Can we please say we told you so? :D Fine, we won't but before we tell you anything at all, allow us a moment for a short rant.
In the absence of live telecast, it is our belief that one must take to the streets and express dissent in the most civil manner possible for lack of coverage. But over the last two days, we rediscovered the joy of having to log on to the Tour website to get hole-by-hole updates. It is a tedious process to keep staring at the small screen, with hope written all over, as the live scoring console on asiantour.com gears up to refresh itself. The first hint we look for is the last updated time on the top of the page and as soon as we spot a change there, the trial begins. Scrolling up, slowly, from rock-bottom, one ranking place at a time till we spot the name. By the time we reach the top-ten, the first instinct is to redo the whole process, just to ensure our boy didn't suddenly quadruple-bogey to some lousy 56th place on the leaderboard. While it is a nervy exercise, more often than not, there are no words to describe the joy of seeing one of the Indians perched right on top.
Wait, isn't that what Gagnjeet Bhullar said after he won the Indonesia President Invitational? Well, he may have had no words to describe his win but we can assure you that the feeling is just the same after 18 holes and 126 index-finger imprints on the F5 key. Sometimes, just sometimes, we are brave enough to look the page in the eye, in the hope that the name is still right on top but we can assure you those moments of bravado are rare. One day, we will write a book -- Live Scoring lookup for Dummies. It will be an exhaustive read on everything that goes into this arduous task, but for now we must not ignore Gagan, should we?
Back in his hotel room with the big trophy, Gagan, busy taking congratulatory messages, was still basking in the glory when we got in touch with him. "I was slightly worried thinking of 2007,” he said of that unlucky miss two years ago, “but I had a slightly bigger lead this time and I was ready for even a play-off chance, getting to the putting green while Blyth finished his round. It was a relief when it was over.”
The youngster also explained just what the ‘Turnberry experience’ he’d been talking about meant. “It just feels very different when you go to the driving range and you see Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els,” he said. “Coming from that field to this one, I was feeling pretty confident of myself and my game.”
Next up: Brunei. Next wish: Another title, like duhh!
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