I am going to miss watching the players struggle with boring golf courses.

I am going to miss Stevie throwing a camera into the water. Oh, the good old days.

The Skins Game was supposed to be an exhibition where the viewing public valued the talents of the participants and enjoyed them individually as personalities. When slugs like Strange, Lehman and Montgomery were allowed to participate, the show sucked.

When the producers lost sight of the fact people would much rather watch John Daly versus last years PGA winner, the show slid downhill. It has been a bore for the past twenty years. Could you imagine this year if they would have had Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Danny Lee and Ryo Ishikawa? Or, in the past, Sergio, Camilo, Boo Weekley and Ian Poulter?

Do I remember correctly that Vin Scully sometimes did the announcing for the Skins Game? I grew up in the LA area. And the thing I miss most is Vin Scully.

The Skins Game was always awful!

But the Canadian skins game is still flourishing and has always been better than the American one. More interesting fields, 5 instead of 4 players and Jack has even been in a recent one and held his own against the young guys.

"Turn it over to the ladies" ?? LMAO !!!!!!! Apparently the smoke from those funny cigarettes hasn't cleared the room yet. Here's news - the women had a skins game - and nobody paid attention because it was BORING. Four balls bunted down the fairway...four balls toward the middle of the green...four two putts....yawn. The women's game doesn't involve a whole lot of risk taking.

I like the Skins game - always enjoyed the shotmaking - but it's the banter that made it fun.

The thing I always wanted to see was the guys putting up their own money.

Clearly the recent skins history has been about going down the list until they found 4 guys that would play. Robert Allenby's recent remarks seem to be right on. The top guys are making so much money that they aren't going to miss turkey dinner to play for $1 million with pretty good odds.

I attended the event when they played at the PGA WEST Stadium course in the 80's. . . Trevino was an absolute delight for the fans and other players. . . In addition to his famous "ace" on #17 I was standing at the green when he holed a wedge shot for an eagle on #7. . . I agree with posts above recommending McIlroy, Ishikawa and 2 young Americans (Bubba, Kim?) attracting a better world wide TV audience. . . The concept of "skins" is great if you have some outgoing younger guys playing and doing some talking.

Get the players to put up half a million each of their own money and things would get interesting in a hurry, kind of like when 12 of us have $20 each in a skins pot on a Saturday morning. But Lord Tim of Ponte Vedra would get the vapors...gambling? In golf? That would be worse that propanolol!

Yes, Jordan, the mellifluous intonations of Vin Scully accompanied the first few Skins Games. Court, that was years ago. A women's Skins Game might work with the current crop of stars.

the same reasons that have led to the demise of the skins game militate against the pros ever agreeing to an event where they put their own money on the line.

it would be great if they could figure out something the guys want more than money and then get the aggressive younger guys to play. i think a birdie fest between ak, camilo and some of the other guys who fire at every pin would be really fun to watch, but only if you can get them motivated. i'm thinking maybe a date with jessica alba or something like that to get the competitive juices flowing.

Give thanks for the small blessings.

Right on Auntie!

The Skins may have run for 27 years but that was about 26 years past it's use-by date.

Thanksgiving = football....and lots of it.

DM

I think a new Skins Game at Bobby Ginn's Bella Collina with Creamer& Gulbis v. Fowler& McIlroy might help.

Obviously we're missing a great Skins game this weekend:

John Daly
Boo Weekly
Sergio Garcia
Camillo Villegas