You’re much more likely to find Carl Pettersson in the local watering hole than in the fitness trailer, especially this year. But hey, whatever works.
The newly minted RBC Canadian Open champion flirted with the fitness craze that has swept through the Tour ever since Tiger Woods unveiled his conspicuous guns. But like others before him — David Duval comes to mind — Pettersson didn’t get the results he wanted from the extra elliptical time, limping through a 2009 season that saw him plummet from 21st to 154th in the FedExCup points standings.
“I had a really poor year last year,” he said after a final-round 67 allowed him to overcome Dean Wilson’s four-shot lead. “I’ve been fairly successful out here. I worked hard for it.
“And last year my game left me. And you know, you start questioning yourself if you’re good enough to play, and am I ever going to win again. And yeah, I was feeling it coming up the last hole. I knew anything could happen, but it was a most important win for me coming back after last year playing so poorly.”
The portly Swede looked in the mirror a year ago and succumbed to the pressure to conform to the conditioning trend.
“I kept thinking what am I going to do to get better, and obviously I was a little overweight,” he said. “I thought, well, I’ll get fit. So I actually lost 30 pounds, and my game completely left me. I guess the timing of the swing and everything was thrown out, and I really struggled in ’09.
“I’ve played fairly well this year, not great, but I’ve had moments of doing good stuff, and I don’t know. You know, I’d love to be fitter, but I’m not going to go down that road again.
“I’m not your typical Swede, as you know. I don’t have a 28-inch waist, and I don’t eat bananas at the turn, stuff like that.”
Pettersson’s fourth career win didn’t come easily; he had to sweat out the cut after a pedestrian opening round. He posted a second-round 68, putting him at 1-under and in serious danger of missing the weekend.
The waiting was made easier by a few adult libations.
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“Well, we knew we had a chance because there’s a computer in the locker room. So we had all the scenarios. You can do it play by play, and we had all the guys coming in.
“Right when I finished I thought I had missed (the cut). I made a 10-footer to stay at 1-under on 18. And I was tied for 71st; and then I spoke to Johnny, the PGA official that does the scoring, and asked him what he thinks. He goes, it’s 50/50 because there’s a few guys still out there at 2-under.
“And I walked in the locker room and Jay Williamson had all the scenarios written out, and he’s like, grab a beer. Before you know it I’d had seven beers (laughs). Made the cut. And my caddy had to drive me home. I wasn’t in that bad of shape, but I didn’t want to drive. I can usually handle seven beers.”
Obviously. Pettersson handled the hangover to the tune of a third-round 10-under 60.
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