Alright, alright, alright. You guys win. I wrote this about Camilo Villegas as a joke a month and two days ago about him never really winning and such, and then the dude decided to blow up and win everything. I'm a moron, all of you out there are smart, I'm ugly, you're good-looking, lets leave it at that.
Villegas took home the Tour Championship today for his second victory in a row on the PGA Tour, beating Sergio Garcia on the first playoff hole to take home his second straight $1.26 million cash prize.
The win puts the Colombian star, very quietly, 6th in the world rankings and a runner-up finish (and $3 million!) in the FedEx Cup final point standings. Villegas is obviously a perfect star for the PGA Tour, both with the bulging muscles and the flowing South American hair. The problem was he couldn't win a tournament, finishing in the top-3 five times the last two years without a trophy. Camilo said he attributes the two wins to his practice schedule.
"I cannot emphasize how hard I've worked," Villegas said.
Villegas needed a four-under 66 on the tough East Lake Golf Club to get himself in a playoff with Garcia, who struggled to a one-over 71 before making bogey on the first playoff hole to lose. It was Sergio's third runner-up finish of the season to only one win, which could be considered a disappointing year for the Spaniard.Also, because I know you're on the edge of your seat, Vijay Singh won the FedEx Cup, finishing in a t-22 in Atlanta. His two early wins had him in a position to where he couldn't lose, but where is the fun in that? The FedEx Cup needs yet another face lift this off-season so that people might actually care about it. It wasn't fun with Tiger Woods dominating and, shockingly, it isn't that much fun without him.
Ok folks, that concludes our 2008 golf season. Tip your waiters and we'll see you in '09 with Woods 2.0 ready for a little action.
