"It's also frustrating for Joe Ogilvie and Brad Faxon and David Toms, and also our independent directors"

Mark Lamport Stokes reports that Stewart Cink is taking exception to players who take an exception to the exceptional new cut rule:

"It's frustrating to me knowing that I put in a lot of time personally into decision making with the policy board," Cink told Reuters after Thursday's second round at the Bob Hope Classic.

"It's also frustrating for Joe Ogilvie and Brad Faxon and David Toms, and also our independent directors," the 34-year-old American added, referring to his colleagues on the Tour's policy board.

"We put a lot time into these decisions, there's a lot of study that goes on and then when something comes around, a lot of players blow the whistle and say: 'Hey, we didn't know.'

"Well I don't know what else we can do. We tried to notify everybody in at least three or four different ways, and that includes managers and spouses.

"Somebody needs to get the message to these players of the changes that are going on on their tour. It is their tour. It is very frustrating."

Comments

[Anonmyous]

If its really "THEIR" Tour why not allow the entire membership to vote via the player's private web site? Somebody like Cink can request a cut amendment be added to a pac board agenda (where the rest of the membership is in the dark) and then bingo the Tour has a new cut rule.

That's splendid Stewart that you guys notified players four different ways about the cut rule change, how many did you notify about there possibly being a rule change in order for them to voice their feelings about the topic. Did you tell them in the green sheet were thinking about changing it to this and what do you guys think??

Certainly not, otherwise the petition signed by Jerry Kelly and many others wouldn't have displayed their contempt for yours and others dilligent work. The pac and policy board didn't communicate properly with the membership, but the membership has clearly communicated with you!

[TP]

I can tell you what's frustrating to me: seeing a guy brush away 10 pounds of dirt from behind his ball in a waste bunker, that's excruciatingly painful.

[Eric Stratton]

The pac and policy board didn't communicate properly with the membership, but the membership has clearly communicated with you!

01.18.2008 | Anonmyous

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Classic!!

ES

[Ed Thompson]

Anonymous,

There are articles out there that show that the Policy Board was thinking about this last May. I strongly suspect that the general membership was aware of it at that point or previosuly.

It seems like the members chose to ignore what their representatives were doing until it was done. They have no one but themselves to blame.

[Tighthead]

TP - keep up the good fight. That still drives me nuts.

[Bob S.]

As stated before, the guys who made the cut, didn't get to play the weekend, still got paid last place money?

And why are they complaining? Because the were going to give it the old college try, shoot 62-62 and win? Please ....

[GeorgeM]

It would be nice to know how many of those complaining about the new cut rule not only were surprised by it, but also had voiced complaints about the situation it was designed to remedy.

Some always find something to bitch about.

[Steven T.]

The tour players must have been enjoying their perks and counting their money to have not been aware of this.

[JackM]

I'm not sure where it is written in stone that gobs of people have to play on the weekend. The Networks only show, at most, 10 players on Sunday, and if Tiger is playing, we see at most 4 players all day.

Goodness knows, each shot Tiger plays takes about 9 minutes. And if Furyk is putting, you can wash the car and cut the lawn.

[JT]

The real reason for this rule is so (playoff aside) the winning putt drops before 6pm ET. My vote would be to lower the weekend field to Euro-style top 60. IF some members of the Tour didn't real their email/mail/listen to their manager/etc/etc then it's there own damn fault.