"With soft conditions and little rough, a Tour course needs to be 8,500 yards or more to have teeth. Seriously."

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There's so much to chat about from Sunday's exciting day of golf: Tseng winning a second major this year, Appleby's 59 to win and Langer's amazing sweep of old geezer Open titles at Carnoustie and Sahallee (how's that for opposites!).
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“My intention in qualifying to be eligible to play in our Turning Stone Resort Championship was to participate in a competitive opportunity which any golfer would enjoy."

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The PGA Tour VP of Whispering In Tim's Ear That This Is A Really Bad Idea must have gotten his message across as Turning Stone CEO Ray Halbritter issued a statement today through the tour announcing that he was not going to take up a spot in his own event. Naturally, the statement is a train wreck we must savor!
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"The amount of people who owe Tiger Woods something - people on TV stations, sports stations that probably wouldn't have a job if it weren't for Tiger Woods - are complaining he's not giving them the information that they need."

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Terry Vandrovec of ArgusLeader.com questions David Feherty about an array of topics, and as usual Feherty is all over the map except when it comes to his creepy unrequited love for Tiger Woods. There's also the lingering animosity slight hostility toward the media for daring to probe into player's personal lives. He also thinks that players need to open up more and become more engaging for television.
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"The buzz is in their court right now."

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Jaime Diaz on the "guru war" that has broken out within the stable of short game specialists, led by Dave Stockton and sons:

None of the great putters of the last 50 years -- Bob Charles, Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Seve Ballesteros, et al. -- had a regular coach to help them on the greens. The same goes for today's acknowledged best: Woods, Steve Stricker, Brad Faxon and Brian Gay. For that matter, Stockton and Utley had no putting coach besides their boyhood teachers. The resistance is evident in the fact that the most recent partnerships were not initiated by the player. Stockton was suggested to Mickelson by his caddie, Jim Mackay, as Utley was to Garcia by Billy Foster. Stockton, at the behest of Mickelson, offered his services to Scott.

But when Stockton seemed to be the pivotal figure in Mickelson's immediate improvement, and when Scott and Justin Rose won soon after receiving a lesson from Dave Jr., it became a powerful narrative. "I highly respect what the Stocktons are doing," Utley says. "The buzz is in their court right now."

"That makes this week's event an easy one to skip, which should not reflect on a sponsor or organizers whose hands are tied by their place on the schedule."

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In the likelihood that you tune into tomorrow's inaugural Greenbrier Classic and wonder why a Nationwide Tour stop broke out, Bob Harig explains that the event is another victim of the FedEx Cup. So don't expect a decent field for the next few years.
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