Elkington has got to be saying, 'I'm Australian and live in Houston - the heat is kind of cool here.'

The Kemah Boardwalk draws 4 million visitors a year to this once-sleepy town on Galveston Bay near Houston. In addition to showcasing overpriced, tourist-oriented restaurants, the boardwalk also includes amusement rides, shops, an unpredictably programmed water-jet fountain (a definite kid favorite), and a surprisingly nice boutique hotel called the Boardwalk Inn.

I'll be the first guy going through those three holes and it's my job to get a birdie or two. It's a shame we didn't get to finish. It was a bit of a to and fro among three or four players out there. It's a shame the crowd didn't get to see the finish.

It looked good from my angle.

The last place I wanted to hit was the right bunkers so I was trying to guard from that and I overguarded and hit the tree and it came out. I got a great break and then I hit a nice shot into a divot. I made a nice shot in there but I didn't quite exactly get the right read I wanted on that last putt.

There's a lot to be said to be the last guy out there, having the final say.