Paige On International Rumblings

The Denver Post's Woody Paige says that Jack Vickers isn't happy with his new date and other demands of the PGA Tour, but offers no actual specifics, nor any quotes from those associated with the event.

In fact, as he works his way through this apparent tragedy, Paige buries this note late in the column.

The PGA Tour did propose that one of the late-season "playoff" tournaments this year be held at Castle Pines, but the timing (the first weekend of football season in Colorado and potentially cooler weather), the cost ($7 million) and the prospect of miserable ratings and few corporate partners turned him off.

Whoa Nellie. He got offered one of the playoff events, with likely a great field, and passed?

Sorry, if that's true, and it's definitely an if when read some of the other stuff in Paige's column, there won't be much sympathy here for The International's plight.

Comments

[adam c]

This is Bronco country. One of life's inexplicables is the level of fanatasism for the Denver team.

[Smolmania]

At least Vickers had enough clout to get a decent date after he turned it down. The Western was going to get the week before the British Open, i.e., death, if they didn't agree to become part of the Fed Up Cup.

[Van]

They got a good date, considering the event's been going downhill for some time...and that can be a steep descent in Colorado.

They might consider keeping the milkshakes, but changing the format.

[tjrenolds]

The first week (Sept) in God's country can experience SNOW. Those milkshakes the third week of August can become HOT chocolate in just ten days. Vicker's is still upset that PGAT forced a change in his stableford points playoff, by requiring all points to be carried over after each round. This move saw the ond day soul survivor, highly anticipated drama in who might become blistering hot, to Ernie has a 12 point lead and can't lose unless he steps on his Johnson. Not what Vicker's had in mind when the tournament was started.

[JPB]

Weather? Early September in Colorado is spectacular. I suppose snow is a remote possibility, but a lot less likely than afternoon thunderstorms in August. Football is another story.

[D.D. Snowboarding Freak]

Cripes, I lived in the "foothills" west of Denver for two years (foothills being described as being at 8,500 feet).
It would typically snow sometime around the first week of September. And it would snow the second week of June. And many points in between.

Comes with the altitude. But in most cases, I could sweep the snow off the deck with a broom, it was so dry.

September Snow ( No warming today )
CBS Broadcasting Inc ^ | Sept. 7, 2006 | Anthony Jivoin

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[JPB]

Yeah, it is possible in the foothills. And I guess at Castle Pines. I just know I never missed a day of golf in the metro area in early september due to snow, and I lived there longer than 2 years, although not now. Weather was worse and chancier in the spring. I have also been in shirtsleeves in mid september in the mountains and frozen in Fraser in July, but I don't think weather at castle pines the first week of september is the main issue. Of course as soon as I say this there will be a record blizzard next september 6.

[Smolmania]

In my only Colorado golf experience, we arrived in Boulder a few days after tax season finished to an 18" snowfall. We missed 1 day of golf (that 1st afternoon). The following day we drove to Riverdale Dunes, about 45 minutes away, and played. There was no snow on the ground. On Friday, the snow in Boulder had completely melted.