Young American Guns Come Through

Hello. Congrats to Charles Howell III and Paula Creamer for winning in LA and Hawaii respectively. Both took large steps towards fulfilling the lofty expectations they both have.
Creamer burst onto the scene in 2005, winning tournaments and Rookie of the Year honours. "The Pink Panther" was ready to take on Annika and anyone else in her way, and wasn't afraid to tell anyone about it. However, 2006 was almost a disappearing act. No wins, and way down on the money list. While she's still a youngster (around 20), Creamer was one of the first names mentioned when the slide in American golf was mentioned.
Howell was definitely one of the men's named mentioned in the slide topic. After winning in 2002, Howell had some top-10 results, and was never in trouble retaining his card. However, the talk was how someone so good and long off the tee could play so bad. After see Sunday's stats, the word "putting" comes to mind. Howell had never been in the top 100 in putting on the PGA. You don't win with that number. Ask Sergio Garcia.
Now Howell has a win and two 2nds in 2007, and is in the top 40 in putting. And Creamer may be ready to take off. Maybe this could be the year for the young American guns after all.

Regards,
Steve