"Now he's going to have to find the game to get his revenge."

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Tiger's press conference was the centerpiece of an otherwise uneventful Ryder Cup Tuesday.

Lawrence Donegan notes that the chances of a singles matchup against Rory McIlroy are slim, but that doesn't mean the war of words between the two won't make a possible four-ball or foursomes match-up any less fun.

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"We were behind budget and then they picked Tiger and it sold out overnight."

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There was an interesting assertion made by Celtic Manor Director of Golf Jim McKenzie in Bill Dwyre's LA Times Ryder Cup preview.

"We will have 45,000 people a day, for the three practice days starting Tuesday and the three competition days," McKenzie says, by phone from Wales.

He says that sellout is a recent happening.

"We were behind budget," McKenzie says, "and then they picked Tiger and it sold out overnight."

Tiger, of course, is Tiger Woods, and if any question remains as to who still drives the bus in golf, McKenzie's testimonial should end that. Ticket prices are $880 (with clubhouse access) and $660, giving access to all six days. For discussion, if all tickets sold at $880, that would generate $39.6 million. That's a nice payday for PGA and European golf charities, especially since the players don't get paid.

Corey Pavin, U.S. team captain, who made Woods one of his four captain's picks, was surprised that ticket sales didn't boom until after he tabbed Tiger.

"That's not why I picked him," Pavin said.

"There are so many ways the Tour could have regulated Tiger to East Lake next week, starting with the stipulation that the defending FedEx Cup champion gets the chance to defend."

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I thought Cameron Morfit was going for a tongue-in-cheek/April Fool's deal with his suggestion that the tour should have figured out a way to get Tiger to East Lake--kind of like when NBC scrambled to figure out a way to keep Charles Van Doren after he intentionally lost on Twenty One. But it appears Morfit is serious in his criticism that the FedExCup has taken a hit because the PGA Tour did not rewrite the rules to get Tiger to the Super Bowl, even though he's got a .500 record.
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"I fear that his pairing with Foley will lead Woods to fall in love with geometry and lose sight of the fact that golf is about hitting the right shot, not making the perfect swing."

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While most of the media sees signs of Tiger's resurgence in the initial days working with Sean Foley, you won't find much optimism at golf.com. Gary Van Sickle lays out why it was Tiger's worst year by a ton, and Brandel Chamblee suggests he's not sure that Foley's analytical style is working for Woods.
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Golf Digest Scooped: Butch's Guide To Tiger's Gamesmanship Techniques (And How They Can Help You Psych-Out Your Hated Rivals)

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In an ideal world, Butch Harmon's keys to understanding Tiger's best gamesmanship ploys would have made such great reading in the pages of Digest. Instead, Steve Elling shares Tiger's keys and how learning about them has allowed Phil Mickelson to play better when paired with Woods, as was the case again Sunday at Cog Hill.
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The Stack And Tilt Wars: "I'm not going to say the person's name, whoever Tiger is working with, you know, he's got Andy and Mike's DVD, his book, and he always calls them asking questions."

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Charlie Wi, following Friday's round at Cog Hill, was asked about Stack and Tilt's status on the PGA Tour.

And I know that you're probably referring to Aaron Baddeley and Mike Weir, but Aaron Baddeley was the worst ball striker on the PGA TOUR before -- well, you should laugh because it's a fact. It's a stat that we -- and Andy and Mike, to their credit, took him -- he won three times with Andy and Mike, and also took him to inside top 20 in the world. And if that's not good enough for Aaron, well, it is what it is.

And also Mike Weir, he was also one of the worst ball strikers on TOUR, and it took him to -- he won two times with Andy and Mike and make $6 million in two seasons with Andy and Mike, and he thought that wasn't good enough. If you look at -- they're not here this week, so maybe they should be working with Andy and Mike.

And they're good friends of mine, too.

Andy and Mike or Aaron and Mike? Uh, probably the first two.

Q. I might be reading too much into it, but just the way you introduced them early in the press conference, you're working with them and they're the Stack & Tilt guys, do you feel they've been under an unnecessary attack lately?

CHARLIE WI: Well, yeah. All the players know and all the caddies know who all the best teachers are out here. They're really quiet. They don't go around looking for press or anything. But I think that because it is different, other teachers have a tendency to bash them. Maybe they might be one generation ahead of them, but in the end they're not teaching something that is new. They're teaching geometry, and geometry works for everybody. If you're 200 pounds, if you're 6'3", 5'5", everybody, geometry is the same with everybody.

You know, if you guys had a chance to sit down with them and talk to them about golf, you know, you would see that they know what they're talking about, and they have a huge following. I'm not going to say the person's name, whoever Tiger is working with, you know, he's got Andy and Mike's DVD, his book, and he always calls them asking questions. They know what -- they definitely know what they're talking about.

 You just had to bring Tiger and what's his name Sean Foley into this, didn't you?

Q. I don't remember it. Do you take it personally, I guess, because you're still working with Andy and Mike, and they seem to be criticized in various publications, and the guy that Tiger is working with is getting a lot of attention?

CHARLIE WI: Yeah, and I think that there's an article coming out in Golf Digest, and there was a big problem with Andy and Mike and the person that's working with Tiger because the pictures that are in the Golf Digest is pretty much straight out of their golf book that they have released.

Andy approached him and said, hey, I don't think it's fair that you're using our material. But he goes, well, you know, they asked me a question and said who do you look up to as teachers, and he said that my first teacher is Andy and Mike, the Stack & Tilt guys, so we'll see when the publication comes out if he did say that or not.

The Battle Of The Swing Instructors. It would be so much more fun than Big Break Daufuskie Island.