New York, New York: What Happens When You Can't Make It Here?

With Hurricane Henri postponing the final-final round of The Northern Trust’s to Monday, I figured the New York papers would have the lowdown. Or, at least, use Sunday editions to say sayonara to 54 years of PGA Tour events in the area (a streak dating to 1967 ended when last year’s Norther Trust was played in Boston).

Perhaps with the PGA Tour in town they’d look back at the best of the Westchester Classic/American Express Westchester Classic/Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic/Buick Classic/Barclays Classic/The Barclays/The Northern Trust?

I know the papers aren’t what they used to be, but in New York they’re still doing better than most. They’re still seen and read. They matter, still.

The Times has not found The Northern Trust fit to print or to even cover online despite sitting just across the Hudson. “The Paper of Record” is not documenting this playoff event so far.

To round out my Saturday night fun, I mapped the journey over to Liberty National (above) in case they’d like to send a writer over for Monday’s “playoff” finale where there are massive Ryder Cup ramifications.

Same with the Daily News. No story online despite a 60 by Cam Smith under relentless PGA Tour Playoff pressure.

Not even an AP story with a mullet-referencing headline? Nope.

The Wall Street Journal is also in the region, has a readership that likes golf, and hasn’t had a golf tournament story posted since The Open last month.

But at least there’s the Post and longtime writer Mark Cannizzaro there to cover the event and Smith’s third round course record.

If you can make it here you can make it anywhere. But what if you can’t make it in New York?