In more ways than one we're talking about a return on this Monday! First off, let me just say that last week was one of the busiest I've ever experienced in television! Sure I had fun, but spending hours upon hours at Annandale Golf Club covering the Viking Classic, coupled with Friday's Blitz 16 Extravaganza, made for a jam-packed week and thus no blog entries! But we're back and on schedule... kind of like Chad Campbell's golf game.

The native Texan captured his 4th PGA Tour title on Sunday afternoon right here in the metro, and with it salvaged an '07 season that was anything but up to par. For a player of Chad Campbell's pedigree anyway. In 2003, he won the prestigious Tour Championship and finished seventh on the PGA Tour money list. He claimed a second PGA Tour win in 2004 at Bay Hill... and made a strong start in 2006, winning the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in La Quinta, California. But 2007 had been a rough one for the notoriously good ball-striker. Leading up to this year's tournament in Madison, Campbell only had one top-ten finish, and shockingly only 4 top-25's. For a former Ryder Cup member and one of the game's most consistent players, it was a drop-off few saw coming.

Yet anyone who has ever played the game competitively or covered it extensively knows... Golf is a strange game that can lead you towards riches and fame, and then simply leave you standing there beating your putter over your head after yet another missed cut. Or missed birdie putt for that matter. Just ask Woody Austin.

My point is that Campbell is a great player, who grinded it out for years on the mini-tours before breaking thru and making a name for himself. Yet he plays golf for a living. It's unpredictable, it's a mental maze thru your own mind without a starting point or an ending destination, a sport where the secret formula for success is about as well-known as why Brittney Spears went from hot-diva with a snake around her neck to a washed-up, fat mommy. If you could stop the madness when it's happening, you would. Problem is... you can't... all that's left to do sometimes is battle threw it and hope to come out on the other side. Campbell did this week.

It was a great event, with a great title sponsor, and even better fan support. Randy Watkins the tournament director, everyone at Viking, and most importantly you the fans should be commended for presenting the state of Mississippi in such a positive national spotlight! It was an honor to be there and cover the event, and an even bigger thrill to see professional sports here in the state we live in!

And seriously... who cares about The President's Cup anyway?

Christian