With Wall Street making news these days, the Tour Review presents its “Buy” and “Sell” list of the early 2008 season. Mind you, there are entire web sites dedicated to the persuit of buying and selling players (http://golfinvestors.com/.) Here at the Tour Review, we keep things less complicated; therefore, let's cut to the chase:
Five “BUY” Players:
- Anthony Kim: He will win at least once this year. Guaranteed. He has a ton of confidence and Mark O’Meara compares his swing to somebody called Tiger Woods.
- Trevor Immelman: Move over Ernie, Immelman is the South African to beat these days. And he has better hair.
- Kevin Na: Na has battled a hand injury and personal issues (his family was involved in a serious car accident) for nearly two years. Now it appears Na is healthy and he is playing well in 2008 (T-4 at the Sony.)
- Dusin Johnson: The Tour Review profiled Johnson recently; see this nifty piece.
- K.J. Choi: Not really going out on a limb here. But we expect Choi to dial it up to the next level at the Majors.
Five “SELL” Players:
- Henrik Stenson: Just when it appeared 32-year-old Swede was on the verge of a breakout season, he pulls the plug and decides to play full-time on the European Tour. The Dubai-based Stenson chose to play closer to his wife and new daughter.
- Vijay Singh: Times catches up to Singh. On the bright side, in five years, he’ll be able to win every Champions Tour event.
- John Daly: According to ESPN, “Daly had hoped to play all the events on the 2008 west coast swing on sponsor's exemptions since he doesn't have a PGA Tour card. However, it looks like his frequent early withdrawls, including reports last week that he was out late drinking before withdrawing the next day from last week's Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, are finally taking a toll on his ability to get sponsor exemptions.” Daly is the Britney Spears of the PGA Tour.
- Chris DiMarco: DiMarco had one top ten finishes last year and eight missed cuts. He didn’t make a cut after the first weekend in August. Ouch.
- Ernie Els: It hurts the Tour Review to include the Big Easy on this list. Good news: He’s altering his schedule to focus on the “Big Events” and bypassing appearance fees. Bad news: He hasn’t been the same since he injured his left knee while sailing with his family in 2005.
