A foursome named 'Toms' wins Colonial

Toms-Toms

If you are a golf tournament like the Colonial, you want one of two things: A big shot to win or an insane finish, something to capture headlines.

A big shot did not win. David Toms won, shooting a three-under Sunday. Not the insane finish or hte big name, but it was quite the story.

In my short time watching and appreciating golf, I never seen a player cough up a lead on Saturday only to roar back on Sunday for the win. Except now.

Toms shot a 74 Saturday to allow Charlie Wi the lead going into Sunday. Not interested in letting another Asian guy steal a tourney out from underneath him, Toms played very well Sunday for his first tourey win in like five years, or something.

Good for Toms. He has a new plaid jacket. Although the Colonial is getting no love on the front page at the World Wide Leader, the golf page is all about Toms' comeback and win.

On Thursday morning, I picked a couple of names to watch. I did not have Toms on that list, even though he'd just finished second at The Players Championship the week before. Screw me.

Zach Johnson -- -9
Was under par the entire week. However, he could never have that one day much like Toms had 62s on Thursday and Friday.

Matt Kuchar -- -4
The highest ranked PGA player at the tournament. Bookended a pair of 67s with a set of 71s.

Jim Furyk -- -3
A 72 on Saturday killed any chance he had going into Sunday. Remained under par the rest of the time; however, never made a huge run.

Adam Scott -- +4
At least he made the cut.

Colonial, day two

Rickie, don't lose that number ... or hat

Day two came and went and for David Toms, all is well. To the leaderboard:

David Toms -- -16
Toms followed his 62 on Thursday to another 62 Friday. Five strokes up.

Charlie Wi -- -9
Steven Bowditch
Mark Wilson
John Senden
Completely disinteresting.

Rory Sabbatini -- -8
Rickie Fowler
Interesting. A local guy with a win here already. The young kid looking for a breakthrough.

Stewart Cink -- -5
Stuart Appleby -- -5
Stormed back on Friday with a monster -6 to put himself square in this tourney. Cink squandered whatever opportunity he had.

Jim Furyk -- -4
Adam Scott
Tread water Friday and found themselves left behind.

Sergio Garcia -- -1
Jason Day
Maybe some other time. Thanks for playing.

Missed Cut
Angel Cabrera
John Daly
Davis Love III
Justin Leonard
Vijay Singh
Corey Pavin

Colonial, day one

Cink or swim

The great thing about pro golf in north Texas is that it attracts the hottest ass. Mostly hot rich ass. But hot, nonetheless. Let the Fort Worth Star-Telegram take you away. You have to fight through the douchebags with their gay visors and Titleist hats and you will find premium skirt.

The other great thing about pro golf is the golfers.

Here's are things are looking through one day.

David Toms -- -8
The leader after day one. Just days after choking away The Players Championship. The 40-something is clearly playing great golf.

Rickie Fowler -- -7
If you watched the Masters closely, you remember Fowler. He's a young kid that looks like a total dick (flat-billed cap, orchestrated wardrobe), but he can play some golf. Looking for a breakthrough. Let's see where he's at Sunday afternoon. Considered a huge contender for this tourney.

Stewart Cink -- -6
He finished second at the Colonial in 2000 and has never missed a cut in 14 attempts.

Adam Scott -- -4
Eh.

Sergio Garcia -- -4
Rory Sabbatini -- -2
I love that Sabbatini is always a favorite at north Texas tournaments because he lives here and he's won once. Kind of need to win again at some point. Remember when Sergio was relevant?

Jim Furyk -- -3
Anthony Kim -- -3
It'd be cool to see either win this tournament.

Zach Johnson -- -2
OK day one. Needs to ramp it up for the weekend.

Jason Day -- +1
Yikes. So much for him.

Let's play golf

Zach Johnson & Johnson

The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial began this morning in Fort Worth.

Every spring, we are reminded in Dallas-Fort Worth just how stinking lucky we are, sportswise. It's one thing to have four relatively successful major sports franchises.

It's another thing to have the ancilliary events like The Colonial and the Byron Nelson in Dallas. Just think, you could leave work right now, head on over to The Colonial and watch some of the greatest golfers in the world, right now. It's relatively easy. You might see Lebron James or Sidney Crosby once a year; and you might see Adam Scott, Jason Day, Jim Furyk or Angel Cabrera once a year. Fact is, in Dallas, you can.

Here's who to watch:

Zach Johnson
The defending champ and the 36th ranked player in the world. One top 10 finish in 2011, so far.

Matt Kuchar
The highest-ranked player at Colonial this weekend. He's having a stellar 2011 with six top 10 finishes.

Jim Furyk
A consummate professional. Love watched him play. Very understated for a guy who's won before.

Jason Day
Impressed the pants off everyone at the Masters. He's 23 and has five top 10 finishes so far.

Adam Scott
For a three-year period, Scott was my boy. Rooted for him as the potential next big thing. Then he flamed out. Did finish second at the Masters.