Happy MLK Day: Saynora, Charlie Sifford Exemption

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So I attended a lovely media day event at Riviera on a rainy Martin Luther King Jr. day to kick of the countdown to the Northern Trust Open. The highlight came when a Northern Trust exec introduced Joshua Wooding the recipient of this year's Charlie Sifford exemption, which started in 2009 as a way to honor an aspiring player who "represents the advancement of diversity. The exec even called it the Sifford exemption today but when the press release arrived in my in box, it became quite clear that Sifford's name has been removed. The release:
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"I'm keeping OUR dogs - you can have YOUR dogs!"

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James Desborough in News of the World files a highly entertaining and highly unlikely account of Elin telling friends how she's rating all of Tiger's mistresses and issuing tabloid-ready quotes like the above line. Desborough also spells out how Tiger is offering Elin a deal to stand by him so that he can rebuild his image ala Kobe.
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"Four of the golf courses bidding to win the 2018 Ryder Cup aren’t built yet."

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I apologize if you've already showered today, but Alistair Tait's look at the potential 2018 Ryder Cup venue--you know, the one that will benefit the children--could be about as tacky and sleazy as it gets.

European Golf Design, a joint venture between the European Tour and IMG, are involved in three of the four courses yet to be completed/constructed. European Tour chief executive George O’Grady has previously said privately he would prefer the match to go to a European Golf Design course. So the three EGD candidates would seem to be in pole position.