The FedEx Cup playoffs, that shimmering reward for a year spent diligently whacking a little white ball, looked like it might just slip through Tony Finau's fingers. After a rather meh opening round, the mountain of making the cut seemed to be mocking him, practically shoving him towards the dreaded off-season. But instead of just sighing and packing his bags, our guy from Utah decided to get a little… theatrical.
See, Finau needed a miracle, a golf-world resurrection, to stay in the race. His putter had been about as reliable as a screen door on a submarine, leaking strokes faster than I leak regret after a third helping of barbecue. A normal strategy? Forget it. He clearly decided golf's insistence on using two hands on the club was just a suggestion.
Midway through his second round, a move so audacious it made you wonder if he'd just watched a particularly inspiring episode of The Twilight Zone, Finau went one-handed on the greens. Was it a stroke of pure genius or the desperate act of a man about to miss out on millions? The golf philosophers can debate that over their single-malt scotches. The point is, it wasn't a magic bullet, but it did stop the bleeding. Suddenly, there was a sliver of hope that his season wasn't a complete write-off.
This whole dramatic switcheroo, this dive headfirst into the weird, suggests golf isn't just about perfect swings. It's also about how far a person will go to avoid unemployment. I'm hoping this one-handed escapade is just a quirky detour and not a sign of deeper putting despair. At least the weekend still has some drama, thanks to the man who knows golf is, indeed, a "crazy game."