[Bill Murphy]

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the question i'm begging to ask is, how many of you guys would hit morgan pressel? she seems to have those chubby arms.

is she really that cocky? her win is a huge slap in the face for michelle. we'd all think michelle would be the youngest to win ever...guess not

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Cocky may have been a bit harsh, but she always has been extremely outgoing, driven & self-confident. And she probably was a bit spoiled by her grandparents tho she is/was a prodigy.

And one can't underestimate the effects her mother's illness & death, and her subsequent estrangement from her father, have had on her.

I have read where Morgan has said she's making a strong effort to become more "sponsor-friendly". And she was all smiles & graciousness today.

After the US Open two years ago, she was a crybaby after the Birdie Kim miracle, and she did talk smack about Wie. Remember, Wie started that Sunday in the lead and posted a sterling, tigerish 80.

No question, Pressel's bitter over the attention & money Wie's gotten, but that disparity will likely be changing soon. Today was just a huge slap/challenge for Michelle. Huge fuel dump on the backlash fire.

I wouldn't really call this win a luckbox. Tiger's won a number of tourneys just this way. 70-69 on the weekend, tied for low round of the day Sunday, no bogeys her last 25 holes, made a ten foot birdie putt on 18. Petterson's choke was no surprise, but Pak's & Creamer's sure were.

In some ways this win resembles Ben Curtis' win at the British, although Pressel is obvo a much more well known quantity than he was.

Morgan did look noticeably fitter than in the past (as did most of the women, and props to them all), but yes, pushups are going to need to be lifetime part of her agenda, to fight those arms.

Hit it? 18 years & 10 months, no parents, big win & paycheck and ready to party, FTW.