"Personally, I don't think Westwood will turn up unless he feels capable of playing 36 holes a day."
/Mark Roe treads carefully around the will-Lee-Westwood-be-ready-for-the-Ryder-Cup question
Read MoreWhen 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
The Worst Thing About The FedEx Cup?
/FedEx Cup groveling seems pointless these days since (A) the PGA Tour will not admit what a convoluted mess they've created, (B) the likeliehood of FedEx returning after 2012 doesn't seem great, and (C) the opportunity to have created something water-cooler worthy seems to be the last thing the risk-averse legion of play-it-safe VP's would ever consider.
Read More"This will be 50,000-plus a day, and you can't go back to when it was 15,000 or 20,000 per day. You can't. It won't go backwards."
/Matty G interviews Sir Terry Matthews, developer of Celtic Manor, trying his best to get the uber-dullard billionaire to say something interesting. This did catch my eye:
Read More"It will have a real immediacy. We’ll even do the weather."
/Check out Tom Cunneff's Links interview with Keith Allo, the Golf Channel suit who reveals all sorts of interesting stuff about the network's current and future programming, including a morning show in 2011.
Read MorePoulter Tweets Irrefutable Evidence That He Can't Let Johnny's Comments Go!**
/I have to admit, the GIR status in Europe is impressive...and the use of choke was a nice tough.
Read MoreLeBron's Q-Score Takes Dive, But Still Not At Vick/Tiger Levels
/Darren Rovell on the least liked American sports icons...
Read MoreWestwood's Agency Fights Back: Our Man Is Chipping And Putting, Up To Five-Irons!
/Reading the reports of Paul Casey's rise to No. 7 and his emergence on the Ryder Cup replacement radar, Mark Orlovac reports that Westwood's recovery is a few days ahead of schedule. According to his agency.
Read More"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."
/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.
Read MoreWill Euros Be Sending Westwood Don't Get Well Soon Cards?
/Lawrence Donegan wonders if Paul Casey's great play and a loophole in the replacement pick department could mean that Casey will join the European Team if Lee Westwood isn't ready to go.
Read MoreJohnny/Pouter Tweet Spat Reaches Pseudo Olive Branch Stage**
/Ian Poulter posted this photo of Johnny Miller's attempt at an olive branch after Saturday's on-air comments.
Read More"Besides, is a respectable crowd 1 out of 4 days going to cut it? I think not."
/Ed Sherman notes the issues with Cog Hill's greens and also points out the noticeably smaller crowds compared to when the Western Open event was played around July 4th.
However, it still was stunning to see a shot of "Pork Chop Hill" behind the 14th green. During the Western years, it would be jammed with wall-to-wall people. Late in Saturday's round, the gallery barely was one-person deep.
On Sunday, I walked a few holes with the leaders. When I took my kids in previous years, it was difficult for them to see anything from behind the ropes. They wouldn't have had much of a problem Sunday.
The crowd, though, was much better Sunday, approaching the old Western Open levels. Then again, it was a perfect day; you had a Woods-Mickelson pairing; and you got a wonderful winner in Dustin Johnson.
Besides, is a respectable crowd 1 out of 4 days going to cut it? I think not.
The date definitely is a challenge for the WGA and BMW. But it is incumbent on tournament officials to find ways to generate more buzz about the BMW next year. It might be time for some thinking out of the tee box.
“While we don’t want to necessarily position the LPGA as a lower-cost model, there is a good value story to tell."
/SBJ's Michael Smith tells us about the LPGA's sponsor summit hosted by Commissioner Mike Whan and chief marketer" Jon Podany, who has a new use for the V-word I've never seen before.
Read More"If players are paid for using equipment or clothing at the Ryder Cup then they are liable for tax — even if it is only their shoes."
/Graham Otway on the latest HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) clarification regarding Ryder Cup players and possible taxation for showing up.
Read MoreSo This Is Why Sergio Needed Time Off!
/Reader Victor sent in this photo of Sergio Garcia playing his first football game for Borriol, the half profesional/amateur team in the third echelon of Spanish football. Sergio is president and owner of the club, making him a modern day Joe Pendleton.
Bet he's fun to play for...and with!
Fatigue Of Extensive Overseas Schedule Catches Up To Casey Down BMW Stretch
/If Paul Casey had only skipped those extra three European Tour events like Ryder Cup Captain's pick Padraig Harrington did, maybe he would have finished off the BMW Championship with a little more gusto? I'm just speculating...
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