not for a few years. I would be on that first flight to Flint. I would rather going to Flint than Peak and Peak, I'll tell you that. (Laughing). It's Friday afternoon. A lot can happen. I've been in situations out here where I've had chances to win and haven't been able to do it. Basically I'm just in a position now to see where I am. I mean, if my putter holds up and I keep the ball below the hole and in the fairway, I'll be all right for the next couple of days. If I don't do that, then I won't play very well. Q. (No microphone). JAY WILLIAMSON: Maybe a little bit. But you know what, when I was in school, I didn't even know there was a golf course here, quite honestly. I didn't play golf. I did a little bit, but it was just for fun, it was to keep my sanity, I guess. But Goodwin Park, I've played more golf at Goodwin Park than I did down here. Like I said, I didn't know there was a golf course here. A PGA Tour event, I didn't really even know what that meant. Q. You played golf to keep your sanity (No microphone). JAY WILLIAMSON: Well, that's a good point. Q. Will your win on the Nationwide Tour help with your mindset over the weekend? JAY WILLIAMSON: I can draw back -- I shot 63 on Sunday to win. I can draw back on it a little bit. There's not a day that goes back that I don't think about it. Will it help me? Sure, it's certainly not going to hurt. It also gives me status next year on the Nationwide Tour, which is good. Hopefully that's not where I am, but at least I've got a job. At the beginning of the year, I didn't have that luxury. If I didn't play well, I was headed to another tour. I don't know where that one was, though. JOE CHEMYCZ: Just so that you all know, Jay is 7th on that money list, and the top 25 this year will move up to the PGA Tour. No bogeys today. JAY WILLIAMSON: I was thinking about Tiger's round on Saturday at the Open, and that was, I'm sure, a round he was really proud of. It gave him confirmation he was doing the right thing. Today was a similar round for me. Again, it's Friday, not Saturday. I could have shot 75 today and not played well. I was even thinking about it standing on the 16th tee. Those holes are not easy coming in. To go birdie, birdie on 17 and 18, that's something I will always remember. JOE CHEMYCZ: Jay, thank you. Good luck this weekend. End. |
Saturday
June 23, 2007 Jay Williamson CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT JOAN v.T. ALEXANDER: Thank you, Jay, for joining us here for a few minutes here at the media center at the Travelers Championship. Another great round. You started out really well with two birdies and two bogeys, you handled it and you have a one-stroke lead. What are you going to do tonight? JAY WILLIAMSON: I don't know. I was okay last night and this morning I woke up and I was nervous. We went to the dinosaur park today and kind of hung out doing that. Maybe we'll go to the dinosaur park tomorrow. (Laughing). Playing with David is certainly a pleasure. I think that really helped me today, because he's such an even keeled guy. He has so much success and I really just tried to hang in there. I think we both were. It was not an easy day, thank God I hit it in the fairway. My putter is a little suspect right now, but I really feel good over the ball. If I can make some putts tomorrow, I like my chances. It was an interesting day. I never really thought I would be back at Hartford like this. I mean, this is -- you know, hopefully it will hit me Monday morning. Q. The last time you were in the final group on Sunday on the PGA Tour? JAY WILLIAMSON: That would probably have to be at the Kemper Open with Steve Stricker, and I don't remember the year, 2002. It's been a while. Unchartered territory, certainly, but I'm driving the ball well. My irons have been good. I'm thinking well, I'm not getting too excited. I didn't feel great on the first couple of holes today, but that's to be expected, making a birdie or two really helped. We'll just do it again tomorrow. Q. Your story and everything, playing well the first couple of days is one thing, but standing tall today and what might happen tomorrow? JAY WILLIAMSON: Well, today really helped. Q. (No microphone.) JAY WILLIAMSON: I tell you, the Nationwide Tour has done something to me. I can't really explain it, but it's doing exactly what they want it to do for me, they being, you know -- they being those that didn't want me back here. I'm not bitter about that. I didn't do what I needed to do. I wasn't good enough. The Nationwide Tour has made me better. It has made me, not necessarily a chip on my shoulder, but my skin is thicker and my game is better. Today helped. Today helped me and hopefully tomorrow -- I think I've told Joan before, I don't like being out here taking up space and I've felt like that before. I don't want to be out here if I'm taking up space, but I've proven the last three days, especially, today even, that I'm not taking up space. Q. Dinosaur park with the kids, how long were you there? Did it kind of loosen you up? JAY WILLIAMSON: I don't know if you've been there, it was a beautiful day, we strolled through the woods, and my little boy J.T. kept thinking we were going to see dinosaurs, and it was a good way to keep my mind off of it a little bit. Again, there's a lot riding on this, obviously, if I really sat there and thought about it, I may be overwhelmed. I feel so much better now that I actually have a job next year. And I know that sounds really strange, but at the beginning of this year, my back was against the wall. Before I won on the Nationwide Tour I had no status. I never knew the next year where I was going to be. That's the toughest part about being a golfer out here until you've won, because you just never know. At least, you know, God forbid I have to go back there again next year, but if I do, my name will be on the list to play and I can make a living. Q. Last year J.J. was sitting in the chair and you were sitting and talking about all the pressure being -- well having ties here in some form or another, he had ties here, you went to school here, and all the pressure of trying to win in front of people that know you. What would it mean to you if you were to actually pull a J.J. and win this thing, being another guy with Connecticut roots, are you going to start a trend? JAY WILLIAMSON: I hope so, and I would be on the next flight to Flint tomorrow night. I'll play the Monday Pro-Am, I'll play Wednesday, I'll play whenever they want me to play. I can't tell you what it would mean, and I'm not going to go there until it happens. I have been in this situation a little bit before. It's not like I was out here picking up sticks for a few years. I've done okay. But it's time, you know, it's time to go to that next step. I'm not scared of it, because, to be honest with you, it would make my life easier. My life is way too complicated right now. It would make things a lot easier. I would see this guy a little bit more too. Right buddy? Q. After all the years on the tour to go to the Nationwide, did you take it for granted? JAY WILLIAMSON: I never took anything for granted, it's just really difficult to balance out here. We had our third child with George, who you probably heard over there. It's just -- I'm just pride myself on being a good dad, and it's hard to be a good dad and a good golfer. It's just really hard to do. And on top of that a husband and all that. It's not that I took it for granted, it's just that what you have to be out here, you have to be so selfish and you have to be so good, you just -- it's very difficult. People have no real idea, I guess. JOAN v.T. ALEXANDER: Going back to the golf course, go through your round. JAY WILLIAMSON: Did we play golf today? I hit a great shot on 2. I made birdie on 2, made about a five-footer. Then I made a 10-footer on No. 3. I felt real good about myself, but I think I made the comment to you, I wish all the holes were downwind. Then we get on 4 and 5. 5, I don't think there's any more room back there where they could put the pin. That hole played 243 and I made a bogey on 4 and a bogey on 5, so then I'm back to where I started. Didn't birdie 6. Then hit a great shot on 7. I think that might have been the shot of the day for me. I hit a 5-iron about six feet on 7 and made birdie, and that was really important for me because I was kind of wavering a little bit. I had some chances on the back. The golf course played a little bit easier because it was downwind. Hit a great birdie on 13, hit a great drive and 8-iron to 15 feet below the hole. I couldn't get to the hole today. Q. Made another birdie on 15, I think it's been five years since I birdied that hole. The best short hole I think we play on tour -- or they play, I should say. Hopefully it's me tomorrow. It's a great hole. I finally made a birdie there and that was important too. I made a great up and down on 18. Under the circumstances, it was one of the best shots I've ever hit in my life. I even got kind of excited on that one. That was almost like hitting a home run. Just for a brief moment there I felt I was just able to kind of breathe and be relaxed. And that's the kind of moment that I really look forward to and hopefully it happens tomorrow. If it doesn't, we'll go back to St. Louis and go to Peak and Peak next week. They have great water slides there. End. |
 On Saturday's 524 yard Par 5, Jay only needed an 8-iron in after his 330+ yard drive. He just missed the eagle putt, tapping in for birdie to get to -11. After 3 rounds, Jay is: T3 in birdies T2 in driving accuracy T1 in greens in regulation. Nice work! Video link to Jay's tricky chip on 18 |
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Jay and I focused on the Swinger's Sequence Release at Sugarloaf in Atlanta three weeks before he won at Ft. Smith. There we built on the foundation that was laid during his first visit late last summer. [See my post #17 in the Jay Williamson Wins thread. http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=4684] Essentially, his 'Golfer's Flail' was somewhat jammed up. To free his Action, we Turned his Left Hand grip a smidgeon to the right and got him Cocking and Uncocking the Left Wrist properly (Perpendicular Motion -- the plane of the Left Arm Flying Wedge). Here's a Before & After of the grip. |
Wow, that's a big difference. Nice work, Lynn.
Will be pulling for Jay to close the deal today. He was refreshingly honest in his GolfChannel interview about being nervous and the craziness surrounding leading going into Sunday on the big tour. Hopefully he can redirect that energy into good golf shots today! |
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Is he overlapping with his left forefinger on the outside ...does he do this with all his clubs? |
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His motion looked SOOOOOOO good Saturday. I imagine it should be on YOUTUBE at some point. Go JAY GO!!! |
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When I first saw him, he was arching (horizontal motion) the left wrist and both the top and the finish. Clearly, that is no longer the case. |
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Clearly! I got the tee-boo toe-jam or whatever it is set to record it. This story is MADE for these golf network cats. It's like it is in the cards for this to happen. Whatever happens . . . it's gonna be fun to watch! Go Jay! |
Man, that was some clutch golf by both guys! Great playing Jay, and congrats to all!
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Very nice! Battled back coming down the stretch and hung in there. A job well done.
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This was the most exciting, entertaining round of golf I have seen in ages. I will only echo what Nick Faldo had to say about Jay Williamson-- that he played brilliantly, and has absolutely no reason to hang his head!! WELCOME BACK TO THE BIG SHOW, JAY!!
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Do non card holders get Fed Ex points? Love the "Hogan" setup - :salut: That was a lot of fun to watch! |
HeartBreaker for sure but still not shabby at all. I loved watching him trace the plane line with his right hand when setting his computer before the shot.
Jay- great golf! This is just the beginning of fantastic things to come. Yoda- you got to feel proud. |
LBG Players = TOUGH S.O.B.'s
How about the guts on Jay??? That dude is a warrior and a class act. How about all the scrappers LBG has in the stable? Jay, Brian and John all tougher than nails. |
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Jay must be kicking himself for barely missing 3 putts within 12 feet. Two of which would have won the tourney and the other to extend the playoff. Some super shots by both players. |
A courageous effort on Jay's part!
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I sincerely hope not. Life is short, no question, and you must play hard to win. But, if you do your dead-level best -- in his own words, "I fought as hard as I could" -- and then insist on kicking yourself anyway, then, IMHO, you are headed for the nut house. Jay shot 66 in the final round of a major PGA TOUR event. He lost to a 65 that he stared down mano-o-mano for 18 holes and took to within ten feet of the 73rd hole. A victory would have been sweet, but he should sleep well. After all... His pillow is stuffed with a PGA TOUR card and $648,000! :salut: |
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Great stuff!! I don't get a chance to watch any US Tour coverage anymore but did anyone get Jay's action from yesterday at all? I might have a look on YouTube to see if I can find it.
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Click on "all videos" and you'll see a few for Jay. |
Sunday
June 24, 2007 Jay Williamson CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT JOAN vT ALEXANDER: Jay, congratulations. You battled hard out there. You played awesome and a lot of excitement. You've got to be really, really proud of yourself. JAY WILLIAMSON: I am. I'm sure I will be, you know, later. I'm very, very disappointed, because you know, my life certainly changed for the better today but it could have really changed for a lot better. But you know, I've said it already, I'm pretty realistic. Hunter played better than I did today and he deserved to win. And you know I think he made one bad swing and that might have been on the 17th hole when he hit the ball in the bunker. I have a lot to be proud of. We had a great week. I'm glad Whitney came up today, flew all the way up from St. Louis to watch about six holes. You know, it was a great week and I mean, part of me can't really believe it. Part of me is really upset. Part of me is, you know, excited. I've got so many -- I've got a huge range of emotions at this point. Q. Obviously whatever it was that you guys have -- you can work with it -- (inaudible) -- during regulation? JAY WILLIAMSON: Absolutely. I just tried to hang in there. I didn't play great today. I didn't play as well as I played the last couple of days. I really tried to hang in there. Hunter like I said didn't miss a shot. I remember on 13 walking down the fairway after he had made a birdie on 12, and I made an unbelievable bunker save on 12. I remember saying to my caddie, I've got to doing some to put the pressure on him and I hit a great 5-iron in interest about 20 feet. You know what, my putter, it was really good today. I feel bad if I reprimanded my putter, but I just couldn't hit the putts that I needed to make to win today. I was so close, and it will probably make me sick to think about it, but I was oh, so close. You know what, if I made that putt on 13, who knows what could have happen, and I didn't. But I still had a chance. I mean, I played 18 as well as I can play it. I hit two 7-irons in there perfect, and I just couldn't make a putt. Q. What was it like inside today when you got up, went out and practiced? JAY WILLIAMSON: I could tell that my blood pressure is high; put it that way. I've got a headache. But you know, it was -- I mean, this is what -- you know, when I decided to turn pro, this is the kind of thing that, you know, that you're supposed to look forward to. I think the next time I'm in this position, I'll be better. Yeah, I was certainly nervous. But you know, I hung in there and I did as best as I could. Q. What was the difference between your putts on 18? JAY WILLIAMSON: I think that they were just different enough to kind of confuse me a little bit. I think my first one I was a little bit farther down the hill, and quite honestly I've never had a putt to win on this tour. And I was thinking about that, I said, all you have to do is knock this in and it doesn't matter what he did and I just hit it low. I wasn't out of gas, emotionally, but I was on empty. And then the second putt, I just wasn't going to miss it low again and I hit it too hard and too high. Neither putt I'm proud of, but I'm proud of my effort today. Q. What were you thinking when you saw Hunter's second shots on 18? JAY WILLIAMSON: Fabulous. I mean, I couldn't believe it. He took a lot of time on the first one because that wind as a little bit tricky out there coming done the stretch and he hit it way up in the air. He hit two fabulous shots. He won the tournament on 18 which is what you're supposed to do. Q. You guys came up 18 the first time, incredibly tense moment obviously, but it seemed like you were sharing a light-hearted conversation chatting. What were you saying to one another? JAY WILLIAMSON: You know what, I was basically just telling him, great shot and he was saying the same thing to me. Hunter is, you know, we were both trying to do the same thing today obviously. And he just -- we were just congratulating each other on good shots. Under the circumstances, you know, I don't know how many guys hit shots within three or four today but there weren't many. To do it in the last group like Hunter did, he hit a fabulous shot. Q. You just mentioned how your life has changed for the better; what is your schedule like for the remainder -- I guess you're in Buick, and what will this allow to you do on the PGA TOUR? JAY WILLIAMSON: Quite honestly, I'm not sure. I don't know what the schedule is. With the new schedule, I haven't looked at it. But I know I'm not going to Springfield and I'm not going to Omaha and Wichita and a lot of places -- I say that now. You know what, I need some time to think about it. I've got to putt it all together. Joan is trying to tell me what I'm doing but I still can't -- really, special temporary; there's a lot of stuff going on that I need to educate myself on and just make sure that I make the right decision, because I am in a pretty good spot on the Nationwide Tour. But then again, even if I could get into the Top-125, then I wouldn't be in the reshuffle next year. Certainly, hopefully my performance today will help me maybe get some exemptions down the road. Hopefully I handled myself well and did the types of things that tournaments would want me in their events for, so we'll see. JOAN vT ALEXANDER: With his $640,000, as we understand it, he can become a special temporary member. That's as we see it right now. He's a non-member. He's still a non-member. Q. He won't be in the standings? JOAN vT ALEXANDER: Right. JAY WILLIAMSON: American European Tour player. Figure that one out. (Laughter). Q. Could you just talk about 12 and 16? JAY WILLIAMSON: I could have put a shag back down there on 16 and not gotten that up-and-down again. 12 and 16 were -- well, and then 14, for that matter, and 15 to be honest with you. Because 15, from what I understand, that ball almost went in the hole; that would have been exciting. I hit a great shot there. It's just one of those things. I really feel like if I was a great putter, I would have won by a lot today. But I know what I need to work onto get to that next level. And you know, my up-and-downs are great. I've just got to be a little bit better the next time. Q. How much thought do you give to -- inaudible? JAY WILLIAMSON: A lot, actually. But I had a little downhill lie there and there's no way I could have flopped it because of the downhill lie. And that fringe has been sticky all week and I kind of -- I discovered that early in the week that you have to hit it a little harder on that fringe than you thought, and that's what I did. My caddie pretty much talked me into hitting the putter there and I barely got it to where I needed to and it ended up perfect. I mean, you know, I hit 7-iron on the tee and I had 170 to the hole. I just can't imagine hitting 8-iron there. I felt like if I could, you know, hit one in there close, I could put some pressure on Hunter. I just didn't -- I should play to the middle of the green there. And you can't hit it over the green there obviously and I knew that when I did it. Hunter hit 8-iron, and he's longer than I am and he barely got it up the hill. It's a tough hole. It's a diabolical hole like 15, like 16, like 17 and 18. It was a great week. Q. Did you learn anything about yourself from today or maybe this week? JAY WILLIAMSON: You know, I learned that I can play with these guys. I may have learned that in the last couple of weeks on the Nationwide Tour, but I really learned it today. You know, I learned that I'm going to be a golfer for a while now. A couple months ago, I wasn't quite sure. But now I want to be a golfer for a while. Q. What were your thoughts on his composure down the stretch? JAY WILLIAMSON: Well, you know, Hunter is unflappable. You know, he played a lot of golf in college preparing for this moment. You know, I played a lot of hockey and baseball preparing for this moment. That's probably one of the reasons why he won. Hunter played great. He was unflappable. Like I said, he made one bad swing, and he deserved to win. JOAN vT ALEXANDER: Did you go through your card yet? JAY WILLIAMSON: I have not. Don't remember it. . Bogey on 1. I was a little irritated with that. I asked for -- was a little controversial I think. I asked for a ruling on 1 and I was denied relief. Was on one of those French drains, hit my tee shot middle of the fairway on a French drain and I was denied relief. And Hunter did the same thing on 10 and actually got relief, same exact situation. So I was a little irritated. Q. Same official? JAY WILLIAMSON: Not the same official. But I think that needs to be fixed in the future. I don't want to bring up any controversy, because like I said, Hunter deserved to win, but that was not right. So I made a bogey there. I didn't hit a very good shot. Then what did I do, I birdied No. 4. I thought I hit a better drive than I did and I was in the first cut. I hit a 5-iron in there about 12 feet below the hole and made it. That helped me. 8, what did I do on 8 -- oh, I hit a great 6-iron about ten feet and made it. Then 11, I hit a great wedge, one of the best shots of the tournament. That was exciting for an ex-hockey player, I guess; hit it in there a couple of feet and wiggled it in. Then I birdied 13. I hit a great dive and 5-iron middle of the green and made birdie. 15, I got up there and I hit such a perfect shot on 15, this new TaylorMade driver I've got. I drove it so well all week, and I just think that ball almost went in. I couldn't really see it from the tee but I knew I hit a perfect shot. I just tried to aim it down the left side, perfect shot. Then, you know, 16, 17 and 18, I made pars. Q. Did you say your family flew in today? JAY WILLIAMSON: They flew in from St. Louis today, yes. Their flight was about an hour late and so they got here, I don't know, with about six or seven holes left. She and my brother flew in from St. Louis. She had swim meets all week so just the boys came this week and she's my aspiring swimmer/tennis player. Q. What's your caddie's name? JAY WILLIAMSON: Steve. Q. Your long time to play No. 1 with the ruling, I know you bogeyed there, but in retrospect, did that help you or hurt you or do anything? JAY WILLIAMSON: No. Actually the ruling that I had -- I actually had -- well, I had two rulings on that hole. The one on the green, my ball was on a drainage and I actually dropped it in an area that was too close to the hole. So I wasn't quite sure what I needed to do and that's why I asked for the ruling again, and that did definitely take some time. You know, certainly didn't help but it didn't hurt. Q. Where were you? JAY WILLIAMSON: In the fairway. I hit it on one of those French drains. JOAN vT ALEXANDER: Thank you, Jay. JAY WILLIAMSON: Thank you, guys, for all of the kind words this week. Appreciate it. End |
I'm sensing a trend!
Interesting---Brian Gay is having a great year, John Riegger wins on the Nationwide Tour, Jay Williamson wins on the Nationwide Tour and a few weeks later finishes 2nd in a PGA Tour event. Apparently these gentlemen have taken "the student's job is to absorb and apply" to heart. They are on a roll. Fun to watch. If this continues Yoda will have to travel with an entourage!
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Exceptional quality of play!
Just watched the video of the way Jay and Hunter played the 18th - both times great quality approach shots!! Very accurate , very positive golf!! No fear of winning from either guy - exceptional stuff.
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Plummer and Bennet have 21 players under their wing - then why not Yoda? |
Hey, isn't that the guy...
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The "Guy with the Dowels" is getting noticed more and more. The progression will become geometric; as it should be. |
And, in case he needs some clarification....;)
PGA All-Exempt Tour Priority Rankings The $648,000 2nd prize that Jay Williamson earned at Hartford is well in excess of what the 150th player on the 2006 Official Money List earned. So Jay is now eligible to accept as many sponsor invites as can be offered to him for the rest of 2007. The Top-10 finish alone gets him into next week's Buick Open. Item - Because Jay is on the non-members money list, he is currently not eligible for such things as Fed Ex Cup Points or money towards invitations to a future major. If Jay Williamson's 2007 PGA Tour earnings equal or exceed those of the 125th player on the final 2007 Official Money List, then he gets a 2008 PGA Tour Card. He would be exempt in the category below that for the regular Top 125. If Jay wins a PGA Tour event, then he'll be elevated to the regular money list and be eligible for the Masters, PGA Championship, Players Championship, Mercedes-Benz Championship and have job security thru 2009. |
Their Own Worst Enemy
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I responded as directly as I did because one of the biggest problems these tour players have is being so doggone hard on themselves. The game of golf is so demanding and its margins for error are so small that negative situations are the norm. And it is way too easy to internalize the pain and frustration. Dealing with the realities of the game is an everpresent challenge for the playing professional. In fact, I am convinced that negative 'self talk' is a major reason why many wonderfully talented golfers never reach a fraction of their potential. Personally, I think 'coping skills' should be part of the basic training of a professional golfer. Otherwise, the frustration will be met with anger or depression or drugs or alcohol or some lethal combination of the four. That way lies broken relationships, careers and dreams, and the wise choose another road. |
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Did anybody think about Mike O when they read that? I know I did . . . |
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