When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
John Huggan talks to Chubby Chandler about the need (in his view) for the PGA and European Tours to coordinate events better and essentially expand the WGC concept, which has done little for lesser events on the two tours.
Cameron Morfit feeds off of the lastest Dustin Johnson mistake, puts it into a blender with other boondoggery from today's next great things, and asks the legitimate question: what would Tiger do?SBJ's Michael Smith shares this from PGA Tour VP and COO Andy Pazder, talking about the AT&T National Pro-Am's smart phone app.
That's the PGA Tour's VP & COO Andy Pazder speaking about the new cell phone policy going forward starting with the Honda Classic.
“We learned that the fans were very conscientious about keeping their phone on silent,” said PGA Tour Exec VP & COO Andy Pazder. “That really was the easiest piece of the puzzle to solve. People today understand that being in movie theaters, church or somewhere rings are frowned upon, they get that. We had a ring or two, but that was very minimal."
Jill Painter files a story about Wade Morris, a former Angeles National Golf Club employee who was banned from the Northern Trust Open qualifier at the course because he has filed a discrimination complaint after the course fired him. It's a bit confusing because the Southern California PGA runs the qualifier, but it appears they are the ones who complied with the course's wish to ban Morris.
This year, he and Hull went through the Southern California PGA to get permission to play at Angeles National, where Morris felt he would have an advantage since he played the course and worked there from 2006-09. Morris said he was told on Friday that he couldn't play because the PGA-sanctioned event would follow the rules of the club. Hull said Angeles National filed paperwork so that Morris couldn't play there.
given the option to play another qualifying event in Southern California. He played at Los Serranos Country Club in Chino Hills. He shot an 80 and didn't advance through qualifying.
The next qualifier is Monday.
The 25-year-old Morris said when he worked at the club he was not given Jewish holidays off or time to attend temple.
"I was a salaried employee and manager as well," Morris said. "I would request time off for holidays, and they wouldn't give it to me.
"They wanted to pay me the same amount, no matter how much I worked. I requested four to five Jewish holidays off and no luck. They wouldn't even let me leave early before Shabbat."
Doug Ferguson reports that PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem not only welcomes welcomes viewer call-ins on rules violations, but it also sounds like his visit with the USGA last week has him realizing the governing bodies will not be rewriting the rules to protect those who don't know the rules.
“In Harrington’s case, you could see the ball move a little bit in HD television. You couldn’t see it move in analog. And he didn’t know,” Finchem said. “So there needs to be fairness and common sense to the rule.”
Finchem said he wants the PGA to follow the USGA’s lead and he anticipates they will end up with “a few, little, small” changes to the rules.
“I am cautiously optimistic we’ll get to some modifications that will just create a better system.”
Bloomberg's Andrew Harris reports on a court-appointed receiver's attempt to recoup $13 million from Stanford Financial beneficiaries
The leaders have a few holes left Monday and no one cares about the Waste Management Open's outcome other than immediate family, friends and some folks who were going to play a Monday pro-am at TPC Scottsdale.Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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