"By any definition, that's appearance money."
/Doug Ferguson takes a look at the blurring of appearance money lines on the PGA Tour, even after the tour had tried to strengthen their policies seven years ago.
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
Keiser On Kidd: He Needs Monitoring
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Tom Cade files a story on Mike Keiser, the visionary behind Bandon Dunes who has some blunt things to say about the work of David McLay Kidd, who designed the first course at the resort. Thanks to reader John for spotting this."From The Rough" Trailer
/Screenwriter and executive producer Michael Critelli pens an interesting guest item for Huffington Post about his golf film, From The Rough, featuring a pretty decent cast. It's due this fall.
Read MoreSteiney "Proud" To Hear Tiger Is Listening To His Doctors**
/That and revelations of Tiger wearing a protective boot in Ron Green Jr.'s report on Tiger's WD from the Wells Fargo Championship.
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PGA Tour Algorithm Writers Turn Their Attention To Making Fall Finish As Confusing As The FedExCup
/"The Finals Series" is apparently the branding VP's stand-in name until a sponsor can be landed to prop up the Q-School replacing year-end battle between PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour players, reports Dave Shedloski in Golf World Monday.
But because this new fall finish will combine players from both tours, money lists can't be used and instead, algorithms will be in play to determine who gets their card for the following year. And we know how well those calculations have worked for the FedExCup; now they actually get to determine livelihoods!
Steve Sands, don't put your whiteboard away after East Lake!
"Nearly every private club in the Miami Valley has special offers. All it takes is a telephone call to learn what’s available."
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Thanks to reader Larry for Jim Harper's Biscayne Times story on "The Trouble With Golf" that details the woes of south Florida courses. It's a long read but it's worth noting because Harper looks at all sides and talks to people on the ground. Much of the talk about golf in Florida these days stems from the recent bill introduced to convert at least five state parks into Nicklaus-designed courses."I counted about 300 folks on the 18th hole Sunday at the senior event, from the blimp shot. Egads."
/I just caught up on my weekend golf viewing (and you thought I didn't DVR the Legends of Golf!) and noticed all of the fans dressed as grassy mounds. Then I read Steve Elling in this week's Pond Scrum and it dawned on me why no one was there...
Read MoreEls, Scott Once Thought Bracing Of Putters Should Be Banned
/Nice find by John Strege at Local Knowledge to dig up past comments from Ernie Els and Adam Scott about the bracing of long putters against the body, something both are now doing.
Read MoreFuture Former-Almost Presidential Candidate Trump Would Not Play Golf If He Ran And Were Elected To The White House
/Tim Rosaforte checks in with The Donald as he ramps up the publicity tour for his Celebrity Apprentice season finale, all the while dangling his White House run that will never happen. And besides getting in a plug for his course in the D.C. area (who knew!) and complimenting Barack Obama's golf swing, he makes clear that if he were president, he would not play golf in a time of war. Which, means he'd never play golf again.
Read MoreLet's Just Get It Out In The Open: Harbour Town Is Not A Shotmakers' Course!
/Look, I know it's a great week and it's a historic tournament, but the slobbering over Harbour Town as The Heritage faces an uncertain future has reached a level where, despite my chronic Norman Vincent Peale attitude, warrants a response.
Read More"Davis capitalized on her golf pedigree as a collegiate standout and seized opportunities that unfolded before her."
/I'd usually rather contemplate my first colonoscopy than read a CEO profile, but Gene Yasuda's look at Nike Golf chief Cindy Davis not only manages to avoid the V, B and P words, but actually gives the sense that Davis is someone the golf business should keep an eye on as one of its more informed voices.
Read More"Now that Westwood is No. 1 again by winning that spelling bee in Jakarta..."
/It's good to see that Garry Smits and other Jacksonviller's are taking World No. 1 Lee Westwood's decision to pass on The Players in stride.
Read More2011 Heritage Classic Death Wat...Err...Final Round Open Comment Thread
/I heard CBS was really laying it on thick Saturday, so much so that we may get a specially composed remix of "Taps" by Yanni for Sunday's final round telecast.
If they play it, let me know. Or just comment about anything else related to the final round here.
Poulter Haunted By His Hilton Head Stay
/Jay Busbee on why Ian Poulter is golf's number one Tweeter, this week reporting a haunted house during his Heritage Classic stay.
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