Best Ball 32

"To try to win a tournament on that hole, there's just trouble everywhere you look at it." - Padraig Harrington

Best Ball 32

It's about time we fans had another major with a finish like this (minus the ridiculous VDV montage). I thought I was going to be mad at Sergio if he lost, but given the way it played out and with as deserving a champion as Padraig Harrington, the 2007 Open just about made up for the less-than-optimal Masters and U.S. Open this year. I loved it.

And here's what the champion thinks of Carnoustie's 18th:

VN VDU VN SGI M VNODIMCTIV NI VAMV ANET, VATDT'L

POLV VDNORET THTDUSATDT UNO ENNQ MV GV.

Best Ball 31 Answer

"My head say I think you should retire... but my heart was keeping telling me that you would be better to continue playing and compete." - Seve Ballesteros

Best Ball 31

Seve Ballesteros announcing his decision to retire:

EC NALK BLC S PNSHT CWO BNWOFK IAPSIA... DOP EC

NALIP MLB TAAGSHY PAFFSHY EA PNLP CWO MWOFK DA

DAPPAI PW UWHPSHOA GFLCSHY LHK UWEGAPA.

Puzzler Answers

1. Stewart Cink
2. Stuart Appleby
3. Jeev Milka Singh
4. Payne Stewart
5. Stephen Ames
6. Billy Andrade
7. Arjun Atwal
8. Rich Beem
9. Glen Day
10. Nick Faldo

Puzzler

I felt like doing something different this week, so here are some clues to various golfers:

1. Hearty Irish soup + Luke Donald's hobby + a small washbasin
2. Hearty Irish soup + Luke Donald's hobby + a red delicious + a buzzing insect
3. Ask's butler - s + dairy drink + a + warble
4. Ache + hearty Irish soup + Luke Donald's hobby
5. Stair unit + chicken + goals
6. Debt + y + in addition + pest control spray
7. Pirate growl + sixth month + Cockneyized cap + room separator
8. Wealth + column of light
9. Scottish valley + 24 hours
10. Small cut + tumble + uncooked bread

Scramble 20 Answer

"I did feel like a guppy out there, gasping for breath. That's normal" - Cristie Kerr

Scramble 20

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