"What is an amateur doing in the same group as major champions?"

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Doug Ferguson explains how the unusual Tiger Woods pairing for this week's Frys.com Open came about. (He's playing with amateur Patrick Cantlay and 2010 Open Champion Louis Oosthuizen.)

The PGA Tour has been tweaking a few groupings this year to help make it more appealing for TV viewers. It starts with eight groups of three players - four groups in the morning draw, four in the afternoon draw. Twenty players are taken alternately from the world ranking and the FedEx Cup standings. The other four come from the winner’s category.

However, the tour now can have one “wild card” to swap out from the four players in the winner’s category. This week, Cantlay was chosen, and then put in the same group as Woods.

Shark: I Want To Talk To Tiger Guy-To-Guy...If He'll Still Talk To Me After I Insult Him In This Interview

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The November issue of Golf Magazine is going to feature a Greg Norman interview that will provide Tiger plenty of bulletin board material for the Presidents Cup. Though the exact quote isn't featured in this teaser, Norman apparently says he doesn't see Tiger winning another major. And this...
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Jack: Tiger Can Still Win More Majors; Now Can We Just Pick An Olympic Architect!

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Making the rounds in South Korean (ESPN, AP), here's the unbylined AP story where he made comments suggesting Tiger can still pass his mark, Tiger is a fine Presidents Cup selection, all while urging the Olympic golf course process to move along. When does the hard sell become desperation?
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