(Honeyfield/Flickr)PEOPLE WONDER what happened to David Duval, who once held the world No. 1 ranking for 15 weeks. I know they wonder because their searches bring them to this blog for any Duval scraps they can find.
That was especially true this past week since Duval teed it up at the Wachovia Championship. I think many were curious to see how hed do. Not well. He missed the cut with rounds of 79-73.
Langston Wertz Jr. of The Charlotte Observer reported the following:
Friday in the second round of the Wachovia Championship, Duval showed flashes of the game he thought he had.
After shooting a miserable 7-over 79 Thursday, Duval rolled through the back nine with a hot putter on Friday.
Starting his round on the 10th tee, he birdied four of his first six holes and looked much like the guy who was once at the top of the golf world, making magazine covers and looking at Tiger Woods in his rear-view mirror.
Duval strutted to the 18th green, the final hole on his front side, his familiar wrap-around shades poking from underneath a white cap. Duval slid a birdie putt past the hole but had gotten to 4-under for the day when he stepped onto the tee box at No. 3, his 12th hole of the day.
It unraveled from there.
I think its pretty clear that Davids golf game has hit rock bottom. The numbers tell the story. Duval has played in eight events this season and made no cuts. (He withdrew from the Northern Trust Open.) His 2008 earnings are a goose egg and hes plummeted to No. 906 in the world rankings.
The former world No. 1 player who aspired to make the 2008 Ryder Cup team now must simply try to make a cut. Hes expected to play in the AT&T Classic in two weeks.
-The Armchair Golfer
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[Source: ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG]
